Superbooth 2025: Vermona DrumDing is an upcoming 6-track analog drum machine, featuring an original voice sampling concept.
Drum machines with original concepts are rare. Some are based on analog or digital synth voices, with a sequencer triggering the sounds. Many also use samples.
The new Vermona DrumDing from Superbooth 2025 is different.
Vermona DrumDing
DrumDing is a new analog drum machine with a unique concept. Vermona uses an original hybrid concept that I have never seen before.
The core of the Veroma DrumDing is an analog drum voice, consisting of a VCO, FM, multimode VCF, mixer with envelopes, and a master section. According to the developers, the circuit is partly based on the popular Vermona DRM1 Mk4 drum machine.
You would trigger this analog voice with a sequencer in classic drum machines. It’s different here. DrumDing has an original but simple sampling function that samples the analog voice and converts it into a playable instrument.
If you want to change or tweak the sound, you must sample the sound again. It’s a unique workflow that some people will certainly like and others won’t.
The rhythmic heart of DrumDing is a 6-track sequencer with space for up to 64 projects. Each project stores 16 samples and all six tracks of the sequencer.
The latter can go up to 64 steps and offer modern features, including probability, micro-timing, polyrhythmic support, parameter locks, independent sequence length, forward and backward directions, and more.
You can refine your sounds with internal digital effects, including pitch shifter, two delays, bit crusher, reverb, and more. These can be automated in the sequence.
First Impression
A very refreshingly different concept for a drum machine. Certainly one of my highlights of Superbooth 2025.
Vermona DrumDing will be available at the end of the year. Price is TBA.
More information here: Vermona
Oh my, this is an inspired idea.
This thing won’t be cheap for sure, but just wow.
Might prove to be worth the money.
Curious what the IO looks like…
If this happens to have a way to get the finished tracks off in clean loops, like SD card or USB, that would be just amazing.
Please tell me, where is the advantage of this concept compared to a classic Drum Machine?
Workflow.
Lol. I tell you the only advantage, it is Vermona’s advantage to implement only one voice, call it innovative and put a big, fat price tag on their product, like they always do. My 10 years old real Drum Machine from a Swedish developer is laughing about this “innovation”.
I think it’s quite genius tbh!