Plumbutter 2 Analog Drum + Drama Machine

Imagine a drum machine where chaos meets gesture, born from Ciat-Lonbarde's wild vision of organic electronics—think theremin-like antennas triggering resonant gongs amid glitchy resampling, all in a handcrafted wooden box that feels alive under your fingers.

This hybrid analog-digital beast packs five distinct audio sections: Deerhorn for gestural radio synthesis via a touch-sensitive antenna, Gongue for pulse-driven resonant rings, Ultrasound for Nyquist-style signal mangling, stereo AVDog undulators churning brainwave-rate tones from triggers, and a beefed-up snare for punchy decay and noise. Dual Rolz 5 pulse generators—one chaotic 3-roll, one stable 4-roll—drive the rhythms with patchable ins and outs, feeding a CV-controllable stereo mixer that pans via verso/inverso inputs for spatial drama. Front-panel aux jacks and banana patch points make it a breeze to weave into any modular rig, with one mono audio in, stereo outs, and a slimmer mulberry-walnut-sassafras enclosure measuring 419mm wide by 235mm high, powered by a 12V DC supply. All knobs turn clockwise to ramp up frequency, speed, or resonance, inviting intuitive tweaking.

Players love its tactile unpredictability for live jams and sound design, praising the cleaner V2 audio and louder snare while noting it demands a stack of banana cables to unlock its full patchable potential—perfect if you crave rhythms that evolve into abstract textures rather than locked grooves.