Key Features
- Limited edition off-white finish - inspired by classic X0X drum machines
- 10 punchy, fully analog drum sounds
- Individual sound-shaping controls for deep customisation
- Real-time and step-sequencing for hands-on beat creation
- Built-in distortion circuit for added grit
Arturia DrumBrute Impact 1984 Overview
The DrumBrute Impact is a compact analog drum machine designed for producers, live performers, and beatmakers who want hands-on control and a distinctive, punchy sound. With 10 powerful drum voices, you can craft everything from deep kicks to crisp snares and sizzling hats. Each sound comes with dedicated controls, letting you tweak your beats in real-time. This limited edition version retains all the functions and features of the original with a unique off-white aesthetic; inspired by iconic X0X vintage drum machines.
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Full Description
View Full Description10 fully analog drum voices for rich, punchy sound
The DrumBrute Impact delivers 10 powerful analog drum voices, each carefully designed for impact and character. These include a deep kick drum, two snare variations, hi-hats, toms, a cowbell, cymbals, and a flexible FM drum. Create booming low-end rhythms or crisp, high-energy percussion with sounds that cut through the mix.
Each instrument features dedicated controls for tone, decay, and additional parameters, allowing for precise sound sculpting. The exclusive "Color" feature adds extra variation, transforming each sound with added drive, harmonics, or decay adjustments. This function enhances expression, making beats feel more dynamic and alive.
Powerful step sequencing and real-time performance tools
Programming beats is fast and intuitive with the DrumBrute Impact’s 64-step sequencer. Build patterns step-by-step for precise control or record in real time using velocity-sensitive pads for a more dynamic feel. Each track within a pattern operates independently, allowing for individual swing settings, step repeats, and timing shifts.
Performance features such as mute/solo functions, a looper, and a roller strip allow for experimentation on the fly. Step repeat introduces rapid fills and variations, while the looper enables real-time looping for spontaneous live adjustments. These tools make the DrumBrute Impact a production powerhouse and a dynamic live performance instrument.
Built-in distortion for added grit and warmth
The DrumBrute Impact includes a built-in distortion circuit on the master output, adding everything from a subtle, warm crunch to heavy, overdriven saturation. This makes it easy to add depth and character to your beats, delivering a vintage, lo-fi feel or a harder, more aggressive sound.
The distortion is fully adjustable, allowing precise control over the effect. Applied to the master output, this feature enhances every drum sound, making rhythms feel fuller and more powerful.
Seamless connectivity for any setup
Designed for flexibility, the DrumBrute Impact integrates effortlessly with both digital and hardware-focused setups. It features MIDI in/out, USB connectivity, and clock sync options, allowing smooth connection to DAWs, external drum machines, modular synths, and other gear.
Individual audio outputs for the kick, snares, hi-hats, and FM drum provide even greater flexibility for mixing and processing sounds externally. Route different elements through outboard effects or process drums separately in a mixer to shape the final sound. With tight synchronisation options, the DrumBrute Impact fits effortlessly into a wide range of creative workflows.
Designed for creative freedom
The DrumBrute Impact isn’t just about individual features; it’s about how they come together to inspire creativity. The combination of rich analog sound, deep sequencing capabilities, and hands-on controls encourages experimentation and allows unique rhythms to take shape naturally. Program intricate drum patterns, jam live, or layer beats for a track with a seamless, organic workflow.
Built for producers, performers, and sound designers, the DrumBrute Impact offers the tools needed to push the boundaries of rhythm creation. Compact, powerful, and designed for expressive beat-making, it brings intuitive control and professional sound into any setup.
Features
- 10 in-your-face analog sounds: high-impact drum sounds, including a chest-pounding kick, two face-slapping snares, hi and low toms, a zingy cymbal, searing hats, a massive FM synth sound, and a cowbell
- Powerful sequencer: 64 patterns with up to 64 steps
- Polyrhythm: set unique pattern lengths for each instrument
- Looper: for glitchy beat-repeats
- Roller: add per instrument drum fills
- Songs: chain up to 16 patterns, save up to 16 songs
- Swing: add some groove to your rhythm, either globally or per drum
- Randomness: add unpredictable variations to your pattern
- Output distortion: rich, specially voiced distortion on the output to add some filth when you need it, and bypass when you don’t
- Sync to anything: connect to practically any hardware or software instruments, sequencers, or interfaces with MIDI, clock, or USB
- 3.5mm headphone output
- Metronome: removed from the main output when headphones are connected, so you hear it and not your audience
- Group outputs: four additional outputs to send the Kick, Snares, Hi Hats, or the FM Sound out separately for post-processing
- Colour: unique to DrumBrute Impact, “Colour” can be activated per instrument, or per step. Colour adds overdrive to the kick, make the snares snap and crack, and excites the hats, toms, and FM sound
Specifications
- Dimensions: 350 x 290 x 90 mm / 13.77 x 11.41 x 3.54 inch
- Weight: 1.84kg / 4,05lb
- Product Code: 561103