Bad Gear - Arturia Minibrute - The Tutorial Synth???

In this episode of Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools, we are going to talk about the Arturia Minibrute Analog Synthesizer. Is this self-explanatory instrument the ultimate tutorial in synth form?
Please excuse the disrespectful use of the word "schizophrenic" in the verdict.

[@Rompler_Rocco]

1 vote for *Rad Gear* here! 👍

[@mishaoosterhuis5260]

Have my like and core too, all die Rad Gear here!

[@AudioPilz]

Rad Gear Gang!!!!

[@edjwise]

Yes to Rad Gear.

[@andrewkirk6452]

How many votes can I give?

[@NeoLudditevisons]

Rad aint bad!

[@Aharshreality9281]

the show is called Bad Gear . the host is called "watch me make Kick ass music with anything I touch" Love this channel

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@bwgti]

Very true. The demos do kick ass. But "Bad Gear" sounds better than your suggestion.

[@Aharshreality9281]

@@bwgti agreed .... He still makes anything sound good though 😁 but yes his title does have a better "ring" to it

[@AlexanderStemkowski]

@@Aharshreality9281 Well, watch him destroy Blofeld :)

[@Lou-Edrums]

I live in fear that he doesn’t post another synth I own

[@testohtoby]

He came real close with this one (I own a Microbrute)

[@AudioPilz]

Got a wishlist?

[@testohtoby]

@@AudioPilz Take in consideration the "analog DX7", the JX-8P 😜😜😜

[@cammellsound5400]

It's beginning to become more of a recommendation than anything. He's scraping the barrel.

[@cammellsound5400]

@@testohtoby I've got both!

[@MoraFermi]

It can't be a tutorial synth, it doesn't have small LEDs going blinky-blinky above the keys you are supposed to play. Awesome video!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@annother3350]

No Auto-Accompaniment!

[@mycosys]

asif play keys though ;)

[@jean-louispech4921]

add the new arturia keystep37 for this.

[@emilyschmanks]

your jams are really great. you're one of the only synth people on this platform that knows how to use gear in a musical context (as opposed to just making ambient *whirr whirr plink plonk* sounds through a $500 delay pedal)

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@dimensionalbleedthrough2040]

I agree. Most of the time, the jams sound so good to me that I think to myself, "Self, this gear doesn't seem that bad"

[@inthefade]

It is true, but I have to admit I like some people's whirrs plinks and plonks. Nick Batt always kills it.

[@inthefade]

But AudioPilz always impresses with his ability to take on random subgenres in a really convincing way and WITH NO SHAME. The NO SHAME is crucial to this channel.

[@Roboprogs]

@@inthefade - good point. Even if a piece of gear isn’t to an individual’s liking, ‘Pilz does a good job of showing “I think it would work for *this*...”

[@rok_koritnik]

Minibrute is a largely misunderstood synth. I have it since 2015. It's the softest sounding synth I've played or even heard (apart from Roland Alpha Juno). With resonance at zero it can be even too pillowy. But, if you listen to demos from the likes of Perfect Circuit...yeah, ugly, harsh sounding synth. Brutefactor at 9 o'clock is the sweet spot. A PWM lead with resonance from 12 to 2 o'clock and a bit of brutefactor has a really beautiful, musical crunch to it. And while everyone go crazy with the metallizer and accusing the Brute of sounding harsh, I've created really delicate leads with it. Such an underrated and misunderstood synth. It's good that the prices are low at the moment, because given it's prototype level quality it's good to have a spare one :)

[@reedsutter8485]

I got suckered in by the “Bad Gear” title, but this was a fair and accurate review. The minibrute’s strengths shine in a rock format. It really pulls you toward harsh, biting sounds. I love to play mine and it makes me rock harder and nerd a little less.

[@AudioPilz]

Happy to hear that, thanks!

[@magnuseriksson8081]

Yea, I feel that I want to buy it now, is it worth while if you not a keyboard player?

[@reedsutter8485]

@@magnuseriksson8081 I would recommend it to non-keyboard musicians who are interested in a synth to expand their pallette. They sell as low as $200 these days. They don’t take up any space. They sound amazing and excel at sounds that work well in a band setting. If you need presets for convenience and want to play chords, get a microkorg, but if you want to play melodies and bass lines and you are willing to learn some knob-turning, the minibrute is hard to beat.

