The Future Of Music
DAACI claims that its “AI co-pilot for drums” will improvise like a real drummer and generate beats for you in real time
DAACI is an Abbey Roadbacked startup developing AI-powered tools for musicians, composers and producers. We spoke to the DAACI team last year about the generative ‘meta-composition’ software they’re developing that promises to “compose, arrange, orchestrate and produce music” using AI.
While that’s still in development, this month DAACI has unveiled a new product and launched an Open Beta Community, inviting users to offer feedback and contribute to their development process.
Natural Drums is an “assistive AI co-pilot” for generating drum grooves in real time. Dial in a drum pattern using its sequencer and the plugin will improvise on your rhythmic idea, creating variations and fills that can be tweaked using various controls. Natural Drums itself doesn’t generate any sound, but is instead a MIDI plugin that sends out MIDI data that can trigger drum machine plugins such as Ableton’s Drum Rack or be exported as MIDI clips. Starting with either a beat of your own creation, or one of the plugin’s preset styles, you’re able to generate constantly evolving rhythms and fills that subtly vary on each repetition – like a real drummer would do – by hitting Natural Drums’ Shuffle Every Loop button.
The sequencer holds three different patterns that can be structured into various arrangements using a drop-down box in the top right corner. Patterns can be increased in busyness and complexity using the dials found in the sequencer. At the bottom of the window you can edit the patterns Natural Drums is generating, or mute and so
