[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":456},["ShallowReactive",2],{"oaqOrlVm1c":3,"ikhc6q8mHL":44,"Vj220PYVzp":211,"Jd0Dcwm5hg":264,"K7prxo4OBZ":301,"lVAsyfcxoL":390},[4],{"product_id":5,"uid":6,"slug":7,"sku":8,"product_name":9,"display_name":9,"product_range":10,"product_type":11,"supported":12,"bundle":13,"zendesk_faq_url":14,"product_generation":15,"hardware":12,"protection":16,"category_alias":17,"buyable":13,"out_of_stock":12,"free":13,"licensable":12,"demoable":13,"current":12,"erp_skus":18,"bundle_composition":20,"details":21,"prices":38,"has_resources":12},154,"01aye057r0q9adq4qtrreb5cbw","drumbrute","drumbrute,0","DrumBrute","brute","DrumMachine",true,false,"https://support.arturia.com/hc/sections/4405740765458",0,"hardware_serialized","hardware-synths",[19],"560101",[],{"baseline":22,"description":29,"display_flags":36},{"de":23,"en":24,"es":25,"fr":26,"ja":27,"zh":28},"Pure Analog-Beats","Pure Analog Beats","Ritmos puramente analógicos","De purs rythmes analogiques","ピュア・アナログ・ビート","纯模拟节拍",{"de":30,"en":31,"es":32,"fr":33,"ja":34,"zh":35},"Der DrumBrute ist eine All-in-One-Analog-Drum-Maschine, die unter Berücksichtigung von Performance und umfangreicher Soundeditierung entwickelt wurde. Gib deiner Musik den analogen Einfluss, den sie verdient!","DrumBrute is an all-in-one analog drum machine designed with performance and in-depth sound editing at its heart. Give your music the analog impact it deserves!","DrumBrute es una caja de ritmos analógica 'todo en uno' diseñada con el rendimiento alto y la edición de sonido en profundidad en su interior. ¡Dale a tu música el impacto analógico que se merece!","Le DrumBrute est une boîte à rythmes tout-en-un pensée aussi bien pour ceux qui jouent en direct que pour les adeptes de la manipulation sonore. Donnez à votre musique l’impact analogique qu’elle mérite !","DrumBruteは、パフォーマンスと細かいサウンド・エディット機能に重点を置いて設計された、オールインワンのアナログ・ドラム・マシンです。あなたの音楽にインパクトのあるアナログのエッセンスを！","DrumBrute 是一款多合一的模拟鼓机，其设计核心是性能和深度声音编辑。为您的音乐带来应有的模拟冲击力！",{"featured":13,"new":13,"promo":13,"show":12,"size":37},1,[39,42],{"currency_code":40,"product_price":41,"use_override":13},"USD",349,{"currency_code":43,"product_price":41,"use_override":13},"EUR",[45,55,62,68,75,82,89,96,103,110,117,124,131,137,143,150,156,162,168,174,180,187,193,199,205],{"id":46,"title":47,"description":48,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":52,"artist":51},41642,"House 117","House pattern recorded in one take directly from the master output of the DrumBrute. No dynamics or EQ has been used here.","sound_corner",99,null,{"id":53,"url":54},10316,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/House_117_Jean_Baptiste_ARTHUS_0cc8fe9ea0.mp3",{"id":56,"title":57,"description":58,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":59,"artist":51},41645,"Musicvideo Extract#1","Audio clip extracted from the DrumBrute introduction movie. Every part has been recorded separately using the individual outputs. Soft compression and EQ have been applied to each tracks.",{"id":60,"url":61},10319,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/Musicvideo_Extract_1_Jean_Baptiste_ARTHUS_67733bd73f.mp3",{"id":63,"title":64,"description":58,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":65,"artist":51},41648,"Musicvideo Extract#2",{"id":66,"url":67},10322,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/Musicvideo_Extract_2_Jean_Baptiste_ARTHUS_df5d343d46.mp3",{"id":69,"title":70,"description":71,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":72,"artist":51},41651,"NCP086","One shot recording from the output of the DrumBrute through the Glue compressor from Ableton for some coloration. Two Jup-8 V, one Synclavier V and one Ableton Operator track for the synth part.",{"id":73,"url":74},10325,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/NCP_086_Baptiste_Legoff_3aa696bc6d.mp3",{"id":76,"title":77,"description":78,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":79,"artist":51},41654,"Techno 137","Techno pattern recorded in one take directly from the master output of the DrumBrute. No dynamics or EQ has been used here.",{"id":80,"url":81},10328,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/Techno_137_Jean_Baptiste_ARTHUS_accbf82057.mp3",{"id":83,"title":84,"description":85,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":86,"artist":51},41657,"Dreamlike","Ethereal, dreamlike beat. All drum sounds and performance are coming from the DrumBrute. Additional melody is played by Mini V3 .",{"id":87,"url":88},10331,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/Dreamlike_Victor_Morello_731ecb811f.mp3",{"id":90,"title":91,"description":92,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":93,"artist":51},41690,"Soft Dropts","Slow groove using a pattern recorded with quantization off. DrumBrute is recorded from the main mix, slighly compressed and distorted, and uses a touch of reverb. Mini V and Matrix-12 V chords to accompany the beat.\n",{"id":94,"url":95},10364,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/Soft_Dropts_Sebastien_Rochard_e050ea5dfc.mp3",{"id":97,"title":98,"description":99,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":100,"artist":51},41693,"Invocation","Breaked drumbrute pattern with tension created by silence. Audio recorded directly from the master output. Compression and reverb have been added to the track.\n",{"id":101,"url":102},10367,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/Invocation_Jean_Baptiste_ARTHUS_03b81195bb.mp3",{"id":104,"title":105,"description":106,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":107,"artist":51},41696,"RollTheHat","Hip Hop / Trap rhythm made with three instruments of the Drumbrute, Kick2, Snare and Closed Hat.\n",{"id":108,"url":109},10370,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/Roll_The_Hat_Valentin_Lepetit_c7311e7c4d.mp3",{"id":111,"title":112,"description":113,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":114,"artist":51},41711,"DB BBOYTECH1","Direct out of the mix output with no additional processing. Hiphop beat with occasional low pass filter and looper. Kick and snare tuned and decay adjusted occasionally.\n",{"id":115,"url":116},10385,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/DB_BBOYTECH_1_fc01d6f70a.mp3",{"id":118,"title":119,"description":120,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":121,"artist":51},41714,"DB BBOYTECH2","Direct out of the mix output with no additional processing. Hiphop beat with occasional low pass / high pass filter and looper throughout.\n",{"id":122,"url":123},10388,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/DB_BBOYTECH_2_1981ca1cf1.mp3",{"id":125,"title":126,"description":127,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":128,"artist":51},42626,"Rhythm of the Creation_Bass","",{"id":129,"url":130},11300,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/Track_1_Bass_8a9bc35dd5.mp3",{"id":132,"title":133,"description":127,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":134,"artist":51},42629,"Rhythm of the Creation_Hi-hats",{"id":135,"url":136},11303,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/Track_1_Hi_hats_3801f3d3c0.mp3",{"id":138,"title":139,"description":127,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":140,"artist":51},42632,"Rhythm of the Creation_Kick",{"id":141,"url":142},11306,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/Track_1_Kick_1e5db39094.mp3",{"id":144,"title":145,"description":146,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":147,"artist":51},42635,"Rhythm of the Creation","A laid back hip-hop beat. Several layers of Microbrute are playing altogether to construct a complex melody. On top of that, a subtle sample is played on a MPC 500 through the external input, proccessed by the filter. \nThe DrumBrute kickdrum has been layered and proccessed through a mild overdrive effect for added punch and presence. Note how the snare drum plays in tandem with the rimshot, subtly adding a satisfying tone to the sound.",{"id":148,"url":149},11309,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/Track_1_Mix_d25dd69269.mp3",{"id":151,"title":152,"description":127,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":153,"artist":51},42638,"Rhythm of the Creation_Snare",{"id":154,"url":155},11312,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/Track_1_Snare_803c5a4aea.mp3",{"id":157,"title":158,"description":127,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":159,"artist":51},42641,"Rhythm of the Creation_Synth",{"id":160,"url":161},11315,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/Track_1_Synth_fe5f77259d.mp3",{"id":163,"title":164,"description":127,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":165,"artist":51},42644,"Stairway_Bass",{"id":166,"url":167},11318,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/Track_2_Bass_b71a525ecb.mp3",{"id":169,"title":170,"description":127,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":171,"artist":51},42647,"Stairway_Hi-Hats",{"id":172,"url":173},11321,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/Track_2_Hi_Hats_ce2d796514.mp3",{"id":175,"title":176,"description":127,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":177,"artist":51},42650,"Stairway_Kick",{"id":178,"url":179},11324,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/Track_2_Kick_aebc5dc41e.mp3",{"id":181,"title":182,"description":183,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":184,"artist":51},42653,"Stairway","A moody trap beat. The main melodic riff, composed of two microbrute parts played by hand, features the characteristic and punchy sound produced by the brute factor. \nOn the DrumBrute side, the kickdrum has been layered for added presence, while the tambourine is used as an open hat sound, helping providing a wider range of sounds.",{"id":185,"url":186},11327,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/Track_2_Mix_013cd4b7e4.mp3",{"id":188,"title":189,"description":127,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":190,"artist":51},42656,"Stairway_Snare",{"id":191,"url":192},11330,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/Track_2_Snare_fc2fae6e49.mp3",{"id":194,"title":195,"description":127,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":196,"artist":51},42659,"Stairway_Synth",{"id":197,"url":198},11333,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/Track_2_Synth_c2b81d9a82.mp3",{"id":200,"title":201,"description":127,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":202,"artist":51},42662,"Waiting_Bass",{"id":203,"url":204},11336,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/Track_3_Bass_cede080b28.mp3",{"id":206,"title":207,"description":127,"category":49,"ordering":50,"preset_description":51,"genre":51,"file":208,"artist":51},42665,"Waiting_Hi-Hats",{"id":209,"url":210},11339,"https://audios.arturia.net/audios/Track_3_Hi_Hats_cf60e02707.mp3",[212,221,229,237,246,255],{"ordering":50,"id":213,"quote":214,"artist":215},3887,"It's incredible, it's a great product, congrats!",{"id":216,"name":217,"band":218,"thumbnail_name":219,"types":220},1490,"Luciano","DJ / Producer","Luciano-thumb.jpg",[],{"ordering":50,"id":222,"quote":223,"artist":224},3893,"That's the dirtiest sound I've heard in a long time, and that's a compliment",{"id":225,"name":226,"band":218,"thumbnail_name":227,"types":228},1493,"Kink","Kink-thumb.jpg",[],{"ordering":50,"id":230,"quote":231,"artist":232},3899,"Wow..It's easy to program, I think it's great.",{"id":233,"name":234,"band":218,"thumbnail_name":235,"types":236},1553,"Carl Craig","Carl_Craig-thumb.jpg",[],{"ordering":50,"id":238,"quote":239,"artist":240},3905,"I give this The Brutalicious Drum Machine of 2016!",{"id":241,"name":242,"band":243,"thumbnail_name":244,"types":245},1571,"Keith Harris","Producer - Composer - Will.I.Am, Madonna","Keith_Harris-thumb.jpg",[],{"ordering":50,"id":247,"quote":248,"artist":249},4178,"Every sound can be manipulated to fit the bill – in fact the functionality is as good as any drum machine I’ve ever used (including the original Linndrum). I would recommend it highly as an essential and intuitive songwriter and producer’s tool.",{"id":250,"name":251,"band":252,"thumbnail_name":253,"types":254},1250,"Martyn Ware","Producer - Composer","Martyn_Ware-thumb.jpg",[],{"ordering":50,"id":256,"quote":257,"artist":258},4802,"I just love this thing, it has so much attitude. It’s like a great retro-sounding drum machine. ",{"id":259,"name":260,"band":261,"thumbnail_name":262,"types":263},2042,"Tom Salta","Composer","Tom_Salta-thumb.jpg",[],[265,269,272,275,278,282,285,289,293,295,297,299],{"id":266,"image_path":267,"image_alt":268},2231,"/images/awards/futuremusic-goty-2016-w.png","aw1",{"id":270,"image_path":271,"image_alt":268},2234,"/images/awards/future-music-plat-w.png",{"id":273,"image_path":274,"image_alt":268},2237,"/images/awards/musictech-value2.png",{"id":276,"image_path":277,"image_alt":268},2240,"/images/awards/anr-sonic-joy.png",{"id":279,"image_path":280,"image_alt":281},3155,"/images/awards/future-music-plat.png","future-music-plat",{"id":283,"image_path":277,"image_alt":284},3158,"anr-sonic-joy",{"id":286,"image_path":287,"image_alt":288},3161,"/images/awards/futuremusic-goty-2016.png","futuremusic-goty-2016",{"id":290,"image_path":291,"image_alt":292},3164,"/images/awards/musitech-value.png","musitech-value",{"id":294,"image_path":280,"image_alt":281},3167,{"id":296,"image_path":287,"image_alt":288},3170,{"id":298,"image_path":277,"image_alt":284},3173,{"id":300,"image_path":291,"image_alt":292},3176,[302,312,321,329,337,345,354,363,372,381],{"ordering":51,"id":303,"baseline":304,"text":305,"image_path":306,"url_alias":307,"title":308,"featured":12,"quote":309,"locale":310,"content":311},284,"Drumbrute:  an experience in itself","Originally from Brisbane, Australia, Jake Miller has spent the last few years based in London, UK, acting as an engineer and producer for some of the world’s top pop, rock, and electronic artists. Jake has added DrumBrute to his impressive studio kit list. We find out how he goes about making beats in the studio.","/images/interview/miller/top.jpg","jake-miller","Jake Miller","Originally from Brisbane, Australia, Jake Miller has spent the last few years based in London, UK, acting as an engineer and producer for some of the world’s top pop, rock, and electronic artists. ","en","\u003Cdiv class=\"itemFullText  \">\u003Cdiv class=\"itemFullText  \">\u003Cscript type=\"application/javascript\">\n                        /* Add range theme to main page */\n                          document.body.classList.add('theme-brute');\n                    \u003C/script> \u003Csection class=\"section\" style=\"background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; background-position: left bottom; background-image: url('https://www.arturia.com/images/interview/miller/top.jpg');\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"ratio-900 row align-items-start justify-content-start p-5\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 text-white hide-sm\">\u003Ch1>Jake Miller\u003Csmall class=\"d-block\">Drumbrute: \u003Cbr> an experience in itself\u003C/small>\u003C/h1>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Csection class=\"section text-white\" style=\"background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246);\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center text-center text-black \">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 show-sm \">\u003Ch1>Jake Miller\u003Csmall class=\"d-block\">Drumbrute: \u003Cbr> an experience in itself\u003C/small>\u003C/h1>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-8 col-12\">\u003Cp class=\"h3 small\">Originally from Brisbane, Australia, Jake Miller has spent the last few years based in London, UK, acting as an engineer and producer for some of the world’s top pop, rock, and electronic artists. Jake has added DrumBrute to his impressive studio kit list. We find out how he goes about making beats in the studio.