[@blondtape]

@@magnuseriksson8081 get a monologue

[@aptudo]

Maybe it's my speakers, but your first "dry" ditty sounded the smoothest and most pleasing to me. This little beast definitely gravitates towards harsh!

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, I tried to hold myself back a bit on that one

[@SiliconBassist]

I personally love the Synthacon filter. In a world full of Moog clones, something different is can be nice. Excellent video as usual!

[@AudioPilz]

Are there any other less known synth filter designs out there?

[@SiliconBassist]

@@AudioPilz I’d really love voltage controlled versions of the ElectroComp EML-200 filters

[@JayHendricksWorld]

The production quality and the consistency of that quality are some of the best things about this show. I'm in awe, this is fantastic!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@vroenis]

I would love a supercut or better, an AudioPilz special episode basically exploring the brief history of pop & electronic music. It wouldn’t have to be comprehensive, just entertaining & pretty much whatever sub-genres you want, because these descriptions & the accompanying stock footage jams are hilarious but also musically brilliant! Not to pressure you or heap too much audience expectation on you - I know production & editing is hard work!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you! Great idea!

[@benjaminbrand3714]

Love it! My first synth was the little brother of this one (the Microbrute) and I couldn’t be happier with it! For such simple instrument, I feel like I never run out of things to try on it, even without external effects. I even used it to make a pretty convincing 808 bass once!

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, they are more versatile than one might expect

[@rars0n]

I actually prefer the Microbrute both for its diminutive size and its lower pice. It's also got a few tricks up its sleeve that the Minibrute doesn't. It's a deceptively powerful instrument that can do more than its front panel suggests. That's not to say that the Minibrute isn't a good instrument as well. I like its layout and sliders. Both machines can sound really big considering they're single-oscillator synths. I tend to rather like the aggressiveness, and if you really dig deep, there are a lot of different sounds possible. I don't think the Minibrute, especially at low used prices, is a bad option at all. Personally, I'd like to get my hands on a Minibrute 2. It looks pretty awesome!

[@AudioPilz]

The MB2 is indeed interesting!

[@eyeball226]

Yeah, I have a Microbrute and I love it!

[@couchcamperTM]

I like the Microbrute for what it can do, and it fits the bad gear category very well, because it has the worst keyboard I ever used. Including toy melodicas... Needs an external keyboard on arrival...

[@apislapis]

I couldn't make my mind up Adam, so I got both :-)

[@monotronfan1]

The micro brute is very cool, but owning a mini brute before it, I couldn’t stand its keybed. One of the selling points behind the micro at the time was the sequencer, so I understand why it wasn’t a priority

[@yupekosi]

You and your videos are probably the only ones I come back to often. Really great stuff, man. Your channel is one of the most underrated, which is a shame. More people should know about you for all of the effort you put into these!!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you. Happy to hear that! Growth is not so bad, I'm not even doing this for a year...

[@Fewjar]

The Minibrute is an awesome beast! We made a Song almost entirely with it, using the mighty arpeggiator. (Song is called "Going in Circles"). But we still sold it after a while because the Microbrute made it kind of redundant with more features (that awesome sequencer!) and only a few minor features cut!

[@AudioPilz]

Heard that track, nice one! Nice to have you around!

[@rexterrocks]

The Minibrute also has exactly the same sequencer as the Microbrute. It only takes a couple of minutes to turn the arpeggiator into a sequencer, or vice versa. It's nice to be able to switch between either.

[@nensikalahan]

Can you post the link? I would gladly hear it. Thanks

[@EmilianoGuevara]

I sold my Minibrute after getting a Bass Station 2 and discovering that a mono synth doesn’t have to be so aggressive all the time... but I miss having it still! The arpeggios were massive and easy to use. Great video, as usual!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Getting the BS2 after the MB seems to be the natural course of things

[@eyeprod3101]

I think the best thing about the brute is the versatile and easy to use lfo section. I did a 30 day tour in europe with a space rock band using only that synth and a delay pedal. It has all the tricks you need for that kind of music.

[@AudioPilz]

Damn, it must be ideal for Space Rock stuff!

