@@GamingAuthorityVideo im about to sell my tr8s and get this. If you want to move from daw to analog and have no daw or pc involvement arturia is a more logic choice. The tr8s has a built in audio interface, performs smoothly, but if you use a lot of own sounds on it, it gets very tedious. Tr8s is mainly sample based whereas this is analog and more authentically its own sound. I want to have less option and more designing. Tr8s is very limited in actual synthesis of drums
@@thy.rant.bruteforce So did you do it? if so whats your outcomes? I'm between drum brute impact and TR8s I'm leaning hard toward TR8s but I hate Rolands menu diving and the roll on the impact instant access is cool! Problem is I don't have any showrooms for these products in my city so all I can do is pull trigger and order it online that's why I'm torn.
One of the major things overlooked about the DB Impact is the tonality changes depending depending on how hard you drive it's internal pre-amp. If you run your master volume at 2 o'clock and push your kick to maximum volume, you will get a different tone than if you run the kick quieter with the master volume up louder. It's a killer drum machine and I will never get rid of mine.
Thanks Dan - this is a great showcase and helped me a lot. I have one coming in tomorrow so excited to get my hands on it, and was happy to find such a good video on it/seeing it in action here.
It’s probably one of the easiest drum machines to learn/use ever as far as programmable units go. I much prefer the 808 style of beat building over the groovebox style. This thing rules and once you figure out all the accenting and roll functions, it’s a game changer.
I love the groove, the best groove I ever heard with toms.. I love how you can tune the drums in realtime.. you can also trigger other drums thru midi so thats crazy.. i just ordered it -on its way 🎉🎉🎉
great review and explanation of this great drum machine. getting one Today....i love what i head based on your review and you Actually taking us thru the process/. Thanks
Two years on, is the drumbrute impact still in your employ? I'd love, love, love, love, love to be fortunate enough to see you further explore this machine! Thanks for the video, yours was one that helped me seal the deal and pull the trigger on it. I'm soooo glad I did. The sound palette so perfectly rides several niches that are an absolute blast to jam and listen and dance and phonk too!
14:49 dude that's so fun I've had to cut back to keep myself from developing a cliché or something lol that shit's dangerously heavy and fuckin wiiiiide. Plus, boy howdy do those analog circuits really start to sing when you've been jamming for like 15 or 20 or 30 minutes and she gets nice and limbered up and running! Or am I crazy?
I really, really, REALLY must FINALY say that it hurts SO much when you all say those eletronic units from Behringer, Arturia or any brand in general are cheap. Here in Brazil those bitches are *nasty* expensive. A Drumbrute is about 3000 of our money now and things just go downhill from that point. You all should thank god for the prices there.
You are so right. In Brazil, in addition to tariff or shipping issues, the biggest challenge is certification of electronic products for the local market. Certification in Brazil is intensely expensive. The cert body INMETRO requires in-country testing, not just reporting, so to certify a product you need a local agent, lab time, then there's a specific mark you need to certify for in addition to the INMETRO and then you need to have extensive marking on packaging and in quickstart guides- which you don't need in other countries. This means manufacturing requires a unique run. All this adds to to mean that imported products that don't have super high numbers have extremely high prices. In general these protectionist trade policies helped Brazil fire up it's local economy two decades ago, but the last decade it has hurt Brazillian locals and made it nearly impossible for Brazil to strike global trade agreements that could supercharge the economy. Let me know if you want that sample pack I made for free. It's not much, but at least you can have the DB Impact Kicks!
If you now someone in northern/western Europe? Maybe you can transfer the money to them, then they buy it, and send it? Hope it can save just a little money for you, this world is NOT fair
Its arturia, everything they make is quality from the build to the sound. Now with the polybrute 12 theyve made the best synthesizer of the modern age. If only there wasnt a damn politician created affordability crisis.
