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ARTURIA – DrumBrute – USER’S MANUAL 27
4 SONG MODE
The internal memory of the DrumBrute holds 16 songs, each of which can be up to 16
patterns in length.
4.1 What’s a Song?
A song allows you to set up a sequence of patterns that will play back in a specific order.
The patterns can be chosen from any one of the four pattern banks.
When a song is selected, the Step buttons will light to indicate how many patterns are in
the song. As the song plays the display will show the bank letter and pattern number of
each pattern within the song, and the Step buttons will blink in turn to indicate the
current position of the song.
The song inherits the tempo setting of each of the patterns it contains, unless the Global
BPM feature has been enabled. See section 3.1.3 to learn about this.
When the song reaches its end it will loop back to its beginning and continue to play until
the Stop or Play/Pause button is pressed.
The song also uses the Swing and Randomness values from each pattern. Live edits of
these parameters are possible, but these are not global edits and they could change
between patterns. They will be reset to their individual Pattern Mode values when the
song loops or is restarted.
4.2 Selecting a Song
To select a song, press the Song Mode button and then press the Step button that
corresponds to the number of the desired song. The Step button will light to indicate
your choice.
All of the other Step buttons are used to indicate the number of patterns the song
contains. Here’s how to interpret what they mean:
• Step buttons that are not lit mean the song uses fewer than 16 patterns. Four
dark buttons, for example, means the song uses 12 patterns.
• Similarly, if there are 12 red Step buttons that also means the song uses 12
patterns.
• The Step button that represents the song number will be blue, unless it is also
being used to indicate the number of patterns in the song. Then it will be purple
(blue + red).
It is possible to switch into a song from Pattern mode or switch between songs while the
DrumBrute is running.