From Bakis Sirros Sent Mon, Oct 15th 2018, 11:16
From Bakis Sirros Sent Mon, Oct 15th 2018, 11:16
i really like the Matrixbrute for various reasons: 1. sounds great and aggresive, if you want! 2. sound desing-wise is tops! 3. the matrix is fantastic! it is like having 256 multiple modules and 256 cv mixers with attenuverters! 4. the 12 cv inputs let you use your modulars to make insanely complex sounds. the 12 cv outputs give you 12 modulation matrix sources (going to the 12 modulation matrix destinations) as CV outputs, to control many other things in your modulars or other analog synths! (although, for the CV outputs, the cv range is a bit wierd.... sometimes it is 0-10 volts, other times it is -5 to +5volts, or....? i cannot remember, sorry, i measured these many months ago.... but of course with the right attenuation everything can be adjusted to the range you want i guess...) 5. its effects are real analog BBD-based effects and sound warm and nice. 6. the sound shaping capabilities are outstanding and enough to keep you busy for more than one full lifetime. things that i would like the matrixbrute to have: 1. in the modulation matrix, to have the VCO waveforms as modulation sources (like the VCS3 has). 2. a ring modulator. that's it. IMHO, it is a future classic and it is really worth its price! best regards, Bakis. Στις 15/10/2018 11:54 πμ, ο Florian Anwander έγραψε: > Hi Antti > > everything that Scott wrote can be confirmed from my side (I don't own > a Matrixbrute, but I watch and try it since the first prototype I > could play). > > The build quality of all the Arturia hardware is extremely good - and > in the rare cases that they have problems Arturia react very quick and > accommodating (example: when the Minibrute keyboard lost its weights). > > About the Matrixbrute: I don't like how they achieved the modulation > matrix . It is quite unintuitive. You don't want to search the > connection point of source and target and press then this button, but > I want to press a targetbutton VCO2-PWM and a sourcebutton ENV2. > > Also I don't like that there are some parameters accessible via the > matrix (and its amount value) and as dedicated knob. It can happen in > manual mode quite often, that the dedicated knob shows a position, > which does not reflect the true value, because the value set in the > matrix acts different. > > Last but not least: the Matrixbrute is a synth which requires > self-restraint. Having too many possibilities and to wide parameter > ranges, can make the sounddesigner design always loud, harsh and > blaring sounds. (It reminds me a little the orchstra musicians joke > about the horn players. The conductor says "To the gentlemen in the > horn section: please more dynamics" - one horn player comments to the > other: "More dynamics? I can't play louder".) > > Florian > --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com