\n                \u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Csection class=\"section\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/interview/miller/drumbrute.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12 mt-3\">\u003Ch5>Your roles include mixing, engineering, programming, producing, performing, and music equipment geek. By doing all of these, do you feel by combining these skills they benefit the end result?\n                \u003C/h5> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">I’d certainly like to think so. I imagine there must be a way that having all those things in mind affects my decisions when I'm working, but it's not something I'm particularly conscious of.\u003C/p> \u003Ch5>Brisbane has a good music scene. How did growing up there influence your musical output nowadays?\n                \u003C/h5> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">I have mixed feelings about it, really. I have a bit of an issue with not liking things I’m not good at right away, so in some ways having all these confident musicians and songwriters around slightly stilted my confidence in some areas. But the silver lining there was that it made me concentrate on what I felt I was definitely making headway on at the time, which was engineering and mixing. So I focused on that for a long time first, and I don’t think I really developed any confidence as a producer until I moved away to London and had some time on my own to figure out exactly what I wanted from being a producer, and what that meant to me.\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12 mt-3\">\u003Ch5>Abbey Road, RAK Studios, Tileyard, Strongroom: all amazing studios that you’ve worked at. Has this helped you to mold your own sound and techniques?\n                \u003C/h5> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">They’re all great, and it’s loads of fun using gear you can’t afford and mentally cataloguing every time you stumble on a sound you recognise from a bit of outboard gear and going: “Oh, that’s like the sound from that record I like, I guess I know how they probably did that now”. Realistically though, I probably do the most learning when I’m quite restricted and I can’t rely on toys to do the work for me.\n                \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">In July I was recording an album with Jesse Davidson, and our slightly backwards plan was to record drums last once we’d finalised all the arrangements going around them, because the songs were still very basic demos when we started - most didn’t even have a structure yet. I was recording guide drums in my lounge room with maybe a quarter of the mics I’d usually use, maybe three or four most of the time. I ended up having a lot of fun with those restrictions and created sounds I never would have in a bigger studio. Some wound up getting replaced with drums we did at Lightship 95 on their API with loads of mics, but some tracks just sounded better with the drums we built everything on.\n                \u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12 mt-3\">\u003Ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/189389357&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true\">\u003C/iframe>\u003Cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate, 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/jesse-davidson-9\" title=\"Jesse Dävîdsøñ\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: rgb(204, 204, 204); text-decoration: none;\">Jesse Dävîdsøñ\u003C/a> · \u003Ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/jesse-davidson-9/laika\" title=\"Laika\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: rgb(204, 204, 204); text-decoration: none;\">Laika\u003C/a>\u003C/div>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12 mt-5\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/interview/miller/Jake_Miller_Studio4.jpeg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12 mt-3\">\u003Cp class=\"quote\">I guess what I’m saying is, big studios are great, but they’re by no means essential if you’re willing to put in the work with what you have. Some great recordings have been made with not very much equipment.\n                \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">I guess what I’m saying is, big studios are great, but they’re by no means essential if you’re willing to put in the work with what you have. Some great recordings have been made with not very much equipment.\n                \u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Cdiv class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/interview/miller/04.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" class=\"img-fluid\">\u003C/div> \u003Csection class=\"section py-6 bgcolor-black text-white\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12 mt-3\">\u003Ch5>You’re a gear freak, synths and drum machines and guitars form a large part of your collection. And now you’ve got a DrumBrute too.\u003C/h5> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">I’ve been a bit of a guitar nerd since I was a teenager, albeit never an amazing player by any stretch of the imagination. As for synths, I’d only ever had brief days in studios with nice ones at my disposal – really I cut my teeth with synthesis on software and graduated to analog stuff later, I did recently acquire a Prophet 6, which has been a bit of a dream come true. It has been great though, no wrong purchases when you already have a pretty good idea of what each one does from its software counterparts. Sometimes you even go back to the software because it can just do things that can be so laborious in the analog world. The Arturia V Collection has been a mainstay for me in that department for a good few years now.\n            \u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"item-50 text-white text-center sm-100\">\u003Cdiv class=\"mycontainer sm-100\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/interview/miller/05.png\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" class=\"img-responsive\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12 mt-3\">\u003Cp class=\"quote\">The DrumBrute is a very recent addition, when I first got it I was literally sitting in bed with it programming pattern ideas into the banks for later. I’m especially enjoying being able to program polyrhythmic patterns that rarely repeat and keep evolving. It’s great to have a device like that, where you’re confined to one element of music and you can let ideas run wild without distraction. For me it’s mostly been a writing tool, more so than being a conventional drum machine. It really comes to life as an instrument once you start to interact with the step-repeat and randomise functions.\n            \u003C/p> \u003Ch5>The individual outputs are useful too.\u003C/h5> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">I’m yet to truly delve into the multi-output options, as I quite like treating it like a little characterful beatbox/metronome to begin a track with. But I can safely say that distortion is a great companion for the master output. You go from having some very traditional analog drum sounds to instantly entering 1990’s Warp Records territory once you begin to saturate and morph the sounds into something a little more unusual and ear grabbing. It’s different to distorting samples “in the box” as well, more interactive, less linear.\n            \u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12 mt-3\">\u003Ch5>What has been some of the most interesting projects to work on?\n            \u003C/h5> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">Well, I try not to work on anything that isn’t interesting to me personally in some way or another, because I lose interest and patience very quickly if I ever do. At the moment, though, I’m making an album with Jesse Davidson who I mentioned earlier, as well as an EP with a talented songwriter named Delia Obst – both from Adelaide, Australia. Plus, I’m producing an album for Dublin band Spies, as well as working here in London with Guy Sigsworth on his album under the alias Stet, for which I was very lucky to record Imogen Heap on the opening track! That being said, it’s not at all what you’d expect… you’ll have to wait and see.\n            \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">Last, but not least, an album with 80s legend of Yazoo fame: Alison Moyet, which Guy is producing and I’m engineering, programming and mixing – alongside Chris Elms on a few tracks.\n            \u003C/p> \u003Ch5>Lastly, you’ve mentioned that DrumBrute is inspiring. How will you continue to use it in your productions?\u003C/h5> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">Well, as I mentioned, I need to further explore the split outputs for more detailed processing, I think that’s really the next step.\n            \u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"flex-container align-center justify-center bgcolor-black text-white mt-5\">\u003Cdiv>\u003Ch2 class=\"text-uppercase text-center\">\"The fact that it’s fully analog and has 17 instruments is wonderful. I’m going to need some more inputs on my setup first!\"\n            \u003C/h2>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"clr\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"clr\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div>",{"ordering":51,"id":313,"baseline":314,"text":315,"image_path":316,"url_alias":317,"title":318,"featured":12,"quote":319,"locale":310,"content":320},302,"DrumBrute goes Afro-Cuban","Discover one of the infinite facets the DrumBrute can take with live performer, travelling musician and multicultural-inspired artist, Antoine Miniconi,  introducing us to his creative approach and to the reason he chose the Arturia Analog Drum Machine as the center of his setup.","/images/stories/santeria/top.jpg","santeria-story","Santeria","Antoine Miniconi introduces us to his creative approach and to the reason he chose the Arturia Analog Drum Machine as the center of his setup.","\u003Cdiv class=\"itemFullText  \">\u003Cscript type=\"application/javascript\">\n            /* Add range theme to main page */\n              document.body.classList.add('theme-brute');\n        \u003C/script> \u003Csection class=\"section\" style=\"background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; background-position: left bottom; background-image: url('https://www.arturia.com/images/stories/santeria/top.jpg');\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"ratio-900 row align-items-start justify-content-start p-5\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 text-white hide-sm\">\u003Ch1>Santeria\u003Csmall class=\"d-block\">DrumBrute goes Afro-Cuban\u003C/small>\u003C/h1>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Csection class=\"section\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center text-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 show-sm \">\u003Ch1>Santeria\u003Csmall class=\"d-block\">DrumBrute goes Afro-Cuban\u003C/small>\u003C/h1>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-8 col-12 mt-3\">\u003Cp class=\"h3 small\">Discover one of the infinite facets the DrumBrute can take with live performer, travelling musician and multicultural-inspired artist, Antoine Miniconi,  introducing us to his creative approach and to the reason he chose the Arturia Analog Drum Machine as the center of his setup.\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-10 col-12 justify-content-center mt-3\">\u003Ciframe style=\"width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;\" src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/hPDMwGPyyII?autoplay=0&controls=0&disablekb=1&playsinline=1&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=auto&widget_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fsanteria&noCookie=true&rel=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&color=white&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com&widgetid=1&forigin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fsanteria&aoriginsup=1&vf=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-17=\"true\" id=\"897417763\">\u003C/iframe>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Csection class=\"section\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12 mt-3\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/santeria/03bis.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12 mt-3\">\u003Ch2>Introduction\n    \u003C/h2> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">I’ m Antoine Miniconi, a French percussionist. I’ve lived in Cuba for 7 years where I dedicated myself to learning and playing animist Afro-Cuban music, mostly with a group called « Los Chinitos ».  Now I’m working on a project made up of electronic live performance where my experience in Cuba is one of the central parts, where electronic music and sacred rhythms, normally unknown to no-initiated people, meet. \u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12 mt-3\">\u003Ch2>Drum Patterns Pack\u003C/h2> \u003Cp>Antoine Miniconi created an atypical pattern pack by blending traditional Afro-Cuban rhythmic influences, electronic music spirit and the analog sounds of DrumBrute.\u003C/p> \u003Cp>The 26 rhythmic patterns it contains will let you build progressions taking advantage of the pattern chaining feature.\u003C/p> \u003Cp>Get inspired by this unique mixture of spiritual-inspired flows and resolutely modern pulse.\u003C/p> \u003Ca href=\"https://downloads.arturia.com/products/drumbrute/preset/DrumBrute_Goes_Afro-Cuban.zip\" class=\"btn btn-lg btn-primary mt-3 \" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003Ci class=\"fa fa-2x fa-download pull-left\">\u003C/i>\u003Cb>Download Patterns Pack\u003C/b>\u003Cbr> Afro-Cuban\u003C/a>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12 mt-3\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/santeria/preset.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Cdiv class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/santeria/02bis.