What Nobody Says about the DrumBrute // 3 Drumbrute Tips

These are my top 3 tips when it comes to the Arturia DrumBrute Creation Edition!
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[@andyq9669]

"in nature the closed hat takes precedence.." I think as I wander through fields and forests of high-hats gently swaying in the summer breeze

[@RickyTinez]

Just wait til you see the high hats in the Savannah.. Brutal

[@mitchminimal6942]

@@RickyTinez Is that a Ray Bradbury reference?

[@modgrip805]

I heard that in David Attenbourough's voice.

[@badmaninator]

This was my favorite.

[@IWOKEAGIANT]

Andy, I'd like to buy you a pint to thank you for your comment. LOL!

[@jimkraan4202]

Thanks for that little hack on the hats! Never really thought of that before, but it's easy to overlook since I have it for only a week now. I do like to point out that the Drumbrute is a fantastic drummachine with a very flexible sound engine and that only very few videos on KZbin did its sound justice. People call the sounds weak, but they really are not! KZbin compression muffles the raw sound a lot and I find that a lot of videos tweak the sounds way too fast and too extreme. That way you never hear its sweet spots! Besides that, the thing has outs, so you can easily fatten up the sounds! It's almost like people have forgotten that our trusty 808s and 909s were heavily post-processed to make its sound really stand out in the songs we love. This machine will be a future classic, if not for its sound it would be for its sequencer! I know that my Drumbrute will be in my studio for years to come! :)

[@O1O1OO1]

Word! Nothing to add.

[@256k_]

im actually kinda happy people are shitting on it. it means i can grab it at a steal! never understood why people disliked the sounds. yes the hats and snare are a bit metallic and harsh but it's not a freaking x0x clone and yet very techno-y so yeah.

[@brandonspradling5412]

I just got my Drumbrute impact today and this little tip BLEW MY MIND. Didn't even come across that bridge yet, but I'm already prepared.

[@Swagolisious2]

@@256k_ just grabbed one for 150$ haha

[@Heathcliff_hensel]

Your video was great, I've owned the Drumbrute for a while and i think the Accent page is where the machine comes alive. When the Drumbrute first came out most of the KZbin reviewers completely forgot to use it. Then people were complaining that it sounded weak but they just didn't learn the machine.

[@jrodohio]

Many people don't like the DrumBrute, but I think it's a future classic. I'll never get rid of mine. Would love to see more videos!

[@electriceyeslide5959]

Many people are idiots. I have the Roland TR-6S and I prefer this...

[@distortimus7631]

@@electriceyeslide5959 why don't you like the tr-6s? I am deciding between Arturia DB, DBI and Roland Tr-6s

[@electriceyeslide5959]

@@distortimus7631 I actually love the TR-6S and own one. They are insane. I think it’s better than the TR-8S for most applications!

[@distortimus7631]

@@electriceyeslide5959 yeah I love tr-6s for its size. But only 6 track might me a deal breaker for me. Tr-8s is just to big IMO

[@electriceyeslide5959]

@@distortimus7631 Yes. The sound quality from the Roland is absolutely fantastic. The ACB is why it’s so bad ass.

[@TheArchiveOfWonder]

This video was immensely educational without wasting much time or over-explaining either. I have a Drumbrute coming in the mail so I'll keep watching your tutorials if you make more!

[@exitritual]

Would absolutely like some more vids on the DB.

[@mickeydelp]

Re. your comment at 5:30: Yes, the open and closed hats are the same circuit. The CH choking the OH is the only difference.

[@RickyTinez]

awesome, thanks Mickey! i assumed that was the case

[@cadkadall]

I like to use the cymbal as an open (or closed) hi-hat. Thank you for these tips! I didn’t know you could set swing to individual steps. Can’t wait until I get home from work so I can play around with my Brute. Love your videos, they’re so chill and very informative at the same time. Keep up the good work. Love from the north of Sweden.

[@O1O1OO1]

The trick with filling all 1/8 notes while recording when holding 1/8 note beat-repeat button is fantastic! thank you so much.

[@RickyTinez]

No worries! thanks for watching :) Now go get creative!

