DRUW is not about programming drums on a grid. It’s about playing them.

Instead of clicking steps with a mouse, you perform rhythms in real time using gesture and touch. DRUW turns drum programming into a physical, expressive performance.

DRUW connects your DAW to an external device (tablet, phone, or touch surface), where the playable drum layout appears instantly.

Your device becomes an extension of the plugin, made for hands-on performance.

• Mobile devices (phones, tablets) connect via a fast Wi-Fi connection, using the same network as your computer or USB.

Once connected, your device becomes a direct, real-time performance surface for DRUW.

Yes. DRUW runs as a plugin inside your DAW on macOS and Windows.

Absolutely.

DRUW is designed to plug into tracks that are already started. Add it to your project, play drums live, and build grooves directly on top of your music.

Yes.

Everything you play with DRUW can be recorded directly into your DAW as part of your session.

Yes.

Once recorded, your performance can be edited, adjusted, or refined inside your DAW, just like any other track.

Yes.

DRUW ships with a curated set of ready-to-play drum sounds, designed to work well with gesture-based performance.

Yes.

You can load your own samples and play them instantly inside DRUW. Your sounds, your identity.

You can rearrange elements of the drum kit, adapt the layout to your hands, and shape the instrument to your playing style.

Generate creates new playable drum layouts and sound combinations in one click.

It’s designed for speed, inspiration, and discovery, helping you find ideas you wouldn’t have planned.

Yes.

DRUW is built for real-time, high-resolution playing, making it easy to perform fast hats, complex percussion, and subtle rhythmic details.

Not at all.

DRUW is made for producers, beatmakers, and musicians of all backgrounds. If you can feel a rhythm, you can play DRUW. A built-in quantize system helps you stay in time, so you can focus on feel and ideas rather than technique. DRUW offers multiple quantize options depending on how you want to play:

• Tight quantize to lock into the rhythm
• Groove-based quantize with swing and timing offsets
• No quantize for loose, wonky, human grooves

You can start with assistance, then gradually turn it off and trust your feel.

Yes.

DRUW is easy to start with, but deep enough to grow with you. You can get results immediately, without technical setup or theory.

A built-in quantize system helps you stay in time, so you can focus on feel and ideas rather than technique. DRUW offers multiple quantize options depending on how you want to play:

• Tight quantize to lock into the rhythm
• Groove-based quantize with swing and timing offsets

No quantize for loose, wonky, human grooves

DRUW follows the core BEATSURFING philosophy:

playable instruments, not programmed tools.

It extends this vision by bringing gesture, touch, and performance directly into the DAW.

Yes.
DRUW introduces a playable plugin standard focused on interpretation, expression, and real-time creation.

This format will expand over time:

• Existing Beatsurfing plugins will be ported to this playable format, with the same gesture-based performance features.
• New plugins will join the ecosystem, designed for jamming, expressive performance, and fast song starters.

Together, they form a constellation of instruments made to be played, explored, and discovered — not programmed.