Arturia Matrixbrute just got WAY better! MASSIVE 2.0 UPDATE 

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This is my go to synth for annoying the guy who works behind the counter at Guitar Center.

I have had a MatrixBrute since launch and love it. I made many requests on the forums which haven't made it into this update, but 16 custom destinations more than makes up for that. I can't wait to fully explore the new features. I am very happy Arturia are still supporting their flagship synth.

It still amazes and surprises me two years on! This update is fantastic. It features heavy in my studio work. Of my twelve synths, it’s still my favourite! Kudos Arturia! 👊🏼🎶

Great Job Arturia ! the Matrixbrute synth was already vital for sound designer but has reached a new milestone with this new up-date unexpected

This is an awesome update. You are right, it does make a world of difference!! Thank you for sharing!!!

At the 2018 NAMM show I asked the reps at Arturia booth if they could expand the number of custom mod destinations. That was my #1 wish. Wow! Didn't expect 16 custom destinations. Fantastic!

Damn I really want a matrixBrute now. Great job arturia, I was on the fence but now this seals the deal

Your walkthrough of the DRAW LFO was very informative! I had no idea of the full features of the 2.0 update until seeing your video, well done! Thank you!

this update took a loooong time. I sold mine. Love the synth but some of the front panel stuff could have been done in the matrix, freeing up space for other features (audio mod section for ex.), and the brute factor is very much non-essential; I never found a good use for it. very useful update though, can't wait to hear what people are making with it!

I always wanted matrixbrute since it came out.

Looks like a good update. If you think that took too long consider the 6 years i took Novation to do the BS2 firmware. Arturia are super quick!

Epic synth, great hair, vids got it all, thanks for helping a latecomer understand the matrix better :)

this update looks like they just made it a new synth

This is great, I thought the mod assignment amounts was a hardware limit... awesome that we have those pages now... can't wait to try this out

Thanks for the video Bo! Hilariously the matrixbrute is my first synth. Played one note at the store 2 years ago and it shattered my mind. This vid gave me the energy to download the firmware update and corresponding midi control software. LFO shaper is powerful. Truly amazing how much the sounds change. Thanks!

I just ordered one and I can't wait!! thanks for the info on this. any suggestions for a new owner?

As a MatrixBrute Owner Keep it up and thanks for your effort!

Thanks for showing the new functionality! Arturia should/could have been a bit faster with the update.... But it's finally here! And I'm sure there are people who want the next update for new stuff like next month or so ;-)

MAN i completely had no idea about this LFO update. amazing. i wish they would make the oscillator waveforms customizable too. i guess external input is always a soution tho

2 years ago at NAMM, I asked the Arturia rep about the possibility of expanding the number of user mod destinations for the same reasons you described. Now I'd like to see the sequencer expanded so that more than one sequence can be programmed per patch, then chain them together to create a song greater than 64 steps.

Now that is a proper update.

Thanks for the demonstration! I have a hard time making use of the complexity of the MatrixBrute as it is, LOL. I'm looking forward to experimenting with drawing LFOs though. That looks simple enough ;-)

Yeah!!

I love your channel! Thank you for the awesome videos! I have one question: i am coming from guitar world but recently interested in synth, one of the reasons is your channel. I am mainly interested in sound design. Can you tell which synth is more versatile: matrixbrute or hydrasynth? Which can makes sounds the other can’t? I dont care too much about quality of the sound (being analog) but versatility. Thanks a lot!

thanks for that 2.0 firmware review, very informative ... so, as far as i got you, we have now 4x4 pages of user definable mod pages ? instead of the original 4 pages ? if so, it's a huge improvement !!!

I remember drawing waves on my Korg DSS-1. This MB has way more going on. Wish i had the bucks.

Awesome synth with a great sound. Seems like mono moog one. I think the kindle screen was a bit of a mistake - OLED would be sweet. Sequencer updates?

I love this update, and can't wait to try it! The idea of a custom LFO was waiting to happen with that matrix available, I think, but the extra custom mod destinations is the best thing of all and will open up a lot more potential. I love my MB and really only have two complaints (lack of a ring modulator, and that awful, pointless ePaper display). I wonder how much processing power is available in this thing... could the CPU support, for example, a separate custom LFO attachable to every single parameter on the synth (set up using the matrix and the mod amount knob, maybe)? We're into virtual synth mod routing level territory there, and perhaps it would be overkill...

Thank you Bo. Great update, indeed. But what about the numbers of issues that have not been solved for more than 2,5 years now ? Are they all solved now ?

Question: The custom destinations in version 2 are cool. Is it possible to reassign the CV input/outputs as well? Or is it only the internal routing that is affected?

