Friday Fun: Arturia MiniBrute 2 and Ventris Dual Reverb

And we're back with an ambient session featuring the recently reviewed Arturia MiniBrute 2 and the Source Audio Ventris Dual Reverb pedal.
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[@umonox]

omg this Ventris Reverb sounds bloody amazing !!! i now know which new Pedal i immediately need !! thanks for this Nick !! That was awesome!

[@sevenserpentssynthsociety658]

Amazing, this friday fun should have been at least 3 hours longer, great sounds.

[@Arze555]

I know this is an ancient comment.... but what synth is in your profile pic? It looks a bit like my multivox mx 450.

[@loopop]

Beautiful!

[@MarshalArnold]

Yay fun Friday is back!! That little Reverb pedal kicks ass!

[@TheActualJae]

This was about 10x more entertaining than expected. Fun little jam, but super informative too! Thanks!

[@Johnsys359]

YES! Thank you for bringing back this series.

[@Sinesquares]

The MiniBrute shines in your hands Nick.. Good job

[@robertsyrett1992]

He definitely has shiney hands!

[@Sinesquares]

Robert Syrett Hahaha not what I had in mind

[@dep1001]

Absolutely awesome! I love the way you use the Ventris, with the drone running on one of the two engines! Sounds so good!

[@CommunityGuidelines]

Nice one! Happy to see Fun Fridays are back.

[@AmbientMusicStudio]

Some really nice sounds. I've ordered my MiniBrute 2S. Now I'm just pacing back and forth in my studio waiting for it to arrive.

[@zerix01]

Hello from the US. I love waking up on Friday to make coffee and listening to these jams.

[@roysummers1026]

Thanks Nik...I learn so much just watching this channel

[@sourceaudioeffects]

Wow! Nick, this video is fantastic. Thanks for checking out the Ventris.

[@rodrigolaporte274]

Very very very cool. And inspiring! great work Nick

[@colmmadden8526]

Fantastic, thanks x, especially the ending. We want more.

[@dennismossinkoff7993]

Love the Friday fun thing you are my reference for a lot!!!

[@meneerjansen00]

These _Friday Fun_ vids are always brilliant and inspiring. Thanks. :-)

[@boogiewoogiemusic]

So good to see a demo that shows the softer side of the MiniBrute 2

[@0Fdigital]

Wow! Lovely sounds Nick!

[@CrfMusic-hc5nz]

last section with bass is amazing damn!

[@Momiyama808]

Thanks Nick! That was really cool.

[@Trackcheck]

Really a good fun thing. Thanks for it Nick!

[@Fatdogrecords]

Best Friday show 🔥

[@damienschneider]

I knew this pedal was gonna be great when it was announced! And yes yes yes this demo proves it! Thank you for the video!! :)

[@cheetahlion79]

Great! I've got the Source Audio Nemesis delay and am looking forward to getting a Ventris. That new MiniBrute sounds awesome too.

[@coldwar1977]

Sounds fantastic. Very inspiring.

[@Allomerus]

Awesome sounds! Great combination of pedal and synth. :-)

[@andreabelluzzi4104]

Amazing, thanks Nick!

[@valdiskrebs566]

Very nice ... really liked that arp on top of the drone.

[@Debugnus]

Wow!!! Thanks for showing that off!! Impressive

[@Jar-N2]

5:39 is where the real fun begins. I love this channel!

[@hairychris444]

The pedal is insane.

[@sunilsolanki]

That was absolutely beautiful. Lovely tones... Perhaps even dulcet! Reverb gives my Eventide Space a run for its money.

[@MrColon69]

Nick, fantastic as usual. Now, please would you release an album!?

[@beeside8624]

Epic! I already wanted the MiniBrute2, now I want this pedal!

[@bembeleee]

So you going to get the pedal not the brute? Lol

[@deanlopez1978]

Brilliant love Friday night jams.. Do it every night nick

[@WildernessMusic_GentleSerene]

...you are a genius with a mono synth....!!!! wow!