[@jcoverpass]

Your videos just keep getting better and better. Audio and visual satisfaction seems almost guaranteed.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@inthefade]

The main advantage of the mini over the micro is two ADSRs. Run either through a Zoom CDR and you have a mono synth that can do great things and make new exciting sounds for years and years. But be aware, if you want to play live you really have to keep your patches similar and simple so that you can change them quickly between songs. If Arturia would just make their drum machines and mono synths have patch memory, these things could really be INCREDIBLE. Since the polybrute finally has patch memory (I guess the matrixbrute does too), I'll just hold my breath for another decade. As far as the micro goes, I can't speak for the mini because I don't own it, but AudioPilz kind of confirms it is the similar, it does miss out on some basic sounds that you might want from a mono synth, mostly because you are stuck to only one oscillator, but it is also cool that it sounds DIFFERENT than other synths and might force you to think differently. Another pointer with the micro (don't know if it is the same with the mini) the saw and square waves are deliberately out of phase by a certain degree so that when they are added together they make a saw wave one octave up! This can be really useful if you understand it. EDIT: Another huge tip is that the microbrute (and probably mini as well) often sound BETTER when you don't push the oscillators to 100%. I usually ride them around 50%, because once they start to drive the filter (which they are designed to do) the sound gets thinner and loses a lot of character in exchange for that driven sound. I had a friend who hated his micro until I taught him this.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for posting!

[@pthelo]

Cheers, AudioPilz! For an episode of BAD GEAR, you have a lot of nice things to say about the MiniBrute! I bought mine new in late 2015, and I am pleased with its performance and versatility in all sonic ranges - from high leads, to midrange arps, to growly bass lines (i

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@tufelkahonda5323]

You have a very good channel, informative, useful and fun at the same time!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@tufelkahonda5323]

@@AudioPilz And I say thank you very much for the channel! And for that portion of humor and optimism that make your channel individual. Plus, the presentation of many professional moments!!

[@austin4771]

As a guitar geek turned synth enthusiast I'm very happy to see the brute featured here. It definitely helped me visualize signal pathing a lot better and I could use the pedals I was already familiar with to add layers/fx without any trouble.

[@AudioPilz]

You seem to be in the OG target group ;)

[@DerAykac]

In hindsight i should have gotten that one too. Instead i went with the microfreak and now partly confused as fuck

[@magnuseriksson8081]

@@DerAykac Ohhh... !!I I am a bit confused with that one too but I love how it sounds, you do not like it? What are your issues and have you used synths before?

[@mathias841]

@@magnuseriksson8081 the Microfreak is just not a first synth

[@nazarenomerino9142]

@@DerAykac tweak everything and put a canyon delay on it and it will sound great hahaha thats what i do at least

[@adampeak2737]

If this series has taught me anything, its that no matter how bad the gear if you try hard enough you can make some really good balls to the wall euro house bangerz (or any other genre) if you just give it a little love and time like our friends at AudioPilz

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@jonathanulery1610]

Is there such a thing as a "house banger" ? Ive never heard one ..

[@JeveMCD]

I live for these videos. Would love to see some more of Korgs in here sometime, Love your comprehensive breakdowns and providing insight for what each machine could be used for. It challenges our perceptions of what Bad really means.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@ChrisSmout]

My first proper synthesiser too...bought it at a trade show in London in 2014 and met Nick Batt on the same day, I considered it a good omen. Pretty accurate analysis of it in this video too.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Nick❤️

[@johngoodmanson6288]

Brilliant as always - best channel ever. Your production value is off the hook - amazing

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you. It means a lot to me!

[@HumanKoala]

if you want to have a nice sound with the minibrute the first thing to do is not to put the level of each oscillator to high cause they saturate easily and you will loose bass and definition , if you use them at 1/3 max of the fader, it sounds better ;) and that changes everything

[@AudioPilz]

True that! Used that taming method in the first jam but really wanted the filth in all the other musical bits

[@timbrechopper]

I love the filter. And I love that you can run audio through it and its super fast envelopes. I upgraded to the 2S as a result.

[@AudioPilz]

Envelopes are turbo!

[@Nova_Afterglow]

That grimy zero day German jam at the end was pure 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. I love getting gritty and grimy and bro you nailed it. I use Arturia Pigments 2 and that was my intro synth. I do think it is very beginner friendly and I can see how the Minibrute would be a great beginner analog synth. Another great video and I fully support a Rad Gear series.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Rad Gear Gang!

