Free to try, now with AUv3! Play Latin rhythms instantly, unlock Full Access once, no subscription, ever. Your Latin bandmate, always in rhythm and ready to play.
Afro Latin Percussion Machine is your virtual Latin percussionist. Practice, create, and perform authentic Afro-Latin rhythms like never before. Free to download and keep, with every feature unlocked for the first 7 days. Designed for musicians, producers, and anyone who loves the rhythms of Latin America and the Caribbean, now with AUv3 support.
Play hot Latin rhythms with the highest sound quality: son, son montuno, guaguancó, columbia, yambú, bembé, cha-cha-chá, mambo, merengue, bachata, salsa, bolero, songo and bomba, with over 100 rhythms in total. So easy to use, you can edit and create your own in seconds.
Key Features:
Song Mode: turn your Afro-Latin rhythms into complete arrangements in seconds. Set groove, jam and intensity per part, double-tap to edit, long-press to reorder. Fast and simple.
Jamming Tool & Randomizers: add human feel and spontaneity to every groove. No more flat, repetitive loops.
Live Pads: trigger fills, switch rhythms and jam in real time with 8 assignable pads, intro and end buttons, and full MIDI control.
Share by AirDrop, Mail or Files: send any groove, live pad set or song to another device or to a friend, with no account or cloud service needed.
Standalone & AUv3 Compatible: use Afro Latin Percussion Machine inside your favorite DAW or as a standalone app.
Latin Percussion Sounds: congas, bongos, timbales, güiros, claves, cowbells, maracas, shakers, shekeres, cajón, pandeiro, agogô, wood blocks and hand claps, all recorded for a true Latin feel.
100+ Authentic Rhythms: from the styles above to traditional Afro-Cuban toques like bembé, abakuá, makuta and yuka, not found anywhere else, all easy to edit or create your own.
Groove sharing across Lumbeat apps: exchange grooves, live pads and songs with Pop Drummer, Soft Drummer and iBassist, standalone or in AUv3.
Sound Module: use the full kit as a MIDI sampler, standalone or as an AUv3 plugin, triggered from your own MIDI tracks or pads.
Percussion Setup View: see your full kit laid out on screen, instrument by instrument.
Custom Rhythm Banks: save and organize your own patterns in your own banks.
Advanced MIDI Setup: fully customizable MIDI control mapping, shareable MIDI maps, custom note octave naming, MIDI-controllable tempo, and MIDI Clock In/Out.
Per-Track Reverb Send: dial in how much reverb each percussion instrument gets, for precise space and depth.
Export Effects: export your grooves exactly as they sound, effects included.
Ableton Link: sync tempo and transport with other apps and devices over Wi-Fi, and stay in time with the rest of your setup.
External Keyboard Support: play, trigger fills, and control tempo from a connected keyboard.
Native on iPhone, iPad and Mac: fully optimized for every screen size, with a dedicated vertical layout on iPhone.
Try for Free
Afro Latin Percussion Machine is free to download and keep, with every feature unlocked for the first 7 days. During the trial there are limits on exports, random grooves, sound changes and how long each session plays.
After the trial you keep a reduced version, and a single one-time purchase unlocks everything for good. No subscription.
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• AUv3 plug-in support
• Send / Receive grooves, Live Pad Sets and Songs with Pop Drummer, Soft Drummer & iBassist (standalone & AUv3)
• When you receive one, choose which bank to save its grooves in, or create a new bank named after it
• Share a groove or song by file (AirDrop · Mail · Files). Opens in the same app on the other device, no Apple ID required
• Sound Module mode. Play the kit as a MIDI sampler (standalone & AUv3)
• New "AfroLatin Percussion Machine (MIDI)" plug-in. A lightweight MIDI-only Audio Unit to play external instruments
• Drum Kit View (visual kit overview)
• Song Mode View (redesigned)
• Song mode: Loop is now remembered per song (adjustable in Settings)
• Live Pads: the pad waiting to play now shows a countdown bar until the change
• Dynamic Custom User Rhythm Banks
• MIDI Setup: customizable note octave naming · independent MIDI Clock In / Out · MIDI-controllable tempo (fader / fine / encoder) · Share / Import maps
• Per-track reverb send
• Export Effects option
• App Settings panel
• iPhone vertical layout
• External keyboard support (Space: Play/Stop · Enter: Fill / Play · ↑/↓: BPM)
• Free to try with 7-day trial · In-App full version
• AUv3 stability improvements in third-party DAWs
• More accurate playback timing at high tempos
• Mixer layout optimizations
• UI synchronization and rendering improvements
• Performance and bug fixes
Version 5.00
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Information
Provider
Lumbeat Ltd.
Size
92.4 MB
Category
Music
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 16 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.