Arturia Matrixbrute Aide-Mémoire D'utilisation page 73

Points forts
 La puissance de synthèse
 Les VCO avec mixage des ondes
 La diversité des filtres
 Les effets analogiques
 Les modes de jeu paraphonique et split
 La matrice de modulation programmable
 Les délais et chorus analogiques intégrés
 Le séquenceur et l'arpégiateur
 L'interface homme/machine exceptionnelle
 Les macro-commandes astucieuses
 La qualité de construction globale
 La connectique complète
 Les nombreuses prises CV/Gate
 L'entrée audio pré-filtrage
 L'automation intégrale via CC MIDI
7.2 MusicRadar
http://www.musicradar.com/reviews/arturia-matrixbrute
OUR VERDICT
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It oozes personality and can go from a warm/twisted monosynth to dirty/ambient chord
machine and powerful sequencer - mind blown!
PROS
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Built like a tank.
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No menu diving.
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Extensive MIDI and CV/gate features.
CONS
There's no click for the sequencer.
Known first for its software recreations of classics, Arturia went to launch the MiniBrute in 2012 and
the MicroBrute in 2014, which featured all-analogue signal paths, a Steiner-Parker filter and the Brute
Factor control which feeds the synth back into itself, creating anything from subtle to insane
distortion/thickening and harmonic driving/feedback.
Of course, us synth heads are hard to satisfy and we always want bigger and better. Low and behold,
Arturia has seemingly answered our prayers, delivering the beastly MatrixBrute.
Build
The hardware design/quality is really impressive and the MB (as we'll call it from now on) is an
imposing and unique looking machine, designed by industrial design guru Axel Hartmann.
You can really see the Minimoog/Voyager heritage with its solid walnut sides and a huge flip-up steel
control panel. There's a Voyager-style flip-up panel support with a huge Arturia logo for holding up the
weighty panel but the MB can also be used flat and a metal clip holds everything in place when
transporting (it weighs 19kg/44lbs so it's just about portable!).
Everything oozes class, from the inset front panel Arturia logo to the tactile MIDI controllable knobs
(which feel particularly solid) and switches with slick horizontal white lights to denote status. Unlike the
Arturia Matrixbrute – Aide-mémoire d'utilisation
Points faibles
 Un filtrage un peu drastique sur les aigus
 La repisse des Sub-VCO dans le filtre Steiner-Parker
 Les ploc-ploc audibles lors des changements de programme
 Pas d'affichage des paramètres en cours d'édition (hors encodeurs)
 Les sources audio absentes de la matrice
 Les paramètres système inaccessibles sans logiciel
 L'écran à encre liquide non rétro-éclairé
 La finesse du plastique des touches blanches du clavier
 Des fonctions à finaliser
Juillet 2017
7.2 MusicRadar
73/86