At the first glance this channel is ticking all of the boxes, obsolete / hated gear that I've been dumb enough to waste money on, high impact cut scenes, bright colors and flashing lights, micro jam sessions and a lit selection of proper memes, thanks for watching, and see you next time.

Whenever a new episode comes, I take my synthesizer under my arm and we watch it together. We are doing better than years!

I need a T-shirt with the saying.."Do I need another drum machine? Of course I do!" Bad Gear for life!

I was legit like number 809 so I ruined it. I had a Drumbrute Impact and my godson visited and enjoyed playing it and then got a synth, so I leant it to him and then thought it would be incredibly mean to ask for it back. I won't tell him that it made Bad Gear. 😃

The Pedaljam and the 80's supercar one need full versions. Absolute bangers.

Of course! It's EXACTLY what my studio has been missing: An overpowered 80's super car! 😎

The Impact sounds SO much better than the OG Drumbrute. I love it. Kick, hats, FM, and clap is my favorite parts. I don’t think I’ll ever get rid of it.

finale jam is a real gem

I had my drumbrute sitting on the shelf for years and started reusing it for midi-out sequencing other gear. As it turned out, the pads are actually velocity sensitive. Started to let it run by itself through my analog mixer and some delay and by now i actually really like it. The Lowpass-Filter is suprisingly usesable. And yes i have plenty of other gear to use for drums ( Tempest, Rytm, Octatrack )

I love everything about your videos: even though they're packed with useful info they're incredibly funny. And your editing and meme games are the best!

The shining moment for the Drumbrute Impact was its introductory video. The one where a lovely young professional dancer did a wild hip-hop routine while a handsome young frenchman manipulated the Impact producing provocative beats. Winning stuff!

The production values are just off the charts. So tight and organized. Love it. A smile every time I see you appear in my feed :)

"This is my jam" + "literally.. or figuratively?" had me absolutely rolling. Another fantastic Bad Gear - nice work and thank you, Florian!

Florian! You know how much I love drum machines so the inclusion of the drumbrute impact puts a hole in my soul. While I was not a fan of the og, I told a friend once they incorporated an orange stripe and a cowbell then I would be sold. I only use it for multitrack recording so I definitely apply eq and compression on each instance and I am very happy with it. But considering 10 years ago no one in their right mind would have conceived of a full analog drum machine for $300 I think it’s amazing. Thanks for posting see you next time!

You've gotta do a top 10 cowbell sound list, dude. Something like a top 10 cowbells on otherwise bad gear, maybe?

I cannot express how much I enjoy this show! Not only do we get a great review of obscure gear (often well-deservedly so!), the cut-ins are absolutely hilarious and nerdy, and OMG how do you come up with these great jams EVRY SINGLE WEEK???? You, sir, are a hero!

the jam with the pedals has to be my favorite jam ever on Bad Gear, amazing work

The Impact is one of the only pieces of gear that I genuinely love, and I think the hate it sometimes gets only strengthens that. Yes, the cymbals and hats are a bit esoteric and the toms are so bad that their channel is honestly a waste of space on the machine, but the workflow is incredible and the kick, snare, and clap (snare 2) are filthy good. Pairing the Impact's kick and snares with the 909's cymbals and toms is a god-tier combo.

I love how you execute such amazing jams despite the limitations 😂❤

Interesting to learn that the smaller version of the gear is seemingly better than it's bigger sibling. Thx for the video - it's great as always :D

Jam 2 was SUCH Fire, you are simply the best! Your jams are always inspiring!

Wow the second jam making use of the individual outputs is awesome!

Got one of these in a trade last year. I think it’s good for what it is, although there isn’t much sonic variety. Kinda wish Arturia would make an entire FM based drum machine. I think that’s where the Impact really shines honestly.

This video is ticking all the boxes - Arturia, a drum machine and the TB3. Also, Jam 2 was immense. I have been looking at the Impact as they often pop up second hand at decent prices. Also, simpler is often better when you just want to make a beat and enjoy yourself. As you said, "Of course I do", I fully concur.