I hate that I had to sell my DB impact. It had a ground hum that was always present but even worse with the USB in. Someday I’d like one that doesn’t have this issue, as apparently it’s a somewhat common problem with the model. I really enjoyed the FM drum. You can make great toms and kicks with it too! Plus that great Arturia sequencer. It was a great counterpart for my RX-5 for layers, etc. I sampled the absolute shit out of it before I said goodbye. Now I’m just using an RD-6 for those analog hats, snare, and kick. Doesn’t have that insane kick, though that’s for sure. Damn thing moves some air.
I highly recommend it for good analog on the cheap. As far as samplers, I have a MPC Live 1 as my studios brain and a Korg DSS-1 as my vintage, crunchy sampler. I’d recommend with of those depending on your needs. Now I’m looking at that new SP 404 MKII! Looks really sick as long as it retains the same character as the SP legacy.
Love the hats on the impact but for me the snare is weak. I run mine with a TR-06 for snare & BD. The bass drum on the impact has no click on it. I don’t like that much. Impact is great overall though. The sequencer is superb.
Just ordered this one. It's already on its way ETA this afterboon. Was this the piece I was missing? :-p. Great explanation and I love the jam. Thank you! Much
Had it. Sold it. Regret it (a little) I really liked the sequencer, not only is it intuitive and easy to use, but it has just the right amount of versatility and possibilities to create more complex patterns, but without getting lost. The interface is direct. Everything is right there, or at least accessible via a shift function. Sound-wise, it's distinctly analog. I think it has it's own sound. It doesn't fit all genres, but it doesn't pretend to be a universal drum machine. I think the toms are a bit weak, and I wish they had a different cowbell. Separate outs for every sound would have been cool, but you get four outs plus main out and that is not bad at this pricepoint. The sounds get old though. An 808 or 909 have classic sounds that still sound great to this day. The Drumbrute impact sounds lack that something, that will make you love them forever. I have lots of respect for Arturia trying to create their own thing instead of trying to copy the classics, but I just don't think they suceeded in making great analog drum sounds. It is absolutely possible to create an uniquely great sounding, modern, analog drum machine, MFB Tanzbär is the best example i can think of. DBi works as a midi controller, paired with som drum module or whatever sample player or DAW(I ran an old Boss dr-550 to add som old school drum samples), but since all control knobs are completely analog, they don't send any midi data. This is fair, since it's an analog drum machine, but it will drive you insane. You instictively try to adjust the sound, but nothing happens and you go: "of course, the knobs don't do anything", but then you try to do it again anyway, so you facepalm and then you do it again. Maybe this is just me, but I just couldn't get in to using it this way. It feels really sturdy and solid. I would not hesitate to throw it in a backpack. The guy who bought my Drumbrute impact got a real bargain and if one shows up at that same price, I might buy it again.
I need something that can get some variety of sounds, that's easy to use, without having to run it through another drum machine. I have a DBA ROOMS Reverb. It seems to be a good machine, but I can only afford one Drum machine, and really only have the space for one machine. Thanks!
Hey Sandy, definitely look into the Roland tr8s and tr6s. These have a wider variety of built in sounds and you can use your own samples as well. The DBI is great but one thing it is not is a wide pallate. (Dank, on another account)
It’s got a unique enough character that even if you are an advanced practitioner you would still likely think it’s awesome. It’s low price tag and ease of use make it a winner for starters too. I would not call it an allrounder though, because the only box it checks is “analog drum synth”. It doesn’t have other modes, no digital, limited fm, no samples etc. the Tr8s is a better allrounder.
I sold mine but regretted it ultimately, gonna look into getting another one, noir version looks dope so gonna go with that, how is it syncing clock to synth and vice versa?
They sequence similarly- Roland TR-style, right? The Impact sounds much gnarlier. It's also a lot more simple of a device. Great combo- the TR8s gives you all the standard X0X electronic sounds, fantastic performabily, and the Impact gives you a ton of unique character and that killer kick.
Not great for rock music. The Alesis is pretty great for old school industrial. If I were doing rock, I’d get a sampler that could look like the Blackbox and put rock loops on there.
