Drumbrute Impact Unboxing and First Impressions

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Drumbrute Impact Unboxing and First Impressions
Welcome to my Drumbrute Impact unboxing and first impressions video! A while back, I said that I finally felt ready to try a proper standalone drum machine, and I decided to start with the Drumbrute Impact! It's a budget friendly and fully analog machine with individual outs, a powerful sequencer, FM section, and so much more. As with most of my unboxing videos, I went into this one mostly blind, but rest assured I'll be deep diving into it in the near future! Enjoy the video :)
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@TrickmanTerry Год назад

I think people are missing the gist of what this machine actually does. It's not a groovebox, it's an analog drum machine. The sounds are unique like many other analog drum machines out there. The distortions and adjustments are pretty much right there in front of you on the panel. Change the knobs, change how it sounds. Color makes it sound different. Distortion gives it the dirty drums sound. Great sequencer! It is what it is, and if you're looking for more, there are plenty of groovebox options with higher prices.

@wolfgangdevries127 Год назад

Thanks for the info. Kinda like it, actually :)

@wibblewabblewoo6249 Год назад

100% It’s old school, but very very powerful

@TrickmanTerry Год назад

@@wibblewabblewoo6249 True. There's a video out there that called it a modern classic. That's the perfect description, IMO.

@FreeBeat Год назад

Absolutely, groovebox vs drum machine is a topic that will probably appear before too long on the channel :)

@ericvernooij2917 Год назад

True, but even with an analog drum machine you have to actually like the sounds. I loved the workflow of the OG Drumbrute, but the sounds wore thin quickly for me in a way my other drum machines haven't.

@jsonchicas Год назад

OMGGG I just got mine today, what a good moment to watch this video :D thanls a lot :D

@FreeBeat Год назад

Awesome! How are you liking it so far?

@gcfddddfhhhhhhfrre Год назад

very near the 1st drum machine i bought. and i love it for perfomance and sequencing at a low price its a steal.

@FreeBeat Год назад

Absolutely!

@wibblewabblewoo6249 Год назад

It’s an amazing little machine, 100% analogue but probably the very best designed step sequencer you’ll find. The polymetric ability (so easy to make each sound have it’s own time signature), randomise function (by step, instrument, or overall), swing (by step, instrument, or overall), and rolls, make it incredibly powerful but really easy and intuitive to use. I actually use mine as a fun metronome whilst practicing Bach! 😂 If you wanna be more experimental and don’t like the sounds, remember that you can send each seperate output to different fx pedals. Then it suddenly becomes VERY interesting.

@FreeBeat Год назад

Oh yeah, stay tuned for today's video haha.

@hughman8597 Год назад

Now I'm really excited about the sequencer. The Beatstep Pro is currently my sequencer center, if I'm honest I'd rather have the KEYstep Pro because of lack of space, but when I got my Beatstep, the Keystep didn't exist yet 🤷🏼‍♂. I've also been building my modular synth as a hobby for a while now. I don't use module kits but build everything from scratch myself. Circuit diagrams from the net and then everything on strip boards. I have aluminum plates cut for the panels and to drill the holes precisely, there is a drill press in my kitchen, right next to the microwave 😆😁. Everything is labeled with adhesive foil, which of course I also print on myself. And since the beatstep has 8 trigger outs, I can use it to trigger drum modules🎶 . Despite everything, the Impact is still on my list, if only because I am convinced of Arturia and you have now made me curious 😋!

@ericvernooij2917 Год назад

I recently sold my OG Drumbrute. It's a case of 'fab sequencer mêh sounds'. The Impact is a little better.

@FreeBeat Год назад

Yeah I'm wondering if I'll eventually start to feel that way too.

@michaelkonomos Год назад

Seems fun. I think I might be sad after a while though not being able to do much sound design on it. You really have to love every sound that is there, because you aren’t really going to be able to craft much else.

@FreeBeat Год назад

Right, however the sequencer is super powerful and inspiring!

@JH-lo9ut Год назад

It is relatively cheap. It sounds pretty impressive, and it is super easy and super fun to use. It shouldn't be seen as the centerpiece of your studio, because of what you just said, this is more like that one special guitar you take down from the wall now and then, just because it is really fun to play. In my opinion, it doesn't sound amazing, but it is also not generic. It has it's own sound, and I respect Arturia for making it that way instead of trying to replicate an 808 or something. There are four separate outs on the back of it, besides main out, so you have some possibility to add effects separately. (I think it's kick, snare+clap, hi-hats, FM) The FM drum played through a good delay and reverb sounds super cool. The Toms are far to weak imo, and they easily get blurred out in the mix. Also, you have to toggle hi/low tom wich means you can't freestyle them like the bongos or congas, and that's a little sad.

