24 Hours with the Polybrute 12

[@markjamesmason]

I don’t need this keyboard I need piano lessons…

[@aquaticborealis4877]

A nice sounding piano is pretty much all you need if you can play well

[@zugrath16]

Yeah I agree. The Keyscape demo videos reminded me of that

[@boriscat1999]

@@aquaticborealis4877 There are a lot of good sounding digital pianos on the market, sample, VA, etc. But if I had any ability at piano I think I'd want an old Rhodes. I love the sound of them.

[@Luap-ls3ix]

For real. I love sequencers but Im just procrastinating at this point 😂

[@AaronFoltz]

@@aquaticborealis4877 Korg SV-1 paired with the Kurzweil Micro Ensemble...

[@dailydecoy]

i've come across you nearly my entire life, from playing rhythm games in high school, up to discovering your youtube channel when stumbling across synth and drum sampler reviews the way you make me discover music and sounds, is nothing i could write in words i just hope this message finds you well, and you're doing as amazing as your music sounds

[@ivers1001]

Red Vector Acid Minute in FFR, circa 2004? That was my introduction to Benn's music haha

[@Awarenesspm]

It's kinda crazy how many people have had this similar experience on this youtube channel. For me it was the lawn wakes in StepMania.

[@gesslr]

You know, the level of creativity, skill, and talent required to put something like this together… To plan the shots, film the shots, select the stock, color grade and assemble, lay in the audio … It’s all really phenomenal. What a wonderful "non- marketing" video for the PB12. Just super. Thank you.

[@navboi12]

Lol, it's definitely a pseudo advert masquerading as art 😂

[@gesslr]

@@navboi12 It works tho! 🥳

[@mortenrobinson5421]

Non-marketing? What on earth are you talking about 🤣

[@gesslr]

@@mortenrobinson5421 🙂

[@chocomalk]

My favorite part is when all the forest creatures surrounded Ben while he was playing.

[@ryanholmberg]

Sequencing the acoustic piano has gotta be the coolest thing I’ve seen in a while

[@ZombieLincoln666]

Aphex Twin does that sometimes too.

[@Zvox]

@@ZombieLincoln666 Dan Deacon also used a sequenced player piano on Bromst and his subsequent albums as well, i believe.

[@larkennamuse]

Was coming here to say that! When I saw the keys moving on its own I was like :O :O :O

[@Mirceabogdanstanciu]

Benn, I wish you get to feel the happiness your music brings me.

[@prime-mate]

I feel this comment.❤

[@jonmakesbeats]

This is what I’m talking about

[@penorf]

Beautiful piece at the beginning of this Edit: I thought it was going to be a short bit of music before a review started and commented before watching the whole thing. The whole thing is beautiful. Great work

[@richeymcc]

24 Hours With… could be a really great series to pair with various instruments! Love this 👌👌👌

[@oranmckenzie1754]

Reading all those comments is almost as touching as listening to the music and watching the images. I heard you say that the algorithm sometimes doesn’t exactly like your videos, I hope the coders will figure out what touches fellow human beings and promote more of this kind of content. This is good for the soul, not frequent on YT. Thank you

[@Chromic_Friend]

I've been a subscriber to this channel a long time. I've seen the many stages and faces of Benn through the years, and have gained countless tokens of knowledge and inspiration. This hits different, in a way that feels larger than us as humans with interests in gear, or music. Existentially resonant, I'd surmise. This is your best work on youtube to date, without a thought. Congrats, and thanks Bessie Benn.

[@DKH712]

God that piano has such a beautiful sound

[@prime-mate]

I like that he strung paper up in front of the hammers for a subtle dampening effect ❤

[@brianrainsfordmarshall2692]

Benn, that opening piece is genuinely one of the most moving bits of music I've heard in awhile. There's thunder right now where I am and it's the perfect accompaniment.

[@RainusBrainus]

I can tell this was inspired by your new property. It's always nice to see someone find their happy place.

[@Wolfbabypuppylove]

Thought exactly the same thing.

[@SRDhain]

I clicked, expecting something completely different (dramatic musical intro, to camera monologue waxing lyrical, overhead shots etc), but this is an enjoyable mix of lovely musical pieces, interspersed with a montage of various types / kinds of footage. It feels like I'm sitting at a private concert with a selected audience 👍 Thank you for sharing.

[@Hessencemusic]

100% agree… Benn share with us a beautiful timeframe of his art… I love the way he do the things. An amazing musician

[@synthphilosophy]

I found myself in the blade runner universe right at 5:30. The whole piece is pure art. Benn, you are a gift to us. Your music triggers emotions at so many levels. Thank you.

[@AggroNoobs]

The build of tension and harsh release toward the end is everything I live for in music. It is extremely inspiring.

