As if the headlines weren't looking quite Orwellian enough at the moment, Arturia has decided to give its DrumBrute Impact drum machine a retro spin with the introduction of DrumBrute Impact 1984, a ...

At the instrument’s heart is a step sequencer, one of the earliest forms of assembling electronic music and drum patterns. Connect the OP-XY to outboard gear, as well as use the onboard synth engines ...

Aside from a few interesting outliers, most hardware drum machines come equipped with a step sequencer that will be loosely rooted in the design used by Roland’s classic 808 and 909. However ...