DrumBrute

Pure Analog Beats

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!

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DrumBrute

Providing 17 distinct, fully analog drum and percussion instruments with an intuitive sequencer, massive connectivity, a two-mode Steiner-Parker filter, and dynamic performance controls, DrumBrute will take your beat production to the next level.

Create energetic and exciting drum beats with a single, user-friendly device. With its vast sonic potential and smooth workflow, DrumBrute meets and exceeds the expectations of demanding musicians. Bridging the gap between inspiration and technology, DrumBrute offers punchy analog drum sounds, advanced 64 step / 64 pattern sequencing possibilities and ultra-effective performance controls.

Absolute
Rhythm Mastermind

Big sounds without the big budget

A collection of 17 distinct analog drum instruments; an advanced 64-step drum sequencer with song mode; a polyrhythmic, step-repeat glitch machine; a performance powerhouse and sequence looper. DrumBrute is all of this. It can also act as your creative hub, as its vast connectivity allows you to output different sections of your mix separately, and connect to all your existing studio & performance gear with USB, MIDI, and Clock I/O.

More than the sum of its parts, DrumBrute combines the technical perfection of studio gear with the excitement of a playable instrument

Hit with your Instinct,
Beat with your Heart

Every feature and detail in DrumBrute has been designed to amplify your creative flow.

Producing? DrumBrute makes shaping your sound and building your rhythmic patterns a breeze. Performing? DrumBrute gives you massive connectivity and vital control. Every function is immediately accessible from the front panel. No dropdown menu, no waste of time.

  • Overview

    DrumBrute

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    17 Pure analog drum sounds

    All analog, all the time. Two flavors of kick drums, wide-ranging snare and clap settings, two hi-hats with separate tone and decay controls, and more. The DrumBrute offers a wider sound palette than any other analog drum machine on the market.

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    64 patterns with up to 64 steps

    Easily create your own patterns by using the STEP and ACCENT buttons or play them in real-time from the pads. The looper lets you instantly modify your beat and create real-time pattern effects, making this the perfect performance drum machine.

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    16 Songs

    Make your own song by chaining up to sixteen patterns.

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    Swing

    Swing can be global or per drum. This gives your music a feel and groove that will light up the dance floors.

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    Randomness

    Randomness can be applied to all instruments globally or to individual tracks. This ranges from adding small variations to change the feel, to huge variations generating crazy, random patterns for more experimental music.

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    Output filter

    The Steiner-Parker filter on the output allows you to create interesting sweeps and do on-the-fly tricks like dropping out the bass and emphasizing the highs, ready to kick in the low end at a moment’s notice.

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  • Overview

    DrumBrute

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    Sync to the world

    DrumBrute can sync to external MIDI devices, vintage sequencers using DIN sync, modular synths with 1PPS clock and to a computer via USB. The DrumBrute is made to be the rhythm center of your production setup.

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    Headphone outputs

    3.5mm and 1/4” outputs allow you direct connection with any kind of headphone.

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    Individual outputs

    You can listen to and mix all your drums via the MIX output or you can remove them from the mix by connecting to the individual outs. This allows for external processing of each sound.

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    Connectivity

    With USB, MIDI, and our trademark clock & DIN sync I/O, you can connect to almost any device on the market today.

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    Power input

    12V DC input powers the amazing sound of this drum machine. The strain-relief T-bar will prevent your DrumBrute’s power from accidentally disconnecting.

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Jake Miller

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.

Read the Story

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Jean-Baptiste ARTHUS

House pattern recorded in one take directly from the master output of the DrumBrute. No dynamics or EQ has been used here.

Musicvideo Extract#1

Jean-Baptiste ARTHUS

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.

Musicvideo Extract#2

Jean-Baptiste ARTHUS

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.

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Baptiste Legoff

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.

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Jean-Baptiste ARTHUS

Techno pattern recorded in one take directly from the master output of the DrumBrute. No dynamics or EQ has been used here.

Dreamlike

Victor Morello

Ethereal, dreamlike beat. All drum sounds and performance are coming from the DrumBrute. Additional melody is played by Mini V3 .

Soft Dropts

Sebastien Rochard

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.

Invocation

Jean-Baptiste ARTHUS

Breaked drumbrute pattern with tension created by silence. Audio recorded directly from the master output. Compression and reverb have been added to the track.

RollTheHat

Valentin Lepetit

Hip Hop / Trap rhythm made with three instruments of the Drumbrute, Kick2, Snare and Closed Hat.

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BBoyTech

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.

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BBoyTech

Direct out of the mix output with no additional processing. Hiphop beat with occasional low pass / high pass filter and looper throughout.

Strike
the First Blow

Create your perfect kit using the best analog sounds

Every single one of the seventeen drum & percussion parts is 100% analog, and carries the savage DNA of the Brute synth family. DrumBrute is fully polyphonic, so all of its sounds can be played simultaneously and twisted by the nasty two-mode 12dB Steiner-Parker filter.

Soft, sharp, pure, trashy, or devastating... DrumBrute lets you create an exciting, personal sound palette that will electrify your music.

Artistscorner

  • Luciano

    DJ / Producer

    It's incredible, it's a great product, congrats!

  • Kink

    DJ / Producer

    That's the dirtiest sound I've heard in a long time, and that's a compliment

  • Carl Craig

    DJ / Producer

    Wow..It's easy to program, I think it's great.

  • Keith Harris

    Producer - Composer - Will.I.Am, Madonna

    I give this The Brutalicious Drum Machine of 2016!

  • Martyn Ware

    Producer - Composer

    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.

  • Tom Salta

    Composer

    I just love this thing, it has so much attitude. It’s like a great retro-sounding drum machine.

PressClippings

  • 429Records

    On DrumBrute

    “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.”

  • Electronic Musician

    On DrumBrute

    “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.”

  • Ask Audio

    On DrumBrute

    “This instrument brings back the joy of creating beats in a way that more generic devices can struggle to do.”

  • Sound On Sound

    On DrumBrute

    “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.”

  • Resident Advisor

    On DrumBrute

    “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.”

  • MusicTech

    On DrumBrute

    “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.”

  • Future Music

    On DrumBrute

    “A characterful analogue drum machine with some uniquely creative sequencing tricks up its sleeve”

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from our users

What's in the box

Box content

  • DrumBrute unit
  • Power cable

Instrument dimensions

  • size : 16.46 x 10.87 x 1.58 inches (418 x 276 x 40mm)
  • weight : 5.69 lbs. (2.58 Kg)

Main Features

17 pure analog drum sounds

  • Kick 1, kick 2, snare, clap, hi-hat 1, hi-hat 2, conga hi, conga low, tom hi, tom low, maracas, rimshot, clave, tambourine, cymbal, reverse cymbal, zap.
  • Wide-range controls allow for many new and unique sounds.
  • 2 different flavors of kick drums
  • Our unique analog Reverse Cymbal

64 patterns with up to 64 steps each

Separate accent per drum

Song mode for chaining patterns

Pattern effects

  • Swing that can be global or per instrument
  • Randomness per instrument for generating variations.
  • Pattern Looper for beat repeat functions

Steiner Parker output filter with bypass

Multiple sync options

  • Internal
  • MIDI
  • Clock
  • 1PPS, 2PPQ, DIN24, DIN48

USB MIDI interface

Mix audio output (unbalanced 1/4" jack)

Individual audio outputs (unbalanced 3.5mm jacks)

Headphone output with both 3.5mm and 1/4” jacks

Create polyrhythms

  • Each drum track can be a separate length.