11 Synth Tips and Tricks (shown on the MicroBrute by Arturia)

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11 Synth Tips and Tricks (shown on the MicroBrute by Arturia)
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Timestamps by SiboVG (thanks!):
0:36 - Delay
1:49 - Sidechain
2:14 - HPF Bass Boost
2:45 - Add Noise
4:35 - Noise Sidechain
4:55 - DYI Brute Factor
5:50 - Tremolo
6:35 - Tuning Resonance
7:25 - Microtuning
7:39 - Chromatic Resonance
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[@danielbrecher]

The white noise trick has changed my life. God bless you.

[@regularmenthol]

pretty sure this video just changed my life for the better. thank you

[@EnricoDePaoli]

I've been into synths since I was 12 to 13 and my dad gave me a Juno-106. I loved your video. Really really informative in a very light way. Congrats! Thank you

[@jdoo]

Very well done! Really got me LOL... when you mentioned "You can't see this, but my dog has left the room". :)

[@ali_a_32]

Fantastic video. Shows how alive these instruments really are. Seeing that new tone appear and start oscillating on the scope was a great finale. Subscribed.

[@glameventstylist95]

Perfect synth to demonstrate this tips 👍🏼

[@d1rtyduckmusic]

Great tips, I really like the tip with the HP-filter.

[@alebrenna441]

Awesome, going for part 2!! Love the way you explain things, hope seeing more tutorials :)

[@monomakes]

Great stuff! Can't wait to try these out on the MB :) Thanks for the informative videos.

[@UmbrellaAl]

Great stuff! Thanks!

[@triplebacon1]

radio white noise,poly,very refreshing vid! havent seen anybody show that before ;-) it's like a "ho yeah" moment! well done m8!

[@bwest6275]

Awesome tutorial, learned a lot! 👍

[@toughnoggin2]

Excellent. Thanks!

[@Kilgore40]

Just picked up a used MicroBrute today to play around with, and this video is extremely helpful. Thanks!

[@rhiannonstudios]

Excellent video, thanks 👍🏻

[@gneissguy4342]

This guy is a great teacher! love your vids, sir!

[@wilckaudio3280]

Thanks for the great video - I discovered nice sounds on the Microbrute with your tips!

[@originalfallinggirl]

Wonderfully done.

[@maxdefranker]

Thanks for the tips!

[@nopsketchbook]

this is a really great demo because you actually explain the function behind the words. most of these videos just show people playing with it. thank you! now I just need to find a video on the computer (Mac) side of it.

[@mankismelbournejay]

Very nicely explained and very interesting. The use of the oscilloscope Really helped my comprehension of what was happening. Thanks!

[@fullconsciousness1448]

Great video! Really interesting, thanks!

[@jayray104]

Great vid👌

[@pxguru2329]

Excellent - nicely presented.

Genius! Thank you for this video!

[@thomaslthomas1506]

Excellent as always! Groovus - Fidelus.

[@MarcoZarco]

Brilliant! Thank you!

[@fadyaswad1503]

"Check out the channel if you're from the future or stay tuned if you're not.." hahahah Top guy!

[@andrewinters4150]

Whats up Fady its Tim.

[@fadyaswad1503]

Hey buddy, what's up?! :D

[@chartomosfil1278]

Yeah whats up

[@theetekac352]

I'm from the future twitter.com/heroesbeatzeros

[@MichaelGibson-im6bz]

You guys, I'm actually in the future right now. 😮

[@octahedron3337]

Excellent!

[@LukeLendrum]

You're a genius mate. Thanks for these.

[@pedroselah]

Thank u for the tips!

[@kaylonrushing4785]

This is brilliant!!! Thank you :)

[@Nightingale1887]

This seems like such a fun synth.

[@Erdnase23]

Great stuff.

[@luka9843]

thanks for the tips, subbed!

[@klangwaffe9703]

Thank you so much for this very clear video :)

[@AdamTheAd-vanc3d]

Great video and very useful tips .

[@feralferret]

"You can't see this but my dog left the room". Classic

[@loopop]

feralferret true story

[@roccoharris]

@@loopop feralferret... is that your pup's name?!?

[@satyanpatel6403]

Awesome stuff as usual.

[@loopop]

Satyan Patel thanks...

[@MichaelM02]

Cool stuff!

