Thanks for this video. I just bought a MatrixBrute. It is one of the most well thought out synths I have ever used. The aluminium pitch and mod wheels, the real wood side panels, etc. all make it look like gorgeous. Initially, it seems odd to have a hardware synth from a company that started out making software synths, but perhaps its because of that reason that the design is so well thought out.

Agreed, the Matrixbrute is totally awesome. Love the dual filters! Just picked one up like a week ago and have been immersed in synth goodness!

This synth has got to be the ballsiest design imagined in recent memory. The grid/pad sequencer stuff is a blast fo mess with. Glad we are seeing it more and more, even on things like Circuit and the new Dreadbox. In a time where it seems like a race to make the first pocket analog synth, a big behemoth mono is alright with me.

Thank you Mr Doty. I've been watching your videos for years and am always completely absorbed. I will be taking delivery of a Matrixbrute with the next 10 days. Thank you once again for your expertise and enthusiasm.

its really sweet they had you develop presets for this. your knowledge of synthesis is inspiring. loved the demo you posted yesterday with it, i dont perticularly like the sound of these modern synths but i liked how that demo sounded and was very much looking forward to seeing what you used.

THIS is by far the best video I' ve seen about the Matrixbrute. It' s incredible how you were able to create all these different sound ideas and make them come alive with the Matrixbrute. The sonic capabilities seem to be endless! You' re the first one that makes this synth sound warm and "paddish"! Exactly those sounds I wasn' t shure if they were possible with this synth, especially cause it it' s not a real poly synth. Nothing but respect for you, Sir! Thank you 🙏

@automaticgainsay

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Excellent Mark! I bought one because of you! Also got the Korg Kronos! What a pair! I really learned a lot when you did the tutorials on the MS- 20.

THANK YOU, Marc. I have had mine for nearly a year and still haven't explored everything yet!

@automaticgainsay

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Pretty much the same with me!

Thanks for sharing your art Marc ! Amazing to have been able to set up all thoses familiar sounds on the mb. Your explanations make it clear ! Nice job. Your Keyboard Sync reminds me of Plantasia Mort Garson's sound. Can't wait to play this one !

Thanks Marc. These will not only be useful in themselves, but great jumping off points too.

after watching it all , I 'm loving your deep knowledge of sound design.

You rock Marc! Excellent and informational as always.

Here 4 years late to say I still greatly appreciate this video as well as your others. I've barely found any sort of demos/literature on the Matrixbrute so these are very helpful.

Top job Marc. Beautifully explained too.

The poly note rotation is one of the things that make the Korg monopoly sounding interesting. Good job!

I really love these videos! Thanks for explaining everything about the patches, it helps a lot as a beginner in sound design! I hope you can do some of these for the polybrute!

Nice work and clear explanations, Marc. I especially like the Minimoog and Pretty Poly presets. Thanks.

Nice job and love how you explain things.

Great sounds and walkthrough!

Love this synth and this video. Good stuff Marc!

Forever will I be tempted by the MatrixBrute. As soon as I played one for the first time is just felt like a synthesizer of the future, just trying to bend my mind around what its possible of doing.

Many thanks Marc, I can't wait to try these out!

Looking at the thumbnail for a moment I thought @WoodyPianoShack was making a guest appearance! Very cool and inspiring patches Marc, and thanks for the video!

@geecen

6 жыл бұрын

Haha me too!

Aesthetically, the Matrixbrute looks great under the Minimoog. Always enjoy your output Marc.

@AdamTheAd-vanc3d

6 жыл бұрын

apislapis Yes like a distant relative .

This thing is Tomita in a box. Thanks for exploring some interesting options with this. After screwing around with the Nyx more lately (and the dual filters), I'm starting to appreciate a bit more where this (the Matrixbrute) is coming from as well. Fully independent control of the 2 filters seems cool as hell...

@peterkadarmusic9728

6 жыл бұрын

ProckGnosis I'd also say it's like the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in a box too.

