EGLM1 - Drum Machine

Now that they are all Auv3 these apps have become so much more useful. I own many of the best retro drum sample packs out there and I really love the choice of LM sounds used in this app. Still can’t get over how much I’m using this little machine, it truly has a very retro sound to it, the sequencer just makes the rhythms sound “right” to my ear. I’m grabbing the rest of the bundle that I don’t have tonight!

I just bought and downloaded the app, was having fun playing around, but then noticed the sounds of the rows are reversed as to how they are labeled.

Updating my review to reiterate how much I love this app. I gave it 5 stars before, and I’ll give it 5 stars again. It’s honestly my favorite drum machine app, and the one I go to more often than not. I think it does an excellent job capturing the Linn vibe. The mix control for each part alters the characteristic of the sound, and gives you a large palette of sounds to work with. My only real complaint is that I wish the Congas and Toms had separate pan controls for the high and low pads, so that you are able to pan the high and low Congas/Toms independently. Other than that, I couldn’t be happier with this app. It’s nice to have a dedicated Linn app, versus messing with samples. I have the Classic Machines pack for Cubasis, and I think this app does a better job emulating the Linn Drum. If you’re a fan of the Linn Drum, this is definitely a must-have, especially if you want to be able to fine tune each of the sounds to your liking.

Love the set of drum apps from Elliott Garage. They have a nice retro sound and i really dig the interface. Now that all apps, including this one, are updated and can also be used as audio units it really makes them a great collection of apps to own. Also very good support from thr developer. Some of the older reviews are very harsh although people might have their reasons to be that way, but some of the mentioned issues seem to have been resolved with the recent update. Syncing works great with Link. I think you should still give this app and the other ones from this developer a chance. You can’t go very wrong at this price point. There is something about these apps that makes me keep coming back to them. Thumbs up 👍👍

No idea how close the emulation is to original hardware. I don’t think a beat sequencer is necessary. I was looking for a cheap software introduction to classic drum machines and this fit the bill perfectly.

Doesn’t receive clock or MMC. This is the very basics of midi implementation a drum machine should offer. Not worth the money. Avoid!

So when I saw this I got very excited. The LM-1 is a piece of equipment that gave Prince some of his signature sounds. Since this app has a basis on the LM-1, I thought the sounds would be much closer to the real thing. Not so.

Not a bad effort. However, some of the sounds are incorrect, most notably the high and low Toms, clave and the snares. While appluad the effort, more work needs to be done. There should be a 4 beat mode, since most songs were written that way. I tried to program one of Prince's songs (Computer Blue), but couldn't due to the 2 beat limit. More work needs to be done to make this work like the original LM-1 Drum Computer.

Drum sounds and workflow are pretty much like the original drum machine. With that in mind, it's a very strange thing that the closed hi hat doesn't choke the open hi hat. The people that made the very early drum machines knew that a hi hat can't be open and closed at the same time. This oversight is pretty ridiculous. The fact that there's the same problem with your virtual 808 is even more ridiculous. You guys really have to fix that. It's incredible that you would go through all the trouble of recreating such an authentic experience just to have it ruined by such an obvious oversight.

Worth the price just for the samples and basic functionality. Sequencing functions are a nightmare. Grid style programming of patterns a la 808/909 will help a lot at least. As would the ability to load both Linn Drum samples as we'll as LM-1.