# DigiStix Drummer AUv3 Plugin > AUv3 drum machine and sampler plugin for DAWs with extensive sample manipulation and pattern sequencing. (iPhone/iPad app by 4Pockets.com.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/digistix-drummer-auv3-plugin/id1479370932 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [4Pockets.com](https://appshunter.io/developer/370131860) - Category: Music, Photo & Video - Price: $7.99 (on sale, was $8.99) - Rating: 4.50/5 from 62 App Store ratings · 52 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 13.0 · 138 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2019-09-14 - Data updated: 2026-09-09 - Monetization: paid - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/digistix-drummer-auv3-plugin/id1479370932/reviews.md ## What is DigiStix Drummer AUv3 Plugin? DigiStix Drummer is an AUv3 compatible drum machine / sampler plugin for your favourite DAW. The program has a host of features which allow you to sample your own drumkits and trigger them either using a host application via MIDI or using the inbuilt pattern and song editor which automatically syncs tempo with your DAW. There as so many great sources of professionally recorded drum kits these days which can be imported into DigiStix allowing you to build a catalog of your favourite sounds. Alternatively use the built in sampler to record your very own kits. DigiStix has 16 assignable pads which can be quickly mapped to individual drum samples or recordings. Each pad has it's own volume level, panning, reverb, delay, reverse and sample length settings. You can assign each pad to a mute group which allow for instance a closed hi-hat to mute an open high hat etc. Each pad can be assigned a one shot or looped sample. This enables you to import pre-looped samples at a specified BPM and have them play when a pad is pressed. You can also import up to 3 samples per pad and use in multi-sample mode which allows different velocity levels to trigger different pads etc. One great feature of DigiStix is the ability to none destructively assign samples from different kits to the pads for live performance and song creation. We also provide an intelligent melodic mapping mode which maps selected samples over all 16 pads tuned to a selected key and scale. The inbuilt sequencer allows patterns of up to 64 beats in length. Each pattern can have it's own time signature allowing complex arrangements can be constructed. Up to 256 patterns can be chained together to make a soung which are saved independently of the kits. The pattern editor also allows you to enter 1/4, 1/8 and 1/16th note triplets as well as reverse sample and accented notes. We provide easy velocity editing with 'draw in' drum rolls etc. DigiStix also features a 16 channel mixer, configurable digital delay, reverb, chorus / flanger, bit crunch, overdrive, 8 band EQ and digital filtering options (HP and LP filters). Each drum pad can be mapped to an external MIDI trigger allowing external drum pads to be connected if you wish. Features: • 16 assignable Pads. • Randomize Patterns. • Mix and Match different kits. • Up to 64 beats per pattern. • Songs up to 255 patterns in length. • Reverse Mode, Triplets and Accents. • Supports Mute Groups. • Multi-layer and Round Robin modes. • MIDI Mapping. • 16 channel Mixer. • 8 band EQ. • Looping Mode with Time Stretching. • Build in Delay, Reverb, Overdrive, Bit Crunch and LP/HP Filters. • Paramter Automation from your DAW. • Local and Remove MIDI Sync. • Built in Sampler. • Multi-bus/outputs when using AUM • Multiple Import options. • Melodic Remapping. • Real time and Step pattern recording. • iTunes and Filer importing of samples. • Files App Drag & Drop Support ## Key features - 16 assignable pads - Import custom drum kits - Built-in sampler - Pattern and song editor - Mute groups - Multi-layer and Round Robin modes - 16 channel mixer with FX ## Chart rankings - #163 in Top Paid · Music (US App Store) ## What do users think of DigiStix Drummer AUv3 Plugin? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Great value for money - 🚀 Fast loading times - 💡 Flexible and intuitive interface - 🎵 Excellent drum kit sounds - 🎛️ Powerful sample-based drum machine - ✨ Many useful additions and features - 🔧 Developer is responsive to bugs - 🎧 Good for Garage Band integration - 🎹 Great for live performances - 🎚️ Intuitive sequencer - 🔊 Good sound quality - 💻 AUv3 compatibility - 🎨 Nice app design templates - 🧩 Modular and creative possibilities - 🎶 Easy to use - 💡 Fade roll feature is great - 🎛️ Pitch per step automation - 🎚️ Round robin layers - 🖱️ Drag and drop samples - 🎭 Multi-layer sample features work great - 🎵 Good interface - ✨ Easy to learn GUI - 🎛️ Swing is on point - 🔊 Effects sound nice - ✨ Easy to use interface - 🎵 Great drum machine/sampler - 💻 AU sample functionality - 🚀 Sequencer tools are time savers - 🎶 Great work - 💻 AU plugins are deep and useful - ✨ Well worth buying - 🚀 Solid and bug-free apps - 🎛️ AU3 beast - 👨‍💻 Top-notch developer - 🎹 Great for programming drums - 👍 Good