Hailstorm Quad Drum Synthesizer + Sampler + Sequencer

Imagine playing drum patterns by sliding your fingers across capacitive touch strips, blending raw synth kicks with your own samples on the fly. This compact powerhouse from a one-person workshop delivers that tactile magic in a palm-sized package, perfect for sketching beats anywhere.

Four voices handle both an internal drum synthesis engine—think simple kicks from sine waves with pitch envelopes, hi-hats via filtered white noise, snares mixing noise and tones, plus FM noise—and user samples loaded via SD card into 8MB RAM for up to 12 kits of short hits. A mix knob crossfades between them seamlessly, while touch strips control per-voice level, pitch, decay, and shuffle; dedicated mute buttons add instant variation. Global sliders tweak five effects like reverb, beat repeat, cutoff filter with resonance, granular delay, and global pitch (or drive in some modes), all automatable alongside pattern chaining and independent sequence/sample bank shifts. MIDI I/O on TRS and USB-C, analog clock sync, stereo out, and Eurorack compatibility keep it locked in any setup, all powered by USB in a sturdy 5.19 x 4.5 x 1.38-inch frame.

Players love its intuitive, hands-on workflow for quick ideas, praising the stereo output and sync flexibility in live rigs or pocket jams, though some note the synth engine stays basic rather than deeply tweakable.