For today’s Fun Friday post, we wanted to share a video Ean found recently, a promotional flash clip promoting Dr. Drum, a program that claims to not only be “the sickest software you’ll ever buy” but also able to “unlock your hidden talent” and make you an overnight hit producer sensation. You’ve got to watch this hilarious video to believe it- check it out inside.

There’s just something about the attitude of the female voiceover in this video combined with the stilted attempt to use “super cool” language that clashes so wonderfully. Some of our favorite quotes:

  • “Your confidence will go off the hook when you start bangin’ out beats every time you use it”
  • “This is 2012, gimme a break!”
  • “The same techie knowledge as Kanye West’s producer”  (Mr. West actually does production on many of his own tracks…)
  • “We’ve cracked the code..”
  • “It doesn’t matter if you’ve never created a beat in your life!”
  • “Imagine how it will feel to copy that new beat you just heard”  (I imagine I’ll feel really unoriginal.)

Just a bit of advice: this video makes light of industry tools like  DAWs, mixers, VSTs, soundcards, and keyboards – and it’s true, you don’t necessarily need top-of-the-line gear to make incredible music. What you do need is committment, and a willingness to dedicate yourself to production and getting better. There’s no tool out there that will make you a “top notch producer in minutes!”, so don’t fall for products like this.

Editorial Disclaimer: We’ve never used this software. (Obviously- if I had I’d be a multi-millionaire and famous, right?) 



  • Nick

    Solid front page worthy article right here.

  • emery

    i thought it was going to be fake.. how much does it cost? seems just like garage band but worse

  • rotebass

    Every DAW I’ve ever used exports to .wav by default. Getting them to export to an .mp3 file usually involves installing 3rd party codecs.

    I’m sure we can compile a pretty extensive list of reasons why that video was stupid in addition to those listed already in the blog.

  • http://twitter.com/CosmicRift Brian Smithers

    Well I just got my ab workout in for the day. What a joke. hahah

  • Anonymous

    this program is “no biggie” dubturbo 2.0 is the one you want… that program is the most used in the industry, just watch the video…

  • Anonymous

    My friends thought i was joking when i told them i was laying down beats better then full time DJ’s – until they heard my tracks… now they know the truth

  • MobOne

    This is like the Nubian prince™ scam but for newb djs and producers….
    Insert your social security number and banking details and it will create a MASSSIVEE DROP in ONE CLICK !!!

  • Anonymous

    Clubs will start begging you to DJ and the ladies will fall at your feet

  • lethal_pizzle

    Next up, Dr Doctor:
    Be a kick-ass surgeon without learning anatomy – that’s for everyone else!

  • http://www.facebook.com/jamespershhedges James Persh Hedges

    I started reading the comments on this 3 million view video and noticed they were all positive. Then I tried to post my own and realized it was pending approval. Go figure.

  • http://www.facebook.com/phil.mounteney Phil Mounteney

    i can already “knock one out” pretty quick thanks

  • Owen

    Shut up and take my money….

  • DJ Real Juicy

    OMG OMG OMG I need this

  • DJ Real Juicy

    I need to maintain my rep!

  • DJ Real Juicy

    NO MP3s!

  • MAX

    EDM BRAAH

  • Thanatoss

    You’ll be top billin’ in no time.

  • The Incredible Kid

    They even spell techno “tecno.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/andrew.northern Andrew Northern

    OH MY GOD TAKE MY MONEY!

  • Guest

    The best of all are the drawings not the DAWings they have!

  • http://twitter.com/CaptArschkarte CJ Holden?!?

    At least they didn’t promise that it makes your penis bigger. Although that might come with the Grammy, once you win one.

  • Vye Nel

    ahhhh the youtube comments are priceless!


    can you make? t-pain effect? and glitchi stuff like dubstep ”

    I guess im going to go have a yard sale and ditch my whole studio, because all i need is Dr Drum

  • http://twitter.com/jmdeshazer Jon-Michael DeShazer

    They spelled ‘tecno’ wrong. :)

  • http://twitter.com/jmdeshazer Jon-Michael DeShazer

    The interface looks about as complex as any other Drum Machine Program.

  • http://spencerthayer.tumblr.com Spencer “Thunderball” Thayer

    Can we find who this voice actor is? I want her to make me some DJ Drops. I need that monotone spoutin out, “Maintaining his rep with hot beats, DJ Spencer 4 Hire.”

  • dumbass

    Wow, a five minute music production s/w video w/ absolutely no music/sounds. Also, so annoying to see that stupid guy being drawn over and over and over and over again.