[@RalfSiegesmund]

your energy is Priceless. It takes a lot to keep that up all the time. Kudos!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@jasonbeatty831]

The Minibrute was my first real synth and I still have mine, I love it, perfect beginner synth. Future classic.

[@AudioPilz]

Isn't it already a classic?

[@superikone]

Absolutely stunning! 😮 One of the best vids you made. Great musical pieces and best use of the Minibrute! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@0b11000100]

This should be called "not bad meaning bad but bad meaning good" gear.

[@AudioPilz]

The Inception of synth tube

[@neverrest6035]

Ach wie schön ich liebe diese Beschreibung der einzelnen Funktionen immer wieder schön :D

[@AudioPilz]

Ich geb mir redlich Mühe ;)

[@elsantoproductora]

Mine came without the Nick Batt knob, I'm sending it back

[@testohtoby]

You send it back to Arturia, They're sending Nick Batt to you 🤣

[@AudioPilz]

Scandalous!

[@schrickvr6]

@@testohtoby yeah Nick won't take kindly to being called a knob.

[@eyeball226]

It's only a matter of time before a synth manufacturer actually starts labelling the PWM knob the Nick Batt knob.

[@nebula0697]

@@eyeball226 is it me or is PWM one key weakness of the minibrutes compared to how it sounds on Grandmother and Neutron for instance

[@FreeThink1984]

I always kind of liked VSTs and stuff as a kid, but was just getting into analog gear my senior year of college. I bought a JX-8P, which was ok, but did not really scratch that itch I had developed for the analog sound. Then this thing came out; I was blown away by a video from that year's NAMM, and knew I had to have one. I bought one of the first units to be available, and I was hooked to analog gear for life. 8 years later, I have plenty more monos and polys, and a decent sized eurorack system. But! Something about the Minibrute's sound and UI is still able to put a smile on my face. It may not be the best at classic analog sounds, but it definitely has a raw, unique sound that is polarizing in all the right places. Full disclosure, initial QA was not the best. I had to fix the keyboard for a bumper that came out of one of the keys, reconnect ribbon cables that were falling out leading to issues on top, and even had to desolder / solder a replacement filter select switch, which just died and rendered the synth useless. Still worth it!

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, that issue came up quite often in the comments

[@ScottAmpleford]

I picked up one of these, earlier this year. Though I'd had my eye on one since it was released. Slightly surprised to see it here. I've heard people complain about the "harsh" sound and yeah, It's great ata that. But, I've never had an issue getting smooth, mellow, fat, warm tones out of it. I have a demo/review on my channel, if anyone is interested in seeing a different take on it.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for posting!

[@Delfiinit]

Yeah, with some patience and trial & error you can tame it - but it's still always just one knob twist away from being completely crazy and in your face. Excellent for unpredictable live madness. Love it.

[@AdamTheAd-vanc3d]

I think the trouble is many just whack the gain straight up and expect butter smoothness. I'm sure you know you have to be clever with this to get a wider pallete than expected. Love mine a defo keeper .

[@abrasionequation4632]

Those tracks you make for each episode are all good man, enjoyed another video too, thanks.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@night_speed]

I love that pwm will forever be associated with nick batt

[@AudioPilz]

PWM Man!!!

[@kiehtoo]

Man, your demo tunes in these videos are nothing short of epic.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@0smundSaddler]

People who like subtlety or more lush and organic warm sounds will find nothing for them in this. The Minibrute and Microbrute are great because it takes like 3 seconds to get the tone of a Sega Genesis being fucked by a lawnmower, it is full on metal madness.

[@AudioPilz]

That hits the nail on the head

[@busyak]

Exactly right. It was my acid box for many years until behringer’s td-3 got me the real deal

[@SplotchTheCatThing]

It's a great instrument for industrial rock for sure!

[@GreenTextPro]

You just don't know how to use it.

[@lambertlambert7076]

You obviously don't know how to use Mini and Micro -Brutes. I own both and I can make tons of different sounds with all the "subtleties" like "lush and organic warm sounds". Look for microbrute videos on KZbin, you'll see a guy making a good imitation of a Theremin with a Microbrute. There is also a sound recording of a guy playing classical music with sweet sound.

[@MarneusAndMilkyBlood]

I love your videos so much, they are so inspiring! I've had my eye on the minibrute for a little a while as a step up from toying with my iPad and a small midi keyboard!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks, it's a great beginner's synth!