Hey dank, thanks for the uploads. Much appreciated. Quick question, or my new drum brute the mix output only plays the left channel. I believe it might be defective because I troubleshoot it and the headphones I'm getting stereo. Am I missing something or do you think this is a possible defect? I heard you mention it is in mono, is that correct?
It's not defective! The Drumbrute line has a mono jack for it's mix output, so simply use a mono cable and 1 mono input on your mixer instead of a stereo line. If you want a stereo field, the only way to set that up is to use the individual outs and another mixer.
@@DankLiveAF Aah, thanks Dank. The quick start manual didn't specify. Glad to know it's not defective. I'm new to this equipment and would have never guessed that the output is in mono. I actually don't have a mixer yet, do you recommend that I just buy two mixers straight away, or is that unnecessary. Do you run two mixers? Really dope beats in the vid man!
@@MaTTheWish Just run it out in Mono to one channel for a while. Giving it a stereo spread and being able to add effects is a nice additional layer- down the line. I spent 2 straight years with it just mono and it kicks enough ass that it didn't even matter.
I still can't decide which one to get - this, TR-8S or RD-9. However I wanted to ask you - why is the tempo constantly changing between 119 and 120? I can't find an explanation for this.
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I was eyeing this one for quite awhile before getting my TR-8S last year. Nicely presented.
drumbrute impact is so perfect
How is the TR8s and would you still want to use DrumbruteImpact?
How is the tr 8s compared to this?
@@GamingAuthorityVideo im about to sell my tr8s and get this. If you want to move from daw to analog and have no daw or pc involvement arturia is a more logic choice. The tr8s has a built in audio interface, performs smoothly, but if you use a lot of own sounds on it, it gets very tedious. Tr8s is mainly sample based whereas this is analog and more authentically its own sound. I want to have less option and more designing. Tr8s is very limited in actual synthesis of drums
@@thy.rant.bruteforce So did you do it? if so whats your outcomes? I'm between drum brute impact and TR8s I'm leaning hard toward TR8s but I hate Rolands menu diving and the roll on the impact instant access is cool! Problem is I don't have any showrooms for these products in my city so all I can do is pull trigger and order it online that's why I'm torn.
One of the major things overlooked about the DB Impact is the tonality changes depending depending on how hard you drive it's internal pre-amp. If you run your master volume at 2 o'clock and push your kick to maximum volume, you will get a different tone than if you run the kick quieter with the master volume up louder. It's a killer drum machine and I will never get rid of mine.
Agreed. I tend to drive the f out of it.
Good point
Shit I bought 2 and might add a 3rd of Ican get one used cheap enough but in top notch condition.
This is one of the best explainer videos about the impact. Well done and thanks!
Thanks Dan - this is a great showcase and helped me a lot. I have one coming in tomorrow so excited to get my hands on it, and was happy to find such a good video on it/seeing it in action here.
Setting last step to 4 (1 measure) is a great tip for working with the static parts on longer patterns, thanks.
Hmmm, it seemed to ignore the last step when I set it on anything but the last page...drats. Was late last night, though...could have been me.
Weird. It works for me.
This is an awesome piece with a unique sound and great feel. Very punchy and lots of cool features
strong case made, ill take two.... someone sponsor this channel and get this man a buy code STAT...... looking at you Arturia......
It’s probably one of the easiest drum machines to learn/use ever as far as programmable units go. I much prefer the 808 style of beat building over the groovebox style. This thing rules and once you figure out all the accenting and roll functions, it’s a game changer.
I got one of these after my regular drumbrute went down it was a pleasant surprise I love it
Yeah man. To my ears it sounds way better than the original.
Its pretty early days for it to be failing...bit concerning..
Is it the noise circuit that went silent? There was a design flaw. Arturia will repair it or send you a new circuit board.
@@electronicgarden3259 Arturia after sales support is LEGENDARY 👍
Other companies could learn a LOT from them !
I bought mine three weeks ago. Very instructive! Thank you!