  • RockingClub

    Haha! The video was funny. The product is quite lame though… Wav is absolutely standard, this is more kind of a DAW with almost no functionality and nobody would probably own his huge studio if it wouldn’t make sense.
    But funny to imagine there are some kids out there believing in what she says and buying that toy. It’s raining grammies already!
    On the other hand, for 29,95$ this wouldn’t be too bad for somebody starting out without any kind of know-how or production tools. But you shouldn’t expect to become a superstar right away, of course^^.
    Nevertheless I would grab some serious tools instead ;)

  • HFL

    Drdrums’s MyWot.com scorecard eerily reveals the truth: http://tinyurl.com/9w4saly
    “There’s no need to waste time learning boring music theory or any of that nonsense!” HAHAHAHAHA!

  • RockingClub

    Still too much of a learning curve, he?

    I remember the beat creater of Magix Music Maker that used to have a
    function which created a complete beat pattern randomly with kick,
    snare, hihat, congas, crash and so on.

    And it came with the free demo. Better cost-performance ratio and much less know-how needed I guess ;)

  • http://www.facebook.com/robertginkgo Robert Ginkgo

    Other things I love:

    They seem to gloss over the fact that it doesn’t appear to include a sampler.

    The comments in the youtube thread are all “moderated,” which explains why nothing negative shows up. Cause this is suuuuuper trollworthy.

    That being said, this could be cool for a middle school computer lab that wanted to offer remedial beatmaking for 12 year olds.

  • RockingClub

    Still too much of a learning curve, he?

    I remember the Magix Music Maker used to have a beat creater that allowed you to create a beat pattern containing kick, snare, hihat, congas, crash and so on randomly! So zero to non know-how needed. And it came with the free demo.
    So much better cost-performance-ratio and faster access to your grammy ;)

  • http://www.facebook.com/robertginkgo Robert Ginkgo

    Oh man, be sure to watch some of the sample track videos. They’re as horrible as you’d expect.

    Dubstep producers are going to be pretty dissappointed when they learn there’s no LFO modulation, cause there aren’t any synths.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6EEpG-RcgA&feature=channel&list=UL

  • Morpse

    it looks like they ripped hydrogen’s code

  • Warwick

    I see that it also allows you to write and draw really fast with a marker pen !

  • Mike Heymans

    “Is that awesome or what?” HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

  • thanatos

    it’s the ejay of modern dubstep era… perhaps a good starting point to go to something more serious

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1137292039 Ronald Edwards

    Three letters: L.O.L.

  • http://twitter.com/cento_mila centomila

    I see the spam of this product with fake accounts on every youtube’s tutorial. Marked as spam everytime. I hate this kind of advertising :/

  • beatzhoven

    No Drum & Bass for Dr. Drum? I guess dnb is still too difficult.

  • Gustavo Cornholio

    I made it to about 1:15 before i couldn’t handle anymore!

  • deserttrader

    I saw this a few months ago, funny then, funny now XD.

  • http://www.facebook.com/rglassman1 Ryan Glassman

    Just the use of the word “beats” is enough for me to strongly dislike this video. Like, I never sit back and listen to something I’ve produced, and go, “Aw, jeah dawg! That’s a sick beat!”

  • http://www.facebook.com/rglassman1 Ryan Glassman

    Kudos for mentioning jungle, though.

  • http://www.facebook.com/rglassman1 Ryan Glassman

    She makes “blowing a huge wad of dough” sound really dirty and sexual.

  • http://www.facebook.com/dtalon David Talon

    all you need is Reason

  • Nadir

    I’m more about the mash than the bangers.

  • GhoulOsco

    Wait, this is real?!

  • Fishbulb

    Uhh, will it let me “put a donk on it?”

  • Safadao

    After watching this slick video, I believe Dr. Drum’s software is way too complex for me and quite frankly I’m afraid of all the success and income I would gain from making bangin’ beats in no time.

  • Safadao

    When you earn the fame and income from making bangin’ beats in minutes, you won’t need a big penis.

  • rdale

    Looks a lot like MTV Music Generator for PS1, which was a ton of fun to mess with by the way. Seems some people had fairly big releases on something as limited as the old school playstation and the time to prefect the sound. I really enjoyed it, and would love to get a copy for Mac.

  • lightsequence

    there’s no way this is real…it has to be a joke

  • http://www.facebook.com/jason.hancock.509 Jason Hancock

    The website says $29.99 WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. WTF does that mean when you’re talking about a computer file??

  • sammsousa

    hilarious!!! amazing however is the fact that the video has 30 MILLION views… i mean… if old school producers say that now adays everybody makes music, what are they gonna say when they see this??

  • Dancingbuddha

    Funny :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/tompz Dave Thompson

    artists, you don’t need those expensive paints, brushes and canvasses. All you need is….. MS Paint….

