Unison Drum monkey **Basic beats & Dishonest Reviews** (Plugin Police)

sorry im late to this one. Drum monkey is a joke, its a great joke that only cost three hundred dollars.
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CHAPTERS▶
00:00 INTRO/WHAT IS DRUM MONKEY
01:28 TESTING OUT DRUM MONKEY
07:55 BEATS DRUM MONKEY MADE
09:26 DISHONEST KZbin REVIEWS
10:17 OUTRO/CONCLUSION
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[@bcookieonthetrack6699]

I'mma make a plugin called Drip Monkey....its the same thing but just 2 clicks 😂

[@wwhhyy3945]

LMAO

[@sorathereason]

You need a monkey w some drip as the button

[@Youn-G84]

Agreed, but Drip is actually okay to use every now and then

[@raymondbelton8240]

Unison support sucks after they get your money

[@DARKBassRsR]

Shout out to weaver for actually spending $300 for the vst 😭😭. Taking one for the team!

[@q-zrecords]

I bought for 22 months and then turn off my credit card 😎🥂

[@BaileyJim11]

Thank you for your honest review. Unison Audio is a total scam-hole of a company and don't deserve anybody's patronage. Subscribed for your honesty.

[@Weaverbeats]

No problem sir. My middle name is actually honest, so I will legally be dead if I lie.

[@AAllinsonNN]

@4:50 God bless! A death metal guitarist here and I’ve watched your videos for a long ass time. Thank you so much for inserting that rock and metal have enough differentiation to be recognized as separate. No one would say R n B and trap are the same

[@user-lt2rw5nr9s]

I think the flaw with this plugin is that it picks random patterns for each sound. That's not really going to work for most patterns or genres. A complete rhythm or bounce revolves around all the sounds playing off each other. Maybe trap hihats could be changed like that, but not all elements can do that. That's probably why the DNB preset sucked so much.

[@Weaverbeats]

I feel like the flaw could also be stated as it picks (somewhat) random drum samples, that don't really take into account the cohesion of the other drum samples it has picked.

[@havemoney]

@@Weaverbeats drop shot and lock

[@josipmustac6686]

I really apriciate the work you put into videos

[@SumnSumnSumnHTK]

I needed this review in my life this morning. 😂

[@itsmebarz9859]

thnak you for being honest with the review!

[@StermaPerma]

Honestly thank you man. So glad your channel exists. Entertaining and money saving.

[@Weaverbeats]

no problem, glad to help

[@Prodambien]

Like Weaver said, the sample choices are definitely the biggest flaw, like when it got to the first “Lofi” beat it generated I almost lost it 💀

[@Weaverbeats]

that and the insanely high price

[@mak00ileven]

you can add your own samples tho

[@Prodambien]

@@mak00ileven I know, but the patterns it makes with it are still mid

[@mak00ileven]

@@Prodambien They certainly are, especially for $300, however luckily you can edit the patterns, so I basically use them as templates for a quick idea, then I add my own spice to it, instead of starting from nada. it gives more flexibly as oppose to drum loops. That being said, its definitely not a $300 plugin, should be $80 TOPS. i aint gone cap tho, i got it from the ruski plug ;)

[@b2icebeats]

I’ve been viewing your vids in the shadows for years. You’re a genuine dude bro that always speaks the truth. You gotta review the murda beatz slate plug in next lol!

[@NathanJamesLarsen]

If you have the ability to make a good beat with this plugin - you could probably also do it WITHOUT this plugin. I just can't get over how gross their marketing is.

[@pygmalionxxx]

I think they made it for people (like me) who don’t know how to make other drum styles. But I just look up the style I wanna do instead of blowing 300 BUCKS 😭😭

[@djsusan00]

Easily remake stuff from ear, and or find something for cheaper/free. Drum monkey is a scam. $300 with 3500 costs, that equals $1,000,000 roughly. Its just a get rich quick scheme.

