A black and wood box shaped device with touchscreen and knob. Metal rods are attached holding a cowbell and percussion block with a wood mallet in between.

Upgrade your metronome, automate your percussion, and unleash your music. The AP-1 can play any percussion instrument using any mallet or drumstick with dynamics and accurate velocity response. In MIDI mode you can control the AP-1 via 5 pin MIDI input using any MIDI controller or interface. In Metronome mode you can playback stored .MIDI files and use the AP-1 as a metronome or standalone drum machine for practice or performance.

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Lupine Instruments AP-1

The Acoustic Drum Machine

Lupine Instruments founder Jordan Wolfe is a teacher, jazz guitarist, and inventor from San Jose California. Jordan invented the AP-1 after his friend Billy Edwards asked if he could make a metronome that plays a real wood block.