[@O1O1OO1]

:-) sure!

[@wilhelmmusic241]

I love the drumbrute, for house & techno it’s a must!

[@MoeShinola1]

The DI is my only drum synth, and I made a couple of videos recreating classic beats with it. Thanks for going into detail about the Drumbrute, it deserves more attention than it gets!

[@gonzosightseeing]

oh duuuuude!! That knowledge about the closed hat choking the open hat is most excellent. I always thought there was some weird quirk with my drumbrute. THANK YOUUUUUU!

[@sashanicodemus4212]

Thanks for the vids bro! The great majority of providers of this type of material offer me nothing and frequently actively annoy me with their blatantly obvious lack of preparation, their dismal communication skills (or lack thereof), and their inability to present a lesson while maintaining any degree of focus or continuity. Your material however is clearly presented and the content has useful info more often than not. Keep up the good work.

[@amadeuspaulussen]

I really enjoy watching your videos! Well done!

[@RoomAtTheTopStudio]

Great video and great use of common sense to switch around open and closed hihat if you don't want a natural choke of the open and closed hihat.

[@Johanthegnarler]

That third tip is the kind of tip i appreciate the most. I love learning genre specific style tips, but with the gear i have. I tend to let limitations mold my music too often and just let other gear take over the hats and kick. That's silly though, because i actually love the drumbrutes hats, toms, and maraccas. Wouldn't mind hearing a track utilizing the toms more. Thats the kind of stuff that inspires me. Seeing and hearing how other people use instruments i tend to shy away from.

[@hankrank9403]

I have a Drumbrute and I really love the sound. Would totally welcome more videos on it as I think it’s been strangely overlooked by impatient folk. This machine has depth and serious sound. I am ashamed I did not work out the hats trick though :facepalm. I obviously need your videos!

[@noaftermath]

I'd love to see some tips of programming drums for house music, shuffling tips, etc on the Digitakt, drumbrute or any drum machine! And great video as usual Mr. Martinez!

[@Frozen_Smoke1972]

Great vid. I hadn't even heard of these features on the DB until now...

[@thechronicnoizeco.6675]

Good idea with the hats. Gonna try that tonight.

[@jilljill6542]

Great tips. Very useful video. More like this please.

[@duckmansd]

the hat hint is dope. thank you very much.

[@derangedsynthesizer7598]

That hi-hat swap/workflow tip is friggin smart! Nice vid.

[@gorbulus]

Amazing! Great ideas with the High Hats man - genius. Keep up the great work, and please consider doing some DrumBrute sound design tutorials. Cheers.

[@amundbisgaard7295]

This was very helpful. Thank you.

[@goodnoyz]

Really informative. Hope you did more videos for the DBI. I'll be sure to check

[@anoisyboy]

Thanks, would love to see you do more videos on the DB.

[@Decoy303]

Great video. Def share the knowledge. Tip #3✌️

[@andycordy5190]

It's really great when someone really gets to grips with a piece of kit and is prepared to share what makes it musical for them. See a drummer at work, we can all appreciate the nuance of their playing but a drum machine or a groove box? That moment; 2' 03"; when you-almost absent mindedly-played in those few notes and this magical little swung latin thing suddenly emerged, it was a lightbulb moment for me. I'm the world's worst finger drummer, so ...cool, I need to get into that. Thank you, Enrique!

[@FUNKINETIK]

That 2:03 moment sounded really good to me too, it was like adding a baseline.

[@arkansaspromise]

I love the new design of the drumbrute and minibrute 2

[@turbotoke]

love this guy

[@diegopalomarelectronicmusic]

Cool ricky! i do the same thing with the hi hats except with the drumbrute impact, same thing happens.. cheers from mexico city!! i love your videos, and i will start uploading my analog videos soon!

[@shbl2270]

brilliant idea with the hats! thanks mate

[@flyfishingguy77]

Love the Drumbrute vid!!!