[@cosmicprankmusic]

Well you could get a bunch of drum MIDI packs and kinda vary them up. I mean that would be the better move imo.

[@pygmalionxxx]

@@cosmicprankmusic very true

[@PULSEMusicGroup]

It's easier to just research the genre listen and emulate it in your production and even KZbin "how to make" rt

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

$300 can buy alot of beat making keyboard or device and most of those come with a free Daw and then all you do is just copy beats you want to sound like or watch tutorials.

[@hal2098]

as long as there's non musicians who want to become instant music producers, there will be companies making products like this. if people get really into audio, they'll make their own content. then companies like unison will have no market for this crap. if you need samples/chord packs and drum monkeys to make music... there's something wrong. and don't fool yourself, it's reflected in the quality of your work.

[@k-awticbeats5765]

i knew this would be a waste of money, thank you! been weary about getting this ever since i got their midi chord pack lol

[@natanbake2933]

thanks for the great work with your videos

[@caelenkibler6049]

Honestly anything more than like 30 or 40 bucks is complete madness. There are so many other companies offering plugin bundles or single plugins and instruments that have 100x the versatility this thing could ever hope to scratch the surface of at lesser or equal cost. Great vid

[@TheBucknessofficial]

Hahahahaha I love this. those reactions tho r legend during the lo-fi

[@Themusic892]

Thanks for this review man. I was about to get it lol

[@samphelps856]

Thank you

[@andersanderson9121]

Its been a year and i still get unison ad before and after this vid its hilarious😂

[@Nazz98]

music production has really come to who can be the laziest just for some quick cash and clout. music production is supposed to be fun and satisfying. aint nothing fun or satisfying about dragging some unison chords and auto generating some crappy drum pattern and calling it a day.

[@Weaverbeats]

producers to music factory pipeline

[@alexanderhdmi7704]

7:55 Sounds amazing, almost ethereal. The one thing dragging it down is litearlly the Drum Monkey lmao. I'd love a full version of that!

[@jackisdrumming]

The moment I saw “Rock + Metal”, I knew it was going to be god awful.

[@Weaverbeats]

lmao

[@EmergHad]

Having an ad for Unisson, in this video, is kinda ironic

[@solo4227]

I'm sorry for your 300 man

[@Weaverbeats]

Its okay Rob threatened to kill me once so he deserves to pay for it.

[@therealest3075]

I recently started music production, unison was the first thing I checked out. Tried drum monkey and chord generator, haven’t used them since. I make my own drum lines and chords/Melodie’s now. I did use sound doctor for a bit but it was only for the “more kick” preset, but I learnt how to use stock plug ins/other plug ins I got to make my kick hit harder etc etc so I stopped using sound doctor. I got them when they were on sale, rent to own, so it didn’t cost me too much since I canceled all three of them. Best decision of my life.

[@StoneyMoe]

Thanks you saved me 300 bucks!

[@Sergio-nb4hj]

You come from a metal background too? Nice I wonder how much that subconsciously influences our music

[@Weaverbeats]

I actually had a phase with quite a few genres from middle school to college. I'd say in recent years, I still have an appreciation for almost all of them.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

To add to My other comment Unison's going to be one of the first things a new wanbee producer's gona see because of the extremely aggressive add campaign, they are literally everywhere. I searched for a Yamaha keyboard the other day and second search result was Unison's midi cord pack.

[@gamersteve7278]

The first lofi drum beat fucking killed me

[@GeorgeLocke]

Try using Grids in VCV Rack or Cardinal to make drum patterns.

[@marcelszekowski315]

oh god I got a mangler ad before this

[@thelastdesperado5312]

UNISON is garbage man lol ,The drum samples in this plug in are thrash ,Lo-fi section sounds like knock off boom bap , $300 to generate a generic drum pattern is madness , i find making the beat (drum loop) is part of the fun, if you cant make a good 4 bar loop watch some tutorials and stop being lazy, the drums and finding your own sounds is part of the fun and is what makes you differrent from the rest, GREAT VID to raise awareness , KEEP THEM COMING HOMIE!