[@jteichma]

You are just amazing with this. I just bought a used microbrute and thought it was “limited” till I watched your videos.Hope I can learn from you how to play this! Thanks!

[@eak1da]

Very awesome and useful. Thanx :)

[@tobbianderberg9893]

Thank you so much!!!

[@benbeckner4953]

Kind of a trip to watch your early videos and see the progression. Strong start but the more recent videos are SO good.

[@loopop]

Thanks!

[@MichaelMoore-bx6st]

I like the delay effect using the LFO! Pretty cool

[@jayarelle2666]

Great ideas in this video. 😁👍

[@samxday]

Great video 👍👍👍

[@connor6842]

Thanks so much! This has helped me a tonne!

[@loopop]

Connor you're welcome!

[@johningram2153]

Great video. I agree that the white noise trick by itself would make for a great video. Lots of great stuff here. I thought i was going to start off with a Microbrute, but so far all i have is a Volca Keys that I got a super good deal on. It's amazing how much I've been able to learn about synthesis with it, and looking forward to applying that knowledge to a MicroBrute as soon as I find a smokin' deal on one.

[@burn_after_reading]

Super good tutorial!! Couldn't be better.

[@loopop]

+Janne Hartikainen thanks very much

[@bishoppsi8440]

Amazing tool and great tips too. I'm thinking about getting a MicroBrute right now. Please do more

[@loopop]

BishopPsi your wish is my command ;) stay tuned in a few days

[@teamyogaforce3239]

white noise trick is so logic ! WHEN YOU KNOW IT... thank you for letting me know ;)

[@FH-ux4rf]

Sub number 2000 here. I guess a congrats on that milestone is in order :D Very nice video friend, looking forward to more!

[@loopop]

Bob Marley thanks very much and what an honor that it's Bob Marley!

[@robman80808]

Love it. I've never really done much with the HPF but your vid has made me experiment. With that, and a tiny bit of filter env and a smidgeon of brute factor I've got an insane growly bass that sometimes automagically glitches up to some mad funk.

[@loopop]

robman80808 thanks!

[@streifnhoernsn]

this video is GOLD :) thanx a lot !!!!!

[@loopop]

mikaelis_kah thanks and you're welcome!

[@dvmhopkins]

Love these videos and youre getting a lot of views! Keep it up mate, thanks

[@loopop]

david hopkins thanks...

[@MadameDoduffort]

Nice. Very cool tips/. clearly explained. Keep them coming.

[@loopop]

Madame Doduffort thanks - yes - I had way more I wanted to include. Hopefully next week - stay tuned

[@arjuna207]

awesome!

[@glameventstylist95]

Wow. 🙏🏻 thanks

[@tothefinlandstation]

Put a guitar pedal in the feedback loop for even more extreme brutalizing. My Boss BF-2 Flanger in the feedback loop produces all sorts of metallic, and pseudo-FM sounds, my Arion Octave pedal produces crazy multi-octave spreads, and my MXR Blue Box is even crazier. Careful adjustment of the master volume, any volume on the pedal, and the input volume can have big differences in feedback loops.

[@mymockumentary9716]

clever work with the noise idea, very old school:)

[@markotik75]

Great video mate... I love my Microbrute- it's a surprisingly powerful synth for the price and I didn't have a clue Incoukd do all this without any of my other equipment plugged in (usually to get side chaining I'd have the signal runnning through 2 other bits of kit) As for using the Radio for white noise generation- genius mate. Love the video. Just love it. Thanks a lot for uploading

[@loopop]

Markotik G thanks very much ;)

[@jakeflorian9624]

The KING OF THE BRUTE!

Thanks

[@HazyJ28]

That radio idea is genius. I can do this with a digital synth- Put simply, I will sample FM Radio noise. Then, I will create a wavetable out of it and import it into a synth which allows custom wavetables. Thank you for the idea!

[@xx_PCCR_xx]

8:25 you earned my like right there

[@Pan6888]

Owned a few analogs of the past and yes the Microbrute is a GREAT SYNTH, really liked how you add the missing white noise generator, cool.

[@loopop]

Thanks! You should have seen me at the store: "Hi, I need a transistor radio, but I want to hear what it sounds like BETWEEN the stations". He thought I was crazy, but you don't want one of those that mute out the noise...

