Portishead's Adrian Utley on Arturia MiniBrute Analog Synth 

Does anyone else keep coming back to this video? - I love it

The best part of this (it's all great) is when Utley says he reset his Minimoog settings for each track while he was playing. Professional.

lol he touches the thing and it instantly sounds like portishead

I do love the fact that person that is doing the interview knows what is taking about. Props!

He seems like a really nice guy.

This synthesizer is an absolute joy. If you're questioning your decision to buy it, just do it. Don't let the "one oscillator" fool you. This thing is POWERFUL, and it allows you to make so many sounds that you wouldn't expect from a $500 instrument. Thanks, Adrian, for helping make my decision to purchase easier! ;)

Adrian Utley: "This is very good for doing strange things". - SOLD.

Adrian Utley is one of the best interviewees there is. He's so mild mannered and so damn interesting to listen to. I find his enthusiasm totally infectious.

Such a pleasure and treat to hear someone who is talented, creative, and with deep knowledge of analogue synths “go on a journey” with a quality piece of hardware. Thank-you for this. I’m so tired of hearing talentless amateurs on RU-vid with their new $3k synth when they don’t have a clue.

This video definitely was part of the reason I bought mine :) Probably because he has so much fun exploring it.

Minibrute and an Echoplex? The absolute dream.

This was a brilliant demo. I love the Minibrute and while the Echoplex adds a lot to the sound, it's Adrian that makes it sound great. He has an affinity for synths.

Wonderful artist, brilliant sounds...Exceptional Adrian! Waiting his news publications with Portishead. Thanks for share!

If David Gilmour and Adrian Utley did a project together....wow..I'm not sure what would happen to space and time...

Second time I watch this video...so inspiring. Can't get tired of watching this guy wandering around this synth like it's breathing!

This was incredible...cant thank you guys enough for it!!!

This whole video and the fact that a friend bought one and used it with a line 6 dl4 and produced the same type of sounds sold me on this synth!

So much audio content that is very inspiring! I can't believe this is a new synth! Amazing! Getting it now

@Bobby Lawson There is nothing quite like the MiniBrute. It is affordable, raw, and doesn't hide behind any brand name. It is a great starting point for anyone not familiar with sound design. The packaged templates make it easy to get started and get to making your own unique sounds. I love my vintage synths, but you can really push this and know it won't cost you thousands of dollars if you decide dropkick it whilest on stage.

By far still one of the funnest demo videos. A great synth and a great synth player! This was the video that introduced me to the minibrute some four yrs ago. After watching this synth guru rock it you can't help but be hooked and sold on analog and the brute.

this is great, thanks a bunch for doing an in depth look at it. going get one real soon.

Allright I'm sold. Ordering now. WOW

I honestly sat with Thomann's website open looking at the MicroBrute (newer version of MiniBrute) and while watching this video i couldn't hold myself, so i ordered it. Such a nice piece of equipment! :)

Great video! Such a nice guy! It's amazing that everything he plays sounds like a new track for Portishead.

Some very very awesome stuff....I like the sound of that thing ♥

Nevermind, I want this. Adrian sold me.

This is my most favorite synth video of all time

This guy could make an entire album with just this synth and it would sound amazing. He should do it. Great vid.

All Adrian received in exchange for doing the video was a MiniBrute to keep.

This is awesome, thanks for the upload :,)

echoplex!!

I get the feeling that the SH-101 must have been sitting where the MiniBrute is and he had to move it for this demo. If you watch the "Synth Collection" video then you will see him talking about the 101 in a positive manner.

Thanks for the great video. Also enjoyed looking at Adrian's wonderful collection of vintage synths. ... that's a video in itself.

I played with one in a store for 5 minutes, and bought one a week later

Great video, now I must have one too

just about the finest fellow you could get to demo your synth. an undeniable pedigree, character through and through and always about the mood of the piece. bravo!

You read my mind. Best demo i've seen.

I am actually considering buying the MiniBrute and this video is pushing it towards 'yes'... great demo!

Proper Job ! Great Synth and great video. Portishead Adrian is great.

Great interview..I learned quite a bit.

Great great video! This is how you do a demo.

So fun to watch a synth master play with his new toy.

This was one of two videos that sold me on the Minibrute (Marc Doty's series was the other). A good musician + a cool little instrument = awesomeness.

Great vid! i think i will get me that synth thx to you guys!

i salute you for your service!

Adrian from Portishead reviewing this Arturia synth, YES! Now I'm SURE I NEED this :D

awesome. Adrian Utley tearing through an affordable synth. Sometimes its the hands not the machine though people. We are talking Portishead here

That Echoplex makes everything sound good. ha!

Though many y scince this video was made, i understand the Brute is very versatile, i just got my SE version of it a week ago and i am experimenting with it,- its great! - and this clip was very nice too! - Levi in sweden

What a great Synth in the hands of a master. I'm no expert, but it sounds very ARP/ Moogy old school.

I love this video I must have watched it 10 times, its like hanging out with Adrian (what I'd give!!!) With the Minibrute....been experimenting with running it through the Korg Monotron delay....Ill see if it makes it on an upcoming track...I do think so! Thanks for this vid!

