Arturia PolyBrute 12 Polyphonic Synthesizer

Arturia’s PolyBrute has gained six voices and a lot more besides.

GORDON REID

Very occasionally, a manufacturer decides to throw everything it knows into the creation of a flagship synthesizer. Eschewing simplicity and intuitivity (did I just invent a word?), the designers’ task is to make everything possible, even if this means that the musician will have to think about how to program and play the resulting instrument. Sometimes, the additional complexity means that almost no-one will ever plumb its depths, and many of its advanced features will never be appreciated by the masses unless, perhaps, one of its more interesting sounds is plastered over the latest TikTok sensation. On other — perhaps rarer — occasions, the hardware and software design is clever enough to reveal the underlying power while avoiding the worst excesses of arcana, allowing the likes of you and me…

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