[@buscandolaverdad8686]

Great vid. Really appreciate it! Undecided what to get lol

[@jacxsplosion]

this was very helpful thank you

[@MakingSoundMachines]

Loved this, please do more! I think the drumbrute has great parameter ranges, and with all the outputs you can do great processing of the individual sound with e.g. guitar pedals or outboard (or modular). I own a number of drum machines and I like the drumbrute a lot, in my opinion it has the best sequencer hands down.

[@MrCoyoteculler]

Indeed,I have run mine thru the boss gt-6b bass effects pedal , and wow craziness ensued!

[@calixtetayoro5719]

hats off!

[@Neuri]

obviously this was the best vid dude

[@SubjektAudio]

3:50 Gotta Theo Parrish feel. Love the vids Ricky. Keepem coming

[@herbertdruschke503]

haha, i was thinking exactly the same ;-)

[@gnarlysoundscapes7210]

Swapping the open/closed hats is a great tip. I also prefer having the open hat on top. Another important unmarked shift feature is shift + step 9 to switch between looper and roller mode on the touch strip. When it's in roller mode, you touch the strip and press one (or more) of the drum pads and it will roll them.

[@256k_]

for a while i was really thinking about getting a set of eurorack drum modules even though i knew it would be way expensive and limited compared to a drum machine but i think i'm gonna grab this instead to be honest. it sounds awesome and analog and has individual outs and way more voices than anyone could need. dope.

[@adamoliver82]

Nice tips. Just bought one of them these after selling 2 much more expensive drum machines. Think I've made a decent choice

[@hollsound]

Coll tricks, many thanks!

[@CosyStudios]

Yes Ricky. Good format,right video and 3 solid points that everyone misses out. I certainly didn't realise you could multi select hits for the timing shift, well useful. And the hat swap trick is an obvious notion but important to give people permission to do so. I should add to anyone liking for better info on the dB one other point everyone misses out on... If you want to be at 90bpm and apply swing like 90bpm hip hop but run a dnb beat... Hold shift +5 to run the sequence at 32_notes .. Also in this scenario you've got more notes to play with quantise off you can afford to play in triplets!! (where as at 180bpm only 16 notes are stored)

[@CosyStudios]

-right video +tight video !

[@soakthiss]

Nice one with the hats! That has always bugged me

[@antoniomachadosilva1261]

Helpful!

[@7thNoodle]

More vids! :O This one ruled, I had no idea about unquantized.

[@ShawnStack1]

Great stuff. Enjoyed the energy of your voice; reminds me of MindSmash channel. Keep up the sharing. Thanks!

[@RickyTinez]

Never heard of that channel! i'll have to check it out. Thanks for watching!

[@valdiskrebs566]

Nice demo ! Would like to see you pair the DB with Novation Mono Station.

[@pthelo]

Cheers on rocking the Chemex for coffee!

[@killahkay2112]

I like that choking effect . gives it a third Hat .

[@modgrip805]

2:00 That is actually a sick beat Ricardo 💁

[@colouredmirrorball]

And here I was thinking I knew my gear! Thanks.

[@housepark8863]

this was good

[@LouisSerieusement]

Stop to ask people to thumb down !! XD ; awesome tips, great vidéo :) cheers from france

[@Mollohandro]

lol! Not a single thumbs down yet

[@NasnuvenPaulo]

Great and inspiring lesson! Do you have ever done any video talking bout the differences between the DrumBrute and the DrumBrute Creatio one? I ask myself if everything you've done at this video can be done at the non Creation one. Is it possible? Thanks, Ricky!! I'm looking for some drumMachine to buy and very pleased with the Arturia ones.

[@Tobes1100]

( David Attenborough voiceover) " As the unsuspecting open hihat peacefully feeds in the forest glade unaware of the dominant closed hihat skipping its way through the beat to choke it." I like Tip 3 I'll be using it with my ER mk2.