[@krazywabbit]

KZbin would be a much more enjoyable place with this combination of music and moving pictures less the human voice. Tip of my cap for the talent you have and time put in to provide a much needed break from the noise.

[@SyntheticFuture]

Yes and no. A talented musician can make even the worst instrument sound great. So from an information standpoint this video has 0 information. It's a great sounding and looking demo for sure, but it says nothing about the experience with the instrument. How much post processing was done? How was the patching experience? What are the limitations with this instrument? What workflow was used? There's nothing wrong with a great sounding and looking demo but when it comes to informing a purchase they are basically useless.

[@justxbreathe]

If you have not seen it already you should definitely check out his original Polybrute video, it made me look at my own gen 1, and all of my gear for that matter, with even more appreciation.

[@alexmeeres5072]

Beautiful music and photography. This is the sort of electronic music "demo" I can show my friends and family who know nothing about gear yet appreciate art.

[@bluch251]

Dont have many words Benn but what Im hearing is outstanding. Nice keyscape journey...I Love it. I caught your arranger video and was hooked, nice work.

[@TomBrislin]

Beautiful music, filming, and visuals

[@curcapsicum]

It's been a long time since I've started a video or song and ended up taking my hands off the mouse and keyboard and just listening, not a single other thought, until it finished. I was expecting you to talk about it, but at some point I forgot. It's really difficult for me to find moments like that. Thank you.

[@makeperceive]

Congrats on your new space. Your location and the surrounding countryside is so inspiring. Looking forward to hearing new sounds from you

[@mmattb]

Mine just arrived; can't wait to play. Hey Benn; you're one of my favorite guys in the music creator space on KZbin. Your Solar 42 review was instrumental in me buying it. Cheers. And yes - I may need to grab that Muse next; I miss my Moog.

[@renemunkthalund3581]

Amazing Benn! Showcase of great synth and talent. Really good onboard FX they put in. The shimmer!

[@bogeydogg9646]

Is anyone else looking at a Polybrute 12 in their shopping cart while whispering "but you are not Benn Jordan" over and over?

[@JohnnySilverhand-o5k]

You don't need to be Benn Jordan. Just be you

[@joepolophotography]

​@@JohnnySilverhand-o5k don'ttempt me frodo

[@phurniture]

@@JohnnySilverhand-o5kBeing “me” doesn’t give me the $ or the space for the Polybrute 12 😅

[@trevorgrommet4654]

Think of the jams you will make when you have it. 😊

[@guntherlover666]

This is Everytime I hear any of his music

[@THR-zf6ti]

Thanks Benn - love the Arturia and had an excellent experience with their service for a software problem with Pigments - they were so cooperative and helpful and finally the problem wassolved with the latest edition. PS: enjoy your beautiful home and studio - I'm looking forward to the music you'll create there!

[@TheBiggerNoise]

I had an issue with the USB port lifting off the motherboard of my microfreak. Arturia support was wonderful

[@coltonwiggs1594]

I literally just found your channel a half hour ago from the Aphex video, clicked this and isntantly got chills all over my body. You're already an insparation to me. I hope someday my music can invoke the same reaction I just had in someone else. Please keep creating.

[@SonicExplorer]

Those piano 🎹 chops 🔥. Benn this probably your best video I have seen yet with the visuals and the keyboard playing. Super cool!

[@CaidicusProductions]

I love how this video isn't ONLY about the Polybrute 12, but the 6, and pianos, and your talent on the keys itself. The focus on many instruments, the focus on all sorts of scenery and visualization of sounds, it all comes together into a wonderful presentation of sound and visual beauty. Thanks, Benn.

[@RobertKgma]

I was expecting talking but glad I didnt get it, what a wonderful ride and fantastic work to all involved. Top shelf music as always Benn

[@CreativeSpiral]

Nice musical journeys! PB12 is really fantastic... I'm blown away by how expressive / responsive the full touch is.

[@evilscientress]

I remember your video about they OG Polybrute and how much you loved it and then I got to play it the first time in a music store. It was love on the first sight. Time just vanished and somehow 2h went by until I got back up and had to leave because the store was closing. Later that year I got one myself and it is my favorite instrument to this day. Earlier this year I got try the Polybrute 12 at Superbooth and they somehow manged to do it again. Sat down to play and time just became a blur. I hope I'll be able to add one to my studio eventually. This video and music brings up the same lovely feelings as when I sit down and play with mine.

[@meijersorama]

So nice, never mind the polybrute, it’s a work of art by Benn Jordan

[@weschilton]

I love this, just losing yourself in the soundscapes of a really great instrument. Back in the mid 70s there used to be this late Sunday night radio show that was all about the (then) new synthesizer technologies and it was two hours of pretty much this video. I loved it and listened to it for years.

