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Akai | Tom Cat

Description

The TOM CAT is an Analog Drum Machine with Built-in Percussion Voices

PREY FOR MERCY

Tom Cat is an exciting true analog drum machine with five built-in percussion voices, including kick, snare, and clap sounds with chromatically tunable Disco Toms.

DIAL YOUR GROWL

On-board controls—all continuously variable—let you customize the tuning, amplitude envelopes, and volume of each drum voice separately for precise real-time adjustment, so you can get that perfect sound.

Outfitted with six MPC-style pads and a built-in 32-step sequencer, Tom Cat provides an ultra-responsive interface with a classic drum machine layout. Drum patterns can be fine-tuned using the Swing function, Pattern Select, and Tempo Control knob. A custom signal path, activated by its unique “Maul” circuitry, lets you ‘dirty up’ your drums for just the right effect.

With Tom Cat we’ve put the sound and design of classic analog drum machines into a compact piece of gear that can be integrated into both modern and vintage rigs.
BrandAkai
ModelTom Cat
DeviceDrum
TypeDesktop
Engine TypeAnalog
EngineVCO
Voices (max)5
Multitimbral5
Oscillators1
Engine Detailed1 VCO Waveforms: Saw Down, Saw Up, Square.
Filter (VCF)1 12dB Slope (2-pole), Low Pass, Resonance
Envelope (VCA)1 Decay
Memory16 ROM, 16 RAM
Keys5
Key typePads
VelocityY
AftertouchN
AudioStereo out
MidiI-O/T, USB
CV-gateGate trigger I-O
Produced:2015
Legend: Obvious Y: Yes, N: No, N/A: Not Applicable
VCO Voltage Controlled Oscillator DCO Digital Controlled Oscillator
LFO Low Frequency Oscillator Sub Sub Oscillator
VCF Voltage Controlled Filter VCA Voltage Controlled Amplifier
Velocity As with a piano, the harder you hit a key, the louder the sound, unlike most organs which always produce the same loudness no matter how hard you hit a key. Aftertouch Pressing a key after you activated it. Channel Aftertouch, no matter which key, it will send a Channel message. Poly Aftertouch, sends the pressure per key instead of the whole channel.
Values for OSC, LFO, Filter, Envelope are per voice unless stated otherwise.

Manuals, patches etc.

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