Backbone

Backbone by Steinberg is an innovative drum design instrument that lets you build kicks, snares, hi-hats, percussion, risers and cinematic hits from scratch. Layer up to eight samples, then shape them with classic subtractive synthesis, split them into tonal and noise components, or re-synthesize them for entirely new textures. Two fully routable effect buses with up to eight effects give you deep processing power, all wrapped in a fast, slick interface. Version 1.5 adds DrumGAN, an AI-powered generator from Sony CSL that creates fresh kick, snare and cymbal samples and instantly produces variations in the same style. Whether you want fatter 808s, warped sample-library drums or expressive one-shots, Backbone suits hobby producers and sound designers working in FL Studio, Ableton or Logic who want quick, hands-on control over their drum sound design.