Arturia DrumBrute Impact

Arturia DrumBrute Impact

R7,195.00 Incl.

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Description

The Beast Strikes Back!

Get ready to meet a different kind of Brute. A drum machine with attitude, DrumBrute Impact is an addictively fun, instantly satisfying beat maker with a beefy, unique sound.

Main Features

10 pure analog sounds

  • Kick, Snare 1, Snare 2, Tom Hi, Tom Low, Cowbell, Cymbal, Closed Hat, Open Hat, and FM Sound

64 patterns with up to 64 steps each

Separate accent per drum

Optional Color sound-shaping on all instruments (except Cowbell)

Song mode for chaining patterns

Polyrhythm capabilities: each drum track can be a separate length

Swing: global or per instrument

Randomness: generate pattern variations

Pattern Looper for beat repeat functions

Roller for real time instruments rolls

Output Distortion with bypass

Smart metronome with headphone override

Multiple sync options: Internal / MIDI / Clock, including 1PPS, 2PPQ, DIN24, and DIN48

USB MIDI interface

Master output, & optional individual audio outputs for Kick, Snares, Hats and FM Sound

3.5mm headphone output

 

A sound likeno other

DrumBrute Impact’s sounds were designed from the ground up to stand out and get noticed. Each featuring a distinct, unique flavor, with a strong overall “kit” sound that will deliver the punch and power you need.

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 following audio examples let you hear the range of sound available for each instrument:

Kick

Pounding bass drum with nice attack transients and variable pitch and decay

Snare 1

A big-bodied snare with great, editable snap and decay

Snare 2

A trashy, clap-like snare, with adjustable tone and decay

Tom High

Simple but powerful high tom with sweepable pitch

Tom Low

Pants-shaking low tom that can get so low you could use it as a 2nd kick

Cymbal

Zingy, metallic crash with adjustable decay

Cowbell

A simple but effective percussive cowbell

Closed Hat

Hard-hitting hat with variable tone that also effects the Open Hat

Open Hat

Open up the hat sound with changeable decay with a mute controlled by the Closed Hat

FM Drum

A percussive synth voice with adjustable carrier pitch, decay, FM amount, and mod pitch

The colorof sound

Introducing “Color”, DrumBrute Impact’s unique sound-shaper that adds another layer of awesome, and gives each sound another performable parameter for you to play with.

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-optimizeddistortion

Everyone enjoys getting dirty from time to time, and DrumBrute Impact gives you instant access to a simple, yet devastatingly effective output distortion.

 

Distortion

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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.

Take itstep by step

DrumBrute Impact features one of the most intuitive, advanced step sequencers ever put into hardware.

First seen in our award-winning BeatStep Pro, and refined with the original DrumBrute, the 64-step sequencer found in DrumBrute Impact takes things to a whole new level. Packed with features that make editing and performing simple and fun, this powerful sequencer is fresh, exciting, and will take your rhythms to another level.

Swing

The swing feature can add a groovy feel to everything at once, or for individual instruments by selecting the “Current Track” button on the drum sound you want to apply it to.

Hook-upheaven

Not only is DrumBrute Impact a fully-fledged, self-contained rhythm powerhouse, it also features a wealth of analog and digital connections to make it shine in any creative setup. Let’s take a look around the back…

Customize yourexperience

Analog sounds with a digital mind, DrumBrute Impact lets you personalize various behaviours and parameters of its sequencer using the Arturia MIDI Control Center. Adjust “behind the scenes” details that help give you the best drum machine experience ever.

Aside from letting you backup, store and recall all patterns, banks and songs, hooking up DrumBrute Impact via USB and using the MCC lets you do a few more complex things. For example, you may wish to switch banks while DrumBrute Impact is playing without selecting a pattern; the MCC lets you do that. You may want to enable ¼ triplets on the metronome; MCC lets you do that, too.

If you want the Play button to start your sequence from where it left off, rather than restarting it; MCC can do that too. You get the idea.

These “set and forget” changes let you customize and personalize your instrument, making it truly yours, and empowering you to make music you never thought possible.

What’s in the box

Box content

  • DrumBrute Impact unit
  • Power cable

Instrument dimensions

  • Size : 13.5 x 9.6 x 2.2 inches (342 x 243 x 57mm)
  • Weight : 4 lbs. (1.84 Kg)

 

Main Features

10 pure analog sounds

  • Kick, Snare 1, Snare 2, Tom Hi, Tom Low, Cowbell, Cymbal, Closed Hat, Open Hat, and FM Sound

64 patterns with up to 64 steps each

Separate accent per drum

Optional Color sound-shaping on all instruments (except Cowbell)

Song mode for chaining patterns

Polyrhythm capabilities: each drum track can be a separate length

Swing: global or per instrument

Randomness: generate pattern variations

Pattern Looper for beat repeat functions

Roller for real time instruments rolls

Output Distortion with bypass

Smart metronome with headphone override

Multiple sync options: Internal / MIDI / Clock, including 1PPS, 2PPQ, DIN24, and DIN48

USB MIDI interface

Master output, & optional individual audio outputs for Kick, Snares, Hats and FM Sound

3.5mm headphone output

 

Additional information

Weight 2 kg
Dimensions 32 × 29 × 10 cm

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