Holy Moly Polybrute

[@AlexBallMusic]

The end tune: alexball.bandcamp.com/track/hold-on-polybrute Thanks for all the kind words.

[@davidbaker231]

Reminds me of Howard Jones, but I like it more.

[@brainwilson4122]

which would you say is more straight forward and better for industrial?

[@wietzejohanneskrikke1910]

Hold on is a fantastic song.

[@IKI-KIKI]

Bravo!

[@tq2769]

Are those all presets you're using? Or did you design them?

[@chiefbucknell]

Just an appreciation comment, to say that I appreciate the hell out of all you’ve done on this channel, all your talent, all your humor, all the humility, and all the tasteful music, and on and on. I don’t take for granted the presence of one such as yourself in this synth video presentation/education/review/tutorial/historical sphere. And, I got a little misty eyed when you reminisce about getting your start with Arturia VSTs in the late ‘00s, then coming full circle to Arturia outside-the-box, serious hardware Poly all these years later. Stepping back, pondering what it all means, all you’ve learned and experienced and traversed-I’m all for it. Cheers, man. Thank you. I still love and learn from that Terminator soundtrack video, which I think was my first exposure to your genius. Okay, ‘nuff said.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thank you Keith, that's very kind of you to take the time to say. Yes, it dawned on me part way through making the video that my first soft synths were Arturia. Funny how that's all unfolded.

[@65skyjet]

Woow....the performance....!! Bravo Alex, the Synth is a Dream complimenti Arturia

[@DeafbyDesign]

I bought one of these a few weeks ago! My music will never be the same again.

[@wanderingjuniper]

Amazing video as usual, thank you. What a tune..

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thank you.

[@McN4styFilth]

Yamaha. CS. 80.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Come on universe, deliver me one!

[@MIDERA]

Very nice sounds - although I think they have a bit of 'your sound' in them, so of course they're good (and by that, I mean that I have no doubt that you could make any synth shine). The look of it reminds me of the old Virus KB, which I had and suspect still has the best keybed I've ever played and stupidly got rid of. Nothing has compared since. I had a lot of thoughts between getting this and the P10 and chose the P10... sometimes I think I'd have been happier with the Polybrute to be honest. But I would have thought the opposite had I gotten the Polybrute no doubt. The P10 taught me a valuable lesson: You can buy a big boy synth, but that doesn't make you a big person - it just makes you a less rich person. And it certainly doesn't curb GAS. Nice video, as always.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thanks! I did connect with it and find I could make my kind of sounds with a Polybrute twist. Prophet - yes, gear lust is potentially neverending and those glorious things become more normal once you see them every single day. That said, I do still dig the Prophet. I use it constantly. Super 6 is my other dream machine. Just got my own after sending the demo unit back.

[@prospectnyc]

Someone please get this man a CS-80

[@RedMeansRecording]

This thing sound so wild for an analog synth. Really did a great job with it, arturia did.

[@RedMeansRecording]

Also great track at the end!!

[@MajorTom404]

@@RedMeansRecording Immediately came down to the comments to say the same thing, Jeremy beat me to it. So uh, different compliment, terrific editing and I love the learn/demo format!

[@AlexBallMusic]

Cheers both!

[@baconfister]

Dude, totally. If only this synth-and Alex’s amazing musicianship and creativity-existed back in the day, this garbage hiphop crap would never have taken root and ruined the music industry.

[@khalylehagood3222]

@@baconfister what an awful take.

[@Bawookles]

That "Hold On" tune was a nice bit of 80's flavor! Great stuff as always, Alex!

[@AlexBallMusic]

It will never stop being the 80s. 😉

[@robertmyers6518]

@@AlexBallMusic Espen Kraft approves this message.

[@Drpiwi]

For me it had a bit, actually a large bit of Marblesounds vibe going for it. Not cmplaints here.

[@drinkinslim]

@@AlexBallMusic I love the continual resurgence of 80's music and the MAJOR come-back of analog synths. I especially love that the new generation seem like them as much. Thanks of course goes to Bruno Mars, The Weeknd, etc.

[@leonlkowalski]

I was really impressed by the synth. I was even far more impressed by the quality of the music you make with it. Absolutely brilliant!

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thanks Leon. Yep, glad to pleasantly surprised by it.

[@thebreakfastmenu]

My Casio light-up keyboard is literally just as good as this. *cries in poverty and denial*

[@AlexBallMusic]

One like = One prayer

[@nik_elektrik]

Love „Hold on“. Also as a German I liebe das deutsche vibe in ze beginning. Nerdich by nature. Keep up ze good arbeit.

