PolyBrute 12 is not only a new powerhouse synthesizer that includes a bunch of new features and upgrades that can be shared by the original PolyBrute, but it also delivers them in a package with double the polyphony and an amazingly expressive and innovative FullTouch MPE technology keyboard, giving rise to a whole new set of performance possibilities.
You can find more info about its impressive features in the sections below.
- 12-voice polyphonic analog synthesizer with split/layer capability
- 5-octave, velocity-sensitive, FullTouch MPE technology keyboard with adjustable curves
- Continuous deep/subtle sound transformations through a global morphing feature
- Poly, Mono, and Unison modes with selectable voice allocation
- Multiple aftertouch modes for new ways to play and articulate melodies and harmonies
- Chord memory mode for triggering a chord from a single note
- Support for MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression)
- Polyphonic sequencer and arpeggiator onboard
- Motion recorder captures the movement of one control for one-shot or looped playback
- Mixer section can route oscillators and noise generator through one or both filters
- Portamento/Glide with continuous and chromatic options
- Built-in digital effects menu: 15 different types including chorus, phaser, flanger, ring mod, bitcrusher, downsampler, distortions...
- Dedicated digital delay and digital reverb
- Effects can be used as insert or send effects (with user-configurable ordering), or bypassed for a pure analog signal path
- Eight EQ presets
- Multiple stereo voicing modes for wide and animated soundstaging
- Two independent displays provide real-time feedback on edits to envelopes, filter curves, and many other parameters
- 768 preset memories, including 480 already designed presets. Theses presets are arranged in 8 banks of 96
- Snapshot: preserve up to 5 edits in progress, with instant recall
- A potentially infinite number of patches can be imported/exported with the PolyBrute Connect
- Each voice has two oscillators, plus a sub-oscillator for VCO 2
- Powerful waveform sculpting features, such as variable oscillator sync, wavefolding (i.e. Metalizer)
- Two independent filters per voice
- Steiner: 12dB per octave (continuous multimode), plus our famous Brute Factor for extra grit
- Ladder: 24dB per octave with adjustable output distortion
- Use them in series, parallel, or any blend of the two
- Master Cutoff control to sweep both filters at once
- Filter FM (VCO 2 VCF 1, Noise VCF 2)
- Continuous soft hard oscillator sync (2 1)
- Morph: Every patch has two sounds (A+B); most parameters can morph between an A and B setting.
- Three syncable, multi-waveform LFOs per voice
- Three loopable envelopes: VCF/VCA (ADSR), Mod (DADSR)
- Multi-color noise generator
- Variable “Analog Accuracy” to recreate the character of vintage synthesizers
- Powerful, easy-to-use modulation matrix
- Morphée, a 3D left-hand controller that can modulate parameters along the X, Y, and Z axes simultaneously
- Keyboard with velocity and FullTouch MPE technology
- Ribbon controller
- Pitch and Modulation wheels
- Octave buttons can shift keyboard range ±2 octaves from center
- One Sustain pedal input and two Expression pedal inputs (pedals not included)
- Polyphonic up to 12 notes
- Record and play back up to 3 modulation tracks
- Sequences can hold up to 64 steps; arpeggios can have up to 32 steps
- Swing and time division settings
- Multiple playback modes and directions, including powerful Pattern mode
- Convert arpeggios to sequences
- Step record/editing
- Matrix Arpeggiator mode for constructing complex arpeggios
- Tempo range 30-240 BPM
- Free, downloadable editor/librarian app (macOS, Windows) for registered PolyBrute owners
- Two-way editing: turn a knob, the editor follows, and vice versa
- Adjust internal settings quickly, such as envelope curves, timbrality settings, etc.
- Preset Management features (organize, search by type and style, export, import, share with other users)
- Can act as a plug-in for DAW control of the synthesizer in real time
- Stereo outputs
- MIDI In/Out/Thru connectors
- Clock In/Out for integration with modular systems
- USB type B connector for use with DAWs and PolyBrute Connect
- Headphone jack with independent level control
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