Hell yeah, I love my DrumBrute Impact! Sequencer is amazing and the sounds work for the electro-influenced stuff I make, plus there’s enough individual outs for sound replacing if needed.

Your show keeps getting better and better!

Nach wie vor SO gut geschnitten, echt toll

I'm always impressed at how good your tracks are on these videos!

the important thing about this instrument is the fun to price ratio, which is quite high. You can get in fast, figure It out relatively easily, then get to jamming with the random and repeat functions in no time. One of the interesting things is it recalculates random each repeat triggered by the touch strip, so, you can get some really interesting outcomes performing on this box. There's enough voice editing to be expressive and find different ideas, but yeah, still limited.

Speaking of drum machines, have I already mentioned I'd like to see DSI Tempest on the show? It used to cost a lot, had an awesome feature set on paper, very flexible sequencer for the time, but those features didn't quite add up due to quirky interface and hardware limitations.

Just picked one up… super easy to use, the sequencer and individual track shift is pretty handy. The random algorithms are comparable to the mutate on the mono station, the note accent , polyrhythm really twist up a nifty beat structure. Hits hard and sounds great!

I just found a floor model in mint condition and ordered it yesterday and you reviewed it today. I'm not a electronic music maker myself but use alot of electronic instruments to help build my songs as interesting fill and drone sounds. I think it will work wonderfully for what I do.

Do you do the editing yourself? The cut-ins are especially on point this week! Love your stuff

Ah we got some phonk in that last jam. I’m impressed to see you drawing from the youth’s musical reinterpretation and reappropriation of past musical forms. Truly a nice exercise and test drive of the Impact! EDIT: Also I would love to see you test the Alesis MMT-8!

This video convinced me to get one of these bad boys recently, other than the obviously small feeling toms it is perfect for a "pull it out and make something fun quickly" type of session, this show is definitely going to be watched by musicians for a very long time because you obviously care about what you do!

These jams are wonderful, some of my faves from your channel. There’s a warmth to the Impact which bleeds into the whole mix and makes it thick (and like you have expensive outboard gear)

I had the OG drumbrute and sold it. Last week I tried the impact and I have to say it sounded great!

"Do I need another drum machine? Of course I do!!!"

I own an ER-1 (like many, was my first drum machine) and your right, It really is reminiscent of it! sounds very similar. I love this show. Called "Bad Gear" but you show that with a lil perseverance and the right application there is no bad gear. Except the OG Drumbrute...

Top 5 Bad Gear for sure, absolutely in love with its cheap '80s sounds (especially the snare and weird 606 hats), the FM drum, and the fill strip. Mad Analord vibes

I love the kick and FM drum on this unit! I’d still have one if I could find one free of hum.

Well, had to happen, he finally did something I own.

Congratulations, I use the 0.25x playback feature on your videos more than any other youtuber. You've maxed out the memes/second attribute nicely.

I was going to make music but when I saw your video, I routed my monitors to my browser and clicked on it. I usually don't love arturia sound but the impact is the exception. You made incredible jam with it ! I hope you will keep it :D very cool video, even the memes were awesome xD Thank you so much for your always awesome content ! 🖤🖤🖤 And yes, the toms are disapointing, especially the weird tunning choice that lock the 2 of them together, 1 ton apart if I recall correctly

Better than the OG drumbrute for sure, but all the sounds still need considerable processing to actually be good. Let’s keep the arturia hate flowing, please do the Beatstep Pro next!!!

I love the darn thing. It's quick to scratch a beat, then cheat the manual automations as samples through maschine. I mean, it's a brute for a reason until you unlock it with a more powerful brain.

Very nice! Another great bass sound on your main jam in this one. Nice work!