[@final_mile_music9713]

Ich liebe das English/Deutsch mash-up. Es ist sehr fantastich, es ist nicht?

[@gophercrow]

"Hold On" is a hit! Great tune. How many postal carriers would it take to deliver a CS80?

[@AlexBallMusic]

Definitely an 18-wheeler for the CS.

[@JayKaufman]

They'd probably nick it before it showed up at your doorstep!

[@shaft9000]

my CS-60 took up most of a drop-ship palette so perhaps only a slightly bigger forklift??

[@enochroot9438]

a quality of the Polybrute that should also be noted is that it is such a sensory pleasure to use, expressive, fun, inspiring and at times almost meditative

[@Subparanon]

01:15 "A musician was found crushed to death in his home late yesterday. Sources say he was trying to unload a synthesizer he'd just received in the mail when it went tragically wrong." R.I.P. Alex Ball he died doing what he loved, being crushed by the awesome CS80.

[@creepingjesus5106]

"...paramedics say they'd never seen anyone squee themselves inside out before, but that's what they found. Doctors at the hospital are hopeful that the patient will make a full recovery once his filters sweep back to zero..."

[@AlexBallMusic]

On the plus side, the CS-80 chassis was big enough to double up as a coffin.

[@Halfpipesaur]

what a way to go

[@kistemaggi7704]

The CS80 as a coffin and a Moog modular as a tombstone..

[@mauriziomauricone]

Rumour has it the official cause of his dead reported by the authorities was the COOF... LOL.

[@kaydot6889]

Yeah I'm gonna call BS on the "morphing synthesizer" claim. That synth stayed exactly the same shape for the entire video. What kind of fool do you take me for, Mr. Ball?

[@AlexBallMusic]

😃

[@JanPrze]

Wow, what a great song you made! I'm really impressed that a synth youtuber is actually producing beautiful songs instead of just evolving ambient music or a 16 bar sequence repeated 100 times. The song is great man, mega props 🔥

[@tonelab]

I think we've got a new future classic on our hands with this one👌🏻

[@dmomcilovic9185]

Wait 20 years to see price double

[@MS-Patriot2]

@@dmomcilovic9185and all the electrolytic caps need replacing. Hope the long obsolete chips in it are stored carefully somewhere for restoration! Just powered up my 35 year old DX7 and she started first time, no smoke 😊

[@SarahMaywalt]

Well, you we're my top artist on Spotify last year, and if you release an album of songs like Hold On this year, you might have a chance to repeat.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thanks Sarah!

[@FatNorthernBigot]

Do you remember the 80s, where synths had about three buttons, a four character LCD display and you had to navigate four levels of menus just to change the volume? This synth is the exact opposite of that.😁

[@AlexBallMusic]

Haha, yeah.

[@FatNorthernBigot]

@@AlexBallMusic I hope you finally get that CS80, mate 👍 Vangelis must be sticking his on eBay soon.

[@BBfanfun]

@@FatNorthernBigot dude, just get a DX7. knobs are sooo over-rated !

[@FatNorthernBigot]

@@BBfanfun I had one in ‘86. I never got the hang of FM synthesis.

[@BBfanfun]

@@FatNorthernBigot i still keep a TX-7 & old MIDI rig (classic Mac to edit/seq) basic & few distractions = helps focus on playing

[@Mark_Williams300]

How about doing some videos on influential people on the artistic side of the synth story? Obvious subjects would be Kraftwerk, Jean-Michel Jarre, Wendy Carlos, Giorgio Moroder, Gershon Kingsley, Daniel Miller... etc, etc. Might make for an interesting series.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Nice idea! Got something else bigger in the works first.

[@Lu_Woods]

Morton Subotnick too, please ; )

[@aptudo]

*Thoroughly entertained!* I expected a musical review of the synth; I didn't expect a real song that I genuinely loved at the end! Alex, you're great.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thanks Rob, thanks for saying!

[@Relax70]

Hey Buddy, it brought me to tears just watching the symbiosis between you and this masterpiece of a synth (the song) . It just made my day to see you still got that much passion inside of you. Please never loose this gift and keep on doing your work 👍😎😘

[@blakecasimir]

Another great video from you, Alex. But I have to say I was absolutely blown away by Hold On. Bravo.

[@jolesco]

Nice sounding synth. I had to replay "Hold On" a few times, that's how awesome it is

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thank you!