[@bobbygee1771]

this series is excellent

[@Somewhere_sometime_somehow]

Beautiful, mouth watering reverb

[@joacimwennerberg8310]

Thanks Nick! That was beautiful. :-)

[@TJ-hs1qm]

whoa that bass is killing it

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

SO good Nick

[@xprophet9]

Thank you for the inspiration.

[@neanderthalboneflute6519]

This fella could make a kazoo sound good.

[@nicolashunter4131]

the key is the pedal,not the guy nor the synth

[@joninio6542]

I know I'm 2 years late - but I just ordered my MB2S. This is gorgeous. No wonder the pedal costs more than the synth. Nice one Nick, as ever.

[@oliverschmidt8771]

nice Session ..thx ..more please

[@ViceVersaMusik1]

That MiniBrute 2 sounds So damn good!! Super Warm!

[@mCKENIC]

I can think of a synth you haven't made sound great or a piece of gear you have used that hasn't made me investigate if further after your videos! Great stuff Nick - keep it up!

[@capecodcanal]

Super sick reverb!

[@martinneal5240]

I think this is the best Nick magic I have yet seen. The Mini 2 sounds beautiful even soulful in your hands. Certainly Arturia have done it again...the incredible Matrix Brute and then this...These are Masterpieces that w I'll stand the test of time I think. I am going to start selling stuff to get the Sequencer version.. I liked the pedal too.

[@LarsBjerregaard]

I guess you haven't seen this then: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6e2Y5elg7GjZ68m2s I'm sure it was responsible for selling another thousand M-32's :-)

[@darlakein]

Superb ! Contrats man you’re so much more than just a reviewer..make live and concerts !! Ill buy tickets ! 😁

[@mej6519]

Need to rewatch this at home, cannae do it justice on my crappy tablet speakers.

[@CaalamusTube]

Whoa! :P ...first time I've ever seen that actually typed! Calm down lad! I'm not sure the interwebs are prepared for such unabashed Scottishness! :P

[@Rhuggins]

lovely. i feel like this sounds better than my matrixbrute.

[@rickk4990]

This is a fantastic amsr

[@josephmills3864]

Cool little digital reverb pedal.

[@claytonlevibrown]

looks like you got some good psytrance going on there. noise later gets quite messy, but I can see how that first long note would be perfect to layer over the preceding idea.

[@danielkats9045]

Cool reverb pedal

[@MarctheDarc]

Excellent!

[@tomesmusic]

that... was excellent

[@mrotaveria]

amazing, great sci fi vibe

[@blackfen1x]

Gorgeous

[@MichaelBlueMusic]

Well, Nick, I hope Source Audio let you keep it, I know you sold me on one, I’m sure I’m not alone. Mine just arrived yesterday. 👍

[@ProckGnosis]

Think I said it before, but my Minibrute 1 probably needs to find a new home to make space for the 2. REALLY like the sound on this thing.

[@ozricbish]

tasting very nicely of tangerine dream.... superb...

[@sprungingforvoltage]

no apologies needed on that heavy 'verb!

[@gossamyr]

more fun fridays please, you should do the something old something new twist at least once a month

[@WingHouseCup]

Awesome!

[@Diddyvids]

Top Session! These sessions make me think / reflect more than anything else on what I'm doing or more importantly, not... I am interested to watch how Nick navigates the controls, anticipating and modifying with a clear expectation of the results, a reminder that a deep understanding of the common building blocks of synthesis - and the power within - takes you a much longer way than just investing in another piece of hardware in order to drive the creative process. There were easily half a dozen quickly sketched ideas that were begging for more development, but again not needing the keyboard skills of a virtuoso and a rack full of gear. It's that accessibility that I think makes these so powerful. Cheers Nick!

[@electroundergroundrecords9858]

Poetry my friend. Also if I made add....that also has an understanding of music theory and chord progressions

[@megatrix500]

I was skeptical at first. You are a magician.