[@someoneoutthere1686]

This was my first real synth, coming into synthesis from a background in electric guitar, it was indeed the best starter synth, plus I loves the aggressive sounds, especially with after touch set on filter mode. This synth really starts moving when the filter is controlled with a step sequencer, and is pushed through a DS-1. If you fancy more girth, control another osc or two with it that are fed back Into the minibrute to fatten up that saw. Then Brute factor until it's unusable

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, step sequencer for the win!

[@VshnsAudio]

exactly what I needed to hear as a fellow electric guitarist about to order the minibrute 2 lol

[@soilentmichi]

unglaublich , welche sounds du da raushaust ausen Geräten....sehr geil, wie immer.

[@AudioPilz]

Vielen Dank!!!

[@jayrvento4116]

Never payed too much attention to the Minibrute, but recently I saw Kelly Lee Owens's presentation on KEXP and she used two of those. Somehow she found the way to not make it sound so agressive. Anyway, nice video as always!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@kevinwarsaw1793]

The microbrute was my first analog synth experience, it really is a tutorial! Helped me wrap my head around the basics. I know it's a scaled back minibrute but, that observation was absolutely on point. Had a lot of fun running it through my guitar rigs delay and reverb sections to make some noise. Sold it a while back, but now that microfreak is making eyes at me...

[@AudioPilz]

True! Microfreak is really tempting!

[@paddyburke4148]

Great review sums the MB up perfectly. I like mine but if I had the money to spend again would likely look elsewhere.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! The Waldorf Rocket is cheap and a cool complement to the MB

[@frenchtrace9862]

This was really great! I actually bought the 2S because it would be my first introduction to using modular synthesis, so can vouch for how easy it is to learn and grow through Arturia synths. Excluding the Matrixbrute/Polybrute, I think it's safe to say that their synths are primarily for people who want to move away from DAWs or try new forms of synthesis outside of VSTs (especially now that the microfreak has a vocoder). Maybe not the best for veterans, but great for folks stuck in quarantine that want to learn a new form of sound design.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@marsensound]

As someone who started with the Microbrute as my first hardware synth (and have now added a Minibrute 2S as well), I never really found it that hard to get smoother, warmer or bassy tones out of the Arturia stuff. Main points imo are not having the oscillators cranked to the max as someone mentioned here already (they will start to drive harder near maximum) and being a bit more sparing with throwing in every waveform on the mixer on every patch. Would you normally use a full volume saw, square AND triangle all layered on top of each other in the same octave on most patches on another synth? Not really. Pick one or two and mix to taste.... add some triangle in and the low end becomes very fat. And stay away from the Metalizer (except when you need it.) And then of course lpf and fx does a lot, any analog mono without any fx is going to sound pretty flavourless in a musical context except maybe for basslines. The Brute Factor can get really grungy past 50% but I find maybe 10-25% on a lot of patches can almost smooth it out and make it more "buttery" - that's how it sounds in my brain anyways. Just my 2 cents. Love this series btw!

[@AudioPilz]

Great input, thanks!

[@andimcc6131]

Yeah the halfway mark on the Minibrute mixer is actually 100% I think? Any further than that and you start overdriving

[@OrganicGreens]

Dude your channel is so good! Your going to blow up 100%

[@AudioPilz]

Your help will make it possible!!! Thanks!

[@TheFragile79]

Personally, I do industrial and this synth is the best thing ever happened in my (music) life.

[@AudioPilz]

Probably the ideal synth for that!

[@jenstrudenau9134]

Would you care to explain? I own a MiniBrute and I would like to make some industrial with it.

[@robbiewabisabi]

I purchased an SE for a good price after the initial hype wore down...you can't deny Florian, that this was truly a "Game Changer" synth...a low priced analogue mono synth with modern parts and design, and one knob per function. The Moog stuff at the time was way more expensive, and the Dave Smith stuff, while better sounding and more expensive, required menu diving and/or an editor librarian to get decent patches out of. I still have my Minibrute and need to use it more...Thanks for posting, and I'll see you next time!

[@AudioPilz]

I can't and won't deny that ;)

[@LucIndustries]

My favorite thing about the episodes is usually finding out how many modifiers you can stick between the country of origin and "jam" with it still sounding like a description i read somewhere. Waiting for the day when the description takes longer than the jam itself.