Broski, dope video! I must havey the arturia drumbrute.. I must now. Totally sold bro.
I love the groove, the best groove I ever heard with toms.. I love how you can tune the drums in realtime.. you can also trigger other drums thru midi so thats crazy.. i just ordered it -on its way 🎉🎉🎉
great review and explanation of this great drum machine. getting one Today....i love what i head based on your review and you Actually taking us thru the process/. Thanks
It’s super fun to play and it sounds great. What else is there!
Two years on, is the drumbrute impact still in your employ? I'd love, love, love, love, love to be fortunate enough to see you further explore this machine! Thanks for the video, yours was one that helped me seal the deal and pull the trigger on it. I'm soooo glad I did. The sound palette so perfectly rides several niches that are an absolute blast to jam and listen and dance and phonk too!
They just made the all black version noir limited edition think I’m going to have to grab one
I actually might trade mine out for one of those. They look great.
Such a cool & fun little box. Great companion to my TR8
So good, matching a beat to rolling sequence of melody and bass. It's a no brainer. Well that's me!
yeah man! the kicks!!
Nice one! I have an Impact but not got into it yet. These are great tips. Cheers 👍
Extremely juiced beats - seweet!
arturia makes some good products.i have a micro freak and i love it.
I love how Arturia just keep adding more and more features to the Micro Freak in every update !
Nice demo! Fun to watch, and makes me want to walk over and switch on mine, too!
14:49 dude that's so fun I've had to cut back to keep myself from developing a cliché or something lol that shit's dangerously heavy and fuckin wiiiiide. Plus, boy howdy do those analog circuits really start to sing when you've been jamming for like 15 or 20 or 30 minutes and she gets nice and limbered up and running! Or am I crazy?
I really, really, REALLY must FINALY say that it hurts SO much when you all say those eletronic units from Behringer, Arturia or any brand in general are cheap. Here in Brazil those bitches are *nasty* expensive. A Drumbrute is about 3000 of our money now and things just go downhill from that point. You all should thank god for the prices there.
You are so right. In Brazil, in addition to tariff or shipping issues, the biggest challenge is certification of electronic products for the local market. Certification in Brazil is intensely expensive. The cert body INMETRO requires in-country testing, not just reporting, so to certify a product you need a local agent, lab time, then there's a specific mark you need to certify for in addition to the INMETRO and then you need to have extensive marking on packaging and in quickstart guides- which you don't need in other countries. This means manufacturing requires a unique run. All this adds to to mean that imported products that don't have super high numbers have extremely high prices. In general these protectionist trade policies helped Brazil fire up it's local economy two decades ago, but the last decade it has hurt Brazillian locals and made it nearly impossible for Brazil to strike global trade agreements that could supercharge the economy. Let me know if you want that sample pack I made for free. It's not much, but at least you can have the DB Impact Kicks!
@@DankLiveAF That sounds like sheer idiocy to me ! There should be an exemption for low voltage devices !
If you now someone in northern/western Europe? Maybe you can transfer the money to them, then they buy it, and send it? Hope it can save just a little money for you, this world is NOT fair
In Sweden, these go (second hand) for the price of two tanks of gasoline, or ten movie tickets.
It is a strange world we live in.
$3000 usd????
Love this review! Thank you for sharing!
Its arturia, everything they make is quality from the build to the sound. Now with the polybrute 12 theyve made the best synthesizer of the modern age. If only there wasnt a damn politician created affordability crisis.
Yes, the drumbrute is a monster drum machine too
I hate that I had to sell my DB impact. It had a ground hum that was always present but even worse with the USB in. Someday I’d like one that doesn’t have this issue, as apparently it’s a somewhat common problem with the model. I really enjoyed the FM drum. You can make great toms and kicks with it too! Plus that great Arturia sequencer. It was a great counterpart for my RX-5 for layers, etc. I sampled the absolute shit out of it before I said goodbye. Now I’m just using an RD-6 for those analog hats, snare, and kick. Doesn’t have that insane kick, though that’s for sure. Damn thing moves some air.