[@nym053]

Interesting pedal

[@felipesigne901]

Very nice! Thanks.. I heard that the minibrute oscillators mixers overdrive halfway up the faders, so i'm always a little surprised to see demos pushing them to the max..

[@Fluxwithit]

Felipe Signé the mini2 does not do this, instead it allows you to overdrive in otherwaya

[@JammyGit]

Being a total newbie with synths, and looking at buying my first synth for primarily ambient & trippy music along the lines of The Orb, I think this might be the one I should buy.......Not only that, I've had Arturia's Analogue Lab for a while and quite like some of the sounds from their Pigments software, so if Arturia chuck me a few downloads as a sweetener it might just convince me to buy this synth 😎👍

[@impurfekt]

YES.

[@DamienWise]

Listen to this with good headphones that can reproduce deep tones cleanly. It really is something good. :) Thankyou!

[@jesuschristiscallingyou953]

Truly! I'm wearing Beyerdynamic T90 headphones on a DacMagic XS v2 and even with the bad sound quality of 360p resolution, it sounds like the stuff is happening in my room! God bless! =)

[@happylittlesynth]

That was rad

[@garyabbot4659]

pretty cool reverb. ehx does a freeze pedal. i have the cathedral reverb and its useful

[@LarsBjerregaard]

Lovely

[@muleFUEL1]

Can we get a jam of this? I could listen for hours!!!!!

[@techpsy]

5:45 Pure Love, nothing else to say.

[@markusoz1660]

Very nice for Progressive House or Psy Ambient, thanks you!!!

[@setphaser]

nice idea. i do something similar with elcapistan as a wonky looper

[@mattanderson1096]

Top notch.

[@TheActualJae]

I wish you’d done the soundtrack for Bladerunnner 2049, this really just evokes the original for me.... grreat stuff!

[@matthewspring2496]

Very minimalist

[@Deeplycloseted435]

So many GREAT reverb pedals now. And so many that accept line level. Just checked the specs on this and the input can handle +6.54 dBV = 8.76 dBu, plenty of headroom. This, the Empress Reverb, the Boss RV-500.....Eventide and Strymon finally have some competition.

[@fray3dendsofsanity]

Check out Meris Mercury 7. Even better than most of those. Definitely beats the Big Sky in terms of sound

[@Gusrikh1]

Lovely...

[@dsl_project]

Awesome

[@garrywing1]

Totally bad azz!

[@Sicolirics]

I think I could spend the whole night playing that binomial, amazing, for a moment I thought I was in a ship a board the millennium falcon at 7:20 the magic begins Oohhhh!!!

[@drawntothefire]

Cool stuff. Is the Minibrute going straight into the pedal, or are you attenuating the signal somehow to bring it down from line level to instrument level?

[@LentusFlentus]

Amazing :)

[@monomakes]

Gotta get that plugin plug in there ;)

[@Maig]

Great stuff. The title should mention it's the MiniBrute 2, not the MiniBrute.

[@vainsacrosanct2014]

Hi Nick, Great jam you did there. Are the inputs on the Ventris stereo or mono?

[@Ambient.Music.Studio]

Great demo and love the ambient drones and tones! I have the same setup, Ventris and Minibrute 2. Question: I'm trying to replicate what you did on this video. To create the pad or bed to play on-top, did you have to make some settings using the Neuro Desktop application?

[@normalwhitedude]

Sounds a lot like Alesso from Payday 2 game. Really cool, I want it!

[@rabbitnoize]

Can I send midi with the knobs to control vsts?

[@KoolteethDeBlog]

Nice

[@robertsyrett1992]

What happened to your eurorack stuff? Edit: 5:00 onward is my favorite bit!

[@doublelunch24]

I know this is a monophonic synthesizer, but that definitely sounds like more than one note at 1:14. Could someone explain how this is done? Great video, by the way!