Description
Give your tracks some attitude and edgy power with the Arturia DrumBrute Impact , a professional-grade, fully analog drum machine designed by musicians for musicians and aimed at modern indie-rock bands, dance music producers and DJs, hip-hop artists, and electronic musicians. The machine features 10 pure-analog drum sounds Kick, Snare 1, Snare 2, Tom Hi, Tom Low, Cowbell, Cymbal, Closed Hat, Open Hat, and FM Sound which build on the history of classic drum machines and offer an expanded feature set including high-performance controls and a modern step sequencer. The DrumBrute Impact offers a wide range of dedicated knobs, which allows for hands-on control over parameters including pitch, decay, tone, impact, and more allowing for many new and adventurous sounds as well as live performance manipulation.At a Glance 10 pure analog soundsKick, Snare 1, Snare 2, Tom Hi, Tom Low, Cowbell, Cymbal, Closed Hat, Open Hat, and FM Sound64 patterns with up to 64 steps eachSeparate accent per drumOptional Color sound-shaping on all instruments (except Cowbell)Song mode for chaining patternsPolyrhythm capabilities: each drum track can be a separate lengthSwing: global or per instrumentRandomness: generate pattern variationsPattern Looper for beat repeat functionsRoller for real time instruments rollsOutput Distortion with bypassSmart metronome with headphone overrideMultiple sync options: Internal / MIDI / Clock, including 1PPS, 2PPQ, DIN24, and DIN48USB MIDI interfaceMaster output, and optional individual audio outputs for Kick, Snares, Hats and FM Sound3.5mm headphone outputDrum Sounds with a Distinct Flavor DrumBrute Impact features 10 discrete drum sounds each with their own independent sequencer track. Hands-on analog controls let you adjust and tweak the sounds on the fly, letting you tailor DrumBrute Impact s sound for tight, choppy performances. Open up the decay to let the sounds breathe; raise the pitch and tone for crisp, snappy parts or lower them for big, booming power. The choice is yours.On top of independent volume controls, every drum aside from the cowbell features a selection of unique parameters that vary its tone, pitch, shape, or synth properties.The Color of Sound Color can be activated per instrument to give a new, exciting tonal variation. Whether it s adding drive to the Kick, altering the tone of the Cymbal, or maxing out the pitch envelope of the FM Drum, activating Color will change the sonic character of your drums in exciting, sometimes unexpected ways.Each instrument channel has its own unique Color implementation, meaning that you can also automate and record changes by using the step sequencer, letting you modulate and experiment with your tone as you progress through your sequences. Check out some examples of how Color can be used to make some subtle and not-so-subtle changes to a drum pattern.Drum-Optimized Distortion Color can be activated per instrument to give a new, exciting tonal variation. Whether it s adding drive to the Kick, altering the tone of the Cymbal, or maxing out the pitch envelope of the FM Drum, activating Color will change the sonic character of your drums in exciting, sometimes unexpected ways.Each instrument channel has its own unique Color implementation, meaning that you can also automate and record changes by using the step sequencer, letting you modulate and experiment with your tone as you progress through your sequences. Check out some examples of how Color can be used to make some subtle and not-so-subtle changes to a drum pattern.Multifunctional Drum Pads DrumBrute Impact features 8 responsive, hard-wearing finger-drumming pads that can be used to perform drum sounds and input steps on the fly.There are multiple ways the pads can be used. For example, you can simply perform the drum sounds, free of any sequence, by just playing the pads. You can also do this while a sequence is playing, letting you improvise on top of a solid rhythm. If you like what you hear, you can hit the