RD-6 is on my hit list. Do you have a sampler?
I highly recommend it for good analog on the cheap. As far as samplers, I have a MPC Live 1 as my studios brain and a Korg DSS-1 as my vintage, crunchy sampler. I’d recommend with of those depending on your needs. Now I’m looking at that new SP 404 MKII! Looks really sick as long as it retains the same character as the SP legacy.
Love the hats on the impact but for me the snare is weak. I run mine with a TR-06 for snare & BD. The bass drum on the impact has no click on it. I don’t like that much. Impact is great overall though. The sequencer is superb.
Just ordered this one. It's already on its way ETA this afterboon. Was this the piece I was missing? :-p. Great explanation and I love the jam. Thank you! Much
Great video
Had it. Sold it. Regret it
(a little)
I really liked the sequencer, not only is it intuitive and easy to use, but it has just the right amount of versatility and possibilities to create more complex patterns, but without getting lost.
The interface is direct. Everything is right there, or at least accessible via a shift function.
Sound-wise, it's distinctly analog. I think it has it's own sound. It doesn't fit all genres, but it doesn't pretend to be a universal drum machine.
I think the toms are a bit weak, and I wish they had a different cowbell.
Separate outs for every sound would have been cool, but you get four outs plus main out and that is not bad at this pricepoint.
The sounds get old though. An 808 or 909 have classic sounds that still sound great to this day. The Drumbrute impact sounds lack that something, that will make you love them forever. I have lots of respect for Arturia trying to create their own thing instead of trying to copy the classics, but I just don't think they suceeded in making great analog drum sounds.
It is absolutely possible to create an uniquely great sounding, modern, analog drum machine, MFB Tanzbär is the best example i can think of.
DBi works as a midi controller, paired with som drum module or whatever sample player or DAW(I ran an old Boss dr-550 to add som old school drum samples), but since all control knobs are completely analog, they don't send any midi data.
This is fair, since it's an analog drum machine, but it will drive you insane. You instictively try to adjust the sound, but nothing happens and you go: "of course, the knobs don't do anything", but then you try to do it again anyway, so you facepalm and then you do it again. Maybe this is just me, but I just couldn't get in to using it this way.
It feels really sturdy and solid. I would not hesitate to throw it in a backpack.
The guy who bought my Drumbrute impact got a real bargain and if one shows up at that same price, I might buy it again.
Great stuff man 👊
Nice one thanks
why is the tempo jumping by 1?
Because it’s receiving midi from another source. Notice that he starts the machine without pressing play
I love my brute. Thank you
I need something that can get some variety of sounds, that's easy to use, without having to run it through another drum machine. I have a DBA ROOMS Reverb. It seems to be a good machine, but I can only afford one Drum machine, and really only have the space for one machine. Thanks!
Hey Sandy, definitely look into the Roland tr8s and tr6s. These have a wider variety of built in sounds and you can use your own samples as well. The DBI is great but one thing it is not is a wide pallate. (Dank, on another account)
So for my understanding this is a Allrounder and maybe best for starters / newbies?
It’s got a unique enough character that even if you are an advanced practitioner you would still likely think it’s awesome. It’s low price tag and ease of use make it a winner for starters too. I would not call it an allrounder though, because the only box it checks is “analog drum synth”. It doesn’t have other modes, no digital, limited fm, no samples etc. the Tr8s is a better allrounder.
Good video
Correct me if i am wrong but you can’t adjust pitch on the snare, or the clap?
You are correct.
I sold mine but regretted it ultimately, gonna look into getting another one, noir version looks dope so gonna go with that, how is it syncing clock to synth and vice versa?
It syncs with the modular and other drum machine easily.
Nice work!
Subscribed to stay connected :)
its kinda like lynndrums i like it
Which one should I get first drum brute or tr8s….???
