Arturia Polybrute (50mn, some of my presets, no talk) 

Probably but it still has no bass.

Thanks, I hope you'll enjoy it it's definitly a great sounding and very powerful instrument !!!

Thanks I really think it's a fantastic instrument

Thanks 😊 Yes, I felt very lucky to see the birth of such a great instrument

Wow, thanks for your kind message 🥰

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Thanks a lot 😊 Some of them are already included in factory presets Others will be downloadable on arturia's website

@@Michael_Geyre I've always said that Dave Smith Instruments does a fantastic job of getting patch designers together and putting out great sound. I am so please to see that Arturia are following that lead. Again, your creations are a huge addition to the Brute family!

@@FrankPSF wow, thanks a lot 😊

Have fun with both these instruments 😊

Every Brute needs a demo like this !!! I love your "brain childs" as I own the smallest one in my studio but growls more than the others !!!

Thank you sir for designing such amazing instruments! Keep em comming! :-)

Merci beaucoup, oui, ce magnifique instrument est aussi capable de ça (possibilité de le faire aussi au ruban)

Thanks Have fun with this instrument The matrix mod is extremely powerful

Merci beaucoup 😊

Thanks, that's very kind I've programmed my presets to play music with (and that was my main goal, playability), so, i showed the way i thought them, when they've been programmed (playing existing music, on improvised) the last one is "smoke gets in your eyes", (more or less) the way Fred Feibel had played it for his Hammond Novachord demo (that's why i called my patch Feibelchord) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Gbc1WQ3W3bI.html Hammond had built back then a fantastic polysynth (in 1939 !!), i was very close to buy one (i had 3 opportunities), but had abandonned the idea because of space and maintenance as i really like the sound of that instrument, i wondered "is it possible to mimic it using the Polybrute ?" (as i did with many other instruments, many of my presets are inspired by Matrix 12, Cs80, even mellotron !!) Recently, i managed to program a very convincing fairlight type sound, really an surprising and powerful instrument !!

@@Michael_Geyre ...and that's why I like them. They are usable patches for making music as opposed to burps and farts which may entertain for a while, but produce nothing.

@@Lainer1 exactly my point of view I enjoy programming weird sfx, but it is a musical instrument first

This beautiful synth has transformed my life when it comes to sound design. I completely get you on the therapeutic side of this beautiful machine. This is a piece I made with just the polybrute with three layers/tracks. It’s so subtle in the timbre, it is as close to an acoustic instrument to any ice played before. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IqOWdHOZxF4.html

This beautiful synth has transformed my life when it comes to sound design. I completely get you on the therapeutic side of this beautiful machine. This is a piece I made with just the polybrute with three layers/tracks. It’s so subtle in the timbre, it is as close to an acoustic instrument to any ice played before. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IqOWdHOZxF4.html

Shim is a gorgeous patch.

Tuning it down to 432???

@@anthonyman8008 can this be done...? I looked into it but I think you can only tune in semi-tones, not to a set frequency

Wow, that's very nice, thanks a lot Arturia asked me to make playable patches, not sfx So I spent much time playing them, to try to make them as inspiring and as musical as I could About making a jazz synth album, well, I believe there are so many people playing jazz better than I do.. I can play a few tricks for fun, but it's not that much my culture ... (thanks for your kind comment) My friend deep forest recently made a demo of the C15 with a more Zawinul-like sounding patch, at 36:30 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FeMK7GFdst8.html

Thanks a lot I wish you'll manage to get one someday!!!

Well I convinced the wife, I just placed my order today. I am beyond excited.

@@lukeschmitz5583 congratulations 😊

Thank you 😊 I really enjoyed programming all these sounds

Thanks a lot 😊

Grand merci à toi 😊

Wow, thanks a lot 🥰

Fishing for a copyright strike as well 😂

Согласен

Merci, c'est très gentil Je ferai de nouveaux enregistrements à l'occasion, je manque cruellement de temps libre en ce moment Soyez tout de même prudent au volant Merci beaucoup de France

Thanks 😊

Merci cher ami, vous en êtes un autre 😎

Thanks a lot 😊 I should find some time to make a similar video for the Pb12, but I sadly don't have much time for that at the moment Stay calm was a wink about Fgth Relax Most of my presets names are joke, sometimes very complicated to figure out

Thanks 😊

@@Michael_Geyre You're welcome.

Thanks, I really hate demos with people talking all the time

Merci beaucoup 😊

tame while being this dirty damn.

thanks :)

Thanks 😊

Wow, thanks a lot !!

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The Polybrute Is fantastic. ..but.. the ob6 filter is another level, absolutely fantastic.. over the top

Definitely beats Jup8. Owned one 2 decades. Filter on this is better. Don’t feel bad about not owning one! 🙂

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Thanks a lot for your comment 🥰

Thanks 😊 Well, xp80 has other qualities

I’m sorry to report that there is no hope.

Hopefully,,, yes, .... But with the current , newest outbreak of the dreaded , government sponsored covid thingy,,, the supply chain of good talent has been seriously interrupted...