stuff - 🎚️ Functions well - ✨ Easy to learn - 🎵 Great app - 🚀 Workstation style drum creator - ✨ Packed with features - 🎧 Great drum machine - 💡 Comprehensive application - 👍 Very complete **Cons** - 🐛 Too many defects - 🎧 Drum kits sound like garbage - 🐛 Delay and reverb don't work - 🐛 Flanger has no timing adjustment - 🐛 Difficult to create and arrange beats - 🐛 Beats don't save - 🐛 App is not self-explanatory - 🐛 Song mode buttons don't work - 🐛 No sound after iPad sleeps or switching apps - 🐛 Saved ideas play with no audio - 🐛 Upgrade price is confusing - 🐛 No receipt for purchases - 🐛 Round-robin functionality unclear - 🐛 MIDI mapping can be difficult - 🐛 Cannot control transport and time div via MIDI - 🐛 No undo button - 🐛 No play/record buttons on pads - 🐛 Last state not saved after closing - 🐛 Crashes when loading samples - 🐛 Included drum kits are weak - 🐛 No attack knob (ADSR) - 🐛 Parameter knobs are 'sticky' - 🐛 Automation graph doesn't line up with note grid - 🐛 Basic envelopes are missing - 🐛 Drumkit waveform window doesn't reflect last tap - 🐛 Audio editor play button plays entire sample - 🐛 Mixer sound not muted when set to 0 - 🐛 No pre-listen for samples in import directory - 🐛 MIDI controller not recorded - 🐛 Out of sync in AUM - 🐛 VU meters don't run properly - 🐛 MIDI mapping not compatible with Gm - 🐛 App crashes when connecting Bluetooth keyboard - 🐛 Velocity layer mode samples stack - 🐛 No manual online - 🐛 Step repeat or drum fill button not found - 🐛 No way to stack sample layers for round-robin - 🐛 UI to see layers after import is missing - 🐛 Sample import doesn't work - 🐛 Cannot preview samples when importing - 🐛 No way to control sample playback length - 🐛 No way to switch patterns via MIDI Program Change - 🐛 No way to group notes for probability - 🐛 No way to reset parameters to default - 🐛 No endlessly randomizing function - 🐛 No chorus send for individual instruments - 🐛 No EQ per instrument - 🐛 No sample splicing and assign - 🐛 No fill button - 🐛 Pattern switch sync mode interrupts current pattern - 🐛 Song record mode is missing - 🐛 Cannot switch to controlling different drums on different MIDI channels - 🐛 UI can be difficult to navigate - 🐛 Scrolling can be a pain - 🐛 Crashes can be consistent and annoying - 🐛 No way to write in triplets using pads - 🐛 No 1/64 note modifier button - 🐛 No way to import MIDI drum loops - 🐛 No way to layer samples - 🐛 No way to display sequencer and note modification buttons simultaneously in landscape - 🐛 No way to choose step pattern length for individual instruments - 🐛 No way to use FX as inserts and sends **Commonly reported bugs** - Swing rhythm does not produce proper effect at 100% - Metronome BPM does not measure triplets - Drum kits sound like garbage - Delay and reverb do not work - Flanger has no timing adjustment - Beats do not save - Song mode repeat patterns do not work - App plays with no sound after iPad goes to sleep or another app is used - Saved ideas play with no audio - Samples trigger in reverse when loaded as AUv3 and connected to Roli Lightpad - MIDI controller input is not recorded - App is out of sync in AUM - VU meters do not run properly - App crashes when connecting a Bluetooth keyboard - Velocity layer mode samples stack on top of each other - App crashes when trying to load samples from drum kit waveform menu - Mixer sound is not zero when set to 0 - Little bug after last update, only 16 step seq. works - Parameter knobs are 'sticky' - Automation graph doesn't line up with the note grid - Crashes can be consistent and annoying - Sample import doesn't work - Cannot preview samples when importing - App crashes every time I try to use it **Most requested features** - Add setting to reverse pad position - Fix swing rhythm for 12/8 meter and triplet BPM measurement - Add 'cut itself' function for drum slices - Fix song mode repeat patterns - Add option to reverse sample trigger when using AUv3 with Roli Lightpad - Add ability to choose different patterns with MIDI control - Make it easier to map sequencer to external drum machines - Add ability to switch patterns via Midi Program Change - Add ability to group notes for probability - Add ability to control transport and time div via MIDI - Add double click to reset parameters to default - Add endlessly randomizing function - Add chorus send for individual instruments - Add EQ per instrument - Add sample splicing and assign - Add a fill button and assign a pattern - Add pattern switch sync mode - Add song record mode - Add ability to switch to controlling different drums on different MIDI channels - Add attack knob (ADSR) - Add export loops from standalone - Fix automation graph alignment with note grid - Add basic envelopes (attack/decay) that can be automated - Add ability to use pads to trigger triplets while playing pattern - Add 1/64 note modifier button - Add ability to import MIDI drum loops into a pattern - Add ability to control sample playback length - Add ability to layer samples - Add ability to display sequencer and note