What an excellent vid to have watched! It's not regular that I watch a video on RU-vid and am thinking about it hours later...some o the sounds Adrian pulled were just mind blowing@5:25....

Adrian is exactly right about going on journeys with this synth. I have it, and it is amazing.

portished is great sound man

Absolutely wonderful fabulous

Hey Source, could you make another video with Utley playing with the *Micro* brute as well? Pretty please with voltage control on top? :)

Omg studio goals!

See description, but he's running it through a Maestro Echoplex and a UA6176 preamp.

Thanks for the video!!!!

20:23 . . that's called a 'moment' . . wow he was storing things in his memory... I love artists......

I now wish I still had my Oberheim TVS-1, my Tonus (Arp) Pro Soloist, my MicroMoog....sadly, sold them all when financially embarrassed for a time. Glad to see someone is making knobs n' switches analog solo synths again. Nice demo.

Awesome!! I want to use the MiniBrute.

this is the best demo of the minibrute

magic field trip with the minibrute , it's a classic!

Excellent video

I am now seriously considering getting a Mini Brut, Considering he has a vast synth collection and a lover of all things analogue this is the best review I have seen of the mini brut by far as he's not trying to sell it but just glowing with wonderment. Now about this Echolplex unit...

Great. Now I need a tape delay. =/

Thank you portishead - you have made me feel ok to have an obsession for synths and understand if you don't use it get rid of it - so my next synth is a minibrute :)

What a gent!

I like to go back to this video. Adrian is a wonderful musician. Since this video was made, I have owned two Minibrute SEs and two standard Minibrutes. Now I only have one of the SE units left. It's an amazing sounding monosynth with its own character (one that is not present in the Minibrute 2) that sets it apart from other monosynths from past and present. If only it had been made in sustainable material. The rubber parts detoriate (especially on the OG that has these rubber sides, and also on the Microbrute) after a couple of years and melt, leaving you a sticky feeling and oily fingers. They should compensate this by offering cheap replacement parts for all units that suffered from this. I tried to get help with replacement parts for my Minibrute SE but they didn't have any (although it was made in 3000 units) and only offered Minibrute OG replacement pots and faders at around 80 euro in total which is too much, and the colours and amount of pots and faders är different on the SE). They have a chance to build a legacy with their early hardware synths but when they can't offer solid replacement parts to a synth that they retailed 5 years ago, I question if it's worth to buy any of their more recent hardware synths. If anyone has good replacement parts suggestions for the SE, as well as the other early Brutes, please leave a comment). I tried the baking soda bath to get rid of the oily feel of the pots and faders but this helps only temporarily and I don't tend to keep doing this.

It's so amazing that the interviewer DOES know about synthesis. When they talk about triggering shit with the CV gate, hahaha, so geeky.

He's getting some amazing sounds out of it.

cool to see this tweaking!!!

enjoyed that cheers.

one of the greatest spirits of our time.

Excellent little synth and Adrians a top bloke to.

gotta love this

That was brilliant

I've had some serious analogue gear and this is sending me pulses of BUY ME. It sounds like my old Pro-1, at times.

Moog w Signature, nice :)... Nice collection of analog gear in general

even though i am not a musician (25 odd years trying to play guitar has taught me that) i still have the desire to make music.i have been thinking about getting a synth to play around with (as i have always loved synths) i think this synth would be perfect for someone like myself who doesn't know how to use a synth,as it is all hands on as opposed to menus. this synth sounds fantastic i have to say. i could see myself actually making some type of music with it and having a good time doing it to boot :-)

interviewer knows his shit

14:43 Wow, I learned a new Minibrute trick.

I agree. I found myself just sitting here listening to him talk while drinking my coffee. Almost as if I was hanging with him in his studio.

-=Everyone needs a neighbour like Adrian=-

It is indeed!

Anyone know what desk he's got there?

Curious if the unnamed "analog" synths that sound digital we're DSI or Korg or Roland? I'm looking to buy a true sounding analog poly and don't have a local shop to test them out. Any help?

all right! Pros: Its affordable, has a very flexible and otherwise pretty rare Steiner Parker filter in it, it has unique sounds which greatly differ from "moog standards", it can be very aggressive and gritty, but can also sound mellow, if you know how to tweak it. It comes with a great arpeggiator and has even aftertouch which makes it really fun to play. It has also a lot of connectivity with midi and CV so you can use it in modern and vintage setups.

Thanks - See description!

The Minibrute is probably the best-value-for-money synth I have ever come across. And, if I can have my way, it'll sit with the basses on my next scoring session.

Actually, having spent a fair bit of time with MiniBrute, it's still very representative of how it sounds. Plenty of other vids online with no FX!

What amp or speakers did he use for this demo? What mic? Thanks

I've a Watkins copycat.. can this be used with the synth as a tape delay?

are there some small synths like this that are better suited for baselines than others?

This video caused me to buy a Minibrute. It is a badass synth.

The echoplex has the main role in this one!....it even makes my First Sony sound great!

that tape delay helps a lot lol

Love for analog synths can be explained in many ways. Watching this video is one. Looks like the MiniBrute could be one of these machines Japanese call "epoch-making", like the Prophet 5, the MS-20 or the Minimoog for example.

That was a Bel BD-80 Digital Delay - was having some technical difficulties when I visited! Amazing when it works, apparently!