snare rolls.
snare rolls writes 4, 8 or 16 bar snare rolls at your project tempo, with the filter sweep, reverb swell and pitch rise already done, then hands them to your daw as audio or midi.
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it writes the snare roll before your drop. pick a snare, choose the length, and it climbs in speed, pitch and intensity right up to the one.
turn the knobs.
what each part does.
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- 1
level meter.
stereo output level in black and white game boy segments, with peak hold and a clip light.
- 2
snare select.
13 built-in snares, from a classic 808 to breathy and destroyed. pick one from the snare browser or step through with the arrows; each plays as you land on it. drop a wav, aiff or flac anywhere to load your own.
- 3
bars.
how long the build is: 4, 8 or 16 bars, locked to your project tempo.
- 4
roll display.
every hit as a bar, with the rising effect lines drawn over it. it cheers when a roll reaches the top.
- 5
play.
plays the roll. any midi note plays it too, and it stops when your daw's transport stops.
- 6
drag to daw.
drag the roll out as a 24-bit wav of exactly what you hear, or as midi with automation lanes for any sampler.
- 7
roll.
speed from 1/4 to 1/32 notes (an optional auto mode steps it up halfway), pitch that stays put or rises up to 12 semitones, velocity with crescendo, and human, which makes random hits quieter so it sounds played. reroll deals a new variation.
- 8
hp filter.
holds back until the end of the build, then sweeps the low end out and hits its peak right on the drop. amount sets how far, rate shapes the sweep.
- 9
tension.
swells a big reverb, dotted-eighth echoes and a little grit as the roll rises.
- 10
lp open.
starts the roll muffled and opens it up. start sets the first cutoff, rate how fast it opens.
- 11
swing.
pushes every second hit late, up to half a step, for a shuffled roll.
snare rolls in 17 seconds.
why snare rolls.
you know the moment. the drop is four bars away and you're drawing a snare roll in by hand. note by note, velocity by velocity. then you automate a filter, then a reverb send, then you nudge the pitch so it climbs. twenty minutes later the roll works, but the idea that got you excited has gone cold.
snare rolls does that whole build in one go. pick a snare and a length, set how hard it climbs, and the roll is ready, with the filters, the reverb swell and the pitch rise already in it. drag it into your track and you're back to the drop.
specifications.
- release
- 27 november 2026, black friday
- price
$29$19, black friday sale, 27–30 november- formats
- vst3, au, standalone
- platform
- macOS, apple silicon + intel
- roll length
- 4 / 8 / 16 bars
- speeds
- 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32 + auto
- pitch
- fixed ±12 st, or rise to +12 st
- tempo
- follows your daw
- trigger
- play key or any midi note
- audio export
- 24-bit wav
- midi export
- .mid, 960 ppq, note 38
- automation
- cc74 lp · cc75 hp · cc91 tension · pitch bend
- snares
- 13 built in + your own
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snare rolls.
snare rolls writes 4, 8 or 16 bar snare rolls at your project tempo, with the filter sweep, reverb swell and pitch rise already done, then hands them to your daw as audio or midi.
updated 8 nov 2026.
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