[@DasHemdchen]

Got mine for nearly a year now, and still in love. Finding something new daily. Most reviews focus on the digital realm, which PB can reach in via VCO2 > VCO 1 FM, Steiner Filter FM and VCO1 metalizer, in conjunction with its mod matrix. But it‘s an analog synth, and thus it sounds just beautiful, fat, makes you smile. Great review, finally Alex and PB, I‘m astonished how much you extracted from it in a short time, and the song is great. Not by the PB sounds used, but by your creative songwriting, finding the perfect harmonic balance between pop music and interesting music. Love your channel!

[@RayyMusik]

My favourite controller for morphing is the motion recorder. You can record rhythmic A/B changes and play them back at any speed but have both hands left for playing.

[@johnpaulpatton9786]

You don't need a CS80, you have a PolyBrute! Awesome song!

[@jlindborg1105]

You made a really nice song with this synth! Great job! I REALLY love that bass - chord that follow each other in the fast chord change. It really struck my 80's nerve.

[@Kung_Fu_Jesus]

I’ve had mine for 6 months now and it is a phenomenal synth. I say it’s the most acoustic synth I’ve ever played as it sounds so musical, the timbres go from reeds, to horns to pianos in one sweep, at a flick of the morphé it can sound huge and caustic and resonant. It’s easily as growly as the Matrixbrute if you want rot to be. It’s already a classic to me.

[@dustyrhodes1655]

I'm waiting on mine to show up and can't stop watching videos!

[@Lainer1]

I was wondering if I could make a good piano sound or strings with this. I was looking at a Kurzweil K2700 for the piano and string sounds as well as that workstation feature, but this seems like it would be so much fine to experiment on. If I could make a good quality piano on it, I'd get it.

[@Kung_Fu_Jesus]

@@Lainer1 I haven’t attempted outright to make a piano but have heard some piano-esque sounds while a patch is morphing which gives me hope. TBH if I was wanting piano I would go straight to a plug-in or sampler / synth with piano samples.

[@synth4ever]

Congrats on the PolyBrute Alex! It's a very versatile, expressive and DEEP synth. I believe it will take years to explore due to all the possibilities... Arturia knocked it out of the park and happy you were able to obtain one! Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Cheers! Yes, lots of ways you can go and it's a nice journey programming it!

[@mechlo]

You're stepping into Jexus territory with some of these patches. Brilliant.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Praise indeed, thanks! Although I think Jexus will always remain one-of-a-kind. Incredible talent.

[@DerekPower]

1) As I've said elsewhere, I think we will be talking about the Polybrute forty years from now the same way we talk about that ever-elusive CS80 now. 2) I've been waiting for that CS80 to come from the post. I would imagine the freight bill being as high as say ... well, a Polybrute =D 3) The fact you can have firmware updates makes this quite the classic already. The latest one has added duophonic aftertouch. I am hoping that a future firmware update would allow for polyphonic AT or, barring that, MPE support. If that happens, then you truly have the same kind of expressive instrument that the aforementioned CS80 would have. 4) I also remember getting Arturia when they came out with their first wave of software synthesizers emulating the hardcore classics: the Moog, both big and small, the Jupiter 8, the ARP 2600, the Prophet 5, and, of course everyone's favourite big poly, the CS80. They have almost quintupled in the number of these synths, including one of their own design, and even ventured into virtual processing too. And as far as physical incarnations, I even remember the Origin and the Spark. But all the same, it's amazing where they've gone and how far they've come. Here's to many more tunes. Cheers =]

[@AlexBallMusic]

Could be! Will be very interesting to find out what is revered in the future. It has the potential.

[@geertvanschlanger8057]

I morph from schoft to hard.

[@dijjidog]

the "bells end" title made me laugh more than it should have

[@AlexBallMusic]

Because it ends with bells! 😏

[@motherbrain2000]

DUDE! Your songs NEVER fail. I'm a fan.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thanks Marc!

[@Mouxbar]

So Alex, what about the CS80? And throw in an original Jupiter 8 head to head while you're at it. One must have standards ;-) HNY!

[@AlexBallMusic]

I could borrow a Jupiter-8 quite easily at the moment, but I have absolutely nowhere to put it. What a problem to have hey? 🙃

[@ray-mond9215]

There's only one thing I don't like about this synth is that it looks like a midi keyboard.

