New plugin - jdrummer

Introduction

I have added a new plugin - jdrummer to my timlau/audio COPR repository.

jdrummer is a Soundfont-based drum kit plugin, a comprehensive groove library with tempo-synced playback, a composition tool, and an intelligent Groove Matcher that analyzes audio to find matching drum patterns.

Check here for install instructions

Here is an overview of the plugin’s features:

Drum Pads

• 16-pad drum grid with velocity-sensitive playback
• Multiple Soundfont kits - Ships with 28 drum kits including:
  • Standard acoustic kits (Standard, Room Drums, Power Drums, Jazz Drums)
  • Electronic kits (808, Electronic Drums, Dance Drums, House Kit)
  • Specialty kits (Orchestral Percussion, Brush Drums, NIN Drumkit)
• Per-pad controls:
  • Individual volume adjustment (0-100%)
• Pan control (left/right) (Panning is currently backwards, see issue 10: https://github.com/jmantra/jdrummer/issues/10 )
• Solo and mute options
• Dynamic kit loading - Add your own .sf2 SoundFont files to expand your library
• Multi Out Support - Fan each drum pience to an individual track for mixing

🎵 Grooves Browser

• Extensive groove library organized by category:
  • Basic Beats
  • Break Beats
  • Buildups
  • Double Bass Beats
  • Fills
  • Half Time Beats
  • OffBeats
  • Swing Beats
  • Tom Beats
• Tempo-synced playback - Grooves automatically sync to your DAW’s tempo
• Preview functionality - Audition grooves before adding them to your project
• Drag and drop - Drag any groove directly into your DAW as a MIDI clip
• Bar selection - Choose how many bars of a groove to use (1-16 bars)
• Dynamic Groove Loading add your own drum grooves

🎼 Composer

• Build complete drum parts by combining multiple grooves
• Visual timeline showing your arrangement
• Reorder and remove items from your composition
• Export as MIDI - Drag your entire composition to the DAW
• Loop playback for previewing your arrangement

🎯 Groove Matcher

An intelligent feature inspired by professional drum software that helps you find the perfect groove for your music:

• Audio analysis - Drop any audio file (WAV, MP3, FLAC, OGG, AIFF) to analyze its rhythm
• BPM detection - Automatically detects tempo using the minibpm library
• Smart filename parsing - Extracts BPM from filenames (e.g., “beat_120bpm.wav”)
• Pattern matching - Analyzes rhythm patterns and finds matching grooves from your library
• Similarity scoring - Shows match percentage for each suggested groove
• Preview with audio - Play back the matched groove alongside your original audio
• Automatic composition - Best match is automatically added to the composer
• Seamless workflow - Found the perfect match? Drag it straight to your DAW

Here is a teaser video of the plugin in action: