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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL...

  • Page 2: Special Thanks

    Information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Arturia. The software described in this manual is provided under the terms of a license agreement or non-disclosure agreement. The software license agreement specifies the terms and conditions for its lawful use.
  • Page 3 • The Quick Start Guide Be sure to register your DrumBrute Impact as soon as possible! There is a sticker on the bottom panel that contains the serial number of your unit and an unlock code. These are required during the online registration process. You may want to record these elsewhere or take a photo of the sticker in case it becomes damaged.

  • Page 4: Special Message Section

    The information contained in this manual is believed to be correct at the time of printing. However, Arturia reserves the right to change or modify any of the specifications without notice or obligation to update the hardware that has been purchased.
  • Page 5 Works with the MIDI Control Center software to edit sequences and global settings We think you'll be impressed by the sonic character and features of the DrumBrute Impact. And above all, it is easy to use! It has been specifically designed to enhance your workflow and your creativity.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Transport, Patterns, Effects............................. 6 1.2.1. Tempo/Value display ........................................6 1.2.2. Rate/Fine/Tap Tempo......................................... 6 1.2.3. Transport buttons ......................................... 7 1.2.4. DrumBrute Impact modes ..................................... 7 1.2.5. Synchronization Options......................................8 1.2.6. Step buttons ............................................. 8 1.2.7. Erase and Copy ..........................................9 1.2.8.
  • Page 7 3.2.2. Snare 1 ............................................30 3.2.3. Snare 2............................................30 3.2.4. Tom Hi / Low ..........................................30 3.2.5. Cymbal............................................. 31 3.2.6. Cowbell ............................................31 3.2.7. The Hi-Hats............................................. 31 3.2.8. FM Drum instrument ......................................32 3.2.9. What is FM?..........................................33 3.3. The Color mode .................................. 34 3.4.
  • Page 8 Send one pattern to DrumBrute Impact ..............................77 9.5. Store To/Recall From................................ 78 9.5.1. The ‘Store To’ button......................................... 78 9.5.2. Recall edited patterns from the DrumBrute Impact .......................... 78 9.5.3. Save, Delete, Import/Export, etc..................................79 9.6. Import/Export Device Settings..........................80 9.6.1.

  • Page 9: Overview

    ♪: The DrumBrute Impact does not draw its power from the USB port on your computer. To supply power to the unit, simply connect the included DC power adapter to the DrumBrute Impact and to an external power source, then set the power switch on the back of the DrumBrute Impact to the On position.

  • Page 10: With External Devices

    1.1.2. …with external devices As you can see, the DrumBrute Impact can be at the heart of some amazing systems. 1.1.2.1. MIDI devices There are lots of great devices that only have MIDI ports (no clock sync, no USB). The...

  • Page 11: Transport, Patterns, Effects

    The tempo can be set using the Rate/Fine encoder or by tapping the Tap Tempo button. To fine-tune the tempo, press Shift and turn the encoder. The display will change to show the decimal values of the tempo (.00-.99) as soon as the Shift button is pressed. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Overview...

  • Page 12: Transport Buttons

    1.2.3. Transport buttons The Transport buttons control the DrumBrute Impact sequencer as well as external MIDI devices using standard MIDI messages or MIDI Machine Control (MMC). Use the MIDI Control Center [p.70] software to make any necessary changes. The Record button is used to create songs and patterns, and is used with the Shift button to toggle between quantized and unquantized recording.

  • Page 13: Synchronization Options

    These determine whether the DrumBrute Impact will be the master or the slave in a multi- device setup. Whether it is the master or the slave in a system, the DrumBrute Impact can be set to transmit and respond to one of four different clock rates (1P, 2P, 24P, or 48P). This choice may be made very easily from the front panel by holding the Sync button and turning the Rate/Fine knob.