  • Anonymous

    That’s it, time to flush away my Ableton Live down the toilet. Instant Grammy’s within minutes with this baby ;-)

  • http://www.facebook.com/sumonrat.suephot Sumonrat Hancock

    I bet it cost more to produce this video than it did to write the program

  • Thenonwho

    Jeez its 2012. Grimme a Break

  • AL

    I am not going to comment on the program since I’ve never used it. But i degrade companies that think their customers are bunch of mindless folks who can just be easily manipulated with some pretty words. What? People are going to laugh at you for using MP3 so you have to use our program cause it creates WAV files? Do they think their customers are bunch of 13 years old with low self-esteem?

  • BPSS

    Apparantly people don’t get sarcasm. I thought it was gonna be the same thing with the same fake ass dre beats logo…. preying on young kids…..

  • IamIll.77

    I wanna’ be top billin’ in no time!

  • panpan

    Only 12 drum pads? “this is 2012. Give me a break”

  • Mark Wagenaar

    HAHA! at youtube: ‘ is there a trial for this? ‘

    But come on, who is going to take this seriously?

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  • Anonymous

    AMEN!!!

  • deecodameeko

    BREAK!

  • http://www.facebook.com/frenchepaul Paul R.

    This is an obvious scam.

  • http://www.facebook.com/rglassman1 Ryan Glassman

    Dubstep at 160 BPM? How innovative.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_QCFGVJDS6IL6KE3XI6K3ZYHDQI willy wonka

    They try to give the impression that they know what they are talking about when they mention exporting 16 bit wav files LMAO as if daws dont support a basic function like exporting/importing wav files lol.only dumb founded idiots are going to waste their money on this,seduced with the idea of winning a grammy in a matter of days lol.somone please pass this on to deadmau5,i really want to see what he thinks about this.

  • NonA

    I want to know what software doesnt let you export wav…

  • Redskyy

    i think i really want to smash my face repeatedly into my desk after watching this retarded chick sound uber coolioz yo

  • Redskyy

    haha did u see the BPM 128….. wtf lol

  • http://twitter.com/eljmayes Edward Mayes

    Very similar in presentation to Dub Turbo, if you want a cheaper DAW, try Reaper.

  • xrs

    I think I could create better “banging beats” donkey punching this girl rather than use this “tool”….

  • Luati

    they’ve been spamming EVERY dj/production/music video I’ve seen on youtube for a long time now.

  • http://www.facebook.com/akins.powder Akins DjZero Powder

    Im pretty sure this and dub turbo are the same software

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=889370654 David De Garie-Lamanque

    haven’t you heard? pillsbury cookie-dough-roll blowjobs are all the rage right now!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=889370654 David De Garie-Lamanque

    that seems to be their target market, sadly

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=889370654 David De Garie-Lamanque

    do they rally expect anyone to be impressed or intrigued when they don’t even show what the software is capable of? how can you make a promotional video of a music software without any music whatsoever? how stupid do they think people are?

  • http://www.facebook.com/jason.benson.1238 Jason Benson

    Went to the site for this program and Bitdefender said “Ummm…no”

    No thanks

  • Dominant

    “theres no need to waste time learning boring music theory or any of that nonsense”
    Im sold!

  • Anonymous

    Yeah. This was funny to watch. Yes, the stock sounds on Dr. Drum are worse than I expected.

    But we are sort of missing the underlying message: Someone, somewhere is making money under the premise of “If you don’t want to bother with educating yourself, that’s perfectly acceptable. Not only is your stupidity blissfully acceptable, we encourage you not to learn anything about music creation.”

    All of the regulars who visit DJTT are tech geeks in one way or another. Often we pride ourselves to learn the inner workings of software and hardware. Sometimes we exploit weaknesses in what we know to re-purpose a widget we bought. This product (and I use the term “product” very loosely) is the first time I have seen a de-evolution of technology and downgrading the caliber of who is making music and why.

    As a former sales guy at Guitar Center in Atlanta, I would lose sales because I would tell customers the nuts-and-bolts differences between this synth, that DAW, or whatever. Their eyes would quickly glaze over. Within seconds, they would say, “I just wanna make beats. I didn’t understand half of the gobeldy-gook you said to me and I don’t care. Will this let me make beats or not? I want beats so I can make money.” I’d get this situation happen randomly about twice a week. …Moral to the story is, this is the world we live in. People are generally dumb – present company excluded – some even people take pride in their own ignorance. We live in an instant gratification society where ATMs, microwave dinners, “I have a reality show for no reason”, and “on demand” entertainment are now bleeding over into music production and DJing. This Dr. Drum not only exploits this notion…but it may be a warning sign to worse things than this yet to come.

  • Floored

    Dr. Drum is just like real life, no consequences for cutting corners/never applying yourself and getting everything you want for doing absolutely nothing.