[@AudioPilz]

Challenge accepted!😂

[@madad6304]

dude i was going to sleep, hear your verdict techno track , now i feel like raving the whole night :DD

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Raving is quite difficult ATM🥺

[@marcomaureira]

When I was looking for my first synth I had to choose between the uno synth and this, and I'm glad I went with the uno synth, if you ever do rad gear I think the uno synth has some serious power lol great video

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! UNO is also an interesting candidate for Bad Gear ;)

[@marcomaureira]

@@AudioPilz yeah, while I really like it I do find it lackluster in some departments(mainly midi documentation and that if you don't have a midi controller with enough knobs and faders it's sub menu town for you and the vst for controlling on pc is also bad gear Candidate lol)

[@apislapis]

I always assume that the terminology "bad gear" is what the synth illiterati call it. I love how with every episode Florian, you demolish the notion and properly demonstrate that in the right hands (in each case yours), these pieces of synth hardware are anything other than bad. Every synth has its weak points (arguably the Moog One is its price) it has its compromises because it is aimed at a niche in the market. If calling gear bad means more AudioPilz then bring it on! Glorious Florian...Florious!

[@AudioPilz]

That might be true. Thanks!

[@danarves7452]

Bad gear suggestion: Alesis Micron. My most loved/neglected virtual analogue :) Also anything in the Casio cz series, beautiful tho perplexing synths.

[@AudioPilz]

Great idea but hard to get around here. Working on it!

[@alextwyst]

The micron is also avalaible as the MiniAk (same synth) which might be a bit easier to find

[@alextwyst]

Well maybe it's only 80% the same synth :)

[@ifincstudios]

@@alextwyst can u explain. I'm been trying to find the difference

[@kimble02]

@@alextwyst oh the Micron would be awesome for an episode! The sound engine is from the Ion and cRaZy deep. Florian would make it sing! The issue is lack of front panel controls but with a vst editor that thing is an insane synth that people scoff at having no clue what lurks beneath! Soooo deep!

[@jakegambino]

looks like your skills on the keyboard have been improving! some bops in this one

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Baby steps;)

[@jessepace8868]

why was this even on Bad Gear, this thing rips!

[@AudioPilz]

Obviously it rips too hard for some;)

[@gelatinous6915]

It's raw sound is ass

[@jessepace8868]

@@gelatinous6915 yeah if you dont know how to dial it in.

[@TheGeischt]

I like the way you do it, bro! Super nice jams by the way!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!

[@immortaldudebro]

"The MFB Dominion 1 DESTROYS this thing!" Ah yes. My favorite Synth Guy line, the classic "this entry-level synth is nothing compared to this one I own that averages at twice the cost!

[@AudioPilz]

Always a pleasure to find one like this ;)

[@Noxudus]

"Zero Years Tech/IDM Balls to the wall Dance floor sweeper" ... ich geh kaputt !! - Deine Beschreibungen sind nicht zu überbieten !! Bitte nicht aufhören damit =)

[@AudioPilz]

Keine Angst! ;)

[@swemto]

When do we get the bad gear album?

[@AudioPilz]

Rome wasn't built in a day ;)

[@flimbosquest]

I've become a big fan of your Bad Gear video series! Very energic and entertaining, no boring moments. And most of the "Bad Gear" don't appear to be so bad when you put your hands on it :-). What about the Roland SH-201? It's one of those synths that people seem to hate or love.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! SH-201 is on top of my list but I have to find one for a reasonable price...

[@grief1]

My absolute favourite thing about the Mini Brute was when I sold it. I tried to warn the bloke but he still bought it lol

[@AudioPilz]

It's...brutish ;)

[@SNO-]

You know when you sell an Arturia... speakers weep... they love the exercise. ;)

[@vinniebarbarino5725]

I love your shows you are the best. If we met at the Pub lets say we would talk for hours about Bad and Good gear over a beer. Keep the awesome episodes coming buddy.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much! See you in a pub in the near future

[@ruezulich8]

I would love to see you do an episode on the Korg Monotribe, combine it up with the Akai Timbre wolf!