Thanks 😊

@@Michael_Geyre I'm curious to know, are all of the sounds you show in this video also in the Polybrute presets?

@@CaidicusProductions some, not all Others might be included in banks downloadable later

@@Michael_Geyre ok, cool. Thank you for the reply.

Thanks a lot, yes, it's definitely an amazing instrument Most of my sounds are included in factory presets, and others will be downloadable for free on arturia's website There were some few modifications on some patches while being included in factory bank, but they're easily tweakable to get back the original tone

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I'm lucky enough to have the instrument home for quite a long time, now I see more and more comments of people that really wish to hear/see more, I had to share that moment with all of you 😊

8;55 is a clone of xpander/matrix 12 patches, quite faithful

The Matrix-12 was my all-time favourite synth - until the PolyBrute appeared. :)

Polybrute is a fantastic instrument, but does not replace a matrix 12, in my opinion It can sound pretty close You need to have both 😂

Sure, the PB doesn‘t replace the M12 1 by 1, but it is similarly complex in its modular approach. After all, it‘s a matter of real estate; I‘ll have to swap out one of my synths for the PB anyway (MxB and Rev2 looking anxious).

@@jona2692 thanks 🤗

Thanks a lot 🥰

Definitely a fantastic synth, I hope you'll enjoy

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thanks :)

Thanks a lot for your message (UK, burford, holdsworth, are very important influences for me), and cs80 my favorite polysynth While I can talk to you, thanks a lot for your work regarding this fantastic instrument!!!

Thanks, totally forgot about that one 😅

Je bossais sur la 1ère banque quand j'ai appris son décès, quelle perte ... C'était la moindre des choses de lui rendre hommage

oh my god and blade runner at 21:25! Fantastic work!

Thanks In my opinion, 1st minibrute already was a great synth, capable of vintage type sounds, just a matter of use Polybrute on some aspects can sound very stiff and precise, you can easily recreate life using its very powerful matrix mod It's not as quick to use as an obxa or a jp8, but it's so much powerful, if you spend some time, you can recreate anything you like with it

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Merci Alain 😊

Thanks a lot, they're more or less improvised, depending of what the sounds inspire me when recording I really wanted to show a musical use of the synth

@@Michael_Geyre Your musical demonstration is both informative and enjoyable. For all the videos out there about the Polybrute there are surprisingly few that give a sense of how it can be used in common musical styles. So this is much appreciated.

@@richc848 thanks 😊 I believe asynthesizer has to be viewed as a musical instrument, not just a technological toy that only produces weird noises I like programming unusual sfx, but I keep them private to have fun with I always think when programming a patch "is it possible to play music with it ?" Thanks for your interest, I'm programming more and more presets, which are much higher quality I hope to manage to demo them here soon All the best

Thanks 😊 You think so ? Spend more time programming it, you'll manage to make better sounds easily Also, spend some time analyzing presets you like That's how I learned to program

Thanks Matrixbrute is a very interesting and powerful monosynth, some points still have to be improved, let's hope they'll release a new one, someday But I admit I have been very surprised by the polybrute

Bientôt, bientôt !!!

Wow, thanks 🥰

Threepwood ?? Never pay more than 2500 bucks for a polysynth 😉

@@Michael_Geyre Did you hear? There's actually a new Ron Gilbert monkey island coming up: Return to MI. I heard it last week. What are the chances ;).

@@danthreepwood2760 sure I heard about it, I can't wait to play it I don't like much the visuals from the trailer (probably a matter soft tastes), but I'm sure it will be great Have you completed timbleweed park ? I thought it was great (the less linear aspect reminded me early scumm games, such as maniac mansion or Zak...) Thanks for warning me 😊

@@Michael_Geyre No problemo! Timbleweed Park was awesome: the style, the dialogue, the puzzles, the mystery, the characters... let's just say everything ;). Honestly I'm also a bit disappointed about the new MI graphics, but I'm still hoping they'll include a classic style transition function as in the MI remakes. Even better, maybe the ''new'' graphics are an April's fool joke kind a thing :).

Wow Thanks a lot Contact me, with great pleasure

Price is not that high regarding its sound and specs, in my opinion Except for layers, I've never felt its 6 voices as a handicap It is very versatile indeed ...

I’m looking forward to playing VibraSlide on my Duesenberg Fairytale along with the PolyBrute.

@@marksulkanon and I'm looking forward to hearing what you come up with..