@Renslink

6 жыл бұрын

ProckGnosis I think if tomita got his hands on this music would end

@astrophonix

5 жыл бұрын

Tomita can't get his hands on this 'cos he's in a box. :(

Shit! I never thought to assign the oscillator levels to each envelope! Thanks for the tip, Marc; I just made a string section so hauntingly beautiful, it'd bring a fuckin' tear to your eye!

I have a MatrixBrute, I bought one last week and I tell you what, for those who knock it, you want to have a try of one then you'll think differently, its an incredible machine and very well engineered. I love the way you switch it on and it takes unto 30 minutes before its tuned properly, depending on room temp, this quirkiness adds to the what thought has gone into this, its an amazing piece of kit, and it is capable of some really mind blowing sounds, thin, cheap, whacy, soft, fat, thick, evil, deep and the list goes on. Is it worth the price, well considering a Model D cost 3 times as much then I would say yes its totally amazing and built like a tank.

Amazing ... you have a Pianet T !!! Nice to have met you at NAMM, and congrats again on the new gig.

I have a studio full of some of the greatest mono and poly synths ever made, and I agree that the MB is one of the best analog "mono" synths of all time.

Marc, your the divil in disguise ! because of you I had to order one. I'm already watching your vids and they are awesome

Ha! Was reading on Toto/Steve Porcaro synths on a vintage Synthesizer forum and that’s how I found out about this channel! Immediate subscribe! Thank you for very informative videos.

@automaticgainsay

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it! Thanks for watching!

Really cool sounds , i like those . Arturia maxi brute Is badass .

3:37 Yeah this really sounds a lot like Isao Tomita's voice patches that he often uses in his recordings :) Awesome to see that this is possible with the Matrix Brute as well.

Thank you Marc! It's the best synth I ever had, you made me discover even more of its possibilities I never thought of ... Just imagine it with multiple voices (not paraphonic but real poly)... Please Arturia could you make a kind of expander for more voices if it's doable ? That would be the ultimate synth :)

@EverettDudgeon138

3 жыл бұрын

You got your wish.

@ForecastGrim

Жыл бұрын

With audio in you have had that ability. Right now I have a Matrixfreakbrute.

Thanks Marc :) Agree..i love it every day

26:45 totally reminds me of the track Southside spinners lovestuck. Thanks for the memory jog.

I truly want one...Maybe next year

Outstanding . You could easily lose days just tweaking the MatrixBrute. The possibilities seem endless. (Well maybe bit of an exaggeration), but in sure you know what i mean. Great sounds wikid video Marc 👊

I so wish they did a poly expander rack module for it. (with display, patch selector, perhaps a couple of knobs... but the idea should be that it should be programmed on the Keyboard version, or perhaps via VST, for those looking for a compact studio version for DAW integration).

I promised I'd never watch any of your Matrixbrute videos but.....You had me at "hyperbolic"

@automaticgainsay

6 жыл бұрын

Who the hell did you make THAT promise to??? P.S. Logo looks FANTASTIC!

@EarmonkeyMusic

6 жыл бұрын

AutomaticGainsay haha promised myself because I don't want to buy one and I always want the stuff you demo! Thanks on the logo

@automaticgainsay

6 жыл бұрын

You neeeeeeed oneeeee

@EarmonkeyMusic

6 жыл бұрын

You are probably right, damn you

I use mine more like a polysynth just because of the behavior of the paraphonic mode! It's like a trio of monosynths playing in harmony. How can you go wrong with that!?

Your first vocal sound was very convincing as a Peanuts parent. :) Also, very similar to some sounds Tomita used in his pieces.

@automaticgainsay

6 жыл бұрын

Ha ha, thanks, Pete. Yeah, awesome on vowels... but articulation could use some work. :D

Hi Marc! Can you please advice if there are any tutorials on how to make drums and percussions using Matrixbrute?

Love this synth! It is really versatile. The only thing that slightly disappointed me was that there seems no way to do ring modulation on it. By the way, what is that thing it's resting on? It kind of looks like a shelf unit with slide-out racks. Is that the idea? I've never seen one, and it might be something I need to get.

How do you make your own patches and sound, that is not the blank sound of a empty patch. I have one and want to use my own sounds I create. I can't figure it out, could you please help?

