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USING IMPACT XT IN STUDIO ONE 4

One thing that Digital Audio Workstations are often judged on is their onboard instrumentation. As such, many people look to the tools built into their favourite DAW as the key ingredients to a ‘good’ DAW. 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. In this tutorial, we’ll look at the onboard drum machine and beat-making tools that Studio One offers. They’re much more powerful than at first glance.

Unfortunately, people often overlook Studio One’s Impact XT drum machine because, on initial inspection, there doesn’t seem to be much to it. But there’s much more going on ‘under the bonnet’ than it appears. So, let’s take a look at Impact XT and see just how powerful it is.

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