[@AudioPilz]

I'd love to do that but it seems like EVERYBODY's likes it

[@audreyazwell]

4:20 yep, that's why I was shocked to see a video on this one lol excellent synthesizer imo, great jam as usual sir! 5:17 my gawd the filth of it all 🤣🙌 6:30 (sigh) you got my number, metal head here (raises hand) lol love the dirty rough sounding synths, that hit way too close to home 😂

[@AudioPilz]

Always a pleasure;) Thanks for watching!

[@Bloodstone_DC]

That track at the end was lit af.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@Bloodstone_DC]

@@rationalthinker1 You should totally go on a rant about that. Just make sure to record it in your truck wearing sunglasses and make these exclamation marks stand out.

[@jthorpe4droid]

Excellent video, I like the brute sounds, back then I was Novation fan and had the ultranova and bassstation2, but now I have Minibrute 2s and a Microfreak and can see they are different beasts. And doing a microfreak video could be cool, love that synth too.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@soepil]

I literally woke up this morning, thinking: "Friday. Bad Gear". Well, I don't have a lot going on in my life right now. :)

[@AudioPilz]

Wouldn't say that... Thanks!

[@MrXamanX]

I need this jams in my audio collection c'moooon 🤯🤯🤯 Great job as always...i own microbrute and love it.growls from brute effect makes my spine chill

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Working on it!

[@hisham_hm]

at 6:32 he started talking directly to me in a way no KZbin video has ever done

[@AudioPilz]

We are part of a large group of people ;)

[@RobertKildoo]

It always hurts to see one of your favorite synths end up on this series. But you do such a great job with these, I laugh through the tears. In that vein you might as well hit me again with the Roland system 1. I love that thing! I own the rack and the keyboard version. But so much hate for it. The green color alone triggered people.

[@AudioPilz]

It's a bittersweet comedy/tragedy ;) System 1 is on top of my (long) list

[@Yezu666]

Damn son... You were not joking about the flashing images...

[@AudioPilz]

A man of his word

[@RANDOMLOOPGENERATOR]

Top man. Love the Beatstep Pro, got bored quickly with the Microbrute. Just got a Bass Station 2, now THAT'S a great mono synth! Keep up the great work bro.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Funny, so many people going from the MB to the BS2

[@RANDOMLOOPGENERATOR]

@@AudioPilz yeah, I'd spent a week trawling ads, went from a Mono Circuit to a Waldorf Blofeld to eventually deciding on the BS2. I'd originally told myself I'd be getting the Behringer MS1 next, really pleased I changed my mind, BS2 is an absolute pleasure to work with.

[@LouisSerieusement]

With a friend we worked for 1 full year with the Minibrute, the only thing we ever used from this synth was his noise generator, which sounds great ; however despite me trying very hard to use the full capabilities of this synth, we ended up selling it because its a shame to keep a synth only for the noise generator; hoppefully it found a more concerned user! Also, some Arturia product can sound good, but I really need midi CC and I find it's a shame to not have midi CC capabilities ; they said it's because they choose to do it fully analog...but does it makes a difference ? If any one have an answer about this feel free to share!

[@Bishka100]

I know it is not the samething but, a MIDI controled FX unit (Like a Quadraverb ) can go a long way to mitigating the lack of CC's

[@LouisSerieusement]

@@Bishka100 Ah yes but that's because old Alesis fx units are awesome :p big fan od those ^^ But yeah I was talking about "real analog" filter and osc vs Analog that is digitally controlled ; some say it makes a difference, for example it can introduces steps in a filter sweep, but I never witnessed it

[@AudioPilz]

The noise is indeed great!

[@Bishka100]

@@LouisSerieusement It depends on the bit depth that has been used. The MIDI spec allows for two CC for the filter and two for the Pitchbend . In each case one CC is for the first seven bits the other CC for the last seven bits.. But alot of manufacturers do not use the full 14bits

[@LouisSerieusement]

@@Bishka100 are you talking LSB and MSB or something ? Thanks for the input :)

[@MarkBayfieldvillageidiot]

It's pretty good! Nice video dude, loved it

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@Fluxwithit]

Rad gear for sure . This synth was a game changer for the industry

[@AudioPilz]

True, it turned a lot of things upside down

[@mrz80]

As a guitarist getting (back?) into synthesizers, your closing commentary has given me much about which to think. :D

[@AudioPilz]

I have a guitar music background as well so I feel you!

[@TheSnowLeopard]

Where can I purchase a Minibrute with robot arms?