modification buttons simultaneously in landscape - Add ability to choose step pattern length for each individual instrument - Add ability to use FX as inserts and sends ## Recent user reviews (10 of 52) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/digistix-drummer-auv3-plugin/id1479370932/reviews.md ### 4/5 — 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 *2025-09-24* Can you Please add a setting where we can reverse position of the pads like you did on DigiStix2 you don’t have to modify the app if you don’t have a button for it just add it in the Settings app ### 3/5 — Possibly a great app but difficult for swing rhythms *2025-07-15* This is a very intuitive and flexible app. It’s well laid out and has lots of great drumkit sounds for all musical tastes. As an AUV3 plug-in it’s also very easy to use. However, there is one maddening thing. When I set the 8th note swing to 100% on a 4/4 meter, it does not produce the proper swing effect of a 12/8 meter. In the long-short pattern of a beat, the long note is slightly shorter than two thirds of the beat and the short note is slightly longer one third. I have tried resolving this by using a 6/8 time meter instead. This produces the swing effect, but the metronome’s BPM still only measures quarter notes. I cannot find a way to make it measure the triplets. This makes the app not ideal for slower swing rhythms especially when synching with some AUV3 hosts. Will give 5 stars if the developers can offer a solution to this. ### 1/5 — Too many defects *2024-09-20* For one, I think the drum kits all sound like garbage. I hate that high-torque smack snare drum sound. Even when you try to tune it down, then it sounds lull flat like a snare drum you would buy at the Salvation Army, or the Goodwill. For having so many parameters and points of adjustment for tuning, there is very little flexibility. You’re stuck with what is basically the stock drum sound… you just get it in different pitches The delay and the reverb, neither work at all. The flanger is okay, but there is no adjusting the timing, only the saturation. For creating beats and arranging them, it’s very difficult. This day and age, applications should be self-explanatory. This one is isn’t. Just when you think you have it figured you, you realize you screwed it all up And the beats i cannot get them to save despite receiving the confirmation that it was saved. I go to open it, and nothing Yeah, this application is highly overrated. I warned you all ### 3/5 — Not yet complete *2022-07-20* If you play Drum-Breaks with slices you expect that you can switch between kick and snare, so that the kick stops when the snare is triggered and vice versa. This function is called „cut itself“ in fruity loops and it‘s a standard since 2005 (free version). It’s even known from 80ies Atari/ C64-Sequencers. It is different from „retrigger sample“, which only works for one sample, not between all of them. I am disappointed that an app which could be the most useful for live drumkits is stuck 20 years behind this basic playability, because if you like more realism, for example with modern breakbeat, you can‘t find anything in the app-store. „Cut itself“ would bring this app to a whole new level. A) Should we really return to hardware sequencers, if we love sliced drumbreaks? B) Or should we wait until apps that can do it already like samplist or koala are fully compatible with DAWs? I would give it four stars if it would be updated in version 2, even though i would like to get a refund and wouldn’t update. But if it would be added also in this version, i would give it five stars and update to version 2. ### 3/5 — Disappointed *2022-01-24* Lovely app with loads of hidden features. Really wish Developers could fix the song mode as buttons for repeat patterns don’t work at the mo unless I am doing something wrong.. I wrote this review but no response and still the song mode does not function properly so can’t really use it be great to have this fixed thanks ! **Developer response:** Thanks for the positive review. I wasn't aware of any issues with the empty patterns but I will take a look and get it sorted if I find a problem no worries. ### 5/5 — Great value *2022-01-01* An inexpensive multi sampler for my phone? Wow! Really enjoying making layered instruments from found sound recordings and when paired with Velocity Pad i can have dynamics that rival an acoustic instrument in my pocket. Just one little weird problem maybe you can help me understand. When loaded as an audio unit and connected to a roli lightpad the samples trigger in reverse. I have tried 3 auv3 hosts and used every midi filter in AUM to no avail. I tried another Bluetooth midi controller and it was normal Also if i run the app in stand-alone mode the problem is gone. Thx for reading ### 2/5 — Read this *2021-12-01* As a drum machine for teaching it’s great. The sounds are also good. But it stops there. Problem 1, if your iPad goes to sleep or you use another app then return to DigiStix it plays with no sound, so you need