ImpulseDie is Diego Capoccitti's semi-modular drum synthesizer, released in November 2026 for desktop and iOS at €9.99. It takes the core idea of SOMA's Pulsar-23, a machine where audio, envelopes, clocks, and random voltages all share one signal domain, and puts it in a plugin. There is no step sequencer. Instead, four tape-style loopers record your finger touches, including timing and pressure, and play the part back.
The four voices (kick, bass, snare, hi-hat) each run a touch-following envelope, so a tap is a hit and a long press is a drone. A panel of 122 pins lets any output feed any input, with a random generator, an audio-rate LFO, delay and reverb, and three tape players for your own audio. For DAW use, it offers a mono summing bus plus six separate outputs and full automation. The developer states it is not affiliated with SOMA Laboratory.
Set against alternatives such as Drumazon 2, XO, and Atlas 2, ImpulseDie earns its place when you want deep, affordable drum sound design through patching and performance rather than grids or sample libraries. The full first look lives in our ImpulseDie feature.