One drumbrute impact, add 5 stompboxs and Jam - watch the place go BOOM! You rinsed that - nice work! 👍🏼

Great video Florian! This was very timely as I was considering bidding on the Impact on an auction. Would be curious on your view on the Volca Nubass too :)

I had this machine once... it wasn't bad as such, but I never found a use for it in my studio. My main gripe is that you can't pitch the cowbell! I bought the Impact rather than the OG because you can 'colour' the sound and because there's an overdrive/distortion circuit. But these days I actually much prefer the OG version. Gotta have those zaps!

This channel makes me smile-I love your reviews.

this is my favorite outro song you’ve ever made

the 80s supercar track is sick is there a longer standalone version? We need an album playlist of your best track to groove to they are getting really groovy 🙂

Love to have mine processed by a Sherman Filterbank 2 or the MS-20 Mini's ESP and filter. It gets gnarly.

Hello, I'm not into modules or groove boxes. I recommended your channel to my old DJ friend. We had a band in the 80's and he played a symphonic ensemble with a drummer and me on guitar. He loved all that music from the early days, while I was more Pop and Rock influenced. Now, still on guitar I am into VST's and have always been horny for MIDI and its capabilities, since the 90's. I love looping. playing keys and triggering stuff w my feet and use an FCB 1010. I got a Behringer engineer help me get it working as I wanted to use it like a Roland PK-6 without the price tag. I find your videos entertaining and funny, and really enjoy the throwbacks sound wise. Thank you...

Man you come up with some mind bending grooves. I played this on my iLoud monitors, really nice mix and dynamics

Love the DBI, yeah the Tom’s are weak but if you always use the impact setting on them and distortion all the way I think they sound pretty nice. I’ve used the kick + Tom’s to string together a sort of “bass line” and can be quite nice sounding because the Tom’s are a perfect 5th apart in tuning. This drum machine is so useful for my studio, I even use it as an (all anal log) metronome when practicing 😂

The key I find with the snares it’s to combine the two. Individually they sound like trash but if you program them together you can get some useable sounds

Nicely done. You did the Impact justice. The sequencers on both the orignal and Impact are quite powerful. If you don't love the sounds of either keeping them around to drive other gear may be worthwhile.

That last house piece in the video was a legit banger 🔥

How about a bad gear on the Alesis SR-18? It’s the same as the XR-20, with a sample set that’s erratically organized. But there are some nice techno stabs!

I’m convinced that Arturia knew how shitty the OG drumbrute was. I believe they really did make up for it by making the impact.

Nice Finale, Sound like a weird orbit between 6 moons.

I can't believe it's Saturday before I got to watch it. Hell of a week, lol

First!

Lovely episode. Sick tune at the end too, but I can't get over how much better it would sound with an 808. That DBI snare sounds like face punching sound FX.

Nice, I like the sounds of of this one. Smoooooth. Your jams always make everything come together so well, greater than the sum of its parts. Pretty dammed versatile.

With all these stomp boxes you are really spoiling us!

You have officially become the third channel I put notifications on for! Unrelated to the bell but I'm very surprised you actually go back and read comments on your older videos (and even replied to my incessant comment spam). I binged a lot of your episodes in the last days because my personal DX7 is growing bigger :D.

hello and welcome back to good gear

Very eloquent summation of the Impact- couldn’t have said it better myself! Yes, I’m a confirmed Arturia fan but I also vastly prefer the Impact over the original. It just seems to suit my tastes and needs better.

Jams 2 and 3 hit the redline on the groove tachometer! Fantastic!

Favourite part of this entire video is the flash insert at the end of 'peeling off the protective film from the display to signify commitment to not be reselling any time soon'. 😂

The Kafka book on the shelf explains this entire channel.