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" class=\"img-fluid\">\u003C/div> \u003Csection class=\"section\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"item-50 text-white text-center sm-100\">\u003Cdiv class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/santeria/02.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" class=\"img-fluid\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12 mt-3\">\u003Ch2>On Afro-Cuban music\u003C/h2> \u003Cp class=\"border-block\">I started when I was a teenager, living in South of France. We were a group of friends, percussion lovers, and after taking some African percussion lessons, we formed a band and began playing every weekend. Playing in front of the public was a revelation to me, and it was the moment that I decided that I wanted to dedicate myself to music.\n\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12 mt-3\">\u003Ch5>How would you describe your music to someone who would never have listened to it before?\n\u003C/h5> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">Afro-Cuban music is one component of the animists religious ceremonies. In these particular moments, the instruments are there to « follow » the choir of the religious people, who are there to spiritually purify themselves, singing and dancing. It is really complex music, but the people there know it and understand it, they have been hearing it since their childhood. At some moment, trance and possessions are present, and it is because of the music. The instruments are always percussion, one singer and the choir of the people. There are thousands of songs that are in different African languages, and the musicians follow the songs that have specifics rhythms and breaks.\n\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12 mt-3\">\u003Ch5>With the Afro-Cuban influences, what flavor does it bring to your music?\n\u003C/h5> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">I was musically born in Cuba, thanks to the « Chinitos » familly, and it happened in the ceremonies, playing with them. So my rhythm background isn’t Afro-American like most of us in Western countries, it’s Afro-Cuban. I have hundreds of rhythms in my head that have nothing similar in our culture. They have their own aesthetic and improvisations, and they reveal a great variety of emotions and feelings. My music will be deeply influenced by that at different levels, like proper rhythms of course, but also in the structures of the tracks, the breaks, the sounds and so on. \n\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"item-50 text-white text-center sm-100\">\u003Cdiv class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/santeria/04.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" class=\"img-fluid\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12 mt-3\">\u003Ch5>How would you explain these differences from a rhythmic perspective?\n\u003C/h5> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">I would say that the main differences would be:\u003Cbr>- that the rhythmic accents are almost always syncopated. Most of our music has its accent on the second and fourth beats, these are the typical snare hits. Those accents do not exist in Afro-Cuban music, but there is a lot of syncopated ones.\u003Cbr>- there are plenty of rhythms with binary and ternary notes at the same time. I mean that typical Afro-Cuban music can perfectly have one instrument playing a binary rhythm, and another instrument playing a ternary one! There are also rhythms that have both cadences mixed in the same loop.\n\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 mt-3\">\u003Cp class=\"quote\">-  there is a huge repertory of ternary rhythms, and that the use of semi quavers is omnipresent in the ternary rhythms. In western countries, we feel ternary rhythms like « round », or a «  TA KA TA - TA KA TA - TA KA TA »  feeling. In Cuba, ternary is played also with semiquavers, and it gives a great variety of possibilities. I’ve actually used a lot of these for the track « Debut », that is present in the video.\n\u003C/p> \u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/santeria/typical.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive margin-0-auto\"> \u003Ch3 class=\"text-center\">Typical Afterbeat Rhythm\u003C/h3>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 mt-3\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/santeria/afro.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive margin-0-auto\"> \u003Ch3 class=\"text-center mt-4\">Afro-Cuban Rhythm\u003C/h3>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Csection class=\"section py-6 bgcolor-black text-white\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12 mt-3\">\u003Ch2>On DrumBrute\n\u003C/h2> \u003Ch5>You integrated DrumBrute into your setup. Why did you choose it as your main drum machine?\n\u003C/h5> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">What made me choose the DrumBrute is the sound of course, I was impressed by the coherence between all the sounds. The sounds also have a sharpness that reminded me the drums I’ve learned to play, so a lot of ideas came at once when I first used the DrumBrute.  I also like the pads that have a nice response when played. Being a percussionist, I’m always very rigorous and exigent on how pads react to the fingers.\n\u003C/p> \u003Ch5>Do you use it along with acoustic drums in some of your projects or only separately?\n\u003C/h5> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">Until now I’ve used the DrumBrute only for electronic production and performance. But, luckily, my friend Manley Lopez from the « Chinitos » family is currently in Mexico City, where I live. I’ve been thinking of developing a performance where he would be playing the drums, and where I would be performing live with the DrumBrute. That would be fantastic!\n\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12 mt-3\">\u003Ch5>Can you tell us few words about your current and upcoming projects?\n\u003C/h5> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">As mentioned before, I’m working on a live performance, doing an interpretation of what I’ve learned in Cuba. I didn’t expect to have such positive feedback from the public, so I’ve decided to work on a more complete and longer version, to do a mastering of the tracks and release them in the next few months. The name of the project is ASTO.\n\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"item-50 text-white text-center sm-100\">\u003Cdiv class=\"mycontainer sm-100\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/santeria/04.png\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" class=\"img-responsive\"> \u003Ca href=\"https://www.arturia.com/products/hardware-synths/drumbrute/overview\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg \">Discover DrumBrute\u003C/a>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003C/div>",{"ordering":51,"id":322,"baseline":323,"text":324,"image_path":325,"url_alias":326,"title":327,"featured":12,"quote":324,"locale":310,"content":328},314,"A bit of joy in this world of brutes","Anna Straker is a producer, vocalist, and songwriter based in London, UK. An exciting mix of electropop and trip hop, her music mixes retro synths with contemporary production.","/images/interview/anna/top.jpg","anna-straker","Anna Straker","\u003Cdiv class=\"itemFullText  \">\u003Cscript type=\"application/javascript\">\n                        / Add range theme to main page /\n                          document.body.classList.add('theme-brute');\n                    \u003C/script> \u003Csection class=\"section flex-row align-items-start section--image section--min-height section--xxl\" bg-color=\"#000\" style=\"--bg-image: url(https://www.arturia.com/images/interview/anna/top.jpg); --bg-position: bottom left;\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\" row align-items-start justify-content-start p-5\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 text-white\">\u003Ch1>Anna Straker\u003Csmall class=\"d-block\">A bit of joy in \u003Cbr>this world \u003Cbr>of brutes\n                    home\u003C/small>\u003C/h1>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Csection class=\"section text-white bg-black\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center text-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-8 col-12 my-3\">\u003Cp class=\"h3 small\">Anna Straker is a producer, vocalist, and songwriter based in London, UK. An exciting mix of electropop and trip hop, her music mixes retro synths with contemporary production.\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-10 col-12 my-5\">\u003Ciframe style=\"width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;\" src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/pm7S1YVtrVM?autoplay=0&controls=0&disablekb=1&playsinline=1&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=auto&widget_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fanna-straker&noCookie=true&rel=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&color=white&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com&widgetid=1&forigin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fanna-straker&aoriginsup=1&vf=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-17=\"true\" id=\"249856252\">\u003C/iframe>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-8 \">\u003Cp class=\"h4 mb-5\">Following acclaimed performances at Reading & Leeds, and Glastonbury Festivals, we caught up with Anna to learn more about her inspiration, and how she integrates the Arturia DrumBrute into her productions. \u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center \">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-4 col-12 mt-3\">\u003Cimg alt=\" \" src=\"https://www.arturia.com/images/interview/anna/sing.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12 mt-3\">\u003Cp class=\"quote\">My earliest memory of music was playing my grandad's out of tune piano when I was 6 or 7. I begged my parents to buy me one, and completed all my classical grades as fast as I could. I dreamt of being a classical pianist. Then I discovered Alicia Keys, and decided that I wanted to sing too.\n            \u003C/p> \u003Cp>Becoming bored of writing solely on the piano, Straker began experimenting with recording and production. Aside from being able to create whole songs, this also opened up new composition and songwriting possibilities. \n             \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">I've always been such a nerd, in everything I do. I'm a perfectionist. But I really started loving techy stuff when I got Pro Tools and started hanging out in the studio with other producers. I was obviously drawn to synthesizers because of my first love, the piano. It was incredible discovering instruments with millions of sounds on them instead of just one!\n            \u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Csection class=\"section\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center my-3\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12 \">\u003Cp class=\"quote\">Using the DrumBrute has allowed me to create beats in a totally new way.\n            \u003C/p> \u003Cp>Straker now integrates Arturia’s debut analog drum machine into her music, both as a creative backbone to her songwriting and as a go-to rhythm instrument in her productions.\n            \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">The part that is most fun is doing all the tweaks on the fly, like the step repeat and filters. It makes it so easy to build a sick beat quickly so it turns songwriting into a livelier process.\n            \u003C/p> \u003Cp>DrumBrute’s multiple outputs also make it hugely versatile, with creative musicians like Straker shaping and stylizing the sound of each drum to compliment any track or project.\n            \u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12\">\u003Cimg alt=\" \" src=\"https://www.arturia.com/images/interview/anna/up.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center mt-4\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12\">\u003Cimg alt=\" \" src=\"https://www.arturia.com/images/interview/anna/back.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12 mt-4\">\u003Cp class=\"quote\">I wouldn't normally begin writing a song with a beat until I got the DrumBrute. Those two insane kicks alone can conjure up such a great rhythm.\n            \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">I really value having the freedom to do anything I want when I'm making music. The whole world of sounds is at my fingertips, literally! That's why my songs touch on so many genres. My last release “Ignite Me” has elements of trip hop, R&B, 90s electronic music and pop.\n            \u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Csection class=\"section py-6 bg-black text-white\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 col-12 mt-3\">\u003Cp>In our interview, Anna couldn’t help paying tribute to another massive source of inspiration for her: London.\u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">I love London because you can be whoever you want to be and no one cares. It's so electric. It inspires me to try new things, even in my music. I meet many different people of different backgrounds and so I'm exposed to a huge mix of music. Like the other day I went out with a DJ who only played vinyls he found in Morocco, so educational.\u003C/p> \u003Cp>Anna will be releasing an EP in 2018, featuring solo tracks and exciting collaborations. To keep up to date, and for more news, you can follow Anna on  \u003Ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/strakeranna/\" class=\"text-white\">Facebook \u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/strak3rgram/\" class=\"text-white\">Instagram \u003C/a>\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-4 col-12 mt-3\">\u003Cimg alt=\" \" src=\"https://www.arturia.com/images/interview/anna/pink.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-6 text-center col-12 mt-6\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://www.arturia.com/images/interview/anna/drumbrute-aplats-1.png\" class=\"img-fluid\"> \u003Ca href=\"https://www.arturia.com/products/hardware-synths/drumbrute/overview\" class=\"btn btn-primary mb-4 \">Discover\n                DrumBrute \u003C/a>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003C/div>",{"ordering":51,"id":330,"baseline":331,"text":332,"image_path":333,"url_alias":334,"title":335,"featured":12,"quote":332,"locale":310,"content":336},341,"Drums With Impact","Making a name for himself as a session drummer and sequencer, Emre Ramazanoglu gained a reputation for his outstanding work, and soon became an in-demand producer and engineer in the UK’s bustling music scene.","/images/stories/emre/top.jpg","emre","Emre Ramazanoglu","\u003Cdiv class=\"itemFullText  \">\u003Csection class=\"section cover \" style=\"background-color: white; background-position: center bottom; background-image: url('https://www.arturia.com/images/stories/emre/top.jpg');\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row ratio-900 justify-content-center align-items-end\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-sm-7  hide-sm\">\u003Ch1>Emre Ramazanoglu\u003Csmall class=\"d-block\">Drums\n                    With Impact\u003C/small>\u003C/h1>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Csection class=\"section   \" style=\"background-color: white;\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"container \">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center text-center \">\u003Cdiv class=\" col-12  text-center show-sm\">\u003Ch1>Emre Ramazanoglu\u003Csmall class=\"d-block\">Drums\n                    With\u003Cbr>Impact\u003C/small>\u003C/h1>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-sm-8\">\u003Cp class=\"h3 small\">Making a name for himself as a session drummer and sequencer, Emre Ramazanoglu\n                    gained a reputation for his outstanding work, and soon became an in-demand producer and\n                    engineer in the UK’s bustling music scene.