I would love to see an actual version two of the hardware. Or perhaps it would be the Arturia Matrix, as I would love to see them putting multiple freak oscs in there. Something like 4 brute oscs, 4 freak oscs, and perhaps 4 OSC/LFO combos in there. Some pre filter mixer outputs and inputs, for external processing. 2 SEM style filters, that could work together to make a 24dB SEM filter, with filter mode modulation as seen on the OB 6. 4 envelopes with pre delay. Larger grid; for more sources and destinations, custom ones at that. More CV inputs, and custom outs destinations. perhaps a total of 4 amps, and some smart pre programmed matched filter setting option, for a 4 voice mode with individual articulations, and more OSC than one per voice (at least one brute and one freak, if not the OSC/LFO are only for modulation), not real polyphony as the filters would still not match perfectly. And 2 and 4 layer operation, with possibility to delay the other layers triggering. A mode where aftertouch/CV controls the amp, instead of an envelope, and the pitch value is held until a aftertouch/CV threshold is reached, so the note on and velocity messages don't trigger the note (great for example in combination with a Touché, for a fine level of control over the amp articulation). And an emulated polyphonic plugin version of it, included with the product (overpriced if sold separately). Parameter mapping for the V collection and pigments, to use it as a controller. I would also love it if they could offer it as a key-less module, but still with tilting panel.

Cooooooooool

Nice intro playing, Bo! I was curious, now that you have owned the Arturia for a while, and given what has been announced at NAMM, would you stay with the MatrixBrute, or would you trade it for one of the new wavetable synths (Korg Wavestate, ASM Hydra) or something else? I am considering the MatrixBrute and I already have a Moog Sub37, Prophet 6 module, and other Mono synths. I don't have any wavetable synths at the moment, but the ASM reminds me of my old Ensoniq ESQ-1 in terms of workflow.

have you tried the deluge for control of the matrixbrute how about a video please thanks so much bo

How about morphing LFO's ? I think all synth manufacturers have missed a trick here. I think it would be interesting to gradually go from say a square to a sine lfo

😍😍😍😍

Thanks for a great early Xmas present Arturia. Can't wait for the Ratcheting update🙏

I'm sitting here watching the custom LFO drawing going "I can do all of this on my Deepmind 12 but I STILL WANT IT"

8:13 I would call this patch "Drunken Clanger".

Arturia is on my very short list of best companies. One thing that they are best at is quality for price(hardware and software). Please do a tutorial/review on Pigments 2, which is insanely fantastic.

Proaudiostar has the matrixbrute for 1399$ today and they let you apply a 18% discount to it. Considering everywhere else is at 2200, that is below used prices.

Have you ever heard of ray lynch? That sound right at the beginning really reminded me of him

I just wish it was polyphonic. So much space for minimal paraphony. That was its deathnail.

Sound at 4:43 ohhhh man!!!

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What I wasn’t able to figure out yet is whether this FW update finally enables Spectrasonics to use the MatrixBrute as a controller for Omnisphere.

I’m badly scratching the surface 2yrs in I’ll leave mine the way is. They say backup your presets , to what?I bought this for no computer or menu diving . Finally 64 presets. Do they erase the originals? I haven’t got thru the fist 256

I would love my Matrixbrute if it wasn't for the fact that the sound always gives the impression of coming from inside a box. And having the subascillators turned on alway gives a huge resonance. It lacks clarity. Great update though.

Best synth I’ll ever own, but too massive for my need for (at least some) portability. I went Eurorack instead. If you have space, need and money it’s hard to beat.

sometimes i wonder how "analog" these analog synthesizers are that have so many parts that can be added simply by a firmware

You have both the Matrixbrute and the Polybrute, I saw. Do they compliment each other, or are they very alike (soundwise)? I have a poly in preorder and suddenly an opportunity to buy a used MB...

It’s funny that when I look at the mod matrix, it seems totally overwhelming, but in practice, I guess it’s only 16x16, which isn’t really all that many sources and destinations. It’s interesting that the “stock” destinations aren’t that useful for you. I wonder if that’s generally the case for more users, or if you’re an outlier? I can only assume that Arturia picked the ones they thought would be useful...

is there a way to ratchet notes on the brute..?

I just purchased one. Any updates since this?

0:40 Where have you got that chart from? I have only found a lengthy PDF.

Are the custom LFO steps mutable?

Just bought a novation circuit OG! Now, the mono station is on sale for Black Friday... Do I return the circuit OG and get the mono instead, or learn the circuit OG first? Is it worth it to get both as someone who has never used either before?

Are each lfo's custom wave saved per patch or are these global ?

4:44 😯

I'm having problem updating to 2.0

How about putting that coffee addiction to work and sample it for tracks. Don't know if you have a digitakt, but I can see making a track, like Dave Mech done, by for example sampling stuff in Utrecht, I'm sure your coffee addiction produces usable noises. If I had more money in the bank, such a coffee addiction I would be willing to support.

Can I get an invite to discord

Poly? Sorry I thought this synt was Poly to much mono synths on the market

Still no step ratchet...ugh come on.

Great interface, mediocre sound unfortunately

To much talking not 3nough demo