I tried it and I was underwhelmed, but you had a good run with that mini-jam through pedals. Bad Gear it is, though it's not awful gear. Happy weekend :)

polyrhythm, also called Cross-rhythm, the simultaneous combination of contrasting rhythms in a musical composition. Rhythmic conflicts, or cross-rhythms, may occur within a single metre (e.g., two eighth notes against triplet eighths) or may be reinforced by simultaneous combinations of conflicting metres. The latter effect is characteristic of numerous non-Western musical forms (e.g., Indonesian gamelan) and of certain Western, especially American, compositions. Polyrhythmic and polymetric textures are in fact among the stylistic earmarks of such American composers as Charles Ives and his disciple Elliott Carter. Polyrhythm is also prevalent in American jazz and related Afro-American phenomena, including rock music. A polymeter is two or more meters happening at the same time. These meters share a common subdivision, so in essence, a polymeter is different groupings of the same note values being played alongside one another. For example, 3 sixteenth notes being played over and over at the same time as 4 sixteenth notes are being played over and over. They begin together, then grow further apart in their starting note until finally (3 beats later in this case) they re-align and begin their rhythmic cycle again. You probably hear the term polyrhythm much more than polymeter. They are related in a "mirror image", "upside down", or "inversely proportionate" sort of way. A polyrhythm is two or more evenly spaced note values with different subdivisions resolving within the same amount of time. For example, four quarter notes being played in the same amount of time as 3 half note triplets. Because a quarter note is typically counted in duple subdivisions it is different than a triple subdivision thus creating a polyrhythm rather than a polymeter (which has the same subdivision).

You posted this the day after i bought mine

The sound is so refreshing. I love it.

Here's an idea for you. Take all the bad gear you can get your hands on, and create a "Bad Gear Orchestra" episode, where all that bad gear is used to create a single piece of music. You would use multiple drum machines, multiple mono synths, multiple poly synths, multiple samplers, etc. Pick your favorite sounds and features from each unit, and ignore any sounds or features you don't like. For example, you might use the original Drumbrute and only use one of its 17 drum sounds and ignore the rest. You might use an 80s rompler for a single "orchestra hit" sample that only occurs once in the composition, etc. Since this idea is so complex, you might want to reserve it for a special occasion, perhaps an anniversary show? Anyway, I just love the idea of a Bad Gear Orchestra! 🙂

I thought I could learn to speed read to catch everything in your videos. But alas I had to rewind towards the end because I missed something, then I noticed something else I missed and rewinded again and again discovering new things until I ended up at the start of the video.

Great video as always. I have a DBI and can confirm your findings. I still like it, especially the sequencer.

No way! I'm thinking of buying one and you post a video about it again

best intro yet

The irony here is that your video of the OG Drumbrute convinced me to buy it!

The FM drum channel is fire.

Awwwwwwww YES Friday ritual of watching Bad Gear can be completed

Damn you killed it last sections of your video. I almost started to think this is first arturia I don't like. But then you tweaked gell out of it. Nice

1:13 Ah, one of my favourite Tex Avery Cartoons with the Country Wolf and his Cousin from the City who both freak out on the other ones damsels. Excellent choice!

Well, that's my Friday night box ticked.

At 1:45 is that Aaron Funk? Lol.. Another fine episode. Cheers.

"I throw down beats in your general direction!"

An old friend gave me the original Drumbrute to check out for a while. He never came back for it, and I understand his motivation. I was surprised and struck by how uninspiring I found its sounds. I've never used it! (I'm just as surprised by how much I like my little Volca Drum though. Lol!) Another great video!

Man i just got it, like 3 dayes ago. Love your show. Looking forward too see it in action. And yes the cowbell is not the best.

Not many are so freak on this Channel but you (shall not tell names !!) That is why I love. I wonder how much time you need for such a video for instance , please tell us. Thanks and congrats

Thanks for the Cowbell episode,

Just wanted to put it out there that every time I struggle with the gear that I own I say out loud "Welcome to Bad GEeEaAarrr"

7:38 AudioPilz becomes Jexus and I am HERE for it!

Taking off the protective plastic is the true indication that you’re keeping it! 😄

a good news, the Drumbrute Impact black version just released! I like it's color design, and I need a cheap drum machine for music, but seems that not I want, at least can delivers decent 909 snare sound.

7.37 tune - amazing!