[@freesoc12]

Just amazingly inspiretional!!So the audio and the visual!Keep sharing your enlightment !Thank you!

[@robertmyers6518]

This was a wonderful gift to find this morning. Thanks, Benn! Also, the new digs look fantastic and inspiring.

[@adamjohanbergren]

So good- thanks for making this one Benn!

[@VirtualRiot]

Hell yeah I'm getting mine in a week \^-^/ cant wait

[@FactumImFactio]

Honestly - I love your journalistic content, but this was an unexpected total delight. I feel more compelled to make music now, and honestly this is better marketing for a hardware synth then I could have expected (I can't buy one now - can't afford one yet). You didn't need to talk about its features. You didn't need to justify the price point, or talk about the creators. You showed what it could do. And best of all, it felt achievable. Thanks for making this. A fantastic way to start my week proper. Keep doing what you're doing - it's beautiful :)

[@trickfall8752]

Really beautiful and one hell of a 24 hours

[@morrower1067]

Thanks Benn. That was absolutely brilliant. I am quite the fan of Arturia, I feel that video somehow sums up a lot of the appreciation I have for them.

[@Rogierhemmes]

Just had my fretless bass plugged into a reverb, turned out to be a nice match with this beautiful soundscape.. tnx Ben for the 18:29 minutes of focus 🙂

[@mubakka2642]

absolutely beautiful demo. So much work to put this all together with and end result this immersive and professional. Very much appreciated.

[@Jambeeno]

Coming back to this a second time. It's really engrossing and well-made. Too many emotions to nail down a distinct feel other than perhaps melancholia, which I really appreciated the first time through (and this time as well). But that's my default mood I guess, and I bring it to interpretations as much as it's actually there. This time I also noted a detached, I dunno... anthropological sorta hopefulness in mood? It peeked out here and there. A "this is how things are; imagine how they COULD be" sorta vibe. That loop at 12:40 is wonderful and it's perma-lodged in m'noggin now. It's the kinda thing I'll recall out of nowhere in 5 or 10 years. Hopefully this'll still be around and I'll find my way back for another go. Thanks for making our world more interesting!🙂

[@TheMuffinMan01]

big thanks for this one Benn! i’m needing this right now and i’m so happy for you and your new space! great work :)

[@andreasschmelas]

Stunning music and images!

[@RealPeteRyan]

This is like an old school iPhone release. *snaps open lawn chair*

[@slsevans]

A stunning piece for the senses. Love every second of this video.

[@eerbrev]

I really like this format - a beautiful travelogue and exposition of the device!

[@djellisdee]

Beautiful synth jam session - love this video format, and you do this so well!

[@originalamias]

This is amazing, I am reminded of Pete Namlook and his amazing Fax records collabs. Love what you do with music thanks for doing it, so inspiring

[@CarbonSolutions]

I was trying to come up with a witty comment about cicadas but it wouldn’t do justice to this beautiful piece of art. Bravo, sir. The sequenced piano and the contrast of the pads and dirty bass at 8:30 are ethereal.

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

i love it when you , with grace and skill hits the transistion at 12:30 ,-

[@ronrees9157]

The new studio and surrounds seems to be having a wonderfully positive effect! Thanks for letting us in Ben.

[@ross302ci]

Congratulations on the beautiful new place! And thank you for the beautiful music.

[@MadelnMachines]

Must be the only channel not hyping the Moog Muse

[@Vandorp68]

Muse is a beauty but the new Brute is a level better and more expensive so I got the Muse 😊

[@DafterHindi]

He is done with product reviews

[@bdotstanley]

I'm going to get some slack for this but I firmly stand behind the opinion (as someone who swears by the subseq 37) that all polyphonic moog synths are extremely overpriced and virtually pointless when put beside something like a polybrute

[@swanofnutella4734]

I'd rather have a TEO. That's why I bought a Pro-800.

[@aquaticborealis4877]

The Muse has as good a sound as I’ve heard in a synth. But the PB12 does offer more features and expressiveness.

[@FLH3official]

Superb music, beautiful video.Thank you for this moment, Ben!

[@erwingroeneveld5372]

What a fantastic piece of art. The PB12, the piano, the imagery. Loved it!

[@AngMoKio8]

Wow... Music and pictures are wonderful.

[@NoizExMachina]

Not what I expected but just what I needed. Thank you for such a beautiful work! More please!

[@one23johnson]

My favorite KZbinr. This is maybe your best gear video in years as well. Love how you don’t even have to speak a word it just perfectly captures the beauty of exploration with a new instrument.

