This is a good way to build a track live. There’s also solo and mute on each pad, so we can mute or even isolate a pad during playback.
We can also choose to have Impact automatically time-stretch a sample to fit the tempo of the song. We can decide how the samples are triggered, how sample layers are handled, whether or not a sample chokes when another pad is played or when the pad is re-triggered, and when you can trigger a sample during the playback of your track (using Quantise). Now, instead of just throwing that Amen Break loop into our production, we can use the same sounds from the loop and play them the way we want.Įach pad displays useful information and provides options for editing and playing the samples. This can certainly be a great way to use that loop we might have been storing for years on our hard drive. Impact XT also gives us the ability to take a drum loop and chop it up across several pads. Creativity and your imagination are key here. This could lead to some very interesting results. The not-so-obvious use option would be to layer different types of samples onto the same pad. The obvious reason we would do this is to layer, say, several snare drums – all at different velocities – so the snare sounds more realistic and natural. Impact XT even allows us to layer multiple percussion elements onto the same pad. From there, the pad options allow you flexibility in the sound of the samples and how the pads react to your performance. Samples can be dragged and dropped from within the browser straight onto a pad.
There are actually 8 banks of 16 pads and, yes, we can load samples on every one of them, if we need to.Īdding or modifying samples in a kit is also very straightforward. The interface features 16 MPC-style pads that correspond to MIDI notes C1 through D#2, but there’s much more to it than that. The kit of choice will be loaded and ready to play. Now, by just dropping it onto the session window, Studio One will create the instrument track and present us with Impact XT’s interface. We can even click the expand arrow and choose from a predefined kit. Choose the icon from the Instruments tab in the Browser. The basicsĭropping Impact XT into a session is very easy to do. So, let’s take a look at Impact XT and see just how powerful it is. But there’s much more going on ‘under the bonnet’ than it appears. Unfortunately, people often overlook Studio One’s Impact XT drum machine because, on initial inspection, there doesn’t seem to be much to it. They’re much more powerful than at first glance. In this tutorial, we’ll look at the onboard drum machine and beat-making tools that Studio One offers. In this workshop series, we’ll look more in-depth into the built-in instruments and tools in Studio One that can help take your productions to the next level. As such, many people look to the tools built into their favourite DAW as the key ingredients to a ‘good’ DAW. One thing that Digital Audio Workstations are often judged on is their onboard instrumentation.
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