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@@Michael_Geyre L'inspiration, jusqu'au nom des sons... j'adore ;)

J'ai parfois passé du temps pour les noms

thanks a lot for your comment first, i have to tell that, in my opinion, the moog one is definitly a bad synthesizer (well, it's so powerful that it's always possible to make good sounding sounds with it, but they completely f**ked up the filter, the synth is noisy so they added a built in noise reduction, and eventide FX sound nothing like expected ..., if you have a P5 or a memmy next to it, just to the test, take 1 vco, fully open your vcf, listen to the sound, moog one sounds very dull, not much brightness in the vco sound) i've not tried yet the new prophets, but i won't expect it to sound the same as a P5 rev2, keep in mind that, if they've included (apparently) the same filters, well, VCO were also SSM, and did not sound the same as VCO produced by later CEM chips about the polybrute, it is a VERY stable synth, as it's nearly perfectly tuned when you power it on its programmable matrix modulation is very powerful, so i've recreated instability "artificially", to my ears, the result is pretty convincing some of my sounds were created based on some old venerables instruments that i happen to have in my studio (such as Matrix 12, Cs80, Jp8, and more) i was really amazed how close to these instruments the polybrute could sound in most cases ok, not 100% identical, all synths have their personnality, but most of the time, i'd say, it'd be pretty difficult to recognize who's who in a mix when i wanted to replicate a feature, who was missing, i often found another way to mimic the reaction, and get very similar results ... it's not a perfect synth, no synth is perfect, but it's very powerful/versatile/good sounding give it a try when trying it, if you feel the sound being a bit "harsh", then, use ladder filter instead of steiner, and also, do not push to high vco levels in the mixer

@@Michael_Geyre Thx Michael! I really appreciate your thorough response. I do have a PolyBrute on order. I should receive it in April, and your vid has certainly gotten me more excited. Given your synth collection, I know you'd agree that the last thing we want is for two synths to "sound the same." Otherwise, why would we need another synth? An OBX, a MemMoog and a CS80 all sound completely different, but they all sound Amazing in their own right. I guess that's what I'm hoping for out of the Polybrute. That it sounds different, but equally amazing. : ) That it sounds as beautiful/full/lush as an OBX, but with the modulation capabilities of a modern synth - and the Polybrute clearly excels here because of its innovative mod matrix. It's Great advice to remind anyone (incl me) to turn down the Osc's in the Mix Section. It's a bit disappointing to hear that you have to "artificially" create instability. I've never quite fig'd out why they need to make the osc's so stable these daze - maybe to handle the massive amount of mod capability. I'm assuming if you start out unstable, by the time the mods are finished, it'll be a train wreck, but maybe it just has to do with modern chips. I have no idea. But, my one ask is always the same, start out with a sonic masterpiece, and then work backwards and add in all the features. They Hydrasynth is another. A programming masterpiece, and a masterful synth in SO many ways. It sounds really, really good, but still not quite as good as a Prophet VS - in a basic pad competition anyway. I'm hoping one day they'll achieve both - great sound and great mod capability. Sounds like the Polybrute gets close. I'm excited to see. The UDO Super 6 also seems to offer both great sonics in a flex synth - but clearly not as flex as the Polybrute.

@@Pacer416 it's a choice in their design to have very stable vco (they're linear), to me, it's a good point (the matrixbrute, that i like too, needed quite a long time before being in tune) about the vco volume in the mixer, i often heard people telling "minibrute has an agressive sound, i dislike it", in my opinion, it can sounds very soft too, with low volume vco (but it's the same with any synths) mod matrix is really fantastic, consider that you can modulate a modulation point (as example, you have a lfo modulation a vcf, you can modulate the modulation range with another source, such as keyboard) i used that trick on a lot of patches (when you reach a sound that you like, but you're not 100% happy with it, well, tweaking small details helps reaching the 100% satisfaction ;) ) you mention the prophet VS, i tried to replicate its strings patch in my "dagashiya" patch, of course, for many reasons, they don't sound identical (4 digital aliased oscillators vs 2 analog), but to my ears, the result is pretty appealing (i also tried to mimic the VS vocal patch, you can reach by playing dagashiya, and touch morphee on the right - Up/right, once again, it's not identical, but it reminds me that preset) about the hydrasynth, Matt Pike made some presets for that instrument (and also did some fantastic ones on the polybrute)

And if you put another freshly tuned up vintage prophet 5 rev 2 up against yours it would sound different as well.

@@danielcolfer4671 HI Daniel, You are right, but I do believe this is becoming a bit of "an excuse." Yes, they sound slightly different, but they don't sound THAT different. Where the Vintage Prophet 5 Rev 2 significantly outperformed the P10 IMHO was in the filter section. The new one just didn't have the incredible nuances of the original. I'm not sure that would change from vintage p5 to vintage p5 assuming (of course) that they were in reasonable condition. Like I said, the P10 is a great instrument, it just sounds more different to the original (at least the Rev 2 I tested) than one is able to hear online. The P10 sounds thick, full and organic - and the keyboard is significantly better. It was just a few notches short of the original for me sonically speaking, and the other person in the room agreed with me. Remember too, the original has analog LFO's and analog envelopes. They're not as tight as the digital ones used in the new one so the vintage P5 moves more/more organic, and even if you turn the "Vintage Knob" on the new one, it doesn't necessarily get "more organic sounding," it gets "more sloppy sounding" if you know what I mean.

Wow, ça c'est un sacré compliment 🙏

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