[@redneckjunior1]

Your reviews are phenomenal and not to mention your talent behind them. As a synth player you always seem to give me new ideas on my current rig and sometimes help me to explore things I have put away, and it’s like unlocking new levels. Thank you sooo much

[@stevenwhite8936]

hold on sounds like a long lost alan parsons project song and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible

[@Tunerguy21]

Your videos never fail to have me leaving with a smile on my face, and yet still wanting more. Even after multiple playthroughs. I get the itch to play synths I've only relatively recently grew an attachment to, despite never really putting a finger to a keyboard before. I think it might soon be time for me to pick up a small midi controller and some softsynths to figure my way around. Perhaps a Keystep and some of the V Collection, maybe. Thanks for the videos, sounds, and music. "Hold On" is brilliant. As a side, I'd just like to mention how damn good the Polybrute looks. Its quite the looker, to my eye.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thank you! Yes, a controller keyboard and the V collection is basically what I used for several years. It's much more advanced nowadays but you can try lots of stuff out and figure out what you like.

[@compucorder64]

V collection is awesome. 9 is definitely an improvement on the CS80, Prophets. And the Ensoniq SQ80 is one of my favourites. That said, if I was starting from scratch ... I'd probably start with Arturia Pigments over V collection. Because it's super powerful, and gets great updates. And there's tons and tons of patches, tutorials out there. The UX is great. It sounds amazing. And it's a lot cheaper than V collection, and focusing on one powerful synth might help you focus. You can rent to buy on Splice. Arturia's Keylab Essential and Native Instrruments Komplete A49/A61 are both good budget controller choices around 200ish.

[@trebleboost7]

Wonderful review. I think David Paich would have signed off on that end track! Throw Lukather solo on it and it might have passed for TOTO at a time.

[@eikarumba429]

Also what about the GX1 and the Sinclavier?

[@Superlover]

that demo song at the end is fire!

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thanks!

[@CargoCulture]

First time hearing Hold On - my new favourite tune!

[@checktheevidence]

Super - really enjoyed this tour and the wonderful "Hold on" - thanks!

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thank you!

[@seanluke3052]

So when are you returning the Polybrute?

[@hardlyme779]

Happy New Year, Alex Love the synth, wish i had my fingers in one myself and that track at the end was awesome. Gonna be stuck in my head for days.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thanks Baz. Yes, grateful to get my hands on one.

[@tehedx]

Holy Moly, Hold On is such a hot track! You and your instruments melt together into gold

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thank you!

[@JorbLovesGear]

What a demo, always a treat to see what you conjure from a piece of kit, and the track certainly shows it well. And I quite appreciate that summary of your thoughts, your sentiment of closing the loop is really resonates with me, thanks for sharing that.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thanks, good to know!

[@ClemensWennersMusic]

You made it sound absolutely gorgeous!

[@superE1113z]

Hold On is a BOP, Alex! Great job, man! When I get mine, Imma do something amazing with it, too!

[@ConwayBob]

Holy Moly, your voice sounds amazing over this dream of an instrument -- and I love the song!

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thank you Bob.

[@Skootavision]

Fantastic track (Hold On?)! Arturia weren't on my radar really, apart from early VSTi days, but after the keystep pro I was so impressed I bought a microfreak this week and I love it. THEN this video appears and I'm loving this. I'd only heard some fairly predictable morph sounds and also, for no good reason, thought it was digital. I'm planning a big synth buy later this year and now I think it might be this one. Great demo's - really showed it's breadth and potential.

[@StrayMedicine]

Got to mess with one of these at guitar center. Immediately was intuitive to use. By far the best first impression of a synth that I've ever had, it is easy to make really pretty sounds with it.

[@johnsterthemonster9181]

Dude. That song is so good. So good. Just watched it 3 times in a row and want to keep humming it lol

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thank you, nice to know!

[@DancingMeditation]

That is such an amazing track! The synth is also not bad... Joyful Salutations!

[@AlexBallMusic]

🙂

[@nrsynth8945]

very good song Alex, the vocals more than the synth!

[@PulsarGlitchMusic]

You can really make any synth sing. Your videos are incredibly engaging and the humour is on-point. Excellent work! Now let's just wait for that CS-80 to magically appear... hopefully.

[@brentgreeff1115]

VAN-JEALOUS :) - awesome

[@AlexBallMusic]

😉

[@RikMaxSpeed]

Yet another absolutely fantastic video - love that bass line in the last piece!

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thanks!

[@Deepwatermusic]

Great video review! Like the Hold On song at the end too. I had to listen to it several times.

