Arturia PolyBrute Synthesizer

Arturia PolyBrute Synthesizer Overview

Arturia's mighty flagship analogue polysynth with dual VCOs, 3 LFOs & 3 envelopes per voice, studio-quality onboard effects, powerful sequencing, expressive performance controls and patch morphing.

Firmware 3.0 - New Features & FX

Delve into an expanded universe of sonic possibilities with the Arturia PolyBrute Firmware 3.0 update. This free upgrade introduces a spectrum of new features, effects and refinements that enhance the PolyBrute’s already impressive sound design potential even further. This update is a testament to Arturia’s dedication to refining and expanding the PolyBrute’s capabilities, long after its debut. Make sure you take advantage of this free update and explore the full potential of your PolyBrute.

6 Distortion Types

Introduce grit, warmth and saturation to your PolyBrute patches with six distinct Distortion modes: Classic, Soft Clip, Germanium, Tape, Bit Crush, and Downsampler.

Enhanced Effects Routing

Thanks to the flexible effects routing, you now have full control over PolyBrute’s Insert and Send modes. Tailor the effects and signal chain order to fit your preference, ensuring your sonic vision is fully realised.

Enhanced Tuning Options

This update introduces an array of enhanced tuning options that allow for more individualized control over each oscillator. Whether you’re looking to transpose the keyboard by semitones or fine-tune its role in your projects, these new features offer greater precision.

Stereo Layer

The new Stereo Layer mode adds another dimension to PolyBrute’s sound capabilities. By allocating one voice to the left channel and another to the right, you can create a natural width that adds depth and spaciousness to your patches.

Revamped Preset Library

Dive into a reimagined sound palette with over 350 newly crafted presets. These presets showcase the newfound expressivity and power enabled by the Distortion modes and other features introduced in Firmware 3.0.

Streamlined PolyBrute Connect

The PolyBrute Connect software sees improvements in communication speed and compatibility, fully integrating the fresh features from this firmware update. The interaction between your PolyBrute and its software counterpart has never been more seamless.

Practical Workflow Tweaks

Enhancements don’t stop at the sonic level. Firmware 3.0 brings with it a handful of workflow improvements, like the ability to reload your last saved preset upon startup, send program changes, and even adjust the LED brightness to suit your studio environment.

The Future of Analogue

Sharing a heritage with Arturia’s incredible back-catalogue of synths found in studios the world over, the Polybrute is so much more than simply another version of a synth you know - it’s an entirely new animal. Designed from the ground up and re-voiced compared to other Arturia products, this brand new instrument can be anything you program it to be, all the way from a classy, beautiful, shining instrument right through to an aggressive, wild beast. Sure, it can recreate the sounds of classic synths but it’s also capable of creating sounds the synths that came before could only dream of. Voices can even be panned in stereo for a truly unique sonic experience.

The beating heart of the Polybrute is a highly flexible, 6-voice, dual VCO polyphonic synth. The Polybrute is armed with triple LFOs, triple ENVs, a ladder filter and a Steiner Parker filter, digital delay, chorus & reverb effects, patch memory and a modulation matrix.

Patch Morphing

The icing on the cake is Patch Morphing. Patch Morphing is a truly unique system development which allows you to freely morph between two completely different A/B panel states on the Polybrute creating totally hybrid ‘in-between’ tones. Panel Morphing includes smooth morphing and blending of normally binary controls like filter routing or sync on/off and, of course, it can be modulated, so an LFO can be used to take the sound from one state right through to the other. No other polysynth in history has been able to do this.

Expressive Performance Controls

In addition to all of the above, there’s a ribbon controller and an additional, mappable, X/Y/Z touch-and-pressure plate called Morphee for expressive modulation. While we’re on the subject of modulation, the Modulation Matrix is, in fact, a full grid matrix in which all the destinations (all 4 pages of them!) can be defined, taking you well beyond the mix of presets and flexible destinations of the Matrixbrute.

Free VST Editor & Snapshots

Designed to be a true workhorse in the studio, the Polybrute has an extensive patch memory and there’s a freely available VST editor allowing for seamless integration with production environments and DAW control. An added bonus is the ‘Snapshot’ feature which you can use to save different versions of your patches as you create them, so you can always effectively ‘undo’ to an earlier generation of your patch as you explore the boundless sonic universe of the Polybrute.