DRUM-MACHINE(1)

📦 version 2.2.0, in ubuntu stonking

💖 NAME 💖

okay so drum-machine is literally the icon here — she makes drum beats and plays them back, with a modern GTK4 interface that's giving main character energy 🥁✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

drum-machine

that's it bestie, no flags, no args, you just run her 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Drum Machine is an intuitive application for creating, playing, and managing drum patterns. no cap, she does all of it. You get an infinite, grid-based pattern editor (infinite!! 🙈), custom samples with MIDI mapping, and export to both audio (WAV, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, MP3) and MIDI files. Under the hood she's built with Python, GTK4 and libadwaita, so she integrates with the GNOME desktop like she was born there 🦋

Main features include:

  • ♾️ Unlimited pattern pages with a carousel interface
  • 🎚️ Adjustable BPM and master volume
  • 🥁 Custom drum sounds with per-sample MIDI note mapping
  • 💾 Save and load patterns
  • 🎧 Audio export with metadata (artist, title, cover art) and repeat count
  • 🎹 MIDI file export with proper note mapping
  • ⌨️ Keyboard shortcuts for all functions

✨ USAGE ✨

Once the application is running:

  1. Use the grid to create or edit patterns: each column is a step, each row a drum sound.
  2. Add new sounds via the sample manager and map them to MIDI notes.
  3. Navigate pattern pages using the carousel arrows.
  4. Adjust BPM with the spin button or tap tempo.
  5. Export your pattern from the menu: Audio Export or MIDI Export.

Full keyboard shortcuts are available inside the application's menu (usually Ctrl+? or under "Keyboard Shortcuts" in the hamburger menu).

fr fr go check that shortcut menu, it's highkey worth it 👑

💀 BUGS 💀

Report bugs and request features at: https://github.com/Revisto/drum-machine/issues

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Project website: https://apps.gnome.org/DrumMachine/

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Drum Machine was developed by Revisto and many contributors. See the Git repository for a full list: https://github.com/Revisto/drum-machine

Copyright (C) 2024-2025 Revisto and contributors.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

not to be dramatic but that NO WARRANTY line is in all caps in the original for a reason bestie, periodt 😭

🫶 and that's the whole page! this is Drum Machine v2.2.0, dated 2025-12-23, written up for the DRUM-MACHINE(1) manual. go make some beats, you ate 💖✨🥁

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