Would you still recommend it above models like Prophet Rev 2 or Moog Sub 37 ?

Hi Marc, sorry but this is a bit off topic but I would be really interested to know which keyboard stands you use for stacking the Matrixbrute with other synths/keyboards (e.g. I have a Korg Kronos, Minimoog Voyager, Hammond SK1, etc.). I have tried a number of stacking stands but not found one that works well and doesn't mask/inhibit operating the controls of the keyboard underneath the top keyboard. It looks like you have some sort of tubular stacking stand in the video - where can I find one?

9:43 this is nearly genius for someone like me. I didn’t think of that. I also haven’t owned it long. Lol but man. That’s cool.

Marc, I went to PCA in Burbank to demo this against some pretty amazing stuff and couldn't agree more, it's the next synth on my list as soon as I have an extra 1.5 to 2G to burn. One that I think you REALLY need to get your hands on is the Vermona Perfourmer MKII. It's knobby, non-programmable but good god man, it's a compact Oberheim 4-Voice for $1,500 and it sounds UNBELIEVABLE. I'm up at the Saucepot in SLO btw. I know a few people who know you. This Vermona is my "Life and Limb" synth. The Matrix is a very close second. Test it and tell me I'm wrong.

@Alaska1925

6 жыл бұрын

+1 for the Perfourmer. Already suggested it to Marc some time ago, and he seemed to be into it. Just not one of his priorities I guess. I too would like to see (and hear) his take on it =)

@automaticgainsay

6 жыл бұрын

As Alaska states, it's been suggested to me before! And I am very, very deeply interested. I am just constantly immersed in the new stuff coming out that companies will send me. But the Perfourmer sounds like something I would very much love, and I WILL look into it, I promise!

@wizardmix

6 жыл бұрын

Marc, you won't be disappointed. I just toted the Perfourmer across the country along with a few other synths (all made it thankfully) to continue a writing project with a dear friend and former member of a fairly well known synth heavy group with a really wordy name. The Perfourmer is sitting right next to a Yamaha CS-50 and Cat Octave out-working and definitely out stabilizing both of them. It does everything so well from being played with keys to being sequenced. You can get it to sound old and drunk and in less than 4 seconds, it can be clean and precise. From mono to poly, stacked VCOs in unison or just a few as needed. Textures galore. Pan each VCO wherever you want it in the stereo spectrum. Hook it up to a stereo delay, get a snappy attack/decay dialed in and let it rain! You can waterfall the glides, and the ADSRs. Each LFO can do it's own thing or sync AND you can get FM out of it. I can even program a very close THX theme to one key strike by using the ADSR to modulate the VCOs. Polyphonic sequences for days having just as much fun as playing keys dialing in precise details. MIDI or CV. You can even use it as a 4 channel filter bank! I only find a few faults with it but those faults pale in comparison to the strengths and just how amazing it sounds. I truly think it's the greatest modern synth no one seems to know about. This thing needs more exposure. I really want Vermona to stay in business. This is a selfish plea!

@Alaska1925

6 жыл бұрын

Argh, will you stop? You made me drool all over my keyboard.. I've actually been lusting for that synth for almost a year, now. I still gotta buy my first synth, I've spent the last year and a half reading/studying the theory, reading and watching reviews, opinions, forums, the book from Mark Vail (which I discovered thanks to Marc, hehe). I'm pretty sure I like synthesizers, and I'm ready to make the jump and get my hands on one. And as I said, the Perfourmer MkII has been sitting there, on top of a golden pillar in my mind, for many months now. But I'm still "young", living with my parents and looking for a proper job. Their advice was to first try something cheaper, just to make sure I also like playing synths, not just listening to them. And then maybe sell the thing and get a Perfourmer. So I believe I'll be getting a Minibrute, hehe. It's got all the basics, sounds fun, is not expensive at all (in fact, might be even cheaper now that the Minibrute 2 is out) and.. and I'm afraid I'll like it so much that I won't get rid of it, and keep it alongside the Perfourmer once I get that too.. :D