  • Page 14: Erase And Copy

    !: Your new pattern data will be lost during a power-cycle unless you have used the Save button to store it to the DrumBrute Impact internal memory. There are three levels of the Save function: Pattern, Bank and Song. Details about these operations are found here [p.53]...

  • Page 15: Pattern Effects

    1.2.9. Pattern length/Last step DrumBrute Impact patterns can be up to 64 steps long, consisting of up to four 16-step subdivisions that play one after the other. Those are called the Step Groups. The four LEDs above the double arrow buttons (<< >>) are used to indicate the pattern length and which Step Group is currently playing.

  • Page 16: Output Circuit

    1.2.10.2. Level This knob controls the master output level of the DrumBrute Impact. It also controls the headphone level.  ♪: The Master Volume knob will not affect the level of an instrument when a cable is plugged into the rear panel output of that instrument.

  • Page 17: Roller/Looper/Step Repeat

    Pattern Mode chapter [p.46] and also section in the MIDI Control Center chapter [p.89], because the Step Repeat value can be edited for each step within a pattern there also. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Overview...

  • Page 18: Utility Functions

    1.3.1. Metronome To enable the metronome, press the On button. This will provide a timing reference while the DrumBrute Impact is running. Various timing values are available for the click from the front panel and in the MIDI Control Center [p.70].

  • Page 19: Mute/Solo Buttons

    Fine Tempo adjustment or clearing the Mute group. Each specific use of the Shift button will be described in the appropriate sections of this manual. For a complete list of Shift functions, follow this link [p.67]. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Overview...

  • Page 20: Instruments, Pads, Color

    However, as a general rule the instruments share the instrument controls. For example, if you change the tuning on the Tom Hi instrument the tuning will also change for the Tom Low instrument. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Overview...

  • Page 21: Pads

    1.4.3. Pads The 8 velocity-sensitive pads are used to input note data into a pattern. But they will always trigger their instruments whether the DrumBrute Impact is running or not (except if Local Control option is Off). Remember that some pads provide access to more than one instrument, each of which has its own track in the pattern sequencer.

  • Page 22: Rear Panel, Part 1

    Power 1.5.1. Clock input/output The Clock input allows the DrumBrute Impact to interface with pre-MIDI devices that used these connectors for synchronization, such as early drum machines by Korg and Roland. Other vintage devices may use different types of connectors which should be readily available.

  • Page 23: Rear Panel, Part 2

    Mix Output. The Mix Output level is controlled by the Level knob in the Output Circuit section. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Overview...

  • Page 24: Individual Outs

    ♪: The Distortion does not affect the individual outs. However, there is an independent Drive effect for the Kick that can be added using the Color feature. This effect is available at the independent Kick output. See the Color mode section [p.34] for more information. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Overview...

  • Page 25: Basic Operations

    Bank mode you will need to press the Ptrn button first and then select the pattern. The DrumBrute Impact will respond in one of two ways if it is running when the selection is made: it will either change immediately to the new pattern or wait until the end of the current pattern.

  • Page 26: Set The Tempo

    [p.68] settings.  ♪: When synced to an external device the DrumBrute Impact might not track properly with a tempo outside of the 30-300 bpm range. 2.1.4. Enable the metronome To enable the metronome, press the On button. You will hear a click only when the DrumBrute Impact is running.

  • Page 27: Record A Pattern

    Your new patterns can be lost unless you save them to the flash memory before you change to a different bank or turn off the DrumBrute Impact. It's also possible to lose them if you switch to Song mode and play a song that calls up patterns from a different bank.

  • Page 28: Shift Functions

    The first five Step buttons select the Time Division for the current pattern. Options range from 1/8 to 1/32 and include triplet options. Hold Shift and press one of the buttons to choose a different Time Division value. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Basic Operations...

  • Page 29: Configuration Options

    This setting is stored separately for each pattern. To enable this feature, hold the Shift button and press Step button 16. To learn more about the Polyrhythm feature, see the Polyrhythm mode [p.64] section. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Basic Operations...

