UJAM launches Beatmaker GLOOM for ambient & minimal production

UJAM has released GLOOM, a new addition to its Beatmaker series built for ambient, minimal, and textural music.

Instead of big, punchy drums, GLOOM delivers quiet rhythmic layers that add depth and space to a mix.

It runs on the updated Beatmaker 3 platform and includes organic sounds such as clicks, pulses, and evolving tones that blend easily with melodic parts.

GLOOM offers 10 drum kits with 16 instruments each, 20 styles, and 460 MIDI loops.

It also includes 12 mix modes and 17 ambience and reverb modes for adjusting spatial depth, along with multi-effects for shaping tone, dynamics, and motion. As many as 75 global presets are included to provide ready-made options and flexible starting points.

Producers can shape tone, dynamics, and motion with built-in multi-effects controls. This makes it useful for film scoring, electronic production, and tracks that need subtle but steady rhythm.

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UJAM, co-founded by Hans Zimmer and Pharrell Williams, is known for developing virtual instruments aimed at making music production accessible.

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The company’s team has contributed to widely used tools in the past, including Steinberg Hypersonic and Digidesign Xpand.

GLOOM is available for macOS and Windows in VST2, VST3, AU2, and AAX formats, with prices starting at US$29.

For more information and to download, head here.

Amira Waworuntu is Mixmag Asia’s Managing Editor, follow her on Instagram.

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