@wizardmix

6 жыл бұрын

Alaska1925 It only gets worse when you have an income and "invest" in synths instead of savings. If I were you, I would definitely second your thought process get an Arturia MiniBrute. That's the right choice. I learned sooo much from mine and even with these super powerful amazing synths at my finger tips, I still find myself using the MiniBrute as a go to both live and in recording. It does everything really well and has tons of control/playability that synths costing several times more don't have. They are being replaced by the MBII (which I don't like as much) but you can still get a new one on the cheap. I recommend new because people trash these things. It's such a playable synth with tons of thoughtful control that even the Vermona doesn't have. It taught me so much about synthesis and I love it so much, I recently bought a second red one because I wanted one new (my first one was B-stock). Seriously, start there, buy a cool analog delay or a sound situation with the money you save and slowly build your illness--I mean, collection. 😂

Thanks Marc! Anyway we can download your presets?

Does this sample (using a microphone)? If not, can WAV files be imported into it ?

Hi Marc, great video, again. I am now considering swapping my Korg Mono/Poly for a Arturia Matrixbrute. Which would you prefer if you had a choice for main use in a studio?

@paulverkempinck6411

6 жыл бұрын

MATRIXBRUTE definitely!

Every household should have a Matrixbrute!

@paulverkempinck6411

6 жыл бұрын

best answer until now!

great !

LOL! In thumbnail you looked like Vangelis. 😁😁😁(at least on my Android phone)

@automaticgainsay

6 жыл бұрын

:D

Hello Mr. Marc. I’ve been a fan of yours for a while. Keep up the good work! I had question about your rack mount-ish keyboard stand. I’ve never seen such a thing. Would you be kind enough to recommend where I could find one?

@automaticgainsay

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It’s actually a stand like an Ultimate Apex-type. The kind that sort of forms a triangle. I have an extra set of arms on this one so that it will hold three synths.

Question: why would you use a 12db filter for the dual bandpass/formant exercise? I'm curious as to how its preferable over a steeper 4 pole to give more isolated frequencies?

@automaticgainsay

5 жыл бұрын

Because formants don't have the unnaturally steep curves of 4 pole filters. Also, 24dB per octave filters don't typically have band pass options.

@maisonmallninja

5 жыл бұрын

@@automaticgainsay ...that makes complete sense. Thanks!

Sort of unrelated, but what kind of rack is that? Custom? Awesome presets btw!

Hi Mark, I enjoyed your videos so much that I got a MB myself...awesome... I'm kind of newbye...so I'd like to ask you for some help... So these days everyone is using Daw or Pc based apps for composing, looping,etc,...but guys like Jean M Jarre, Vangelis and Tangerine dream did not have that kind of luxury ...so I start asking myself, how was their setup in old days to hold their long songs without monotony...did they apply many pre-prog sequences triggered in specific moments...I saw A video another day from a guy using a looper with a synth but I guess they did not have any back then...and prob no midi sync as well Can you clarify or hold a demo video showing the setup / synth connections etc like the old days?

Arturia matrixbrute VS Dave Smith Pro 2 if you could only have one, which one and why? @automaticgainsay

@automaticgainsay

4 жыл бұрын

This is the meanest question, ever. :)

That first patch sounds straight out of "Automat"

Hi Marc! Trying to find the emulation of the Minimoog that you show on your 201 training as path number 14 but couldn't find it in these patches. The lesson doesn't have anything to download either. is there a place where I can download it? Thanks!

@automaticgainsay

5 жыл бұрын

I think it is still downloadable at the Arturia site!

@HectorCalleja

5 жыл бұрын

@@automaticgainsay Thanks for you answer! I have downloaded and review every patch in that library and is not there, are you sure your 201 training patches are the same? Thanks!

