Afro Latin Drum Machine

Afro Latin Percussion Machine is your virtual Latin percussionist. Practice, create, and perform authentic Afro-Latin rhythms like never before. Free to download and keep, with the features open for the first 7 days (some actions have a limited number of uses). Designed for musicians, producers, and anyone who loves the rhythms of Latin America and the Caribbean, now with AUv3 support.

Play hot Latin rhythms with the highest sound quality: son, son montuno, guaguancó, columbia, yambú, bembé, cha-cha-chá, mambo, merengue, bachata, salsa, bolero, songo and bomba, with over 100 rhythms in total. So easy to use, you can edit and create your own in seconds.

Key Features:

Song Mode: turn your Afro-Latin rhythms into complete arrangements in seconds. Set groove, jam and intensity per part, double-tap to edit, long-press to reorder. Fast and simple.

Jamming Tool & Randomizers: add human feel and spontaneity to every groove. No more flat, repetitive loops.

Live Pads: trigger fills, switch rhythms and jam in real time with 8 assignable pads, intro and end buttons, and full MIDI control.

Share by AirDrop, Mail or Files: send any groove, live pad set or song to another device or to a friend, with no account or cloud service needed.

Standalone & AUv3 Compatible: use Afro Latin Percussion Machine inside your favorite DAW or as a standalone app.

Latin Percussion Sounds: congas, bongos, timbales, güiros, claves, cowbells, maracas, shakers, shekeres, cajón, pandeiro, agogô, wood blocks and hand claps, all recorded for a true Latin feel.

100+ Authentic Rhythms: from the styles above to traditional Afro-Cuban toques like bembé, abakuá, makuta and yuka, not found anywhere else, all easy to edit or create your own.

Groove sharing across Lumbeat apps: exchange grooves, live pads and songs with Pop Drummer, Soft Drummer and iBassist, standalone or in AUv3.

Sound Module: use the full kit as a MIDI sampler, standalone or as an AUv3 plugin, triggered from your own MIDI tracks or pads.

Percussion Setup View: see your full kit laid out on screen, instrument by instrument.

Custom Rhythm Banks: save and organize your own patterns in your own banks.

Advanced MIDI Setup: fully customizable MIDI control mapping, shareable MIDI maps, custom note octave naming, MIDI-controllable tempo, and MIDI Clock In/Out.

Per-Track Reverb Send: dial in how much reverb each percussion instrument gets, for precise space and depth.

Export Effects: export your grooves exactly as they sound, effects included.

Ableton Link: sync tempo and transport with other apps and devices over Wi-Fi, and stay in time with the rest of your setup.

External Keyboard Support: play, trigger fills, and control tempo from a connected keyboard.

Native on iPhone, iPad and Mac: fully optimized for every screen size, with a dedicated vertical layout on iPhone.

Try for Free

Afro Latin Percussion Machine is free to download and keep, with the features open for the first 7 days. During the trial there are limits on exports, random grooves, sound changes and how long each session plays.

After the trial you keep a reduced version, and a single one-time purchase unlocks the Full Version for good. No subscription. Studio Mix is sold separately.

Version 5.03 release notes

• Studio Mix: Console (with REEL, a studio tape machine), Room, Punch, 11 more chains and DAW automation. Listen before you buy; one purchase unlocks it in every Lumbeat app • Effects redesigned: new compressor, visual EQ, tempo-synced delay, limiter and 4 one-tap mix chains, with ‹ › to step through them, Bypass and Revert • Mixer: one SEND knob per track, level meters on the faders, and a button to maximize the mixer or the effects • MIDI controls: MODE # switches between Live Pads, Song and Sound Module; FILL ON CHANGE ON / OFF, ignored when already in that state; new END and END NO CRASH, one last hit on the next downbeat, then stop (no fill) • iPhone: the mixer's corner button turns it sideways, and the sideways mixer and drum kit have their own Play button • Plug-in: Play and FILL ► after a stop come back in on the rhythm's own bar when its time signature differs from the host's (a 3/4 waltz in AUM) • Plug-in: steadier playback when you move the playhead, bounce from mid-song or rewind in the DAW • Live Pads: long press a pad to CLEAR it, or drag it to move or swap it. New sets go to the end of the list, so set numbers never shift • Songs can now be sent to Rock Drum Machine • Performance and bug fixes