[@Pan6888]

Yap did that and it doesnt work with mine for the reason you are talking about they cut out the noise somehow, anyways a really helpful tip keep up the good work. Now i am trying to trigger my Alesis sr 16 drum machine with the arturia Microbrute, if you know how this can be don - via MIDI ? - just drop me a line here. Thanks.

[@loopop]

Panos Chatzigeorgiadis do you mean does it output midi notes? Yes

[@Pan6888]

So i need just a midi cable to make it sync, as a master and the arturia as slave, any setting i will need to make on the alesis about midi settings ?

[@loopop]

Panos Chatzigeorgiadis good question - i thought you meant sending midi notes. I never tried sync - please check the manual or better yet just try it out ...

[@RichardHamilton79]

There's some great tips in this vid, thank you! I hope your dog's ears recovered!

[@marioschallner5399]

Awesome thank you so much! On the delay effect, you consistently say "sustain" instead of "release" ;)

[@loopop]

Crap! You're right... I obviously move the release slider, but say sustain and more than once... unfortunately I can't re-edit the video but I did add a comment correcting the mistake. Thank you.

[@craigbrowning9448]

I have a Conn Organ that does the Delay Effect with the Flute Stops and the Repeat and Sustain effects added. I have done the LFO version on a Volca Keys.

[@DieMasterMonkey]

Great video, and my favorite part is the "DYI Brute Factor" (for Do Yourself In) lol. :)

[@loopop]

+Die, Master Monkey Thanks! I was worried about when someone would pick up on that typo - but yeah you're right - it's intentional now!

[@oele]

knowledge!

[@roadykin]

You can also produce noise by plugging LFO into metalilzer and setting it deep and on a higher rate. I used this kinda noise is a song for a snare drum on MicroBrute.

[@NoiseBoulderRecords]

Indeed

[@riamiwovideos]

nice video! good tips how to use synths:)

[@gubbel91wub]

love the microbrute. you can also use the hpf bassboost trick to enhance your kickdrums (a lot)

[@AdamTheAd-vanc3d]

Julien achwas Yes its strange as most people think kickdrum , low pass straight away.

[@TheAris621]

I recently started doing this with my MS-20. I sometimes use the LPF with resonance on it as well to enhance the 'click' of the kick drum. Then triggering some noise with it for some more texture to finish it off. It adds so much more character to a basic electronic kick drum.. Sounds so much better than trying to achieve it with regular eq.

[@luisneitzke106]

My oh my, this is so much better with captions activated! Examples: 2:05 : ...to whatever rate of the fetus 2:37 : ...you're not using all of my cream add it to Luke Spencer

[@svg98]

0:36 - Delay 1:49 - Sidechain 2:14 - HPF Bass Boost 2:45 - Add Noise 4:35 - Noise Sidechain 4:55 - DYI Brute Factor 5:50 - Tremolo 6:35 - Tuning Resonance 7:25 - Microtuning 7:39 - Chromatic Resonance

[@loopop]

Thanks! Added to description...

[@svg98]

Thanks! :)

[@pepuletrz]

so comparable to the ms 20..i have both and they get along so well and only fight when you want them to..

[@landypaule]

8:26 perfect! :-) Just as you said your dog has left the room, my dog enters the room - she's very curious in term of sounds, it seems :-D

[@leanlute7507]

lol! the dog left the room hahahah

[@thestourvalleysynthesizerc6543]

I photographed my Microbrute Red today among other synths/bit & bobs thinking that I might sell it. I realised that I had not given it enough time/effort and even messing about with the preset patch overlays convinced me that I need to keep it and grow with it. I then ended up at your videos, which I had looked at before, which solidified that decision and inspired me some more. If you have or could make available written patch cards or instructions for some of your tips that would be amazing. Because while I enjoy watching videos and do learn from them I tend to get distracted too easily if I am in that mode instead of sitting with the synth and a few pages of paper and my ears. I know you have moved onto other synths in your videos but a revisit to this would also be good - and to think I nearly got rid! Regards Bar.

[@loopop]

Robert Lee thanks for your comment - it’s an interesting idea - I will give it some thought

[@thestourvalleysynthesizerc6543]

Thank you, Regards

[@shmupshmuppewpew5260]

The beauty of this machine (and its lack of presets) is that with a bit of use, it *makes* you understand its functionalities. Don't rely on someone else's creativity for your patches--the world is your oyster!