  • Page 30: Creative Playback Options

    And as with the Swing setting, each pattern and instrument within the pattern can have its own Random setting. See the description of the Current Track button in this section [p.43] more information. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Basic Operations...

  • Page 31: Looper/Roller

    (see the Mode menu in the Roller/Looper [p.97] section), or it can be toggled from the front panel of the DrumBrute Impact using Shift + Step button 9 (Step 9 lit up = Roller). Looper enabled Press the Touch strip while the DrumBrute Impact is playing a song or pattern to activate the Looper function.

  • Page 32: Pause Or Restart

    2.3.3.2. While Recording: Roller When the DrumBrute Impact is recording a pattern the Touch strip can be used as Roller to generate drum rolls. Place your finger somewhere within the strip while recording, press a pad, and that instrument will be repeated (“rolled”) into the pattern. The rate of the repeat is determined by where you press your finger (1/4, 1/8, etc.).

  • Page 33: The Instruments

    3.1. General concepts 3.1.1. Shared pads, independent tracks The DrumBrute Impact has 10 analog instruments that share the 8 pads. On each of the shared instrument channels there is a button that selects which instrument will be played by the pad they share. But each of those instruments has its own track in a pattern.

  • Page 34: Each Instrument Has Four Sounds

    There many aspects to Color mode. Click here [p.34] to jump to that section of this chapter. For a chart that describes the Color effect for each instrument, click here [p.34]. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - The Instruments...

  • Page 35: Instrument Parameters

    Toggles the pad between the Tom Hi and Tom Low instruments Pitch Changes the tuning of both Tom instruments Level Adjusts the volume of both Tom instruments Color Enable/disable Decay effect for both Tom instruments Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - The Instruments...

  • Page 36: Cymbal

    Parameter Description Open Hat Decay Controls the length of the Open Hat sound Level Adjusts the volume of the Open Hat instrument Color Enable/disable Harmonics effect for the Open Hat instrument Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - The Instruments...

  • Page 37: Fm Drum Instrument

    Controls the length of the FM Drum instrument Carrier Pitch Changes the frequency of the Carrier Level Adjusts the volume of the FM Drum instrument Color Enable/disable Pitch Env effect for the FM Drum instrument Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - The Instruments...

  • Page 38: What Is Fm

    Carrier Pitch and Mod Pitch to one another. The FM Drum is an extremely versatile instrument, as this experiment has demonstrated. But it can be altered even more by introducing its Color effect. We'll learn about that next! Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - The Instruments...

  • Page 39: The Color Mode

    Closed Hat CH Decay Lengthens decay of Closed Hat Open Hat Harmonics Alters harmonic content of Closed Hat and Open Hat FM Drum Pitch Envelope Causes a downward sweep of Carrier pitch Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - The Instruments...

  • Page 40: Color Mode: Instrument Level

    To disable Color mode for the Kick drum: • Hold the Color button • Tap the Kick drum pad until it turns dark • Release the Color button Now, let's discover the full strength of the Color feature! Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - The Instruments...

  • Page 41: One Instrument, Four Sounds

    That adds up to an astounding number of ways for these 10 instruments to lend themselves to your creative process! Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - The Instruments...
  • Page 42 You may also want to refer to the MIDI Control Center chapter, specifically the Add/remove Color events section [p.85]. It may provide additional insight into Color mode through visual aids. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - The Instruments...

  • Page 43: Pattern Mode

    4. PATTERN MODE The Patterns are the groove-making heart of the DrumBrute Impact. The Songs point to them, the Banks hold them, but the Patterns contain the music. 4.1. Pattern Creation 4.1.1. Control the tempo The Rate/Fine encoder controls the Tempo value, which is stored per pattern. It’s also possible to override the per-pattern settings with a Global tempo by holding the Shift button and pressing Step button 15.

  • Page 44: Recording A Pattern

    If you would like to try this method, hold Shift and press Record: The Record button will light up when non-quantize mode is active. You can re-enable the quantization feature the same way: hold Shift and press Record until the Record button goes dark again. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Pattern Mode...

