Give the riff something to push against.

Cadence is an independent rhythm engine inside the workstation. Build a groove, choose a kit, and bring the drums into the mix without changing your guitar or bass tone.

Five kits. Recorded character.

The recorded bank includes 386 selected recordings—about 246.5 MiB of PCM—from five distinct sample libraries. Move the source blend fully toward Recorded to hear the selected recorded kit, or blend it with the synthetic engine.

Cadence PulseAVL Black Pearl

Obsidian WeightBig Rusty

Frost AttackAVL Blonde Bop

Grave RoomAVL Red Zeppelin

Glass RitualVirtuosity

Samples are bundled with the standalone app and VST3. You do not need a DAW drum instrument or a separate sample download.

Cadence kit voice page showing kit selection, acoustic blend and individual drum channels. — Kit voice and channels · Actual 2.4.10 plugin interface

SIX LANES / SIXTEEN STEPS

Paint a groove. Break the routine.

Cadence sixteen-step sequencer with kick, snare, hats, two tom lanes and room. — The paintable sequencer · Actual 2.4.10 plugin interface

Choose one of eight factory patterns, then click or drag to paint hits. The first edit copies the factory groove into your working pattern. Clear it or return to the factory starting point.

Straight Rock
Half-Time
Metalcore
Death Metal
Deathcore
Southern Grind
Black Metal
Open Pulse

Set tempo or use host sync in a suitable host. Swing, humanize, complexity, fill and generator locks add variation without asking you to rewrite every hit.

The current editor is one 16-step pattern, not a multi-bar song arranger. The Room lane is a synthetic layer.

FEEL IT / DON'T FIGHT IT

Put the drums where you need them.

Master level and individual channel levels let you balance Cadence against the instrument. Mute or solo channels, set accent and source blend, then adjust the groove's feel.

Start with the guitar or bass output low, bring Cadence forward, and check the combined level. The shared output mute still wins. More level should not mean clipping.

Recorded kits keep their captured ambience. Room controls shape the synthetic room layer rather than replacing a recorded kit's room sound.

Cadence mixer with master level, channel levels, mute/solo, recorded blend and feel controls. — Cadence Mixer / Generator · Actual 2.4.10 plugin interface