[@lonnit9nnit]

meanwhile..... during watching this great video i was interrupted by a unison ad..... FML

[@hank10111111]

I swear these companies with their nonsense sales pitches are for that generation that wants to copy paste success and make money without having to learn or do any work. A huge tip for anyone making music is make music you enjoy don’t make it for other people.

[@hank10111111]

And we are blessed with the internet all your questions are already answered 99% of the time online.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

They are taking advantage of gullible people who have just started trying to make beats but dont have a clue. Unison's adds are very aggressive and is going to be one of the first things that comes up in search. I was looking for a Yamaha keyboard and Unison's midi cord pack was the second result.

[@pullup019]

plugin police😂 love it

[@thereal_ineedHelp]

7:03: I’m surprised this “Oh sh*t!” Hasn’t been taken and used in one of their promo videos lol

[@natanbake2933]

rob is the goat

[@elketerbentzadik]

I've been enjoying watching KZbinrs roast this VST. My thing is why 93%? Like, that's such a weird percentage. 90%? Sure. 95%? Absolutely. 99%? You bet your ass. But 93%? Also these beats are fucking terrible. This thing should cost $15 at most.

[@Weaverbeats]

they had a team of astrophysicists calculate the odds

[@zoe4real]

The thumbnail thoo 😂😂

[@artkitectbeats1622]

As someone who fingerdrums, your reaction is how I feel listening to most of today's hiphop, trap, etc. 😂

[@ctatrains]

This software is a straight up money grab, What is most disappointing is the producers whom I respected pushing what they have to know is a crap way overpriced product.They can't be that desperate.

[@alexandersorbas1881]

8:51 so obviously stoned LOLOL

[@Weaverbeats]

No you're stoned!

[@millenialfilms_5674]

5:52 sounds like the same pattern used in post malones sunflower

[@telekarma]

It's like the ReGiStRy KeY for drum patterns. You find all sorts of crap.

[@Weaverbeats]

I was thinking more like the monkey and typewriter thing where they'll write Shakespeare except in this case it wrote something much much worse

[@trevorjensen2706]

Brian Tyler killed it in his "Brake" video. The guy knows how to create his own beats, including some where it's mixed meter. This is just...I guess it's okay, but seriously, it's better if one can create their own beats. Quality beats quantity.

[@MCAlvesPortugal]

Great vídeo of a bad plugin.😎

[@DerekPower]

Bananas can also spoil/rot

[@Weaverbeats]

I'm also allergic

[@hank10111111]

They took an 80’s style drum machine re skinned it and sold it for $300

[@djsusan00]

There is a free roland 808 online too

[@danielneyland8318]

UVI drum designer and soul drums. Get ‘em on sale if you can

[@bananopeel]

8:09 bruh he's about to cry

[@This-Is-The-End]

I think the $300 pricing came from the fact that the monkey animator took too much $$$$

[@darrenhirst9900]

If I spend $300 I want a smile on my face! 😂

[@dsohn1288]

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[@jacksmith4460]

30 years ago, Producers were usually multi instrumentalists who had a great understanding ALSO of recording and mixing techniques. A Holistic understanding of Music gear , recording gear and also Studio knowledge , resulting in someone who knew EXACTLY how to get a specific type of sound and bring out the qualities of a band or artist. This is still the case today, but there seems to be this group of people who seem to think its someone who has no musical experience, understanding or technical knowledge about equipment, are not talented enough musicians to make anything good, and thin they can call themselves producers because they have bought programs like this. Whomever this applies to? good luck with that (you're gonna need it). Being a producer you should be able to do a bit of everything, not tap out on most of it because you cant be arsed to learn it and a want a program to do it for you

[@Sergio-nb4hj]

I hate this plugin and company, but I have to disagree. Rick Rubin is one of the most beloved producers of all time and he can't play any instruments at all or articulate what he does with any equipment in technical terms

[@rowlexxflowz7825]

$300 for that? They smoking spice!