@automaticgainsay Now that I know a bit more about the creation of sounds via analog synths, I recognize the value of the MatrixBrute. A brief history: owned synths in the 1980s, sold it all. Getting back into it a year ago, picked up a Roland JD-Xi for a basic AIO unit. Then picked up a Teenage Engineering OP-1, because I loved the idea of doing songs on it. It brought back memories of recording with a 4 track tape machine (Tascam!). It's great for sketching ideas for songs. I love doing experimental sounds, and industrial ambient styles like Throbbing Gristle and others. Got interested in modular, but really more...sound creation. I wanted to have a workflow where I could play live, but change the sounds as I go to sounds I created on the fly. I purchased a MOOG Grandmother to dabble. As I learn how each sound wave works with the other and how noise gets incorporated along with other values to make sounds, I am in love with doing just this. The MatrixBrute seems like an easy way to do just this. It's very DEEP with that Matrix. I'm keeping the MOOG as the vintage sound is classic and I love what this can do, but I really wanna hook it up to play along wth that MatrixBrute! Talk to me. What are your thoughts? Is this MatrixBrute the absolute best for creating sounds on the fly from scratch? Is it better than say a Baloran THE RIVER (haha), Waldorf Quantum or the older Blofeld, and Access Virus T12? Those are all for creating soundscapes, but I want to learn how to create them from memory. (I do love presets! I would also love to make my own). So any information about thi VS others would be great. Yes, I know that the other synths probably are not analog through and through, but they are lovely rigs for creating soundscapes​, which is why I mentioned them.

@automaticgainsay

5 жыл бұрын

The Grandmother is a gorgeous-sounding synth! The MatrixBrute is the culmination of so many aspects of historic synthesizers, which is why it is one of my favorites of all time. While everyone's tastes and needs will vary, the MatrixBrute covers so much of the functionality and sound that are sought in other synths.

@Lainer1

5 жыл бұрын

I love the MOOG Grandmother. It's really the only MOOG I took an interest in. The MatrixBrute was introduced to me last year by Sweetwater. (I talked to Sweetwater on phone). Because I didn't know anything about Synthesis or Matrix, or any of it, I waited. Since then I've seen so many videos on all types of gear. I want to get lost in playing and creating sounds on the fly. (I've been loving the Baloran The River sounds in KZread videos. It's over 5K though.) I saw your videos and find this to be very expansive for creating. So many possibilities in this MatrixBrute. I'm just not sure if I prefer the Arturia Sound. Hard to tell on KZread videos.

Also you and I have something in common, we’ve both made patches for Arturia :)

tryna find out where i can steal these patches from you ........ ? great stuff.

drum patches and how to make explained by you would be great

Matrixbrute vs Pro 2 which would you rather have if you could only have one?

@automaticgainsay

4 жыл бұрын

Those are my top two... I refuse to choose!

I waited to watch/listen to the entire video before giving this video a thumbs up. Marc spent a lot of time demonstrating what the Brute can do besides monophonic leads. It does sound full even when dividing up the voices and using the synth for chords. I was waiting for a few ripping lead synth patches and was hoping to hear some filter sample and hold that work great for song endings. Well I didn't hear that, but I listened to the lead patch he made that sounded similar to the Mini Moog he owns. All too often musicians get hung up when buying a synth because it "doesn't sound like a Moog". So what? I have a Prophet 5 that doesn't sound like a Moog either. It sounds like a Prophet 5. The Brute can be had below the MAP price you find on the Internet. I'd say a synthesizer player can create a lot more interesting sounds on the Matrix than on a Mini Moog. Shop around, the Matrix is well worth owning. I might put it in my Music Room and only come out to go to the bathroom.

How do I download your patches Marc?

Is this still your favorite monosynth or has it been dethroned?

"Start on 4" should be "Start on 3"? Great sounds! I was pleasantly surprised by the polyphonic sounds.

@automaticgainsay

6 жыл бұрын

I guess it depends on your tempo and time signature. :D Thank you!

I feel like this would be the perfect companion to the Prophet 6.

Halfway through this video I realized that we’re wearing the same headphones. 🤪

@automaticgainsay

6 жыл бұрын

I like them! They are way, way better than the Sony headphones I used for years.

Did you seriously just program the matrix brute into a drum sequencer? You're fucking magic dude. Please do a video on that specifically! I'm wondering how much control you can have over that

I was in a synth shop called Filter the other day cos my brother wanted new guitar strings (go figure), and there it was, the Holy Matrixbrute. I was thinking "Should I ask to turn it on and play with it?" but I didn't dare to...it might lead me to the Dark Side again. And btw, the Metalizer sounds metallic.

