LFG-05 · Electronic drums
Panal
Early-'80s hex-pad electronic drums
VST3 · Windows 10/11, 64-bit · browser version included
Big, swooping synth toms, zappy snares and a gated room, played on a honeycomb of hexagonal pads. Panal goes after the electronic drum sound of the early '80s, a sound few plugins cover.
About Panal
Panal's 12 hexagonal pads hold four swooping toms, a kick, a zap snare, a clap and a laser, plus closed and open hats, a ride and a crash. Hit a pad near its center for a full-strength hit, or near the edge for a softer one.
Every pad can be reshaped, from its pitch and sweep to its noise and tone, and sent into a gated room for that huge, cut-off '80s sound. Patterns of up to 8 bars, from tom fills to synthpop and electro, get you started.
Hear Panal
Loops made with Panal. Press play; each one loops until you stop it.
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Tom Fill120 BPM · 4 bars
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Synthpop120 BPM · 4 bars
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Electro120 BPM · 4 bars
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Big Room120 BPM · 4 bars
Headphones or good speakers recommended. Only one loop plays at a time.
Features
The pads
- Four swooping toms, kick, zap snare, clap and laser
- Closed and open hats, ride and crash
- Strike near the center for full velocity, near the edge for softer ghost hits
Shape each pad
- Oscillator shape: sine, triangle or square
- Pitch, sweep, sweep time, decay, noise and tone
- Gate send, level and pan for every pad
Gated room and drive
- A gated room with adjustable amount and length
- Drive for extra grit on the whole kit
Sequencer
- Patterns up to 8 bars, with accents
- Built-in grooves: Tom Fill, Synthpop, Electro and Big Room
- Mute, solo and pan on every track
MIDI and your DAW
- MIDI learn, with the General MIDI drum map built in
- In the plugin: patterns that follow your DAW, and each pad on its own output
- WAV export of the pattern, stems or a single pad in the browser version
What you get
- The Panal VST3 plugin
- The Panal browser version, a single HTML file that runs offline
- Royalty-free use of every sound you make
Requirements
- Plugin: Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit) and a VST3 host such as Ableton Live
- Browser version: any current browser on Windows or Mac; MIDI controllers need Chrome or Edge
- Install on up to three of your computers (see the license)
Panal
Early-'80s hex-pad electronic drums
