[NAMM] BPM - Beat Production Machine

MOTU has announced BPM, or Beat Production Machine, a rhythm production center for Mac and Windows that combines programming technology with playable virtual instrument operation inspired by the classic drum machines of the 80's and 90's.

It comes with a 15 GB library and it can sample too.

Overview:

Rhythm production center for Mac and Windows.
Combines programming technology with playable virtual instrument operation inspired by the classic drum machines of the 80's and 90's.
Provides creative control, from recording and programming individual samples to building and arranging entire songs.
Includes a urban sound and loop library for urban, R&B, pop, rock and other music styles.
Combines drum machine programming, sampling, loops, synthesized drum sounds, multi-sample instrument sounds, mixing, effects processing, song arranging and asset browsing in one streamlined window.
Plug-and-play support for hands-on pad controllers such as the Akai MPD32 controller.
SP1200 Emulation mode faithfully reproduces the characteristics of the classic E-mu SP1200.
Environment for laying down beats as quickly as your mind can “hear” them.

Included sounds and loops:

15+ GB library of newly released loops, samples and beats.
Over 10,000 individual samples.
Over 1,000 new drum and percussion loops.
24-bit 96 kHz audio quality.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC by top mastering engineer Chris Gehringer.
Beat Production/Sound Design by Eric K. Roz for Black Rose Corporation (www.eric-k-roz.com).
Over 200 drum kits + patterns organized by style categories (Beat City, Old School, etc.).
Over 100 urban multi-sampled instruments, including piano, bass, guitars, synths, pads and more.
Built-in drum synthesizer for unlimited synthesized drum and percussion sounds (includes hundreds of preset sounds).
Percussion samples, patterns and loops.
Dozens of classic “808” and “909” style beat box samples.
Hundreds of patterns in many styles (hip hop, R’n’B, house, electro, techno, funk, soul, pop, rock, etc.).
Play any pattern in any style with any drum kit (included or programmed) for virtually infinite combinations.
Load any MOTU instrument sound from MachFive, Ethno, Electric Keys, etc.
Load any UVI instrument sound.
Add new sounds with BPM Expander packs and UVI SoundCards from UVISoundSource.com.

Pricing and Availability
Pricing has not yet been announced. BPM will be available for Windows (XP or Vista; 32 or 64 bit) and Mac OS X (10.4 or higher) in VST, AU, RTAS, MAS and stand-alone formats.

For more: www.motu.com.