[@drfluffy3983]

Would like some more DB Videos, maybee what is possibel with the single out's

[@johnsmith883]

Where did you get the little mask? It’s awesome

[@ThomasColeFZ]

Really enjoy your videos, excellent work. I'm looking to buy a drum machine. Anything new on the market in this style that you would suggest better than DrumBrute ? For some reason the kick drum never sounds very good to me on the demos I've seen. It could be due to youtube audio compression or something. I've been having a hard time lately creating drums in Ableton and I think I need a more hands-on method utilizing something similar to this Drumbrute. I think I'd prefer this version of Drumbrute to the new impact version because of more drum variety plus I'm pretty sure I'll not be needing a cowbell. Any advice greatly appreciated.

[@RoomAtTheTopStudio]

The Drumbrute is a great drum machine. It's my go to drum machine and the brain of my hardware setup. At present it controls my Sub37 and my Circuit via MIDI and I am going to try using clock from it to control my Prologue as of next week once I get back from this weekends shows

[@ultrajayme]

I just ordered a used db. I also have a prologue, and just ordered a JX-8P and MS1. Revamping my studio completely

[@RoomAtTheTopStudio]

@@ultrajayme Unfortunately I let go of my Drumbrute. I do miss it as I learned to tune it to make it sound really good, but in the end I can get more control of sequencing my Prologue and Sub37 using a MPC

[@ultrajayme]

@@RoomAtTheTopStudio I'll probably get a circuit or something to trigger the synths samples and then run that into the drumbrute.

[@jasoncaldwell0613]

I love u bruh! i just picked up the impact

[@RickyTinez]

dope how is it?!

[@jasoncaldwell0613]

@@RickyTinez well the creation sounds more like a 909 to me...and i noticed there's a lot more param's for the snare + you got the tambs and a zap. The impact i think leans more towards an 808. the kick has the basic pitch, decay, level paramaters that make long booming tails. Oh yea, it has an fm with some pretty good modulation settings to trigger some nice bleeps and bloops while running some dope ass drum tracks.

[@jasoncaldwell0613]

Damn i should make a video about the impact and get some youtube clout. Btw thanks Rico i learned a few more tricks from this joint. As soon as i get home im going to try the unquantized trick on the impact. It has the same sequencer.

[@strongocho]

Would love to see you break out the drumbrute in a future jam.

[@garyusinger]

how does it play with other devices? I would love to see how you can use this machine to trigger other sounds in Ableton or Circuit or any external machine. I really like the ability to play poly rythms on this machine.

[@RadiAsian]

Thanks

[@killakicks]

I’m looking at one of these and I do a lot of sampling. Do you think that I can benefit from having one of these ???

[@CassiaConvolution]

How do you time-shift the notes that you create in unquantized mode, when these notes do not appear on the step grid, even when using the finest resolution available?

[@Deadens]

Always liked the videos. Cant tell if u sold out or not tbh. So now not sure if recommendations are recommendations or shills

[@santiagoasimov3590]

Could you use this in conjunction with the Digitone?

[@reazallykhan8614]

I like the korg er1 mk2... yes I know ... but I love the sounds and it’s delay

[@jdjk7]

Hey Ricky, do you still rock the DB? I'm really jonesing for a jammable drum machine like this, and I'm leaning heavily to the DB. The Impact is cool and does admittedly sound a bit better in some contexts, but damn if the loss in tweakability isn't a deal breaker for me.

[@TROGULAR10000]

Killer tips my main youtube dude. One of the first things I'll try when I finally get the machine. By the way, not sure what people think about this, but I clearly preferred the drumbrute sounds to the drumbrute Impact's (now that I've compared them in a store)

[@christoffelhendrickx]

does this work with the normal drumbrute as wel?

[@pralu7223]

Ricky master! excelent video... I need your help please! I need a drummachine for minimal music. So i have a different options: - Analog Rythm MK2 - Drumbrute + Digitakt - Tanzbar 2 For micro House which one do you recommend me please!!?

[@dariuszlis4412]

what is a difference between drumbrute impact and creation ?

[@tomfoolery4077]

i was able to get a used one of these for like 240$, hoping i can find some love with it

[@acsone3546]

I love the drumbrute I just wish there was a way to save patches without having to retweak all the knobs for different patterns

[@MrCoyoteculler]

you can save settings in Arturia midi control center.

[@billyates9970]

Do you like the original Drumbrute or the Drumbrute Impact better?