\u003C/p> \u003Cp>Knowing that he had worked with the likes of Sia and Lilly Allen, and having recently\n                    completed Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds album “Who Built The Moon?”, we jumped at the\n                    chance to meet him in his West London studio to chat about his techniques, and to hear how\n                    he uses Arturia’s DrumBrute Impact in his productions.\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-sm-8 mt-3 mb-3 red ratio-600\">\u003Ciframe style=\"width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;\" src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ES7GJRkryOk?autoplay=0&controls=0&disablekb=1&playsinline=1&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=auto&widget_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fstories%2Femre&noCookie=true&rel=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&color=white&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com&widgetid=1&forigin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fstories%2Femre&aoriginsup=1&vf=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-17=\"true\" id=\"655348881\">\u003C/iframe>\u003C/div>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"row\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-sm-5 col-12 my-3\">\u003Cp class=\"quote\">I’ve used DrumBrute Impact pretty much every day since I’ve had it. Writing\n                    sessions, augmenting kicks and snares in mixes, adding percussion parts, replicating beats\n                    for tricky mix points in fashion shows. It’s a great and versatile piece of kit! Very\n                    intuitive.\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-sm-5 my-3\">\u003Cp>When we heard that one of our favorite producers was using our latest drum machine, we knew\n                    we were on to a winner. For the uninitiated, Emre is an accomplished jazz and session\n                    drummer who’s also been “behind the desk” and either performed or sequenced drums for a\n                    whole host of outstanding tracks. As if being a percussion mastermind wasn’t enough, Emre\n                    has also earned a reputation as skilled mix engineer and producer, making him the classic\n                    “double threat” in the studio.\u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Cdiv class=\"row\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-6 col-sm-3\" style=\"padding: 0px;\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/emre/Emre_Carly_Rae_Jepson.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"Carly Rae Jepson\" class=\"img-responsive img-full-width mx-auto\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-6 col-sm-3\" style=\"padding: 0px;\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/emre/Emre_Lily_Allen.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"Lily Allen\" class=\"img-responsive img-full-width mx-auto\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-6 col-sm-3\" style=\"padding: 0px;\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/emre/Emre_Noel_Gallagher.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"Noel Gallagher\" class=\"img-responsive img-full-width mx-auto\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-6 col-sm-3\" style=\"padding: 0px;\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/emre/Emre_Sia.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"Sia\" class=\"img-responsive img-full-width mx-auto\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div> \u003Csection class=\"section bg-black text-white\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"container \">\u003Cdiv class=\" row justify-content-center align-items-center  mt-3 \">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-sm-8\">\u003Ch2 class=\"full-width\">Real analog fire\u003C/h2> \u003Cp class=\"h3 small\">With a deceptively simple sound palette and “distortion” focused controls, it\n                    would be easy to think DrumBrute Impact is only useful for only a few niche genres.\n                    However, Emre shows us that nothing could be further from the truth.\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-sm-6 col-12 my-4\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/emre/closeup.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-sm-6 col-12  \">\u003Cp class=\"quote\">I’m lucky in that I get to work on a huge range of projects, sometimes just in\n                    one field but often combining many at once. I do a lot of mixing, mainly for commercial\n                    releases, but also some film score and sound design and mixing for large fashion events,\n                    sometimes mixing for quad systems in large spaces. I still do some engineering gigs, but\n                    they’re more often combined with writing or production nowadays.\u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote boldnbig\">DrumBrute Impact is a little beast!\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-sm-6 col-12  \">\u003Cp class=\"quote \">It’s so hands-on and intuitive; so easy to use and made by people who\n                    understand programming and the importance of a human connection to what you are doing when\n                    working with drum machines! It’s an essential tool for me now!\u003C/p> \u003Cp>His combined experience as a drummer and a producer gives Emre a powerful understanding of\n                    the creative process, letting him chat technically and relate emotionally to the performers\n                    he works with. It’s this same unique skill that makes DrumBrute Impact such an important,\n                    versatile instrument for him. Arturia’s latest analog drum machine features several\n                    outputs, so its drum sounds can also be in more esoteric, creative ways.\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-sm-6 col-12 my-4\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/emre/face.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-sm-6 col-12 my-4\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/emre/back.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-sm-6 col-12  mt-4\">\u003Cp class=\"quote\">I can use a mix of outboard and plugins according to the job at hand to really\n                    make the most of the performance aspect of the DrumBrute Impact. I love experimenting with\n                    different processing chains on each output and patching between them to get radical changes\n                    in tone quickly. It’s great having just a few outs to capture the whole machine as I can\n                    keep the processing load manageable and really get creative.\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-sm-8\">\u003Cp>Emre also uses DrumBrute Impact’s exclusive “Color” parameter to quickly add new tones to\n                    his tracks. Spicing up each instrument with a unique element, like heating up the kick,\n                    making a snare super-snappy, or ramping up the decay of the FM drum, he can find new sounds\n                    and textures that give his products the cut and individual character needed to stand out\n                    and make people take notice.\u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/emre/02.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive img-full-width mx-auto\"> \u003Csection class=\"section bg-white\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"container \">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-sm-6 col-12\">\u003Ch2 class=\"full-width \">Backbeat Backbone\u003C/h2> \u003Cp class=\"boldnbig quote\"> It’s been really well thought through, and the sequencing aspect of\n                    it is great!\u003C/p> \u003Cp>An early adopter of DrumBrute Impact, it has now become a firm favorite of Emre’s studio.\n                    Knowing that he has a reliable, great-sounding, and sonically adventurous drum machine\n                    available whenever he needs it lets him focus on the task at hand, safe in the knowledge\n                    that any requests from his clients can be met with punch and style, with no menu-diving in\n                    sight.\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-sm-6 col-12 my-3\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/emre/0010240059_10-2.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-sm-6 col-12 my-3\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/emre/final.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-sm-6 col-12\">\u003Cp class=\"quote\">I tend to just do my thing in alignment with what the artist is after. I can\n                    draw from quite a diverse range of musical experience so hopefully I can get something\n                    going that everybody vibes with. If I feel the direction is problematic, I’ll flag it or\n                    steer the session away from the looming dead-end perhaps but often I’ll go with what the\n                    artist is feeling as it can lead to places I’ve never considered. If it doesn’t, then it’s\n                    still their record and it needs to be cool with them!\u003C/p> \u003Cp>Aside from playing, producing, and engineering for some of the world’s top acts,\n                    you might catch a glimpse of Emre drumming in his jazz outfit Ill Considered during their\n                    European mini-tour in Fall 2018.\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-sm-8 mt-5\">\u003Cp class=\"h3 small\">Interested in DrumBrute Impact, and how it might transform the way you create\n                    drums and percussion in your studio and on the stage? Head to our \u003Ca href=\"/products/hardware-synths/drumbrute-impact/overview\">dedicated\n                        page\u003C/a> to learn more.\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-sm-7 col-12 my-4\" style=\"background-position: center center; background-size: contain; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-image: url('https://www.arturia.com/images/products/drumbrute-impact/narrow-drumbrute-impact-banner.jpg');\">\u003Ca href=\"/products/hardware-synths/drumbrute-impact/overview\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/products/drumbrute-impact/drumbrute-impact-image.png\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" class=\"product-image img-responsive\">\u003C/a>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"clr\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"clr\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section>\u003C/div>",{"ordering":51,"id":338,"baseline":339,"text":340,"image_path":341,"url_alias":342,"title":343,"featured":12,"quote":340,"locale":310,"content":344},353,"Emre Türkmen creating beats & DrumBrute impact","We caught up with one of our idols, songwriter and producer Emre Türkmen of the British synth-pop act Years & Years, to chat about his songwriting methods and inspiration. Sometimes, it can all start with a beat...","/images/stories/yearsandyears/top.jpg","years-and-years","Years & Years","\u003Cdiv class=\"itemFullText  \">\u003Csection class=\"section ratio-900 cover \" style=\"background-color: black; background-position: center bottom; background-image: url('https://www.arturia.com/images/stories/yearsandyears/top.jpg');\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-start align-items-end ratio-700\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-8 hide-sm text-white\">\u003Ch1>Years & Years\u003Cbr> \u003Csmall>EMRE TÜRKMEN CREATING BEATS & DRUMBRUTE IMPACT\u003C/small>\u003C/h1>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Csection class=\"section bg-black text-white\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-8 show-sm text-white text-center\">\u003Ch1>Years & Years\u003Cbr> \u003Csmall>EMRE TÜRKMEN CREATING BEATS & DRUMBRUTE IMPACT\u003C/small>\u003C/h1>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">\u003Cp class=\"h3 small text-center\">We caught up with one of our idols, songwriter and producer Emre Türkmen of the\n                    British synth-pop act Years & Years, to chat about his songwriting methods and inspiration.\n                    Sometimes, it can all start with a beat...\u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"I got into music through The Beatles and then I wanted to become a guitar\n                    player, so I bought myself a Les Paul knockoff which weighed a ton, and started learning\n                    guitar. I learned the Nirvana MTV Unplugged album back to front.\"\u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"I just made music in my room. I was too shy, but that meant that I had to\n                    learn how to do everything myself, so by the time I got to a place where I was like ‘I’m\n                    getting bored, I want to do something with other people,’ I was sort of ready.\"\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-8 my-4\">\u003Ciframe style=\"width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;\" src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/endhxeWnR_k?autoplay=0&controls=0&disablekb=1&playsinline=1&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=auto&widget_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fstories%2Fyearsandyears&noCookie=true&rel=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&color=white&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com&widgetid=1&forigin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fstories%2Fyearsandyears&aoriginsup=1&vf=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-17=\"true\" id=\"910050106\">\u003C/iframe>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Csection class=\"section bg-black text-white\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Ch2>Don't Panic\u003C/h2> \u003Cp class=\"quote boldnbig\">\n                    \"I generally start with beats, I could sit around making beats all day.