@titaniumshell Год назад

If you can get the chance to try one. Try the Akai Tomcat, it gets some bad rep because of its brother the Rhythm Wolf, but it's a really fun to use drum machine.

@FreeBeat Год назад

Thanks for the heads up!

@AveragePicker Год назад

Bad rep you say? ….well now I’ll have to have a look, I seem to have a thing for bad gear.

@robertraygun4987 Год назад

Almost bought when it came out but got rd-6 and a beatstep pro instead. Still use the bsp but usually make my (limited) drum sounds on modular. Does the impact have trigger outs/ins?

@FreeBeat Год назад

I show all of the inputs and outputs early in the video :)

@anthonytalley55 Год назад

Like 12:18-23

@stoatystoat174 Год назад

@FreeBeat Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@anthonytalley55 Год назад

Stay cool 😎

@DawlessHouseMusic Год назад

Found mine refreshing at first and then the very distinctive nature of the sounds to be a bit limiting. I just got Syntakt a few days ago and it's fairly insane. I think there is a place for the Impact in a drum setup for layering and it is great to just play it by itself as a techno drum box. The sequencer is AMAZING and the ratcheting is as well.

@Turbo_TechnoLogic Год назад

Pretty much the same thoughts here. Except I don't have the Syntakt just yet :) They are in different price leage though, so naturally one knows a lot more than the other

@TrickmanTerry Год назад

You can't really compare the two fairly. DBI is strictly a budget drum machine and Syntakt is a drum and synth groovebox with full song capability...and it costs a grand.

@symbiat0 Год назад

I would say for some classic sounds in a groovebox I would go with the MC-707 - same price as the Syntakt.

@FreeBeat Год назад

I can definitely see how the sounds could get repetitive on their own. I'm pretty excited to start running them through all sorts of effects though. Funny how I didn't really like the Syntakt all the much haha. Thanks for watching!

@Turbo_TechnoLogic Год назад

@@FreeBeat Yeah that does make sense use the separate outputs too. That's also one of my projects now to expand its capabilities with this. It's just a hassle to collect all the adapters for the effects, always missing some and batteries suck :D and even get multiple effects and pedals just for this one machine

@ilovecatsandsynths9702 Год назад

Wow, nice! That kick was shaking my walls when I played this video through my studio monitors.

@FreeBeat Год назад

Awesome! It definitely seems pretty meaty haha.

@KingzofSwing 5 месяцев назад

😂😂😂

@indigosnow_ Год назад

bro I just ordered one. so hyped. great video as always

@FreeBeat Год назад

I hope you like it!

@witchfindergeneral2504 Год назад

Thank you so much for doing this video. ❤

@FreeBeat Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@SonicVibe Год назад

If it didn’t have a distinct sound your locked 🔒 to like the cycles it would be perfect otherwise I like the noir all black version more then the orange 🍊 though

@TrickmanTerry Год назад

Yeah I have the black one. It's a nicer looking piece of gear.

@FreeBeat Год назад

Haha I think I quite like the sound actually!

@SonicVibe Год назад

@@FreeBeat i like it just has a certain sound i also think it has one of the best kick drums

@anthonytalley55 Год назад

Thanks for unboxing this

@FreeBeat Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@noisetheorem Год назад

After hearing yours, I think mine had a bad Tom circuit. Those analog snares are awesome sounding. I kinda want to pair one with my eurorack rig now…

@FreeBeat Год назад

That would be pretty sweet!

@Decoy303 Год назад

Drumbrute and Impact have nothing in common other than the intuitive sequencer section. Completely different sounds; one with a filter and the other with distortion. Drumbrute has no color option either; only the Impact does. People need to see them as a drum machine and nothing more with their own unique sound like all drum machines should have. So many people seem to get drum machine and drum synth mixed up; two completely different worlds. Let's not compare Model Cycles or Syntax to this.

@traitortotheliving Год назад

The impact does have the color feature

@Decoy303 Год назад

@@traitortotheliving I meant the drumbrute; not impact.

@FreeBeat Год назад

Good info, thanks!

@caracal7981 Год назад

look forward to seeing what you do with the impact. I have a Volca Nubass that I pair with my Impact and together they're the perfect recipe for techno fun

@FreeBeat Год назад

Nice!