@automaticgainsay

6 жыл бұрын

Y'shoulda

@bytex666

6 жыл бұрын

I think I will when I go back to Oslo again this weekend. It's too tempting. But also kind of scary, it's so big and huge I'll just want to take it home and play for a weekend, hug it, sleep with it... And then it's done. I do have a Minibrute though, so if I put it through a long enough delay it could sound like a Matrix..kinda.

Matrix brute or Sequential Pro 3 ? Can't decide

@simplestickman5513

3 жыл бұрын

matrixbrute

I assumed PRETTY POLY was a Clockwork Orange reference... then you mentioned Wendy Carlos. Ha!

Also isn't it astonishing that even the 80 year old Novachord had TWO LFO's, but the modern mono/polys only have one what has the world come to

At 6:11 I thought the matrixbrute was monophonic

I like this synth but with so many possibilities I won't be able to play other stuff in my home studio , so till I play one in person I'll stay away :)

Marc looks like he just got home from a sleepover at the other kids house where they ordered pizza and played video games all night. - lol. Great series tho!

I'm not impressed by the MB ... I guess it is the real estate issue... but Marc always brings great points about sound creation that you don't find elsewhere... thanks Marc for doing this

@paulverkempinck6411

6 жыл бұрын

How can one NOT be impressed by the MB?

So here’s my dilemma. I’m about to get into the synth world. I have absolutely no synth knowledge. However I’m the type that goes for the best of the best. I don’t like the idea of going cheap only to turn around and get the best later. I feel that approach is a waste of time and money. I’m a one a done kind of guy that buys gear to last for years to come. Having said all that do you feel this is overkill just starting out??

As I've said before, if this was a 5 voice poly I'd be all in. And I think, of any company, Arturia would be the ones to pull that product off.

vocal sounding :-)))))))))))))))

da fuckkkkkkkkkkk dudeeeeeeeeee youuu got that alien machine just to do "nova chords" o.O you fucking human"?

@automaticgainsay

4 жыл бұрын

not human, no

Yo Marc, those HD280 Pros you got aren't bad, but these days you can pick up a pair of Sennheiser hd598's on eBay for well under a hundred bucks and they blow the 280's out of the water. Trust me, you aren't hearing all that your synths can muster.

You have a cold? 😉

hey? why you not been on sonic talk lately?

@automaticgainsay

6 жыл бұрын

My computer and cameras are so terrible

@pheotus

6 жыл бұрын

well you are missed for sure.... love hearing you guys chat.

I know am lat... But Any chance to emulate the VOX-HUMANA?

I must be an outlier here. I appreciate what's going on here but so many of these presets just sound dorky. It's all subjective but I wish you had made a couple that weren't all homages to vintage sounds of the past and more modern in style.

@wizardmix

6 жыл бұрын

Played one in person. Far from dorky. It will do what you ask of it. If it sounds dorky, it's because Marc likes "dorky" sounds :)

@ultrasyd

6 жыл бұрын

I would definitly make some trap or french house stuff with these presets ... and this synth, but I don't have one ... yet :/

@cdwhiley

6 жыл бұрын

I OWN one and that's what's frustrating is the emphasis here on dorkball sounds.

@cdwhiley

6 жыл бұрын

And I really like Marc Doty but his musical taste is ah....dorky at times.

@wizardmix

6 жыл бұрын

+Charles Whiley -- hahaha well at least you know!

This puppy is on sale at a price that I'm seriously trying to resist... This video isn't helping.

@automaticgainsay

5 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry! :D

Seems like it has the same problems as the REV2. No matter how complex and amazing the possibilities are - the end result is just unpleasant. Which is sad.

@waveshello4051

6 жыл бұрын

And those problems would be? Pretty sure any talented person could make great music with either synth.

Sounds like a duck 😃

You talk too much

@automaticgainsay

3 жыл бұрын

You wear unflattering shoes