[@NathanielPrinceCoulter]

Ableton suite 11 value is absurd.

[@johnpaulsen7713]

agree Nathan James,, so you get drum monkey for 300$? OR WHAT IF YOU BUY 300 $ WORTH OF DRUM LOOPS/DRUM PACKS WITH MIDI & STEMS,,, THIS SHOULD BE A 50$ PLUG IN

[@Weaverbeats]

agreed

[@voidlight6006]

Such a scam. shame on unison

[@djsusan00]

They only sell scams! You can also buy a C chord!

[@kandr21400]

I'm not trying to voice my opinion with any malice towards you or trying to sound like I'm trying to bring it, but....this is just my opinion. First, I'll agree that $300 is a bit much, but, I have it and I have to say that this is a good plugin based on how you use it. What you're displaying, in your video, is the bare bones basic drum sounds. There are so many ways to adjust and manipulate the drum sounds to make them come out way better than what you're commenting on. It's more than just clicking the big red button and listening to the initial basic drum pattern. The genre I like to use is Funk and I combine the Drum Monkey Funk patterns with Drummer (Modern Motown in Logic Pro X) and I get some awesome drum grooves. What you're critiquing is basic drum patterns that provide inspiration. But just like all loops, samples, plug ins, etc. they just provide inspiration to get started. It's up to the user to do the work to tweak, add, subtract and manipulate what you have to get what you like.

[@darrenhirst9900]

I lost all respect for the people that promoted Unison. Weaver Beats you're dope.

[@heartofthemasquerade4568]

300bucks!? I thought it was 30 bucks 😂. Fuck that shit for 300 bucks

[@thecontinuum1284]

IMHO , this plugin is phenomenal. The user is doing what was intended to be done, Call up a preset and modify till your ❤ is content....But, not for three hundred ducketts. Maybe for $99.99 😁

[@noahgiom341]

Plugins like this are honestly so insulting. Like if you listen to any of these genres at all, and have literally any experience writing music, these are the kinds of drum patterns you can crank out with almost no effort anyways. Like they think we're gonna say WOW a hip-hop beat with a halftime clap and a kick on the 1 and 4?????? You're blowing my mind!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@clarenceamis-mdh-8138]

Drum Monkey sounds like the beats my daughter use to make when she was 6, lol

[@mak00ileven]

I use drum monkey.. but I obviously didn't pay for it. Its really not bad for generating drum patterns for different Genres quickly. you can also change the samples and patterns. if you are depending on the generated beats to use in your final product , then you will be disappointed. The price point is the only problem imo. if it was $50, they would be making bank

[@mak00ileven]

@@Pushin..Buttons I do what I want. Don’t be follower and mind your own business

[@calliope_x3]

that lofi one sounds like a kid who just started making lofi beats and heard that it should sound loose, so just put percussion and shit in random places and called it a day. the key to lofi is not randomness or simply pulling things off beat, it's having a human/natural feel. guess it isn't too surprising that a computer can't do it, then.

[@shadowmixx]

This is why I have never supported BS like this or any other ad bombarding company that pops up on YT. They're all fluff. How many pricey fly-by-night plug-ins with cool-looking producers in nice-looking studio environments is it going to take before you guys finally realize that it is more rewarding to create a painting on a 'blank' canvas than it is to paint by numbers?

