In the former case, you trigger patterns and individual hits as per any virtual instrument on up to eight MIDI channels. Geist is happy to haunt your Digital Audio Workstation or run stand‑alone. It encompasses sampling, sample slicing and full song construction too, so anyone expecting a rendering of traditional hardware might reasonably ask how many bells and whistles a drumkit needs - and then how many congas, bass guitars and synths! Overview

Geist is a complete rhythm environment in software, capable of turning out anything from simple 'x0x' patterns to elaborate percussion arrangements.

It's also a disembodied drum machine from FXpansion - although maybe the term 'drum machine' doesn't do it justice. Geist is the German word for ghost or spirit - a nugget of information I acquired from an early Tangerine Dream LP. A chain of up to six effects can be applied to individual layers, to pads, to entire kits, to the main output, or via aux sends. The effect structure is highly configurable. Put down your bells, books and candles - this a ghost you do want in your machine.

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