What's New? | PolyBrute - Firmware 3.0

video upload by Arturia

"Matt Pike gives you a guided tour of the fresh creative features, sonic enhancements, and useful fixes arriving with PolyBrute's firmware 3.0, from built-in distortion to new tuning options."

Playthrough | PolyBrute Firmware 3.0 - Presets


"Enjoy a sonic preview of PolyBrute's revamped preset library, courtesy of firmware 3.0, with sound designer Matt Pike. Each preset is designed to delve deeper into PolyBrute's unique expressivity, alongside the firmware's new features."

Polybrute Firmware V3 Update

video upload by Starsky Carr

"The Polybrute gets better and better.. Arturia have given us another surprise firmware update for the Polybrute. Lots of nice little additions in here, in particular the 7 new distortions plus FX routing, VCO tuning options and unison detune... and a fair bit more."

0:00 7 Distortions
1:13 FX Routing
2:31 VCO Tuning
3:14 Unison Detune
4:15 Poly Unison
5:04 Duo Pitch Bend
5:53 Stereo Layers
7:05 Arp Glide
7:53 Step Record Page Follow
8:32 Generate
9:03 Visuals and Misc

Distortion mode

Color and crush your polyphonic patches with a new page of effects: Distortion. This includes 7 types of crunch: Subtle Tape, Classic Distortion, Soft Clip, Worn Out Tape, Germanium, BitCrusher, and DownSample.

Flexible effects routing

Dig deeper into PolyBrute’s signal chain and rewire its effects to suit your sound design flow; both the Insert and Send modes can now be adjusted in terms of order.

New Stereo Layer mode

Allocate one voice to the left channel and one to the right to add increased natural width to PolyBrute’s sounds.

Enhanced tuning

A wider range of tuning options lets you adjust PolyBrute’s musical role in your projects, from tuning individual oscillators more deeply to transposing the keyboard to suit a particular track or style.

PolyBrute Connect

Communication between PolyBrute and its software counterpart is now quicker, smoother, and more intuitive, also accommodating other new features from firmware 3.0.

Workflow & expression improvements

Numerous fixes and much-requested additions to PolyBrute’s feature set, from reloading your last saved preset on startup to more features & parameters displayed on-screen in real-time.

Over 350 new presets

PolyBrute’s library has been totally reworked with new & enhanced presets that emphasize its expressivity, analog power, and new features like Distortion and Stereo Layer mode; hear the new library in action in Matt Pike’s dedicated playthrough video.

X1L3 - PORT 2 - retro joystick and paddle adapter - eurorack module

video upload by X1L3

X1L3 - PORT 2 - Atari paddle mod walk through

via X1L3

PORT 2 is an 8HP, 37mm retro joystick adapter.

Current draw V+ 80MA / V- 50MA

Gate outputs are +5v

Paddle cv outputs can be set to unipolar or bipolar.
Paddle pair fire buttons are routed to joystick L / R gates.
Unipolar - 0 to +5v
Bipolar - -5v to +v5

Module can be used with a single stick, two sticks, four paddles or a stick and a pair of paddles.

The module consists of two dsub joystick ports which are compatible with all the old joysticks from back in the 80s/90s retro days of C64, Atari, ZX Spectrum, STs and Amigas.....

These joysticks consist of four on/off gates on the X/Y axis of the stick and a fifth gate on the fire button. Examples of compatible sticks are the competition pro, Atari joystick, Zip stick, quickshot 2 and the Cheetah 125+. There are numerous others. A search of retro joysticks will yield plenty of results.

The module is also compatible with the paddles that would come with an Atari 2600 system. The paddles require a simple mod that involves soldering a single wire into them to work properly with the module. No extra parts or desoldering is required. It's just one wire and a couple of minutes with a soldering iron.

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NOTE: This module will NOT work with things like Sega megadrive/master system or Nintendo controllers. These use multiple fire buttons and rely on some cpu decoding to work properly.

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Initial tests reveal this module to be an absolute killer in a noise/powerelectronix rig with a joystick/paddle pair combo for gate/cv control over a noise generating configuration. I'm sure it has plenty of other uses, but the SFX / noise rig is where it's at for me when using things like this.

TTMC 158,TOKYO GATE,180,140,123

video upload by Tokyo Tape Music Center

Recreating Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" lead sounds with a Frap Tools system.

video upload by Frap Tools

"The idea for this video comes from this excellent tutorial by @AlexBallMusic , thanks a lot!

Full video by Alex Ball here: [posted here]

00:00 Introduction and patch overview: BRENSO and CUNSA
03:25 Adding envelopes and modulation through FALISTRI
06:18 Adding a wild distortion with the CGM creative mixer
08:22 Automating the filter sweep with the USTA sequencer
11:47 The final Smack My Bitch Up patch and closing remarks"

Bob Moog Foundation Shares The Story of Moraz at ProgStock 2023

via The Bob Moog Foundation

"We are excited to announce that the Bob Moog Foundation will be sharing a temporary exhibit featuring the life and work of virtuoso keyboardist Patrick Moraz at ProgStock 2023, taking place October 6-8, at the Williams Center in Rutherford, NJ. Moraz will be performing at the festival on Sunday evening.

The exhibit, filled with personal photos and narrative, traces over 70 years of Moraz's prodigious accomplishments, including his early training on the piano starting as a young child, his involvement in the bands Mainhorse, Refugee, Yes, The Moody Blues, and Moraz-Bruford, his extensive film scoring and solo albums.

Moraz's 1974 Minimoog and 2004 Voyager will also be part of the exhibit, on loan from Canadian synthesizer collector Lee Keeley.

Read more about the exhibit here.

Find out more about ProgStock and purchase tickets here: https://www.progstock.com/2023/"

Sequential Prophet VS SN 1305

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Oberheim OB-1 MK1

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"This is the one you want, the mk1 with the super fast envelopes.
In excellent condition, very beefy sound with lots of modulation possibilities and even 2 sub oscillators."

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Moog Prodigy 32-Key Monophonic Analog Synthesizer

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Moog Matriarch meets GFI Specular Tempus

video upload by Nicolas Melis

"Moog Matriarch meets GFI Specular Tempus
Exploring the GFI Specular Tempus Reverb and Delay

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0:00 - 0:41. Angels Shimmer
0:42 - 1:16. Duck this Dynamic Echo
1:17 - 2:38. Awakening Swell
2:39 - 3:17. 1/4+8th dual dotted
3:18 - 4:30. Hypnotik Ambiental
4:31 - 5:12. Spacious Spatium"

FIVE MINUTES WITH Crazy Tube Circuits Sidekick JR FX Pedal

video upload by sonicstate

"We got hold of the brand new @CrazyTubeCircuits Sidekick JR pedal for our latest episode. Based on the Sidekick released in 2019, the JR combines the most widely used time based FX from the 80s era and beyond. With Modulation: ensemble, dimension, flanger, Echo: tape and digital, Reverb: plate, spring, hall, gated, exciter and shimmer.

In this Five Minutes With - 80s synth aficionado Paulee Bow (@magicalsynthadventure3216 ) breaks out the Ensoniq VFX SD and gives it a workout."