\"\"\n                \u003C/p> \u003Cp>While software instruments can give you almost unlimited choice and flexibility with your\n                    sound, sometimes the overwhelming number of options can stifle your creativity. This is\n                    where hardware can really help. An analog instrument like DrumBrute Impact gives its users\n                    a unique “voice” and soundset, and just enough limitations to keep you creative, and not\n                    endlessly searching for the right sound. When DrumBrute Impact was released, one if its\n                    first adopters was Emre: a true pioneer!\u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"You can audition a kick sample for 5 hours instead of writing a song. When you\n                    have a DrumBrute Impact you’ll be surprised by how much variation and opportunity you have.\n                    You’ll be ten times more creative than if you have ten times more options.\"\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/yearsandyears/beat.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/yearsandyears/feat.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Cp class=\"quote boldnbig\">\n                    \"DrumBrute Impact has a monster kick!\"\"\n                \u003C/p> \u003Cp>DrumBrute Impact features 10 high-energy sounds, a tasty drum-optimized distortion on the\n                    master bus to add some grungy crunch, and a seriously powerful sequencer that makes\n                    complex, polyrhythmic patterns as easy as A-B-C.\u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"The cool thing is you can also enter your steps unquantized. The distortion is\n                    just great!” If you want to have all the options, you can; feed the outputs separately\n                    through their own external effects.\"\u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/yearsandyears/gig.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive full-width-img  mx-auto\"> \u003Csection class=\"section bg-white\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\" row justify-content-center align-items-center \">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/yearsandyears/Still011.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Ch2>All for you\u003C/h2> \u003Cp class=\"h3 small\">We were incredibly grateful to chat with Emre, and wondered if he had any parting advice to musicians out there who are struggling to find, or keep their musical inspiration going.\u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"Doing something is better than thinking about ‘what’s the right thing to do,’ because coming up with ideas isn’t easy, but that’s the fun bit. But finishing stuff is the difficult part, and what you’ll find is if you finish things you’ll be absolutely shocked as to where it leads.  Even if it’s something I think Years & Years won’t like, I finish it.\n                        \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\n                A) You’ll feel better. \u003Cbr>\n                B) You’ll likely end up with something that’s great.\u003Cbr>\n                C) You’ll end up learning something.\"\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6 \">\u003Cp class=\"quote boldnbig\">\"If I was going to have a t-shirt with a slogan about recording, it would be ‘FINISH IT.\"\u003C/p> \u003Cp>Years & Years are currently on their Palo Santo 2018-19 World Tour, so be sure to catch them in a city near you!\u003C/p> \u003Cp>If you’d like to find out more about Emre’s latest beat-making flame, check out our dedicated DrumBrute Impact page.\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/yearsandyears/band.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section>\u003C/div>",{"ordering":51,"id":346,"baseline":347,"text":348,"image_path":349,"url_alias":350,"title":351,"featured":12,"quote":352,"locale":310,"content":353},365,"meets DrumBrute Impact","Risa Taniguchi is one of Japan’s most exciting new electronic music producers. She recently added our fiery DrumBrute Impact to her creative setup, so we got in touch to find out how she’s using it.","/images/stories/risa-taniguchi/top.jpg","risa-taniguchi","Risa Taniguchi","Risa Taniguchi is one of Japan’s most exciting new electronic music producers. She recently added our fiery DrumBrute Impact to her creative setup, so we got in touch to find out how she’s using it. ","\u003Cdiv class=\"itemFullText  \">\n    \u003Csection class=\"section ratio-900 cover \"\n        style=\"background-color: black; background-position: center bottom; background-image: url('https://www.arturia.com/images/stories/risa-taniguchi/top.jpg');\">\n        \u003C!---->\n        \u003C!---->\n        \u003C!---->\n        \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\n            \u003Cdiv class=\"ratio-800 row align-items-center\">\n                \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 text-white hide-sm\">\n                    \u003Ch1>\n                        Risa Taniguchi\n                        \u003Cbr>\n                        \u003Csmall>\n                            meets DrumBrute Impact\n                        \u003C/small>\n                    \u003C/h1>\n                \u003C/div>\n            \u003C/div>\n        \u003C/div>\n    \u003C/section>\n    \u003Csection class=\"section bg-white\" id=\"languageBlock_en\">\n        \u003C!---->\n        \u003C!---->\n        \u003C!---->\n        \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\n            \u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\n                \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 show-sm text-center\">\n                    \u003Ch1>\n                        Risa Taniguchi\n                        \u003Cbr>\n                        \u003Csmall>\n                            meets DrumBrute Impact\n                        \u003C/small>\n                    \u003C/h1>\n                \u003C/div>\n                \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-8 text-center mb-3\">\n                    \u003Cp class=\"h3 small\">\n                        Risa Taniguchi is one of Japan’s most exciting new electronic music producers. She recently\n                        added our fiery DrumBrute Impact to her creative setup, so we got in touch to find out how she’s\n                        using it.\n                    \u003C/p>\n                \u003C/div>\n                \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n                    \u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/risa-taniguchi/dbi.jpg\"\n                        error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\n                \u003C/div>\n                \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n                    \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\n                        \"Around the time when I started DJing, the club scene in Tokyo was deeply connected with its\n                        fashion scene. One of my friends brought me to a club one day, and that was when I felt a real\n                        connection with electronic music for the first time. Before that, I had been obsessed in the\n                        classical music world. The electronic music act I fell in love with was Chemical Brothers.\"\n                    \u003C/p>\n                    \u003Cp class=\"quote \">\n                        \"Since I was a child, I’ve been playing classical piano, and was also taught to play the violin\n                        and trombone in school. I’m not sure about what the modern music education is like now, but\n                        looking back when I was there, my music class was pretty much about singing and performing\n                        together, so electronic music was something very new to me.\"\n                    \u003C/p>\n                    \u003Cp class=\"quote boldnbig \">\n                        \"DrumBrute Impact is such a great instrument to use in electronic and techno music.\"\n                    \u003C/p>\n                    \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\n                        \"I usually go with the flow with DrumBrute Impact, and enjoy jamming to get a big picture of the\n                        drum programming for my entire song. I also sometimes record single drum hits to my computer and\n                        use it as a one-shot sample.\"\n                    \u003C/p>\n                    \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\n                        \"I generally start a song either with recording a vocal sample or sequencing drums.\"\n                    \u003C/p>\n                    \u003Cp class=\"quote boldnbig \">\n                        \"I believe the power behind the DrumBrute Impact is its sound quality.\"\n                    \u003C/p>\n                    \u003Cp class=\"quote \">\n                        \"For me, it’s more about the way it sounds rather than its sequencer or other functions.\"\n                    \u003C/p>\n                \u003C/div>\n                \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n                    \u003Cp class=\"quote \">\n                        \"For the year ahead, I’m planning to really define my sound, and ask myself “what is my music”,\n                        rather than try a variety of sounds. 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Daniele talks to us about music creation, inspiration, and a room full of Arturia.","/images/stories/daniele-vantaggio/top.jpg","daniele-vantaggio","Daniele Vantaggio","Daniele Vantaggio aka Seismal D creates techno and melodic deep techno, and is releasing music on deadmau5’s label – mau5trap. Daniele talks to us about music creation, inspiration, and a room full of Arturia. ","\u003Cdiv class=\"itemFullText  \">\u003Csection class=\"section align-items-start justify-content-start section--image section--min-height section--xxl\" style=\"--bg-image: url(https://www.arturia.com/images/stories/daniele-vantaggio/top.jpg); --bg-position: center;\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container container--small\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row align-items-end justify-content-center p-5\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 text-white hide-sm\">\u003Ch1>Daniele Vantaggio\u003Csmall class=\"d-block\">Beats and Brutes\u003C/small>\u003C/h1>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Csection class=\"section bg-black text-white \">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center \">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 text-white text-center mb-4 show-sm\">\u003Ch1>Daniele Vantaggio\u003Csmall class=\"d-block\">Beats and Brutes\u003C/small>\u003C/h1>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-8 text-center\">\u003Cp class=\"h3 small mb-5\">Daniele Vantaggio aka Seismal D creates techno and melodic deep techno, and is\n                    releasing music on deadmau5’s label – mau5trap. Daniele talks to us about music creation,\n                    inspiration, and a room full of Arturia. \u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"As kids, my brother and I had always\n                    been immersed into music; my father is a drummer and passionate about music: rock, jazz,\n                    funk and pop were constant at our home.\"\u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"I've always been attracted to music\n                    and computers, so my first electronic music loves were definitely hardcore, hardstyle,\n                    gabber and derivative genres, let's say the Dutch and Italian scenes of the late nineties.\"\n                \u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6 \">\u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"Then I discovered house music and\n                    techno but actually I was influenced by the French-touch of Daft Punk, Cassius, Justice and\n                    Laurent Garnier. Other idols were the Big Beats giants The Prodigy and Chemical Brothers,\n                    the innovators like Aphex Twin, Underworld, Orbital and many other techno artists like\n                    Robert Armani, Speedy J and Joey Beltram. I got one of my greatest inspirational sources\n                    from listening to the Danish producer Trentemøller, the Norwegians Royksopp and French\n                    artist Emmanuel Top – that must have been around 2002. I got deeply influenced by them.\"\u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Csection class=\"section bg-black text-white\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mt-4\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/daniele-vantaggio/01.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6  \">\u003Ch2>The Beginning\u003C/h2> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"I loved computers and understood that\n                    I could do things in them that traditional instruments could not. I made my first few steps\n                    by being self-taught with software from Magix called Music Maker, where I did a lot of\n                    “gym”, but I was very limited so I started studying at St. Louis, an electronic music\n                    college in Rome, with Maestro Luca Spagnoletti. I learned how to produce in a professional\n                    way with Steinberg's Cubase SX2, and I started a long academic journey that lasted about 14\n                    years.\"\u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote boldnbig \"> \"My sound must be warm and enveloping,\n                    airy and fluctuating, with nuances of randomness.\"\u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"I love when warm and meaty bass\n                    sounds, like from a MiniBrute, contrast with sonic environments… for me soundscapes are\n                    everything! Quite often I start a song from the atmospheres, because they draw me in a sound\n                    space, where I start walking.\"\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mt-4\">\u003Ch2>A Brother of Brutes\u003C/h2> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"I am an avid fan of the \"Brute\"\n                    series. I have two MiniBrutes (classic and SE) and a MicroBrute and they are now\n                    irreplaceable for their strength of sound and solidity and I always know what to expect from\n                    them. Their successor, 2S, it's slightly different.\"\u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote boldnbig \">\"MiniBrute 2S, this is so good for music…\n                    it's like taming a bull! \"\u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"The semi-modular section of the\n                    MiniBrute 2S is a real revolution, I have several modular and semi-modular systems, I like\n                    to interact the MiniBrute 2S with the MS20 from Korg, the Mother32 from Moog and also\n                    control my 27U Eurorack modular system, both in audio and signals control. With external\n                    connectivity, the randomness potential goes far, it is important to know when to stop!\"\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/daniele-vantaggio/02.