■OVERVIEW Plastic case with cheap feeling, 12 responsive finger-drumming pads and a simple numeric display. All percussive sounds are organized in logical manner with own sonic control.
■SOUND The Arturia DrumBrute offers 17 different drum sounds each with MUTE/ SOLO option: kick 1, kick 2, snare, clap, hi-hat 1, hi-hat 2, conga hi, conga lo, tom hi, tom lo, maracas, rimshot, clave, tambourine, cymbal, reverse cymbal, and zap.
Each instruments have different sonic parameters, let's have a quick glance:
Kick 1. Level, Pitch, Decay, Impact, Sweep. Individual analog output
Kick 2. Level, Pitch, Decay. Individual analog output
Snare. Level, Snap Level, Snap Decay, Snap Tone, Drum Tone. Individual analog output
Clap. Level, Tone, Decay. Individual analog outputt.
Rim/Claves. Level, Rim Tone, selettore timbrico Type. Shared channel
Closed Hat. Level, Pitch, Decay. Shared channel
Open Hat. Level, Pitch Decay. Shared channel
Tom Hi/Conga Hi. Level, Pich, selettore timbrico Type.Shared channel
Tom Lo/Conga Lo. Level, Pitch, selettore timbrico Type. Shared channel
Cymbal/Reverse Cymbal. Level, Tone, Decay, selettore timbrico Type. Shared channel
Maracas/Tamb. Level, Tamb Decay, selettore timbrico Type.Shared channel
Zap. Level, Pitch, Decay. Individual analog output
■FILTER typical Arturia so-called "Steiner Parker" LPF and HPF with resonance. It can be bypassed.
■SEQUENCER 16-step/bar, 4-bar per pattern and 16 patterns per song. it's a 16-step model XOX with accent, anyway you can lighting move each instruments out of the grid (50% value) forward or backward (individual swing) or even random some patterns. It is also possible to use famous ratchet or dive into polyrhythm, each track can have individual length.
■FSYNC internal, midi, usb, or external analog pulses