[@simonhodgetts6530]

Gosh, that’s a bloody nice synth! And that’s also a bloody nice closing song too!

[@EverettDudgeon138]

Ugh....I love this...I just wish it had two more voices. Regardless, for me....Arturia have surpassed Moog these days in regards to exploring and innovating analog synthesis. I felt that their MatrixBrute was the ARP 2600 of this generation and the PolyBrute is this generations CS80 in terms of analog articulation and expression.

[@henryhill92]

While I agree about Arturia being great, my counter-point about the Moog comparison would be that the Moog DFAM, Subharmonic and Matriarch aren't really the 'anything' of this generation... they're each their own innovations. I suppose you could reacreate any of them at great expense and complexity with Eurorack, but that goes for the Matrixbrute too. The important thing is the interface that ties those ideas together, and in that area both Moog and Arturia are awesome.

[@DestroyER82]

When I first saw it, I commented that this is absolutely on CS-60 level, such amazing job. For CS-80 there is polyaftertouch and higher voices count left (at least 12 would be nice for 2x6voices for two layers). I think in matter of (affordable) analog synths I fully agree with you, Arturia is simply leading.

[@EverettDudgeon138]

@@henryhill92 MatrixBrute also has patch memory which Eurorack doesn't have.

[@b.plasmabubble1485]

I am glad i watched this video up to the end, a very nice bonus track i would say !

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thank you for sticking around!

[@markusfuller]

I hope no one sends me a CS-80 ( address available if you insist)

[@DaveG207]

11/10 for your chord choices!

[@ElectricHimalaya]

You Sir, have an amazing talent. That tune at the end is right there at the top of the Synth Pop charts for me. Howard Jones for 2024! Oh, yeah, and I love the Polybrute too.

[@rossjackson2455]

Dude, 'Hold On' is a fucking weapon!

[@nickhaldin8674]

That track at the end gave me total MuteMath vibes. Bravo 👏🏼

[@jimmythebold589]

conceptual track should be on spotify.

[@Lemon8]

Yeah synths etc.... But what a fantastic song Alex. Really... Would be in the top 40 charts a few decades ago. Thank you.

[@marcelodiana82]

Great demo! Great tunes! Actually, I kind like Arturia (I own a Minibrute 2S that I use mainlly integranted with my eurorack acting both 2gether as a keyboard synth) and I love how rough it sounds!! Reminds me the synthesis of old korgs, sharp and gritty. By the way, your ending song sounded (in a good way) as Phoenix song!! Love It

[@AlexBallMusic]

Yes, I have a 2S too. Fun monosynth that's also unique. Is raw as you say!

[@wphmusic]

Your closing song is delicious! Especially that chorus! Thankfully I can't afford the synth. 😉

[@Wazoox]

Wow, the synth is great and the song it inspired you is fantastic. Kudos. Now I want both the Polybrute and the Alex Ball album that goes with it.

[@RegebroRepairs]

Since I'm a massive synth nerd, it's hard to admit but I'm actually not good at sound design. Your sounds here are amazing, and I could have 20 Polybrutes and I would never be able to do it.

[@stephenroldan5107]

No biggie.. Tweak presets to own style. They took a long time to fill those banks. Fx help a lot

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thanks Lennart! One tip is that I compose a motif as I'm designing the sound and keep tweaking. That way it is always pinned to something specifically musical, rather than doing the sound and _then_ finding out whether it translates.

[@valley_robot]

Start with an init patch and just mess around , you don’t have to know what your doing at first , you will learn as you dick about with it , it helps to visualise what you are doing to the sound , writing it down or making sketches , learn one thing at a time , like what an LFO can do and what you can route it to

[@RegebroRepairs]

@@AlexBallMusic Thanks, I'll try that!

[@RegebroRepairs]

​@@valley_robot Thanks, but that's what I have been doing for 40 years. :-)

[@dougplate8234]

I really like how you geek out in the gear AND always fasten it firmly to music making. Your puncturing ditties always drip musicality. Thanks Alex.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thank you!

[@jppagetoo]

It's a lovely polysynth. I'd love to have one. But a dual layer synth needs more than 6 voices. Layering eats voices. I understand the space issue they had. I would love to see them do a module add on to give you another six voices. At 12 voices this would be a monster.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Yep, only really two criticisms I could muster and that was one. It's not a deal breaker but it would make a difference for sure.

[@jppagetoo]

@@AlexBallMusic For sure. It's an awesome synth. Nice review of it too. If you can only find two things bad to say, then somebody did their job right. If you don't layer/keysplit six voices will do in most cases.