  • Page 45: Mute/Solo Features

    In either case, use Shift+Solo or Shift+Mute if you want to clear the group [p.40]. This Solo/Mute parameter is not available from the front panel of the DrumBrute Impact; it must be accessed using the MIDI Control Center [p.70]. If you'd like to know more, follow...

  • Page 46: Using The Roller While Recording

    Notes can be erased while the pattern is looping in record mode. To do this, hold the Erase button and then tap the desired pads whenever you hear something you don’t want. The next time the pattern loops the notes will be removed from that location. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Pattern Mode...

  • Page 47: Swing

    In other words, if the Global value goes from 50 to 52, a Current Track value of 63 will rise to 65. Here is some information to remember about how the pattern Swing value and the Current Track swing values interact: Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Pattern Mode...

  • Page 48: Random

    Then you can select the other instruments and edit their Random settings as well.  ♪: To return the entire pattern to the same Random value you must toggle the Current Track button off for each instrument. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Pattern Mode...

  • Page 49: Pattern Editing

    Step buttons are used to enter Color events. Full details about Color mode are available here [p.34] in the Instruments chapter [p.28]. For the rest of this chapter we will focus on Step mode and Accent mode. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Pattern Mode...

  • Page 50: Red State, Blue State

    But if you touch a pad while the pattern is recording it will enter a note. To select an instrument without entering a note while recording, hold the Shift button and tap the desired pad. Its track data will now be displayed by the Step buttons. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Pattern Mode...

  • Page 51: Step Repeat Feature

    Here are a couple of screen shots from the MIDI Control Center that should help illustrate the concept: Step repeat events subdivide a step. Step repeat used on alternating instruments Here’s how to use it: Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Pattern Mode...

  • Page 52: Shift Timing Of Events

    The DrumBrute Impact allows you to shift the timing of any step forward or backward by up to 50% of the pattern’s timing value. It’s easy to do: •...

  • Page 53: Copy A Drum Track

    Tap the Tom Hi / Tom Low pad. It will flash quickly so you will know the process is complete. When copying between single-channel instruments, simply skip the third step in the process. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Pattern Mode...
  • Page 54 Tap the Closed Hat pad. It will flash quickly so you will know the process is complete. To copy the Closed Hat track to a different instrument in the target pattern, select that instrument’s pad in the final step instead of the Closed Hat pad. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Pattern Mode...

  • Page 55: Erasing A Drum Track

    • Tap the pad of the instrument track you want to erase. It will flash quickly and then stop, so you will know the process is complete. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Pattern Mode...

  • Page 56: Pattern Length

    When the double arrow buttons (« ») are pressed at the same time, their LEDs will toggle off and on. This takes the DrumBrute Impact into and out of Pattern Follow mode. When this mode is active during a 32-step pattern, the Step Group LEDs and the Step buttons will show steps 1-16, then steps 17-32, then return to steps 1-16, and so on.
  • Page 57 Simply edit the steps as desired with the Step buttons, or play them on the pads. When you’re finished you can re-enter Pattern Follow mode with the << >> buttons if you like. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Pattern Mode...

  • Page 58: To Revert A Pattern Or Bank

    To save the current pattern, hold the Save button and then press the Ptrn button. Both buttons will flash quickly to indicate that your pattern has been saved to the internal memory. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Pattern Mode...

  • Page 59: Copy A Pattern

    Pattern #1 is still selected, so if you want to modify pattern #8 you'll need to select that pattern by pressing Step button 8. To learn how to copy a pattern between banks, see this section [p.60]. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Pattern Mode...

  • Page 60: Song Mode

    5. SONG MODE The internal memory of the DrumBrute Impact holds 16 songs, each of which can be up to 16 patterns in length. 5.1. What’s a Song? A song allows you to set up a sequence of patterns that will play back in a specific order.