[@nifela]

Headphone output is at a much higher level than line, so you can damage your line in or synthesizer

[@dreamdrifter]

Can anyone please elaborate what this comment is referring to?

[@jonnejarvinen]

To the DIY brute

[@jamesshipp]

Very well done, thanks so much. For give the geary question, but what is that little minijack mixer you're using?

[@dromeiro]

Rolls dot com

[@enjoi3647718]

Just ordered one I'm really into doom metal and slow core, examples of bands I look to for inspiration is Codeine, True Widow, Planning For Burial, Barn Owl, REZN. 3 out of those 5 use some synth effects at some point. I'm not looking to do major stuff just atmospheric and background noise. What would that mostly consist of when it comes to sections on the keyboard

[@thebestnickever]

Great video, thanks! What mixer are you using?

[@loopop]

thebestnickever thanks! It’s a simple passive Rolls.

[@45rpm.]

Dang it I thought I invented that sidechain effect :( I did it recently using chords and I recorded two versions of the track, one with and one without the effect so then I could raise or lower the amount of the effect later on.

[@chelofausto3515]

Cool Man, in which input should I connect the radio? thanks!

[@Mu1974]

If I am not mistaken, using a radio on the wrong channel basically means you made music with the cosmic microwave background...? That would be so awesome😁

[@InfiniteMonkey303]

The background radiation leftover from the Big Bang, called the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) has a frequency that is centered at 160.4 GHz. The frequency band used for the old analog TV signal is 7-1002 Mhz. Less than 1 percent of the CMB signal can be seen as static, also called "snow", when the TV is tuned to a vacant channel. The other 99 percent of the static that appears on the TV screen comes from random frequencies produced on Earth. The frequency band used for AM radio is about 550 to 1720 kHz. The frequency band for FM radio is about 88 to 108 MHz.

[@Mu1974]

@@InfiniteMonkey303 those damn facts always get in the way of my fun😂. But seriously, thanks so much for clearing that up!

[@InfiniteMonkey303]

@@Mu1974 You were correct that some of the static heard on a radio as shown by Loopop (great channel btw) is CMB, just not all of it. I have ASD (autism spectrum disorder) which compels me to provide details that no one asked for.

[@Mu1974]

@@InfiniteMonkey303 I love having the details down, so I am glad you did provide them

[@CrushedValues]

Can someone link to that passive mixer? I cant find anything like it....or if someone else has something similar they like?

[@seniorbeatbox]

great tips thanks! i can't quite get the LFO tone to oscillate like you, maybe each microbrute is slightly different?

[@nicholaskwasny8343]

I'm running into the same thing. Tuning issue?

[@nycpny8396]

hey, your synth vids are cool. Thanks. what oscilloscope is that? is it expensive?

[@loopop]

+NYCP NY thanks! - its MOscilloscope and it's free

[@loopop]

Just hacking Around you had me worried but check again - it's also free as part of their free bundle, and once you run their installer they actually let you install just that if you like. Click "free download" not "upgrade".... should work

[@Anarchosyn]

Great video. Quick question: what is the scope you're displaying in the upper left hand corner?

[@loopop]

Anarchosyn it’s called MOscilloscope

[@cdsright1463]

Where do you plug in the radio to the back of the MicroBrute and does the radio need to be turned on?

[@bachibouzoukstudio]

You need to modulate the vca with a lfo NOT the filter to achieve a proper tremolo effect. Other than this minor mistake, great stuff for beginners. ;)

[@loopop]

dubtoms you are absolutely right, this is a workaround for when there's no way to patch the lfo to the amp

[@danpreston564]

Yeah this is vibrato, not tremolo.

[@loopop]

dubtoms vibrato is modulation of pitch; tremolo modulation of amplitude (volume). Here since the MicroBrute doesn't let you patch into amplitude, the filter as a target is a workaround

[@lloydhaskel2956]

what is the side chain effect product near the radio and where can I get the wave form screen?

[@outdatedgear5036]

I see a Rolls mini mixer!

[@croay]

Hi! Thanks for the tips, can you tell me whats that thing in the back? That black box. Thanks!

[@MinimalWave1982]

whats that little mixer ?

[@damypoup]

your microtune is not tuned, does it in purpose ?

[@ruottis80]

What, I didn't knew there is a way to generate noise :o I've been doing it thru Korg Monotron Delay.

[@loopop]

Damn that's a good one