  • http://www.facebook.com/donovan.aenslaed Ðonova? ??gustu? Ænslae?

    Anyone that takes this seriously is in for a huge reality check…

  • http://www.facebook.com/robertwulfman Robert Wulfman

    With the exception of classic drum lines like Revolution 909

  • http://ralph.tumblr.com Ralph Dagza

    I cant wait to see Deadmau5′ reaction

  • tr4gik

    AMEN!

  • tr4gik

    well its 2012 … XD

  • Sam Lewis

    There is a HUGE troll behind this. I reckon it’s Deadmau5

  • Bombast

    I agree completely. Knowing that this wasn’t satire, it sickened me rather than made me laugh. There are untold thousands that this ad speaks directly to, and they will all put out shitty music on the internet at some point.

    Worse though is the top layer of these types who become professionals…an army of parasites who rip off other people’s sounds and DJ whatever is popular at the moment. So many of these damn underachievers, it’s a bloody mess. It’s just dance music, so the standards for creativity are naturally low as shit, right? Screw that, electronic dance music has just as much potential for brilliance as ANY other form of music, in some ways even more potential. They just don’t see that because they don’t have a single ounce of respect for music as an art form that has been around for tens of thousands of years….they just bastardize genres I love like a goddamn plague. I hope they all loose their bookings.

  • mario

    seen that a couple of months ago that is shit.

  • David Guetta

    I use it all the time and it’s great :)

  • Anonymous

    Finally, now I can stop blowing off social engagements and have my music produce itself. The days are over where being a productive producer – lol – necessitated anti-social behavior and strained interpersonal relations. Maybe I can finally get a girlfriend and NOT have her break up with me within 6 months. Lo – the race to the bottom is nearly over at last, because the bottom is in sight.

  • Spark-3

    If this goes famous , then do give me some poison and dont forget to keep a ableton lives cd in my graveyard :

  • pepehouse

    People are even more stupid than you think, mate.

  • LEViTATE

    yo dogg, that beat had everything! kicks, snares, hihats, damn. ay who knows how to play keys doh

  • pinkspikyhairman

    Hehehe. Made my Friday afternoon! Off to bang some beats right now!

  • Mat Reptile

    Is this a joke ? I see this advertised all over you tube with literally hundreds of likes on every spam comment on almost all music production related (however loose the connection) video. I wondered how so many ppl liked it and if they did who are these ppl. I mean there isn’t a miracle cure for anything you want to learn. I came to the conclusion it had to be a joke that I wasn’t in on. But you tell me this is a legit operation. The population of the world never cease to amaze.

  • http://www.facebook.com/DJTEEOH Shuriken Tenshii

    I hope whoever made that….gets kidnapped, tortured, beaten, then dropped off a bridge, and gets raped and eaten by a shark…..Twice

  • http://www.facebook.com/nathaniel.ross.12 Nathaniel Ross

    This is both funny and sad at the same time because somebody out there’s gonna buy into this shill thinking that this is an instant solution. What really got me though was “You don’t need to learn music theory or any of that nonsense”. Yes, because when you make music, you don’t need to know about melody, harmony, key and all that mess….that shit’s for the birds lol; get outta here with this nonsense.

  • http://twitter.com/MWagnerFilthFM M.Wagner

    Shouldn’t the “learning curve” bend the other way to make the point they’re trying to make?

  • Anonymous

    well hydrogen in opensource, so tecnically they can if they want to. plus hydrogen is hard to learn who wants to spend time learning music theory and hard programs when you can make sick beats in minutes hahaha

  • Anonymous

    microsoft soudn recorder hahaha

  • http://www.facebook.com/wyatt.regan Wyatt Regan

    bahahaha finally, fruity loops for pre-n00bs

  • Give me a break

    BUT WAIT!! if you call within the next 5 minutes we will give you a free Grammy!

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  • http://www.facebook.com/bluecollarprophet Jim Wilcox

    My favorite part personally is that they NEVER tell you what makes their stuff so much easier to use than any other DAW out there… when you look at it, it looks like a simplified version of a real DAW kinda like apple did with Garage Band… I really hope people notice that and don’t fall for this pitch…. i can’t stop laughing at it though! thanks for the laugh DJ Tech Tools!!!

  • nir

    The Truth About
    Beat Production Software
    http://dubturbo-dj.blogspot.co.il/

  • Pr1cK

    PURE-GOLD. i’m on my way to a few BANGERS. lol

  • http://www.facebook.com/maksym.chupov Max Shopov

    I just got cancer from that video

  • andy21225

    im so happy i can upvote like reddit :D

  • http://www.facebook.com/bjwhelan1 Brian James Whelan

    what are you waiting for you dingus?

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