[@reynencastner-bond1269]

DB reminds me of John frusciante's solo music

[@keloisin7487]

Good job on the choke thing ..way better for house/techno..it was kind of annoying to me really ..that the OH was cut of by the CH. I guess it will also work on the inpact ...sure hope so, thanks anyways.

[@DjGrzywa]

Hi. It is possibile to control elektron machinedrum via MIDI with a drumbrute to achieve polyrhythms from machinedrum? What do you think?

[@0VRLNDR]

Title mentions the DB Impact, but how can you pull off the open/closed hat trick on it? It doesn't have a decay control on the closed hat, just tone. Curious for an update on that since you seem to be using the DB Impact more now.

[@Meinstantics]

Hi Ricky, do you still use the DrumBrute? I'm curious as to what is better in 2021, in your opinion.

[@0z33y]

Interesting, still applying a formula, I have been playing without a formula all my life , if you like it that’s all that matters , we need to escape from being robots , and do things however we like it , in the natural world most things are random , like wind chimes changing with the direction of the wind ect , love the video …

[@redirishmanxlt]

Any difference between the "creation edition" and the original?

[@RickyTinez]

None besides the color

[@crazymusiclady]

Not sure why there aren't any videos on how to set it up with an audio box. I can't hear a thing!

[@maxmatson1578]

Hey, I like to ask a question on your opinion if that's cool? I'm in the market to get a drum machine. And I'm really looking at the drumbrute, the drumbrute impact, or the Behringer 808 clone. I love that the regular drumbrute has two different kicks and two toms, but I really like the snare Of the "impact" and the fact that it has distortion on it. I do more kind of harder industrial stuff. I like to ask what do you think? Thank you!🙏✌

[@MatthewHyatt]

Distortion is nice on the Impact. You can always run it through a pedal too. Of all three (which I own) the Impact is my favorite. The kick really hits hard.

[@pjohns92]

How much coffee do you drink? Thanks for helpin me decide i wanna buy one of these two (y)

[@RickyTinez]

too much sometimes haha. No worries!

[@pjohns92]

@@RickyTinez well big ups your channel. Brand new and you're like an American Mr Bill to me c

[@Electrictechnic]

They are the same there's a video saying it's one chokes the other since it's the same hat being opened and closed

[@KaeloGallagher]

I like my db but I’m watching videos so that I can love my db

[@EnCrypticon23x]

Holy shit. Never knew about the individual step swing shit. Only took 2 years of ownership to know that was even a thing lol...

[@joedeberker]

Does the Beatstep Pro have the same sequencer as the Drum Brute?

[@RickyTinez]

In pretty sure they are the same. Beatstep might have one or two more features but I doubt it

[@joedeberker]

@@RickyTinez thanks my man. Drum Brute is great and thanks for reminding me of the 'shidt record' feature, I'd forgotten about that one. I've been enjoying running the individual outputs into Live and my Korg MS20 with great effect. Thanks for your videos and keep up the good work.

[@mattjones4765]

Nods to the MPC3000 SE (J Dilla Edition) on the design here

[@RickyTinez]

Just needs more pinstriping.

[@OakKeys]

What is the difference between the original Drumbrute and this Creation version?

[@OakKeys]

Except the color haha

[@ckay7665]

just got mine for 200euros, still trying to figure out how to make snare and hat rolls

[@RandomProductionszsz]

One would think this has tips for the db impact but the third one doesn't apply :(

[@rustikinc63]

THIS OR THE MODEL CYCLES? FOR DRUM MACHINE? any other synth drum machines?

[@RickyTinez]

Between the 2 i would go Cycles

[@rustikinc63]

@@RickyTinez RLY! Hermano I value your opinion! You surprise me ! Thanks yo

[@pennyhemens478]

Gawd does it do unquantised or not. He wasn't clear on that.

[@maximilianotiso6011]

In a real drum set, you can't play the hi hat opened and closed at the same time, the closed hi hat sound stops when you open it and vice versa, the drumbrute hi hat behaves as a real drumkit, I love you trick to avoid this! thanks!