How is the tr 8s compared to this
They sequence similarly- Roland TR-style, right? The Impact sounds much gnarlier. It's also a lot more simple of a device. Great combo- the TR8s gives you all the standard X0X electronic sounds, fantastic performabily, and the Impact gives you a ton of unique character and that killer kick.
What do you think about the unic sound of cowbell. I can’t change the sound. And where is the rimshot???
Add reverb
@@Answersonapostcard and the rimshot ?
Got any tips to record drum rolls as they sound?
Usually with the looper I’d record audio. I think it does output midi but capturing it for sequence feels like a pain.
Wow, sounds just like every other drum machine of the last 40 years!
Every now and then I stumble upon a video on this and think about getting it. Then I hear the hats and I remember why I never did. Horrible 😵💫
Do you think this would be good for rock music or should I get an alesis sr18 instead? (It really all hangs on that cymbal sound)
Not great for rock music. The Alesis is pretty great for old school industrial. If I were doing rock, I’d get a sampler that could look like the Blackbox and put rock loops on there.
When this guy says “yeeeah”
It makes me cringe so hard my neck hurts
Apologies. As a kid I listened to a lot of Rob Zombie. I don't even know I'm doing it.
what's the machine to the left
Can this be powered with batteries?
Hey dank, thanks for the uploads. Much appreciated. Quick question, or my new drum brute the mix output only plays the left channel. I believe it might be defective because I troubleshoot it and the headphones I'm getting stereo. Am I missing something or do you think this is a possible defect? I heard you mention it is in mono, is that correct?
It's not defective! The Drumbrute line has a mono jack for it's mix output, so simply use a mono cable and 1 mono input on your mixer instead of a stereo line. If you want a stereo field, the only way to set that up is to use the individual outs and another mixer.
@@DankLiveAF Aah, thanks Dank. The quick start manual didn't specify. Glad to know it's not defective. I'm new to this equipment and would have never guessed that the output is in mono. I actually don't have a mixer yet, do you recommend that I just buy two mixers straight away, or is that unnecessary. Do you run two mixers? Really dope beats in the vid man!
@@MaTTheWish Just run it out in Mono to one channel for a while. Giving it a stereo spread and being able to add effects is a nice additional layer- down the line. I spent 2 straight years with it just mono and it kicks enough ass that it didn't even matter.
@@DankLiveAF
Ok cool, I'll do that. Watching your night sky video now!
Peace
@@MaTTheWish Call me Dan btw (Dan Kushner -> Dan K -> Dank)
I still can't decide which one to get - this, TR-8S or RD-9.
However I wanted to ask you - why is the tempo constantly changing between 119 and 120? I can't find an explanation for this.
Midi is a 40+ year old standard. It’s not that tight.
Get volca drum man and save some money
@@PAAmsterdam I already bought a Digitakt in the end lol
Can i use it with fl studio?
How do you get just the one drum in the headphones to tune it?
Some of the drum sounds have dedicated output jacks.
Can you record the automation of the drum parameters like pitch on kick, decay on snare or fm drum params?
Unfortunately no, none of theme are midi cc enabled or controllable otherwise.
@@DankLiveAF can you record automation changes as audio ? Or will the output bypass knob turning ?
it's overlooked for a reason...it's kind of soft..but if you run it thru some effects.. it helps
all you need is a bit of EQ, just like anything else. Reverb and delay helps but man this thing THUMPS in a really nice PA system with good subs
nice presenting.but i rather go for tr8s
How do you extend the number of steps on the sequencer from 16 to 64?
Hold “last step” then page right until you are looking at the 4th page. Now make step 64 the last step.
@@DankLiveAF Thanks!!!!
@@Skibbityboo0580 alternatively you can also press the >> button while holding shift, though this will also copy your patterns
To me this DB is priced to high compared to a volca drum and too low compared to a model cycles and doesn’t sound as nice as either of them 😂
help ... did I erase my factory presets by accident??? anyone?? how do I reload them?
Arturia fucked up with the tuning of the toms, other than that, fine drum machine.
I don’t like Arturia