BOOcast - Synth of the Month: Arturia Polybrute 

Wow! Massive thanks!

New channel unlocked ❤, loving this 😂 wibbly wobbly

@@bitbotrecords Cheers!

Totally agree! And best that it comes one of the members of a duo I love listening to..! Love the way they share stuff...

@@PaulBoos Bless you sir!!

Yep, you're probably right. A couple of days isn't enough time to become fully connected to any instrument.

@@BOOelectric As they say in America, you only got as far as first base with this amazing machine

@@Kung_Fu_Jesus I didn't even take the sticker off!

Minor disadvantages? Not arguing, I agree - just wondering what you perceive them to be / comparing notes … ?

@@kierenmoore3236 a) Modulation sources should also be freely assignable. On the MatrixBrute I often use the VCA envelope as a source. Also I‘d like to use noise for modifying the Steiner-Parker filter. b) One single knob for FX intensity and speed, e.g. chorus depth/dry-wet and speed is a shame. I suggested to use the Settings button for a shift function before the last update but wasn‘t heard. Anyway, I love my PolyBrute to bits. :)

@@RayyMusik Thanks for that. 🙏🏼 The MB modulation routing is more flexible, then? I’m really leaning towards the MB.

@@kierenmoore3236 Wait a minute! The MB is not ‘better‘ in modulation, just different. Matrix mod sources (fixed): MB: 16 PB: 12 Matrix mod destinations: MB: 12 fixed, 16 variable PB: 32 variable. As for the dedicated knobs, I slightly prefer the MB. And the MB has an even more powerful oscillator section. However, it has considerable disadvantages: 1. The MB is a mono synth. In paraphonic mode, it has 3 voices compared to 6 on the PB. The envelopes are not the greatest problem in paraphonic mode, but you have only 1 OSC per voice. 2. I don‘t like the analog FX on the MB; they sound dull to my ears. The digital ones on the PB are excellent. 3. The most annoying thing on the MB is the small, slow, and not back-lit ink display. Quite unusable on stage. 4. The PB has features like morphing and motion-recording, which the MB can only dream of. Summary: The MB may have some advantages, but all in all the PB is a much better synth.

@@RayyMusik Thanks so much for sharing your impressions/insights! 🙏🏼 It may be the oscillator section - I’m really drawn more to the sound of the MB … I usually prefer analog FX (but will compare them again, now), and I doubt how much I will use morph and motion-recording (I have other synths with these, too). Thanks so much, again! 😎👍🏼

Good to know!

Crikey... Now that could be incredible!

@@BOOelectric The only problem would be that I’d have to spend a lot of cash on it after already working on my own interpretation of such a concept for years (google my name with “Starship One synthesizer setup” if you are interested). But in some countries a promise of marriage is binding so I might have to buy it anyway. 😁

Honestly, I'm not complaining about the 6 voices across the splits etc... I'd be very happy if the OB6 could do splits for example... And like you, In the past I've been glad of 4, 2 and even one voice, provided there was a portastudio at hand. I seem to have been more grumpy than usual on this video! 😂

@@BOOelectric The Yamaha CS70M is a bit comparable in this respect. Drooled over it for years at my music shop of choice but it cost a fortune. Later bought one for what is now considered to be next to nothing, even for a CS70M, although it was missing one voice at the time. Ok, it’s not a CS80 but many of it’s features where quite advanced for the time. 😁

@@marcbrasse747 The CS70M is a lovely thing... Weel done for getting a reasonable price!

I can empathise... We do have another Arturia synth for next months SOTM, and my final thoughts on that one are much less equivocal, that on this one... Stay tuned!

I have the MiniBrute 2 and the cv patch bay gives you all the gritty wrongness you could wish for

@@BOOelectric Sounds interesting! Thanks … I’ll be here anyway; appreciate your reviews/overviews … nice work on the Finish Line track, too 😎👍🏼

I've heard this too, but also been told it's just a rumour... Superbooth, maybe?

It's not a rumor 😊Just be patient 😊 ​@@BOOelectric

@@BOOelectric There was a short video posted of what was clearly not the current PB. It looked very similar, but had different/extra buttons on the left hand side - wasn’t modded, it looked totally OEM, and it was someone from Arturia being interviewed. Since that video and various links being posted, they’ve been pulled from the forums (mostly) where they appeared … there is still remnants of the early discussion around … I don’t know anything for certain, but if I’d been thinking fo buying a PB, I’d beholding off for bit … … … Meanwhile, where is this darn Super Bowl Moog, already?!! 😊

Thank you very much!!

Yes, I've not had enough time with this synth. Incidentally, I never connected with our OB6 for the first year or so, as Brigitte reminded me in the BOOcast after we rolled this video, but now I couldn't live without it having given it the time to reveal itself. Thanks for reminding me that real instruments take time.

@@BOOelectric Glad to! When I make comments like this, I try to think back to my own experiences in the first few weeks, and how much different it was to my current experience. There are still things I haven’t spent much time with, like the bitimbral modes or the combined arp/sequencer. One last thing. Tell the friend who loaned it to you to update the firmware to the latest version. Arturia added a number of distortion options in version 3.0 for all the grit you want.

@@geephlips Cheers, I'll pass that on. I should add: when I review a synth I don't know, I have to aim for the experience I might have during half an hour's first contact in a music shop, and consequently it'll be a bit more "first impressions". As I say at the start of this one, when it's a synth I've had for 40 years, it's a different story, with much more personal experience to draw on and I'll throw in, often with anecdotes ad nauseam! I'll make that clearer in the video next time I have a firs experience vid. Thanks for the feedback.

@@BOOelectric I should add that it was an excellent review. One of the best I’ve seen. I was being a little nitpicky, but you picked up on things that a lot reviewers haven’t.

Glad you like it sir!

Yes, it's very nice to play. Quite similar to Fatar keybeds, but I think a touch lighter...

Nice One!!

Is this for def?

@@BOOelectric yes

@@jumpingman8160 Thanks for the confirmation... Lot's of speculation on the BOOcast, but no certainty...

@@jumpingman8160 source?

@@banyarling Can't remember if SonicState or another podcast...