[@SuchaDoofus]

@@AlexBallMusic Well one can use those fab reverbs to hide the voice stealing a bit. If you get the balance right and it doesn't sound swamped, and then 6 voices can be sufficient a lot of the time.

[@boybianchi]

That track at the end though. damn. so good.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Cheers!

[@_Synthesize_Me_]

That tune at the end gave me goosebumps!

[@daveturbide9051]

Alex, your videos are always exceptionally tolerable.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Haha! Thanks.

[@jeffreywestcott6918]

That is an awesome track at the end man. Could listen to it all day.

[@CaidicusProductions]

Alex, I live in China, and I tried using a Chinese streaming service to find you. I found one song called "Cowboys" which has your name in it but I'm not sure if it's actually you! Anyway, you have an incomplete profile on there (assuming it IS you) and I've become your first fan. Though, you don't appear to have any songs on it, sadly. The service is called "Netease music", not the biggest on in China (that belongs to QQ or Tencent music), but still a popular one. Anyway, just thought I'd share that with you. Thanks for a fantastic video on a synth I absolutely love.

[@eddavivid2307]

Regarding Morph - Calvia gave their Nord Lead range this feature around 1994 which I believe was a very unique thing to have on a poly synth back then. I’m under no illusion that Arturia would have borrowed some influence from the nord but hopefully made it better. It certainly sounded good, great playing and programming skills ;-)

[@chienperdu7256]

The review is great - but the song is the real thing here. Beautifull work!

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thanks!

[@MarquisDeSang]

This is gonna be good as always.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thanks

[@davidbaker231]

Thank you for doing this. I was one of the trolls who ignored your "don't you dare...". Lovely tune at the end. Nice vocal arrangement.

[@Arceden]

The sounds this synth is capable of making is absolutely phenomenal. Definitely looks like a synth to save money for

[@Hessencemusic]

I feel that the PolyBrute still hasn’t received the recognition it deserves in reviews. Maybe it doesn’t have the best knobs or keyboard finish, but it’s truly capable of creating tons of inspiration. Now, with the new PolyBrute 12, I’m considering an upgrade despite the price. Even though it’s not a “premium brand,” I think its capabilities, combined with its software, are fantastic.

[@Ishkur23]

Wait, so you can just mention synths on youtube and someone sends you free gear? I need to beef up my channel.

[@AlexBallMusic]

I spent five years building up a following and spent a week making a video. Is that "free"? Probably not, but either way, I am very grateful to be in this position now.

[@Ishkur23]

@@AlexBallMusic Well I did spend 10 years making that guide thingy, but I got rid of my gear years ago (not by choice -- I was moving and didn't have room for it). But after the last several years fiddling around with VSTs and watching you, Synthmania et. al. and the latest NAMM show, I'm starting to get the hardware bug again. The Microbrute is calling to me.

[@Chris_Love]

Wow, that hold on just made me dream away. O well, now I´m back again and time to do the dishes. also 07:45 this was very Deadmau5, love it

[@blenderbuch]

I was deeply concerned about my mental health when I heard so many German words. And the chapter marks. And even more as arturia is a french company? So maybe a company in Bavaria close to the village I like to spend my holidays...

[@AlexBallMusic]

Language morph.

[@michelnassarofficial]

This video made me tear up

[@zaynnxenonn2334]

I hope you'll get access to a cs-80, it will ba amazing to learn more of this synth and get a nice tune as you have done with some other vintage and less vintage synth Anyway, great video, thank you and looking forward for the next one ! ^^

[@raymondjones4390]

Mine just arrived... your demo and review is spot on. It's an insanely incredible instrument. Worth every penny. Great Video and ending track.

[@drummermusic]

Beautiful track at the end. Kudos!

[@JohnLloydDavis]

I've been nothing but impressed by Arturia's products. I have the V collection and they are the only synth plugins that I tend to use as they are so great. Now I know what I'm saving up for next! Thanks Alex :)

[@d.fritschi7767]

Regard the missing CV/gate connectivity, other than the Polybrute, Arturias mono-/paraphonic MatrixBrute features extensive Modular connectivity.

[@DJBuglip]

Lol, can't blame you for trying man. I'm glad I found your channel, I'm a guitarist but I adore synthesis and have since my stepdad let me play with his minimoog the first time, in the mid seventies. Your approach to content is wonderful, and your original music is quite good, and inspirational. Thanks, please continue.