User Manual

1.2.3. Transport buttons
The Transport buttons control the DrumBrute Impact sequencer as well as external MIDI
devices using standard MIDI messages or MIDI Machine Control (MMC). Use the MIDI
Control Center [p.70] software to make any necessary changes.
The Record button is used to create songs and patterns, and is used with the Shift button to
toggle between quantized and unquantized recording.
The Stop button will cancel recording or playback, and can be used to send an All Notes Off
[p.27] command if needed.
The Play button doubles as a Pause button, which allows you to pause a sequence in mid-
stream, tweak the sound of an instrument, and then press Play again to resume recording
or playback. You can choose whether the pattern will continue from the point at which it
was paused or restart from the beginning. Use the MIDI Control Center [p.70] to define the
Play/Pause behavior [p.96].
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♪: The DrumBrute Impact allows both quantized and unquantized recording. Recordings are
quantized by default; to disable quantization, hold Shift and press the Record button. See Recording a
Pattern [p.39] for more information.
1.2.4. DrumBrute Impact modes
These five buttons determine the operational mode of the DrumBrute Impact: Song, Bank,
or Pattern mode. The Step and Accent buttons are used to edit a Pattern.
Everything you need to know about creating a pattern is in the Pattern mode chapter [p.38].
To learn how to build a song, see the Song mode chapter [p.55].
The Song, Bank, and Pattern buttons can be used with the Shift button to revert a pattern,
a bank, or the songs to their previously saved state. These procedures are described here
[p.56] for Song mode and here [p.53] for banks and patterns.
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