Arturia DrumBrute Analog Drum Machine

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!

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.

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.

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

The most important aspect of any instrument is its sound. Here are some examples of how DrumBrute performs in a variety of different styles and genres.

Thanks to its fully analog architecture, DrumBrute's sounds can be tweaked and modified to suit your taste, helping you achieve the perfect tone for your track.

Sound Corner

House 117 (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.

NCP086 (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.

Techno 137 (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.

DB BBOYTECH1.mp3 (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.

DB BBOYTECH2.mp3 (BBoyTech)
Direct out of the mix output with no additional processing. Hiphop beat with occasional low pass / high pass filter and looper throughout.

Hit with your Instinct, Beat with your Heart
Workflow on overdrive

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.

More playing, less planning

Let's take a closer look at what DrumBrute has to offer...

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 16 Songs
Make your own song by chaining up to sixteen patterns.

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

9. 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.

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

11. 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.

Gut-Busting Drums
Zero-compromise analog drum machine.

Whether for step-sequenced beat making, real-time sound tweaking, or finger drumming performance, DrumBrute sets a new precedent for ergonomics, sequencing, editing, and pure sonic power.

DrumBrute will surprise even the most hardcore analog fans, opening up exciting new avenues of sound creation using its heavy kicks, punchy snares, lightning hi-hats, and shimmering cymbals.

Invoke The Sound
The key to your dance floor anthem.

DrumBrute's core is made of seventeen 100%-analog drum and percussion instruments, so whatever drum sound you are looking for, DrumBrute has the solution. Any genre, style, or mood can be created with ease. As it's made of independent modules, the sound triggering circuitry allows for full polyphony, meaning that all the instruments can be used simultaneously for an unrestricted creative experience.

Among the 17 drum sounds, you will find re-imagined legends like 808 and 909 kicks, old-school rim, claves and clap, as well as incredibly usable, modern sounds like snappy & aggressive snares, cutting "zap", as well as the first ever analog reverse cymbal sound.

Instrument Parameters
Is there anything more instinctive than tweaking the parameters of an analog instrument? We didn't think so. DrumBrute lets you adjust the tonal quality of each individual drum using 24 parameters, and mix your levels to perfection. Creating your perfect beat is a simple and natural process. Want a chilled, slow-motion atmosphere? Lengthen the decays, lower the pitches and give your kick a lazy sweep. Crave a nasty, cutting beat? Raise the snap level and the pitches, and tighten up the decay.

Steiner Parker Filter
The beating heart of a drum machine, the soul of a synthesizer

DrumBrute integrates a remarkable two-mode Steiner-Parker filter which allows you to create really dynamic, interesting effects. The filter can be set to low-pass mode, high-pass mode or bypassed entirely. The cut-off and resonance controls let you get really hands on, giving you huge scope to shape the sound of your drums. Add depth to your beat, emphasize its tone, make it dirty, and animate it with live sweep effects.

The sound of DrumBrute is not what you get, but what you make with it.