@alexwestconsulting Год назад

I just got my second minibrute 2S, which I very much as hybrid drum machines, work extremely well with M32/DFAM/Subharmonicon.

@FreeBeat Год назад

Awesome!

@Trig242 Год назад

Love my impact!!

@FreeBeat Год назад

It seems pretty great!

@MattPerrin Год назад

Oooh, didn't realize the individual outs took that sound out of the mix. Was thinking of getting one of these and routing the individual kick out to an Alesis 3630 compressor's side chain input... but if I lose the kick out of the mix then that makes it a bit of a pain to wire that all up

@FreeBeat Год назад

Yeah, upon further inspection it looks like there's no way to turn that feature off :(

@symbiat0 Год назад

Was gonna buy the DBI but ended up buying the T-8. Will put DBI back on the list 😂

@FreeBeat Год назад

Both are neat!

@wiggesobk Год назад

Everyday another new gear 😁👍 great mashine!

@FreeBeat Год назад

Hahaha last one for a while!

@hughman8597 Год назад

Nice Video!The Drum Brute has been on the market for a while now. That gives me the chance to get one soon :) . If I like a device, it is always so expensive that I have to wait at least 3 years for it. Got a MicroFreak (I LOVE it) a few months ago and boom three weeks later there's the Minifreak😆🤦🏼‍♂😁. Well, anyway, the Impact has been on my wish list for a long time, I've been using the Volca Sample as a "drum machine" so far and I've been fine with it - so far. The impact would still be the crown on the cake. Best regards from Germany THOGRE

@FreeBeat Год назад

You could probably make some pretty cool sounds with the Impact and the Volca Sample!

@hughman8597 Год назад

@@FreeBeat Yep! Absolutely right! I also have a pocket operator for some crazy glitch sounds, these little boxes are also very cool.

@particular_noise Год назад

Glad you're doing this. Been looking at these. Gonna watch later

@FreeBeat Год назад

Nice! I'll have some more videos on it too :)

@dustyaudio Год назад

I passed on a used one but I’m glad to see you’re trying one out! Still looks fun

@FreeBeat Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@mobilemutant1363 Год назад

Look forward to more on this unit, thanks

@FreeBeat Год назад

More to come!

@bistrobmusic Год назад

Next time I get a discount I'm buying one of these.

@FreeBeat Год назад

Nice!

@matzer8846 Год назад

Nice and sturdy little drum box ... 👍

@FreeBeat Год назад

Yeah, very sturdy!

@RSTypeContent Год назад

congrats

@FreeBeat Год назад

Thanks, but for what haha.

@Stevali1966 Год назад

The workflow on this is amazing for live performance.

@FreeBeat Год назад

It definitely seems like it!

@koalemos1679 Год назад

The fm drum is cool and there’s something about the simplicity of an analog drum with no samples and just the sounds you’re given.

@FreeBeat Год назад

Absolutely!

@PAAmsterdam Год назад

Thank you for doing this video. It comforted me in my choice not to buy it 😂 personally I do not like these retro sounds. Also let’s be honest: In this price range if you want direct knobs for live performance you have to compare it to the model cycles and think: if you want to get the sequencer, LFO, amazing drum sounds (way more than here) and on top of that: chords and amazing tones/ Perc from Elektron then it’s okay to pay $100 more. From what I hear this Arturia is not worth the money at all, or in other words it’s not at an interesting price point because for just analog drums you can get the Volca drum for 1/3 of the price (even though it does not have song mode and the 64 steps). But the VD has millions of sick sounds and beats. Just my opinion!

@FreeBeat Год назад

Interesting haha, I absolutely love the sounds on the Impact, and I can't wait to run them through some effects! Keep in mind that the Impact is a Drum Machine, whereas things like the Cycles are full grooveboxes :) Thanks for watching!

@PAAmsterdam Год назад

Hey FB I’m glad you like it and I loved your polyrhythmic demo on it btw. I just approach it from a functionality/ price perspective. I don’t work for Elektron at all 😂but I’ve been on the quest for gear like many. I wanted to spend 300-400eur and have fun (I’m also a drummer btw). Well it comes down to one thing. Call it drum machine or groovebox: where do you get the more bang for your buck? I.e Name one thing the MC cannot do that this thing does? Randomisation maybe is the only thing. Other way around: name one DB cannot do that MC does: Tones, chords, gate mode (!!), Reverb/ Delay, LFO, Nudge, 96 projects. I guess what I’m trying to say is this piece of gear should be under $200 that’s all. ❤