  • Page 61: Creating A Song

    Press the Erase button, the Erase, Song, Bank, Ptrn, and pads will blink. • Press the Song button • Choose the song to be erased by pressing one of the Step buttons. Now you can begin creating a new song. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Song Mode...

  • Page 62: Live Performance Features

    There’s a setting called Pause mode in the MIDI Control Center. It lets you decide if the Play/ Pause button will restart the song from the beginning or continue from the current position when you resume playback. section [p.96] to learn more about these MIDI Control Center settings. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Song Mode...

  • Page 63: Pattern-Level Features

    Global BPM. To activate this feature is simple: just hold the Shift button and press Step button 15. After this, every song and pattern in the DrumBrute Impact will play at the same tempo, which you may then set to whichever value you like as described in section [p.38].

  • Page 64: Copy/Erase Functions

    ♪: Just before selecting the destination you can see whether a bank is empty or not. Banks that are not empty will be lit red, but empty banks will not be lit. This is also true when choosing which bank to erase. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Copy/Erase Functions...

  • Page 65: Copy Pattern To Pattern

    Press Step button 2 to select Bank B. • Press the Ptrn button. • Press Step button 15. It will flash for about a second so you’ll know the process was successful. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Copy/Erase Functions...

  • Page 66: Copy Drum To Drum

    Press the Erase button. Lots of buttons will flash. • Tap the pad of the drum track you want to erase. It will flash quickly and then stop, so you will know the process is complete. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Copy/Erase Functions...

  • Page 67: Advanced Features

    Steps 1-14 were copied / appended to step 15 Shift + >> 56 steps Steps 1-28 were copied / appended to step 29 Shift + >> 64 steps Steps 1-8 were copied / appended to step 57 Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Advanced Features...

  • Page 68: Shorten A Pattern

    To select a pattern length other than a multiple of 16, use the Last Step button and press the appropriate Step button to define the final step in the pattern. This process is described in Pattern Length section [p.51]. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Advanced Features...

  • Page 69: Polyrhythm Mode

    15 steps before it plays again. But with the DrumBrute Impact’s polyrhythm feature you can specify a different time signature for each instrument track! This could mean you’d have 10 loops of different lengths all happening at the same time.

  • Page 70: What It Does

    In this example it will be 360 bars of 4/4 time before the first bar is heard again! To toggle Polyrhythm on and off, hold the Shift button and press Step button 16. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Advanced Features...

  • Page 71: Make A Polyrhythm

    Press Play to confirm. The pattern is now 5 steps long, and you should hear the intersecting rhythms of all three instruments. Try your own experiments! Just be sure to save the pattern if you like what you’re hearing. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Advanced Features...

  • Page 72: Shift Button Chart

    Shortens the length of the sequence Bank Revert bank to last saved state (i.e., load from Flash memory) Ptrn Revert pattern to last saved state Song Revert to last saved state Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - Advanced Features...

  • Page 73: Synchronization

    8. SYNCHRONIZATION DrumBrute Impact can be the master clock for an entire MIDI rig, or it can just as happily serve as a slave to any one of several sources. See section [p.4] for connection diagrams. You can cycle through the various Sync options using the Sync button. A white LED will let you know which mode you’ve selected.

  • Page 74: Clock In/Out Rates

    Center.  ♪: It is better to synchronize the DrumBrute Impact with 48P, if other devices in the system send or receive that sync format. The synchronization will be more accurate. 1P and 2P are not advised unless really necessary.

  • Page 75: Midi Control Center

    9.1.2. Installation and location After downloading the appropriate MIDI Control Center installer for your computer from the Arturia website, double-click on the file. Then all you have to do is start the installer and follow the instructions. The process should be trouble-free.

  • Page 76: Connection

    9.1.3. Connection Connect the DrumBrute Impact to your computer using a USB cable. It’ll be ready to go after its LEDs go through the startup cycle. Now launch the MIDI Control Center. The DrumBrute Impact will be in the list of connected devices: ...