[@over9k874]

£400 was the cost of Maschine daw with Maschine Studio controller... this is worth £15 EDIT:ah Maschine studio was NI top controller at the time and came with tons of instruments / libraries

[@jacksmith4460]

I paid £110 for EZ Drummer 2 and it comes with everything I need to make technical Progressive metal beats (sometimes in odd timings) and an array of great kit sounds as stock, and multiple other loop and kit packs that I could buy with the cost difference between this and Drum Monkey Before that I used MT power Kit 2 which is free....and it sounds better than Drum Monkey, and even though its loop library is very limited , they are very highly tweakable and its samples/drum sounds are much much much better than this Drum Monkey crap

[@griffgoldsteinreference]

Unison pisses me off to no end and Drum Monkey’s just the tip of the crap pile

[@strangerthingsseason5196]

too much 808 in the lofi beat but it did sound pretty good

[@ry7hym]

drum & bass 😫 nahhh they destroyed it

[@linix4037]

Ever download a plug in and instantly get writers block?

[@Weaverbeats]

naw im sorry im too rich for that 😜

[@ChezburgerLeaf]

I knew it was Unison after he said 'infinite inspiration' lol. How about you get some inspiration for some new phrases, Unison?

[@w1zard0f0h]

I'm sure you can change the drum sounds. Import the midi pattern and substitute your own drums.

[@Weaverbeats]

It's 300 dollars sir lmao

[@w1zard0f0h]

@@Weaverbeats I know it's crazy. But if you already dished out the cash for this piece of crap I'm sure you can find a way to use it.

[@MofoNsh]

No matter what you're gonna wanna drag your own drum samples in. Even if it finds something you like. At least that's what I'm seeing. $300 ?

[@feezo]

Hey bro can’t speak for any other producers, but I don’t get any $ off the link, it just has my name in it 💀 also had a link for when I did a sponsored video on unison’s free midi pack. Might just be a way for them to see how much traffic they’re getting from specific youtubers (also when they asked me to do a video for drum monkey, no part of the agreement said that I had to necessarily say anything positive about it) just speaking from my own experience!

[@Weaverbeats]

hey man, I'd like to apologize about getting that part incorrect, I will correct it ASAP. I should have been more clear that it could also just be an affiliation without any % kickback as well. I'm guessing the agreement was they gave you guys each a copy of drum monkey, along with an affiliate link??

[@feezo]

@@Weaverbeats no worries man, yea at least in my situation, they gave me a copy and also paid me a set price for me to make the video, that’s the only part I made money from. Although it was sponsored I think my review was pretty unbiased. I mentioned that it’s pretty pricey and also just said people can decide it’s right for them (unlike some of the “THIS PLUGIN WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE” kinda videos lol). The only thing really inaccurate about my video was the fact that I wasn’t reviewing the plugin through the lens of “holy shit I just spent 300 on this thing” lmao. Nonetheless still had fun using it

[@HOTROD256969]

You still have to mix the drums so it’s not that bad

[@MrBendixxx]

I give this product 7% out of 💯 😏

[@user-lt2rw5nr9s]

I hope you make up the lost of 300 with this video. Or not pay for it at all if you catch my drift, it's not worth the disk space on your drive.

[@Weaverbeats]

It's okay, Rob bought it not me and Rob is imaginary.

[@user-lt2rw5nr9s]

@@Weaverbeats Oh, right! Rob does comes in clutch with expensive plugins that offers very little value.

[@kidsonicofficial]

7:56 LOOOOLLL THAT IS NOT REGGAE!!! 🤣 That is the furthest thing from reggae I've ever heard apart from the "chops" on beats 2 and 4. DISRESPECT!

[@spacestranger8803]

Thank fuck AI wont take over music

[@justjoshp8581]

see i would buy this if it was maybe $5 bucks i would not go more then that .....$5.30 if i am feeling very generous

[@ErickMcNerney]

I think they're just dyslexic. It sounds good 7% of the time.

