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 every feature unlocked for the first 7 days. 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 every feature unlocked 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 everything for good. No subscription.

Version 5.01 release notes

• Settings is now available inside the AUv3 plug-in • Settings: choose whether a manual fill or a rhythm change restarts the BARS TO FILL count • Settings: a rhythm picked while playing can enter on the next bar or right away • Settings: change the drum kit while playing, so a new rhythm starts with its own kit • Live Pads and play lock are saved inside the DAW project (AUv3) • Live Pads over MIDI: on CC, one controller number and the value picks the pad (0 = pad 1). Update your controller if you had eight • Favorites: picking a rhythm while playing no longer jumps to another bank • Bug fixes