  • Page 77: Back Up Your Sequences

    9.1.4. Back up your sequences If you want to make a quick backup of your DrumBrute Impact memory, click the "Recall From" button: This will grab whatever has been saved to the flash memory and pull it into your computer.

  • Page 78: Device Templates

    Save As… buttons to preserve your new pattern data. ♪: When a pattern is edited in the MCC the pattern data inside the DrumBrute Impact does not change. You must use the Store To button to send the Template to the DrumBrute Impact if you want its internal memory to match the MCC Template. You can also drag/drop the Template to the Working Memory (see the next section).

  • Page 79: Project Browser

    The Template Browser shows a list of all the Templates that have been archived using the MIDI Control Center. These are divided into two main groups: Factory and User. The User Templates are the ones you have recalled from the DrumBrute Impact using the MIDI Control Center. See the Store To / Recall From section [p.78]...

  • Page 80: Building A Library

    Make as many patterns as you like, wherever you are. Then the next time you use the MIDI Control Center, simply press the Recall From button. This will transfer the DrumBrute Impact pattern memory into the Working Memory of the MCC.

  • Page 81: Revise A Template

    !: The following process will overwrite the Working Memory and the pattern memory of the DrumBrute Impact. Be sure to save what you were doing before you transfer the file! First use the Save or Save As… buttons to save your changes, then: •...

  • Page 82: Send One Pattern To Drumbrute Impact

    9.4.3. Send one pattern to DrumBrute Impact  !: The following process will send a single pattern to the DrumBrute Impact and will overwrite the pattern in that memory location. If you’d like to transfer only one pattern from a Template to the DrumBrute Impact, find that pattern in the Local Templates window and drop it onto the Working Memory.

  • Page 83: Store To/Recall From

    You can rename it if you like.  ♪: Songs are not backed up by the MCC when the memory is recalled from the DrumBrute Impact. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - MIDI Control Center...

  • Page 84: Save, Delete, Import/Export, Etc

    These files will have the extension .drumbruteimpact. They contain all of the internal DrumBrute Impact parameters: a complete set of 64 patterns, 16 songs, and all of the Device Settings. Use these files to share settings and patterns with other users.

  • Page 85: Import/Export Device Settings

    9.6.2. Import Device Settings To import the Device Settings, click the Import button. Then navigate to the appropriate location in your computer and follow the prompts to load in the drumbruteimpact_ds file. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - MIDI Control Center...

  • Page 86: Editing Basics

    Each bank contains 16 patterns, and Device Settings has all of the parameters for the various DrumBrute Impact functions. The DrumBrute Impact tabs: Banks A-D and Device Settings Simply click on a tab to select its window. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - MIDI Control Center...

  • Page 87: Bank Tabs

    MIDI Control Center. We’ll go through each group of parameters in the Device Settings section [p.93]. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - MIDI Control Center...

  • Page 88: Pattern Window

    Below the Pattern tabs are five parameters that operate on the entire pattern. We went through these in the Pattern Mode chapter [p.38], and the Polyrhythm feature is covered this section [p.64] and also here [p.92]. Pattern-level parameters for the Pattern tabs Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - MIDI Control Center...

  • Page 89: Set The Pattern Length

    The pattern length may be changed by dragging the white line to the left or to the right: Changing the pattern length Patterns can be up to 64 steps long. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - MIDI Control Center...