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6 my-3\">\u003Ciframe style=\"width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;\" src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0uYcSN5CFDk?autoplay=0&controls=0&disablekb=1&playsinline=1&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=auto&widget_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fstories%2Fdaniele-vantaggio&noCookie=true&rel=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&color=white&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com&widgetid=1&forigin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fstories%2Fdaniele-vantaggio&aoriginsup=1&vf=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-17=\"true\" id=\"244630184\">\u003C/iframe>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6 \">\u003Ch2>Beats and Brutes\u003C/h2> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"In our DNA we have the sounds of the\n                    first classic drum machines, 606, 808, 909, etc., that immediately recall a musical\n                    aesthetic. With the DrumBrute I have the same feeling, even if the sounds are different and\n                    they have their own well-defined character. I love kick sub, hat and snare, but the most\n                    creative thing is polymetry programming, sometimes controlling other instruments with the\n                    MIDI drum map.\"\u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote boldnbig \">\"DrumBrute, I would say, it's an instant\n                    classic.\" \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"Some tracks from my IDM project\n                    “Fatalism” were entirely written with the DrumBrute. \"\u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Csection class=\"section bg-black text-white \">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6 \">\u003Ch2>Classics for Modern Music\u003C/h2> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"My first \"Moog\" VSTi was the Mini V\n                    in the early 2000s, later I bought the Modular and all the rest. You don't need to have\n                    \"futuristic\" machines to make modern music, just make a good sound design to make fresh\n                    sounds. I believe that the source of synthesis is the first step towards the creation of\n                    sounds that represents you: I can start from a classic Moog, SEM, Prophet V or a complex DX7\n                    V, at the end it depends on how you place it in your production. Synths are beautiful but\n                    they don't become music on their own… yet!\"\u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote boldnbig \">\"The V Collection represents the greatest\n                    sound legacy of the past years, will always be the starting seed of everything… \"\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6 \">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/daniele-vantaggio/03.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6 \">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/daniele-vantaggio/04.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6  \">\u003Ch2>Being Signed to Mau5trap\u003C/h2> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"My first contact with deadmau5 was by\n                    pure luck: he was playing one of our tracks, made with Frankyeffe, called “Fading Out” feat.\n                    Njira (it includes a MiniBrute arpeggio:) in his BBC residency.\"\u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"After that we got in touch with the\n                    A&R label: they asked me to send them some music and they appreciated it very much.\" \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"Mau5trap is a really great venture\n                    and I love and enjoy working with them. Besides I’m already engaged in some pretty awesome\n                    projects for 2019 and I hope it will turn out a great year for me. \"\u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Csection class=\"section bg-black text-white \">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6  \">\u003Ch2>More on the Machines\u003C/h2> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"In MiniBrute 2S I love its\n                    versatility and its ability to insert in any setup. Sometimes we process the signal of the\n                    MiniBrute 2S in some high-end machines at 'LoudnProud' Mastering studio where I work and get\n                    really immense sounds... I also use it in pop productions as a sub-layer for emphasis on\n                    low-end.\"\u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"Moreover, it has a small Beatstep Pro\n                    inside. It’s a perfect combination to create sequences, rhythmic structures and freaking\n                    random melodies cause sometimes I make it fight with its neighbour, the Beatstep Pro.\"\u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote boldnbig \">\"The impressive thing of the MiniBrute\n                    2S is the sound, sharp and prickly... it's pure techno!\"\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6 \">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/daniele-vantaggio/05.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6 my-3\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/daniele-vantaggio/06.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto \">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Ch2>But Wait… There’s More\u003C/h2> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"The Beatstep Pro represents one of\n                    the few certainties of my studio and my live set.\n                    It’s almost always the master clock of everything or the bridge between DAW and hardware\n                    machines.\"\n                \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"BeatStep Pro one is, in my opinion,\n                    the definitive device for the control of synths and drums, both live and in the studio. With\n                    BeatStep Pro I control external synthesizers, modular, DrumBrute and everything that is CV\n                    clocked.\"\u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"I try to create melodic patterns by\n                    ear without looking at notes values to get something unconstrained by the tone key, then I\n                    also enjoy “CVing” other parameters of the synthesis path, such as filter cutoff or FM index\n                    or whatever. It's a perfect hybrid control surface.\" \u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/daniele-vantaggio/07.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto \"> \u003Csection class=\"section\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6  \">\u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"I have a lot of incoming records this\n                    year, originals and remixes, both as Seismal D but also other artistic music projects: pop,\n                    house, trap, IDM, dub techno, music for film and series, and also projects with other\n                    artists and singers.\"\n                \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"I love producing music and Arturia\n                    instruments are for me like the lightspeed, a constant!\"\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-6 col-md-3\">\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://soundcloud.com/seismal-d\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/soundcloud.png\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C/a>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-6 col-md-3\">\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/seismal/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/facebook.png\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C/a>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section>\u003C/div>",{"ordering":51,"id":364,"baseline":365,"text":366,"image_path":367,"url_alias":368,"title":369,"featured":12,"quote":370,"locale":310,"content":371},422,"Nashville Nights to                        Title Fights","Composer, producer, and musician JT Daly is used to getting his hands dirty in\r\n                    the studio. Now, he’s taken on yet another challenge – creating music for ESPN Films’\r\n                    Peabody and Emmy award-winning 30 for 30 series, “Chuck & Tito.”","/images/stories/jt-daly/top.jpg","jt-daly","JT Daly","Composer, producer, and musician JT Daly is used to getting his hands dirty in the studio. Now, he’s taken on yet another challenge – creating music for ESPN Films’ Peabody and Emmy award-winning 30 for 30 series, “Chuck & Tito.” ","\u003Cdiv class=\"itemFullText  \">\u003Cscript type=\"application/javascript\">\n    /* Add range theme to main page */\n    document.body.classList.add('theme-lab');\n\u003C/script> \u003Csection class=\"section\" style=\"background-color: black; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; background-position: left bottom; background-image: url('https://www.arturia.com/images/stories/jt-daly/top.jpg');\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"ratio-900 row align-start justify-start p-5\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 text-white text-left hide-sm\">\u003Ch1>JT Daly\u003Csmall class=\"d-block\">Nashville Nights to\n                        Title Fights\u003C/small>\u003C/h1>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Csection class=\"section text-white\" style=\"background-color: white;\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center  text-black\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-10 col-12 justify-content-center mt-3\">\u003Ciframe style=\"width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;\" src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/sa9Rp8twtEE?autoplay=0&controls=0&disablekb=1&playsinline=1&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=auto&widget_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fstories%2Fjtdaly&noCookie=true&rel=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&color=white&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com&widgetid=1&forigin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fstories%2Fjtdaly&aoriginsup=1&vf=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-17=\"true\" id=\"46388622\">\u003C/iframe>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Csection class=\"text-black\" style=\"background-color: white;\">\u003Cdiv class=\"container p-5\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center   \">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-sm-10  mt-0\">\u003Cp class=\"h3 small\">Composer, producer, and musician JT Daly is used to getting his hands dirty in\n                    the studio. Now, he’s taken on yet another challenge – creating music for ESPN Films’\n                    Peabody and Emmy award-winning 30 for 30 series, “Chuck & Tito.”\n                \u003C/p> \u003Cp>After years recording and touring in Nashville-based band Paper Route, multiple\n                    Grammy-nominated producer has been keeping himself busy.\n\n                \u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"container \">\u003Cdiv class=\"row text-black justify-content-center align-items-center  mt-5 \">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-sm-6 pt-5  \">\u003Cp class=\"h3\">Doing the Paper Route\n                \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">Writing songs with Paper Route was different every time. The best songs usually\n                    came from one of us bringing in an idea and we’d pull it apart and then piece it back\n                    together. It was the easiest way we could get something that sounded unique to us - but also\n                    was a song. We always tried to keep it so it could be deconstructed down to just a single\n                    instrument and the voice.\n                \u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-sm-6 pt-5    \">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/jt-daly/01.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive margin-0-auto \">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-sm-6  pt-5   \">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/jt-daly/02.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive margin-0-auto \">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-sm-6  pt-5   \">\u003Cp class=\"h3\">Writing with Others\n\n                \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">That’s always the goal, to have fun, it should never feel like a chore.\n                    Recently I’ve spent some time with Arlie (Nathaniel Banks) and have been just blown away\n                    with what he has to say- both melodically and lyrically. He is an incredible talent. I’m in\n                    LA now with Lynn from PVRIS working on her new album. I love writing with her, and she is a\n                    very visual artist and person. There is an aesthetic to everything she does with that band.\n                    So if I pull up a drum beat with some chords and tell her to imagine a music video where\n                    she’s falling in slow motion through the sky… she knows how to approach the vocal melody. We\n                    can use almost our own language. It’s a special thing when you can understand another artist\n                    like that. It helps hunt down the appropriate emotion or feeling.\n                \u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-sm-10  pt-5  \">\u003Ciframe style=\"width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;\" src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/sa9Rp8twtEE?autoplay=0&controls=0&disablekb=1&playsinline=1&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=auto&widget_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fstories%2Fjtdaly&noCookie=true&rel=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&color=white&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com&widgetid=2&forigin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fstories%2Fjtdaly&aoriginsup=1&vf=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-17=\"true\" id=\"793786820\">\u003C/iframe>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-sm-10  pt-5 \">\u003Cp class=\"quote\">Like any extensive synth software it might seem daunting, but the Analog Lab\n                    was effortlessly incorporated into my creative process. It’s never been too taxing on my CPU\n                    or hard to use. I don’t find myself sifting through 200 decent sounds to find the thing I’m\n                    looking for. It’s very user friendly and sounds outstanding. It can be used with ease from\n                    the surface, or you can “open the hood” and discover the breadth of what the software\n                    offers.\n                \u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Cdiv class=\"item-100 mt-0\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/jt-daly/a.