'Swing' or 'Shuffle' was a feature added to drum machines of yesteryear to give them a better feel and assuage the critics that felt drum machines were too 'clinical' with their perfect timing. Though swing never really made drum machines sound more like real drummers, legendary drum machines like the Akai MPC 3000 were revered for the feel of their swing, which is featured prominently on countless hip-hop, R & B, and pop records.

In the textbook sense, swing is delaying the 'e' and 'a' of each beat (the second and fourth sixteenth note of each beat), but we weren't satisfied with the clinical 'shuffle' a mathematical delay gave, so we went out and analyzed the swing of some of the greatest drum machines of all time. This obsession with 'feel' has really paid off: try setting iDrum's swing at '13' on just about any groove in the 90.0 - 100.0 bpm range. We defy you to not shake it. :-)