  • Page 90: Pattern Events

    The Tom Hi and Tom Low instrument share the Color event, so to enable a Color event to the Tom Low track, click the Color box in the Tom Hi track. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - MIDI Control Center...
  • Page 91 Just hold the Alt key (macOS: Option key), select one of the events, and drag them all into the new area. The new events will have the same velocity, shift and step repeat values as the original events. The Color events are also copied. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - MIDI Control Center...
  • Page 92 Accent for that instrument. Conversely, if the velocity of an accented event is edited to a value that is lower than the Accent Velocity Threshold, that event will no longer be accented. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - MIDI Control Center...
  • Page 93 It is also possible to shift the timing of several events at the same time, even events from different instrument tracks. Three events shifted -28% In the image above three Hat events from two tracks have been shifted ahead of the beat by a value of -28%. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - MIDI Control Center...
  • Page 94 An accelerated snare fill using the Step Repeat feature When multiple events are selected they will all change to the same Step Repeat value. Simultaneous Step Repeat edits are possible. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - MIDI Control Center...

  • Page 95: Track-Level Settings

    [p.43].  ♪: Edits to track-level settings are not transmitted from the MCC to the DrumBrute Impact. In order for these changes to reside in the physical unit you can use the Store To function or drag the current Template to the Working Memory area of the MCC.
  • Page 96 Color effect. Also, the Color cur track button is not shown for Tom L since the color feature affects Tom Hi and Tom Low at the same time. The Color button for both instruments is located in the Tom H track. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - MIDI Control Center...

  • Page 97: Polyrhythm

    To return all tracks to the same pattern length value, select the Off value in the Polyrhythm pull-down menu. It will take the longer track length as new pattern length. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - MIDI Control Center...

  • Page 98: Device Settings

    9.10. Device Settings The Device Settings tab on the upper right side of the MIDI Control Center window contains essential parameters that enable you to optimize DrumBrute Impact for your setup and your working style. Here are some important things to remember about the interaction between the MIDI Control Center and the hardware device: •...

  • Page 99: Global Settings

    Internal clock.  ♪: If the incoming Analog clock signal stops or drops out, the DrumBrute Impact will stop too because it is not possible to differentiate between a dropped clock signal and a stop. When Auto-sync is Off the DrumBrute Impact will wait until it receives a signal from the front panel Sync selection.
  • Page 100 With this parameter you can specify whether a new pattern will be loaded as soon as you select it or not. If not, DrumBrute Impact will wait until the end of the current pattern before switching to the next one.
  • Page 101 9.10.2.12. Vegas mode When this setting is active the DrumBrute Impact front panel will begin to flash its buttons and pads if no activity has occurred for 10 minutes. 9.10.2.13. Pause mode This parameter dictates the function of the Play/Pause button. There are two settings: From current: when playback resumes it will do so from the place in the pattern •...

  • Page 102: Roller/Looper Settings

    1/32 100-127 For example, if the DrumBrute Impact receives MIDI CC values between 25 and 49, this will activate the 1/4 setting on the Touch strip. Touching the strip on 1/4 will send only a value of The Looper/Roller sends and receives on the Global MIDI Channel, which can be changed using the Device Settings [p.93]...

  • Page 103: Transport Settings

    MMC, MIDI CC or both.  ♪: The DrumBrute Impact will always send MIDI Clock type messages (MIDI Real Time messages) while playing, thus, it will always remotely start a device (or a DAW) which is in Slave mode and listening to MIDI Real Time messages.

  • Page 104: Drum Map

    For information about the Color effects for each instrument, click here [p.34]. The methods for working with Color events within the MIDI Control Center are described in the Pattern events section [p.85]. Arturia - User Manual DrumBrute Impact - MIDI Control Center...

  • Page 105: Software License Agreement

    The License is not a sale of the original SOFTWARE. 2. Grant of License Arturia grants you a non-exclusive license for the use of the software according to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. You may not lease, loan or sub- license the software.
  • Page 106 (a) return of the purchase price or (b) replacement of the disk that does not meet the Limited Warranty and which is returned to Arturia with a copy of your receipt. This limited Warranty is void if failure of the software has resulted from accident, abuse, modification, or misapplication.

  • Page 107: Declaration Of Conformity

    Important notice: DO NOT MODIFY THE UNIT! This product, when installed as indicate in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirement. Modifications not expressly approved by Arturia may avoid your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product.

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