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive img-full-width margin-0-auto\">\u003C/div> \u003Csection style=\"background-color: black;\">\u003Cdiv class=\"container text-white\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center  \">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-sm-10 pt-5   \">\u003Ciframe style=\"width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;\" src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/nyci22cMXxo?autoplay=0&controls=0&disablekb=1&playsinline=1&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=auto&widget_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fstories%2Fjtdaly&noCookie=true&rel=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&color=white&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com&widgetid=3&forigin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fstories%2Fjtdaly&aoriginsup=1&vf=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-17=\"true\" id=\"763309004\">\u003C/iframe>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-sm-8  pt-5 \">\u003Cp class=\"h3\">Chuck & Tito\n\n                \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">The movie is about the two UFC legends Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz and how\n                    their relationship evolved from friendship to enemies. Micah Brown, the director of the\n                    film, reached out to me and asked if I would create the music, and I could tell from just\n                    one conversation with him that he was going to make something great. He wanted to explore\n                    the psychology of why fighters fight and also why we’re drawn to watching it. The one thing\n                    that stood out to me was how at the peak of these fighters careers they were almost\n                    superheroes, and that’s how I wanted to approach the music. Even though it’s a documentary,\n                    I wanted to treat the score as more of a feature film. Both main characters have ‘theme\n                    songs’ there are some movements that repeat in different styles or on different instruments.\n                    I had my engineer (Josh Lovell) sample the sounds of the fights and training. We spent a\n                    little over a month just building a catalogue of things to pull from. Then I sort of just\n                    locked myself in the studio with the film. The initial cut had 37 original pieces in it.\n                    When I started it I had a few friends who had done projects similar tell me it would be one\n                    of the hardest things I would have ever done……. and they were definitely correct. It takes a\n                    lot of time with all of the edits to the film etc. It was also the first time where I’ve had\n                    to make music that wasn’t for me. Whether or not it was stylistically “my thing” or not\n                    didn’t matter. I had to create something that assisted in telling this story. That was the\n                    only thing that mattered.\n                \u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-sm-4 pt-5  \">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/jt-daly/03.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive margin-0-auto \">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-sm-4  pt-5 \">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/jt-daly/04.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive margin-0-auto \">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-sm-8 pt-5  \">\u003Cp class=\"h3\">Building the Sounds\n                \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">There was one month where I had to travel as I was working on the film and\n                    figured I could keep writing by just bringing a MIDI controller and my laptop. A few of the\n                    songs I was working on seemed pretty special so when I came back to my studio I opened them\n                    up and went to replace the MIDI sounds. I noticed that the only tracks I couldn’t beat or\n                    replace were the Arturia Analog Lab sounds. I own some of the keyboards the software is\n                    replicating and I couldn’t even tell the difference. Nothing felt too thin or cheapened.\n                    This was kind of early on in the process and from that point on it was in every song. One\n                    other huge factor for me was\n                \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote boldnbig\">I could recall sounds with ease and adjust them in no time with each\n                    edit of the film. This saved me hours.\n                \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">I used the CMI, Prophet 5, and the DX7 a lot. The preset options are pretty\n                    stellar but the most important thing to me is that it never seemed daunting. Too many\n                    options can be crippling to me sometimes. I like to be forced into thinking creatively. If\n                    my choices are infinite I rely too much on them. I never had that issue with Analog Lab. It\n                    always felt inspired.\n                \u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-sm-6  pt-5 \">\u003Cp class=\"h3\">Golden Beats\n                \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">DrumBrute Impact; this machine is insane. I can’t talk about it enough. It is\n                    so warm, so punchy, so easy to use. It has become a staple in my studio. The pitch control\n                    on the kick can turn it into a bass. I used that a lot. And it’s fun to play. I know that\n                    might sound elementary, but it’s so important. The way the pads feel and react is musical.\n                    You can perform with it.\n                \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote boldnbig\">You can perform with it.\n                \u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-sm-6  pt-5 \">\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.arturia.com/products/hardware-synths/drumbrute-impact/overview\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/products/drumbrute-impact/drumbrute-impact-image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive margin-0-auto\">\u003C/a>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-sm-10  pt-5 \">\u003Cp class=\"h3\">Thank You, Next\n                \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">I actually have a project coming out early next year that I’m really excited\n                    about. My dream album. More info coming soon.\n                \u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section>\u003C/div>",{"ordering":51,"id":373,"baseline":374,"text":375,"image_path":376,"url_alias":377,"title":378,"featured":12,"quote":379,"locale":310,"content":380},428,"State-of-the-arcade","Having produced video game soundtracks for the ‘Halo’ series and the Tom Clancy franchise, Tom Salta is a creator of truly epic, soulful music that fills its listeners with deep suspense and hope.","/images/stories/tom-salta/top.jpg","tom-salta","TOM SALTA","Having produced video game soundtracks for the ‘Halo�� series and the Tom Clancy franchise, Tom Salta is a creator of truly epic, soulful music that fills its listeners with deep suspense and hope. ","\u003Cdiv class=\"itemFullText  \">\u003Csection class=\"section  cover ratio-800\" style=\"background-color: white; background-image: url('https://www.arturia.com/images/stories/tom-salta/top.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center bottom;\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-start ratio-800 \">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-8 hide-sm\">\u003Ch1>TOM SALTA\u003Cbr>\u003Csmall>State-of-the-arcade\u003C/small>\u003C/h1>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Csection class=\"section bg-white\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center  text-center \">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-8 show-sm\">\u003Ch1>TOM SALTA\u003Cbr>\u003Csmall>State-of-the-arcade\u003C/small>\u003C/h1>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">\u003Cp class=\"h3 small\">Having produced video game soundtracks for the ‘Halo’ series and the Tom Clancy franchise, Tom Salta is a creator of truly epic, soulful music that fills its listeners with deep suspense and hope.  \n                        \u003C/p> \u003Cp>We sat down with Tom to hear about the way he evolved his sound over time, changes to his studio setup enabled by virtual instruments, and his long-term history with Arturia.  \n\n                        \u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-8 my-4\">\u003Ciframe style=\"width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;\" src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/uMTa6HF_PU4?autoplay=0&controls=0&disablekb=1&playsinline=1&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=auto&widget_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fstories%2Ftomsalta&noCookie=true&rel=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&color=white&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com&widgetid=1&forigin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fstories%2Ftomsalta&aoriginsup=1&vf=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-17=\"true\" id=\"652694004\">\u003C/iframe>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/tom-salta/b.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive img-full-width mx-auto\"> \u003Csection class=\"section bg-black text-white\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-5\">\u003Cp class=\"h3\">_Entering the world of video game music   \n                        \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"For the first 15 years of my career, I was mainly in the record business. I spent a lot of time on tour and then I got back into record production. At that time, I was also playing video games like Halo, Rainbow 6, and Prince of Persia, and it wasn’t until 2001 that I actually fell in love with the idea of doing video game music.\"\n                        \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote boldnbig\">\"There was something about it that just drew me in.\"\n                        \u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-7\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/tom-salta/02.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/tom-salta/03.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6 \">\u003Cp class=\"h3\">_Arturia saves the day\n                        \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"I first discovered Arturia in 1999, right on the cutting edge of virtual instruments. I just love it because it gives me instant access to synths that I would have only dreamed about having access to back when those synths were available.\"\n                        \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"In the Wolfenstein soundtrack, I was going for technology only available in 1980. I was limiting myself to things like the Prophet, the ARP 2600, and the Synclavier. The way I wanted to approach it was to come up with an authentic collection of instruments and signal chains. That’s where Arturia gave me a huge leg-up because I don’t own a lot of that stuff, like the Fairchild, the ARP 2600, or the Synclavier, and the list goes on and on. \"\n                        \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote boldnbig\">\"Arturia was like my saviour.\"\n                        \u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-7 mt-4\">\u003Cp class=\"h3\">_Endless gear’\n                        \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"It’s amazing to see how much a studio has changed. If you look at my studio, it probably has the least amount of gear that it’s ever had. \"\n                        \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote boldnbig\">\"But because of virtual instruments, I have a whole museum of endless gear that I can call upon that is all right there in a computer.\"\n                        \u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-5\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/tom-salta/04.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/tom-salta/05.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6  mb-4\">\u003Cp class=\"h3\">_Patching up soundtrack magic  \n                        \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"I allow myself that phase to explore, experiment, and assemble a palette of sounds that works for whatever I’m doing. Arturia was a huge part of that and gathering together patches that really capture the atmospheres and the textures that I wanted to create. \"\n                        \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"Because I’ve played so many games over the years and have played games that I’ve done music for, I’ve learned from experience what works best and what doesn’t work best. That gives me experience to judge how to improve and how to do things better the next time.\"\n                        \u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/tom-salta/c.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive img-full-width mx-auto\"> \u003Csection class=\"section text-white\" style=\"background-color: rgb(58, 71, 78);\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center \">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6 text-white mt-4\">\u003Cp class=\"h2\">On his DrumBrute Impact\n                                        \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.arturia.com/products/hardware-synths/drumbrute-impact/overview\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/products/drumbrute-impact/drumbrute-impact-image.png\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"I just love this thing, it has so much attitude. It’s a great retro-sounding drum machine.\"\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6 text-white mt-4\">\u003Cp class=\"h2\">On using MatrixBrute\u003C/p> \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.arturia.com/products/hardware-synths/matrixbrute/overview\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/products/matrixbrute/matrixbrute-image.png\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C/a> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"The scariest beast of all is the MatrixBrute. That thing’s amazing because it brings a flexibility of modular synthesis but the convenience of digital patch saving, so I can still have that serendipitous patch creation where I can just turn knobs, not know what I’m doing, and come upon something that sounds great - but then recall it. Because if you’re just using modular synths and you have all those wires and you find something you love, you better take a lot of good photos because you’re never gonna get it back again. But with this thing, I can save it, I can recall it, and it’s right there.