[@dj2bklyn]

So he says he super familar with hip hop and rap and then after he fails to find the beat he says at 3:43 hes not make up your mind dude

[@markgraham6243]

I can send you a track I did with

[@7ars471]

honestly apart from the pricing this seems like a really good inspirational tool. I actually don't mind at all that sometimes the samples seem a bit off since i feel like alot of songs just overuse the samples that we have today and this can kinda open up some doors but just giving samples that you usually never use. Also i've seen a lot of bigger producers like dj dahi and illangelo (don't think they are paid to use it since they probably don't need the money) using it on stream for inspirational inputs and it seems like it can do a pretty good job at that. still think this plugin is not worth more than 40-50 dollars especially with the overall lack of control that you have to really mess around with the stuff it gives you. if this was combined with like XO's control and sample library this would be an absolutely great tool.

[@jacksmith4460]

I make Metal music, and anyone who is making metal, could spend around half the price and get EZ drummer, or Superior Drummer and instantly have 1) much better generated beats to choose from, 2) much better sounding drum samples, 3) far more control over each aspect of the sound than Drum Monkey 4) Much better GUI 5) much more powerful tools to modify the beat easily 6) Much easier means to modify beats if simplicity for the beat making process is required, you can keep it to just 1 Knob altered which can intelligently modify any loop, be it downloaded or created from scratch 7) a whole library of related beats fills, intro, verse chorus bridge etc choices and plenty of additional libraries that could be purchased with difference in outlay cost for the programs 8) Far better control internally for the program as it includes its own mixer with verb as well as different drum mics and a compressor 9) They operate as standalone programs as well as plugins so you can construct beats in entirety before even opening your DAW FFS you can get MTK Power Kit 2 for free and although you are limited for beat loops to start from its sounds several million times better than this I think the above programs are so good you could use them with just about any genre because they are so easy to use (and indeed you can by loop packs for certain genres) At the end of the day folks, its better to spend the Hours it takes to accrue the money to buy Drum monkey , on getting your head around the basics of making a beat from scratch. it will make you a better producer /musician and give you far better understanding over many aspects that important when making music. (average day job would take maybe just under a weeks work around 30-40 hours to ear that money, If you cant get your head around the basics of programming drums in 40 hours...maybe you have no talent?) I kind of think things like Drum Monkey are basically for people ...who probably should not be making music (there are exceptions to this for sure) But at the end of the day, if you cant be bothered to create something unique , and learn the craft to to do this, why can I be bothered to listen to the music? The answer is I cant Honestly the sounds on this Drum Monkey plugin are the worst I have ever heard. In 2003-05 times, used to use a free ware drum program called leaf Drums that even back then sounded leagues ahead of this pile of shite. Unison really are Cancer of the plugin world

[@shadypro3868]

Why these guys make scam??? Like wtf dude

[@ceed3d396]

I don't care who you are or what stage of Music Production you are in, THIS IS A SAD LAZY MAN PLUGIN. And for $300.00. Didn't matter even when it was on sale for $99.00, learn your craft people. Learn your craft.

[@es68951]

Lol I’ve found better beats left under my windshield wiper in the the parking lot

[@Weaverbeats]

I've gotten better Beats from the high school bully

[@BatteryCoverMissing]

There are better drum beats on 80s home keyboards. I don’t understand the point of this software.

[@jayfoster]

The reggae one was not a reggae beat at all lol

[@stebo5562]

SHOUD COST $25

[@NickFord92]

Bruh you say 50? This is like a 10usd plugin at most

[@Weaverbeats]

hey, im trying to be nice over here ?!?!/ 😂👌😏

[@jeeves_uk]

Drum Monkey? More like Dumb Monkey...I'll see myself out.

[@jacksmith4460]

the DnB beat is so far from DnB its laughable

[@guscave7]

I made the mistake of buying this crap because there was no demo available. Now I've spent 3 weeks going back and forth trying to get my money back. Unison Audio will never see another dime from me again.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

I knew they wouldn't refund anyone. Mate they should never of got you in the first place. Contact trading standards and force the basterds to pay.

[@alondraeolivo1862]

my worst plugin in the drum monkey, and tooooo much cash for it, and it sounds like trash, like a 5 years old was playing, that was the last thing that I purchased from Unison