need shut the app down and start again and reprogram beat. Problem 2, I’ve saved a few ideas and I get the same issue, it plays but with no audio. Sound 10/10 Functionality 2/10 ### 3/5 — 4pockets = hard working = mysupport *2021-10-13* I’ve watched this blossom from its infancy into a superb and extremely useful ios drum app. The dev works quickly at squashing any bugs and has added a ton of useful additions, darn impressive actually. All the apps have a solid and similar design ethos. You know when you are using a quality app because you can dive in and you have some familiarity with certain features and the overall look. I really do like the app design templates, for lack of a better word, with all the 4pockets audio & effects apps. Ok time to play with the newly added auv3 multi out feature! ☮️ edit- please fix the upgrade price it’s more than just buying it outright to digistix 2 ### 5/5 — Finally Good Drums for Garage Band *2021-10-13* I’m about 30 minute into this app. I always felt Garage Band drums just sucked. Maybe I don’t understand how to use them properly. This app makes it easy to get good samples and adjust their volume with its mixer. Finally I can work on some good sounding drums within GB. Hardest thing to figure out was. Slide up to get to the good stuff. ### 5/5 — Awesome app *2021-09-02* I was looking all over for a app that could play custom percussion backing tracks at my shows. This app is it and more. Thanks you 4pockets fo such a great app. Just one thing to add in future updates- please let me choose the different patterns with midi control. That would be awesome if I can select patterns hands free with a midi pedal etc. ## Frequently asked questions about DigiStix Drummer AUv3 Plugin ### What is DigiStix Drummer AUv3 Plugin? DigiStix Drummer is an AUv3 compatible drum machine and sampler plugin designed for use within your favorite Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). It allows you to create and trigger custom drum kits using your own samples or by recording them directly within the app. ### What are the key features of DigiStix Drummer? Key features include 16 assignable pads, the ability to import and sample your own drum kits, a pattern and song editor that syncs with your DAW, mute groups, multi-layer and round robin modes, a 16-channel mixer with various effects like reverb and delay, and melodic remapping. ### How does DigiStix Drummer handle samples? You can import professionally recorded drum kits or use the built-in sampler to record your own. Each of the 16 pads can be assigned individual samples with settings for volume, panning, reverb, delay, reverse, and sample length. It supports multi-sample modes for velocity sensitivity and looping. ### Can I create complex rhythms and songs? Yes, the inbuilt sequencer allows for patterns up to 64 beats long with custom time signatures. You can chain up to 255 patterns to create songs, and the pattern editor supports triplets, reverse notes, and accented notes for detailed rhythm creation. ### Is DigiStix Drummer compatible with my DAW? DigiStix Drummer is an AUv3 compatible plugin, meaning it can be used with any DAW on compatible operating systems that supports the AUv3 format. This includes popular iOS DAWs like GarageBand, Logic Pro for iPad, Cubasis, and AUM. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.33 — 2025-12-13 v1.33 B44 Update to be compatible with future versions of iOS and to comply with Age Ratings. ### 1.32 — 2024-10-08 Fixed a possible crash on iOS18 when saving song patterns. ### 1.31 — 2021-06-25 Fixes the issue with inacurate or unresponsive meters. The output master volume no longer effects the individual track level volume. Fixed an issue which caused multiple instances running without Host Sync enabled to race. Other minor fixes. ### 1.30 — 2021-06-16 v1.30 Fixed the issues with the low resolution popups. You can now drag the popups out of bounds of the parent window for additional room. The pad options dialog no longer re-centers when changing pad. Fixed the crash when long pressing the panic button. v1.29 The randomize pattern option now operated differently when only 1 or 2 pads are selected. The generated pattern are more dense, allowing you to create Hi-Hat suffles with varying velocities easier than before. The delay, reverb, record, layer options, drum browser and randomize popups are now draggable so they don't obsure the interface. Moved the help section into a full screen popup that is displayed only when needed. Accessible from the main menu. ### 1.29 — 2021-06-09 The randomize pattern option now operated differently when only 1 or 2 pads are selected. The generated pattern are more dense, allowing you to create Hi-Hat suffles with varying velocities easier than before. The delay, reverb, record, layer options, drum browser and randomize popups are now draggable so they don't obsure the interface. Moved the help section into a full screen popup that is displayed only when needed. 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