[@AudioPilz]

Limited Edition!

[@KeurslagerKurt]

'rock guitarist converted to synth geek' here, all thanks to this sweet baby seven years ago. The manual is also well written and even fun to read, that always blew my mind.

[@AudioPilz]

I have to admit that I skipped that one ;)

[@qjames0077]

That little synth can get DIRTY

[@AudioPilz]

Dirty AF!!!

[@istabraqkindahussain624]

Great Episode dude! you should make an episode on the Alesis air Synth or Alesis air FX, could be fun!!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! It's on top of my list!

[@istabraqkindahussain624]

@@AudioPilz Sheeeesh, nice looking forward to it 🙌

[@untrust2033]

4:01 I'm sure I recognise that riff.. sounds like danse macabre macrowave mix

[@AudioPilz]

I frankly didn't know that. Nice track

[@untrust2033]

@@AudioPilz as to you! Makes me want to buy one :D

[@thasloyramos9278]

This video sold me on this synth. I'm a bassist that loves to mess with FX pedals and I had a Microkorg XL+ that I sold a couple years ago because I coudn't get along with it (and I regret selling it til this day because I cry every night thinking about having no synth at all to tweek some crazy sounds), maybe back then I was a little bit more naive and I guess that having a "noobie synth" will be a perfect fit, and tweaking my FX into the Minibrute will certainly allow me more crazy and cooler sounds!

[@AudioPilz]

Happy to hear that! Bassist here, too. Bass FX really make it shine.

[@Scyber_Official]

1:35 That Sonic State Easter Egg 🧐🤓

[@AudioPilz]

Nick, my man!

[@SNO-]

hmmm.... you have good comedic timing and your script is well balanced... Nice vid. Love that Banjo picture... lol... wasn't that Grandpa from Hee Haw lol? I'm a huge Arturia fans so seeing my fav goto synth was a treat. thanks... I subscribed.. Your video is going on my Best of YT Music and Sound playlist lol...

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much! Happy to hear that! Yes, Hee Haw!

[@SNO-]

@@AudioPilz YES! I thought that was him. Wow that was way way back ...lol very nice. And the opening.... I had to pause it... yeah it was that good of editing... loved the Arturia in the jail cell... lol.. unleash the monster OH yeah! Its the only synth I had for my first song.. but wow can that synth still wail. Add the 2S and wow... I still haven't tried everything.

[@kquat7899]

You're a talented fellow.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@SELEKTROw]

loved this one, always did fancy a munibrute, and the visuals for the 00's balls techno tune was ace

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much

[@trevorbrown8737]

Great video as usual cheers👍👍(BGMTSGA❤️)

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@mikaelangelosgarage]

Dude, another melodic banger at 4:00. Love it!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@mikaelangelosgarage]

@@AudioPilz No but really! the polyphony in the two lead sounds is eargasmic!

[@ArmlessAndOveractive]

Friday, booze and some more bad gear. Great way to start the weekend.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank god it's Friday

[@BlackTomorrowMusic]

I was actually planning to buy one of these when I heard that the Minibrute 2 had been released. Needless to say, I got the MB2 and love it. As for the lack of warmth? I've already got a Moog MG-1 for that. I wanted something different. The multimode filter alone was a selling point.

[@AudioPilz]

It's a nice complement to a Moog!

[@kookyrobot]

Each of my Minibrutes sends you a Like.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks to them! How many have you got?

[@devinbelangermusic]

Had one and sold it! I used it pretty much only to make really aggressive distorted feedback sounds which it does well. ;)

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah! Ideal for that!

[@Pheonix0114]

I'm on board for a Rad Gear spin off

[@AudioPilz]

Rad Gear Gang!

[@christopherbrown6583]

Flipping awesome video man. Absolutely loved the zero years german sound and video. ✊✊✊✊

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@illford]

I just like the Metalizer. A bit disappointing in some areas.

[@AudioPilz]

The Metalizer is really nice!

[@footballman4]

I hope you can get your hands on the Alesis Quadrasynth!!! There is one for sale in my area for $300 CAD and I've been eyeing it for months. I can't find any video reviews, but from what I read online it seems destined to be on your show!!!! A lot of people hate it, but the fact that Gary Numan loves it has to mean something!!!

[@AudioPilz]

Great input, thank you so much!