[@TomTaylorMade]

The one synth to rule them all for sure. I'm having a great time with just the minibrute vst that came out recently - this has been an eye opener for sure.

[@bricelory9534]

Feels like a wonderful little love letter to your new studio alongside the Brute itself. It is really very lovely! Thank you for sharing.

[@jon_gee]

Loved every minute. Beautiful work Benn!

[@lukeskarth]

You are a gift to this world, Benn. Thank you.

[@bexiexz]

yes!

[@gaslightbcmedia7845]

Spectacular Arturia Sound & Performance.... the whole video is a beautiful work of art! Great job Benn!

[@regulator10886]

this is perfect timing -- I just got my new headphones yesterday! Beautiful video and music.

[@adrimathlener8008]

Love the desert part starting at 08:26. Sound and visuals go hand in hand

[@moorestreetfootscraytrucks2909]

Beautiful work Benn (and visual collaborators)!

[@GoatFelon]

Thanks for this, and really well done! I really enjoyed the visuals of the footage to go along with the music. It felt surreal and liminal, in a way I can't describe well with words. Also I really loved some of these ambient sounds you've created.

[@wiseoldfool]

Inspiring in so many ways! Thank you, Benn.

[@nickchandler8091]

Masterful. A beautiful demonstration. The perfect accompaniment to a warm summers evening in England. Thank you.

[@vhalborg1]

Beautiful combination of the soundtrack with the visuals. Thank you.

[@dugtiki8713]

5:28 You have entered the Blade Runner universe

[@FLH3official]

Well, we can think the Polybrute 12 as a kinda CS-80 2 point 0, so, it maybe leads you to such mood. When Ben will get a big black beard and eat only moussaka we'll be sure 😁

[@prime-mate]

Definitely felt the cs-80 vibes there!❤❤

[@tamasbenko6806]

Benn, this is wonderful. Thank you!

[@TenebrisAnimarumDominium]

Thanks, Benn. Enjoyed that thoroughly! Music is the purest of all of our forms of artistic expression and a gift we can give the world.

[@MrBattlehunter]

sounds lovely! it really takes you on a journey especially with the images reenforcing the music

[@GagnonGuy]

i love the way you play piano

[@carlgrovestudios1]

Makes me wish I had a drone set up. Ben, you’re very very talented and if I could afford it, i’d support you!

[@Kung_Fu_Jesus]

Damn I knew I needed a Polybrute 12 to go with my Polybrute 6 😂 Magnificent and moving demo. I think this has just knocked the Moog Muse out cold

[@Dubroar]

Fantastic music and imagery!

[@MatthewJL676]

I love your music so much. This video made me feel warm.

[@chinidadian]

Thank you for this stunning work of art. This could legit be an EP.

[@DavidLilja]

Great music. Thanks for sharing. Really enjoyed listening to it all.

[@lus97531]

I like this melody very much!

[@aaronrosapepe9573]

Composition, soundscapes and visuals on point. Perfect for a chill Sunday afternoon!

[@agerven]

Just beautiful Benn! Very impressive, you've got me on the point of the chair for 18+ minutes. i see and hear no way this could be improved upon.

[@ChrisStack]

Beautifully conceived and executed!

[@fabimawn]

Hi Ben, I love the piano song you play at the beginning. It's a nice fresh take on kind of a "flashback to my childhood" kinda music with a unique melody which I like!

[@Jay.Ramone]

Greetings from Ireland. I love my Polybrute 6, so didn't doubt the 12 would be great. Kudos for the beautiful expressive compositions, and the creative visuals are top notch too.

[@Ubi_Qui]

That was dope, time-suspending listening. Liked how the sounds had a nostalgic touch but were made musically pertinent and affecting. Nice work, and form-facor wise, this type of length and content is good for putting on and scrolling.

[@SanguinarySun]

You always give me the feeling that you are one of the most precious individuals on planet earth. It’s a feeling that exists like a mixture of love and gratitude. You remind me that art is love and remind me that it is among the most precious of things. Thank you.

[@allehooop]

Super nice music and skills Benn!! 😮❤

[@synthsamuraiproductions]

Bro this is next level awesome on every level man…. Wow 👏

[@cinnabrad]

I needed this, thanks for the journey ❤

[@DaKink]

that is some powerful cinematics with great sounds. Love it!

[@Dogboy73]

Gorgeous sounds and beautiful filming to go with them. Makes me want to get out, at inhuman hours, and film again like I used to. I am inspired. Thanks you, Benn Jordan.

[@FunctionalPrintFriday]

Thx for sharing what YOU are passionate about making. Really comes across in this one.

[@Luap-ls3ix]

That one note resolve at 2:24 is just 🤌🏼🤤