\"\u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"clr\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"clr\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section>\u003C/div>",{"ordering":51,"id":382,"baseline":383,"text":384,"image_path":385,"url_alias":386,"title":387,"featured":12,"quote":388,"locale":310,"content":389},431,"Mind, Body, and Synthesis","Brazilian producer, DJ, and synth enthusiast Amanda Chang crafts electronic anthems and dynamite sets that hypnotize and energize in equal measure. When it comes to finding inspiration, she’s keen to keep an open mind. Uniting the intricacies of synth hardware, the meditative power of yoga practice, and the serenity of Brazil’s natural landscape, Chang unlocks a deeper connection with her music...","/images/stories/amanda-chang/01.jpg","amanda-chang","Amanda Chang","Brazilian producer, DJ, and synth enthusiast Amanda Chang crafts electronic anthems and dynamite sets that hypnotize and energize in equal measure. ","\u003Cdiv class=\"itemFullText  \">\u003Csection class=\"section  cover ratio-800\" style=\"background-color: white; background-image: url('https://www.arturia.com/images/stories/amanda-chang/01.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center bottom; padding-top: 10%;\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-end ratio-800 \">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-8 hide-sm\">\u003Ch1>Amanda Chang\u003Cbr>\u003Csmall>Mind, Body, and Synthesis\u003C/small>\u003C/h1>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Csection class=\"section bg-white\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center text-center \">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-md-8 show-sm\">\u003Ch1>Amanda Chang\u003Cbr>\u003Csmall>Mind, Body, and Synthesis\u003C/small>\u003C/h1>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">\u003Cp class=\"h3 small\">Brazilian producer, DJ, and synth enthusiast Amanda Chang crafts electronic anthems and dynamite sets that hypnotize and energize in equal measure. When it comes to finding inspiration, she’s keen to keep an open mind. Uniting the intricacies of synth hardware, the meditative power of yoga practice, and the serenity of Brazil’s natural landscape, Chang unlocks a deeper connection with her music...\n  \n                        \u003C/p> \u003Cp>Born and raised in South East Brazil, Chang’s electronic music career began in the state of Rio de Janeiro. She cut her teeth performing at clubs in and around the state’s namesake city, with house music being the flavor of choice. Her reputation for intense, fiery performances quickly gained traction, and it wasn’t long before she started making waves on the international circuit, DJing in Ibiza, London, Berlin - the musical destinations of the world.\u003C/p> \u003Cp>It was when she started experimenting with hardware synthesizers, however, that her workflow took on an entirely new form.\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-8 my-4\">\u003Ciframe style=\"width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;\" src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/eRkP5keoT0w?autoplay=0&controls=0&disablekb=1&playsinline=1&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=auto&widget_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fstories%2Famandachang&noCookie=true&rel=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&color=white&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com&widgetid=1&forigin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arturia.com%2Fstories%2Famandachang&aoriginsup=1&vf=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-17=\"true\" id=\"680987906\">\u003C/iframe>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/amanda-chang/02.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive img-full-width mx-auto\"> \u003Csection class=\"section text-white bg-black\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-7\">\u003Cp class=\"h3\">_A leap of faith\n                        \u003C/p>\u003Cbr> \u003Cp class=\"h3 small\">Swapping the decks and faders for desktop synthesizers was a bold move, but for Chang, it felt like a necessary one. \n                        \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote boldnbig\">\"It was really liberating for me to be bold enough to get the equipment and perform live, having very little experience. I didn’t even know how to use the console mixer properly. But I made it work!\"\n                        \u003C/p> \u003Cp>Her live setup now consists almost entirely of desktop units, synchronized via MIDI and analog connections. This enables Chang to directly interact with every component of her mixes, enabling performances that are more immersive, human, and straight-up hypnotic. \u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-5\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/amanda-chang/03.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-5\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/amanda-chang/03-2.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-7\">\u003Cp>Amanda mentions that this revelation was the result of time spent at Siesta del Fauno with seasoned synth veteran Ernesto Romeo. This synthesizer oasis, nestled in the middle of Buenos Aires, was the perfect environment for Amanda to explore the deepest corners of analog, digital, and modular, which now forms an integral part of her live and composition setup. \n                        \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote boldnbig\">\"I think the best way to start sound synthesis is with modular. This equipment expanded my mind in some way and opened possibilities to be able to create my own sound.\"\u003C/p> \u003Cp>But Chang didn’t just find inspiration in synthesis and experimenting with equipment - her surroundings and well-being played just as much of a role... \n                            \u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/amanda-chang/04.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive img-full-width mx-auto\"> \u003Csection class=\"section bg-white\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-5\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/amanda-chang/05.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-7 \">\u003Cp class=\"h3\">_Musical meditation\n                                \u003C/p>\u003Cbr> \u003Cp class=\"h3 small\">Perhaps in stark contrast with Chang’s newfound love for the technical nuances of modular and hardware synthesizers is her passion for yoga.\n                                \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote boldnbig\">\"It’s all about being in the present! I can say with all certainty that this ancient philosophy helps me in the development of my being, including discovering the complexity of electronic music/modular.”\n                                \u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-7 \">\u003Cp>The relationship between Yogic practices and sound is not just well documented - the two have been intrinsically linked for millenia. The resonant frequencies of the different chakras are often used in meditative practices, believed to be related to different elements of spiritual awareness and inner peace - but Chang refers to them as a source of musical inspiration. \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote boldnbig\">\"There’s a project that I work on in between making techno music. ‘Projeto Luz’ combines and connects yoga, synthesizers, and ancestral instruments in a quadraphonic system.\"\n                                \u003C/p> \u003Cp>It seems that perhaps Chang has managed to strike a harmonious balance between the two. To bridge the gap between two practices that, on the surface, are at odds, but beneath, share a number of parallels. Synth hardware can be her meditation; yoga can be her musical inspiration. \n                                \u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-5\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/amanda-chang/05-2.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/amanda-chang/06.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive img-full-width mx-auto\"> \u003Csection class=\"section bg-white\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-7\">\u003Cp class=\"h3\">_The great outdoors\u003C/p>\u003Cbr> \u003Cp>Brazil is famous for a number of things. The colorful syncopations of samba, the enormous coffee export industry, and of course, the football. But another thing that often comes to mind is the country’s natural wonders; a tropical climate populated with sprawling rainforests, towering peaks that pierce the clouds, and miles of golden sands that look out onto the turquoise waters of the South Atlantic.\u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"h3 small\">Chang notes that this isn’t something she takes for granted. Appreciation for her native country’s beautiful surroundings is at the core of everything she does. \n                                \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"quote boldnbig\">\"I have very strong ties with nature, whether it’s with waterfalls, the sea, the trees, or the forest. I live a very peaceful life. My musical process is always very connected to what I’m feeling.\"\n                                \u003C/p> \u003Cp>Maintaining a close connection with nature isn’t necessarily just about peace of mind - it also directly affects her creative output. The same could be said for her approach to yoga, and how she incorporates it into her daily life\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-5\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/amanda-chang/07.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\" \" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto my-3\">\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-8 mt-4 text-center\">\u003Cp>By appreciating nature, by nurturing her spiritual well-being, by pushing the boundaries of her creative comfort zone, Chang constantly has inspiration on tap. Cultivating a peaceful lifestyle, a calm spirit, and a happy mind concentrates her thirst for new ways of expressing and challenging herself - paving the way for free-flowing musical creativity. \n                                \u003C/p> \u003Cp class=\"h3 small\">Chang’s outlook emphasizes the importance of not just finding the right gear - but of looking after yourself, nurturing your frame of mind, and being mindful of your surroundings.\u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section> \u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/stories/amanda-chang/08.jpg\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive img-full-width mx-auto\"> \u003Csection class=\"section text-white\" style=\"background-color: rgb(153, 1, 1);\">\u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003C!----> \u003Cdiv class=\"container\">\u003Cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center\">\u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mt-2\">\u003Cp class=\"h2\">On her DrumBrute Impact\u003C/p> \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.arturia.com/products/hardware-synths/drumbrute-impact/overview\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/products/drumbrute-impact/drumbrute-impact-image.png\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive my-3\">\u003C/a> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"I like to use it in my live shows like a second drum machine as improvisation. I like to use the step repeat, looper, polyrhythms, color and I also like the size of the equipment to travel.\"\u003C/p>\u003C/div> \u003Cdiv class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mt-2\">\u003Cp class=\"h2\">On using MiniBrute 2S\u003C/p> \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.arturia.com/products/hardware-synths/minibrute-2s/overview\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://medias.arturia.net/images/products/minibrute-2s/minibrute-2s-image.png\" error=\"function(){return function(){}}\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive mx-auto\">\u003C/a> \u003Cp class=\"quote\">\"I recommend it for everyone. I really love this synthesiser. It’s a complex system at a very good price. It’s perfect for those who are starting out with semi-modular synthesizers or for those who have more experience. I always bring it with me for my live shows. I combined my personal modular system with MiniBrute 2S and I love it!\"\u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/section>\u003C/div>",[391,402,411,420,429,438,447],{"ordering":50,"id":392,"quote":393,"products":394,"press":398},2777,"A characterful analogue drum machine with some uniquely creative sequencing tricks up its sleeve",[395],{"id":396,"documentId":397,"name":9},1052,"ar3p10uhmw58et27djf5d41q",{"id":399,"name":400,"image_path":401},263,"Future Music","/images/logo-press/futuremusic.png",{"ordering":50,"id":403,"quote":404,"products":405,"press":407},2783,"The DrumBrute is a lot of fun to use, it is refreshing to see a more affordable machine that has a sound of its own.",[406],{"id":396,"documentId":397,"name":9},{"id":408,"name":409,"image_path":410},392,"MusicTech","/images/logo-press/musictech.png",{"ordering":50,"id":412,"quote":413,"products":414,"press":416},2789,"The Drumbrute deserves to be as successful as its predecessors. It's a very neatly designed product that's easy to use on the surface and full of useful features once you get deeper.",[415],{"id":396,"documentId":397,"name":9},{"id":417,"name":418,"image_path":419},410,"Resident Advisor","/images/logo-press/residentadvisor.png",{"ordering":50,"id":421,"quote":422,"products":423,"press":425},2795,"With the DrumBrute, Arturia have created what many of us have desired for years and have done it in their own particular style. Highly recommended.",[424],{"id":396,"documentId":397,"name":9},{"id":426,"name":427,"image_path":428},242,"Sound On Sound","/images/logo-press/soundonsound.png",{"ordering":50,"id":430,"quote":431,"products":432,"press":434},2801,"This instrument brings back the joy of creating beats in a way that more generic devices can struggle to do.",[433],{"id":396,"documentId":397,"name":9},{"id":435,"name":436,"image_path":437},443,"Ask Audio","/images/logo-press/askaudio.png",{"ordering":50,"id":439,"quote":440,"products":441,"press":443},2849,"With its 17 rich, fully analog per-cussion sounds, the DrumBrute has all the poten-tial of a future classic of the stage and studio.",[442],{"id":396,"documentId":397,"name":9},{"id":444,"name":445,"image_path":446},269,"Electronic Musician","/images/logo-press/electronicmusician.png",{"ordering":50,"id":448,"quote":449,"products":450,"press":452},3434,"Arturia DrumBrute Analog Drum Machine puts classic analog drum sounds in your hands. It then goes even further, to give you the tools to play around with these sounds, creating just about any style or pattern you can think of.",[451],{"id":396,"documentId":397,"name":9},{"id":453,"name":454,"image_path":455},530,"429Records","/images/logo-press/429records.png",1779376253538]