Color and crush your polyphonic patches with a new page of distortion effects.
To apply distortion, follow these steps :
- Press the Modulation Effects [Type] button repeatedly until all three LEDs light up
- Choose the wanted distortion with the 1-8 buttons under the screen
Dig deeper into PolyBrute’s signal chain and rewire its effects to suit your sound design flow.
In FX “Insert” Mode:
Pressing [Settings] and [FX] Routing in Insert or Bypass mode lets you place the Modulation FX at different points in the signal chain.
Options include:
- Pre Delay: Mod > Delay > Reverb (default)
- Pre Reverb: Delay > Mod > Reverb
- Post Reverb: Delay > Reverb > Mod
In “Send” Mode:
Pressing [Settings] and [FX] Routing in Send mode lets you place the Modulation FX at different points in the send architecture.
Options include:
- Pre Send: Mod FX is placed before the Delay and Reverb sends
- Send Wet: Mod FX is placed only on the wet returns
- Post Return: Mod FX is placed on the wet/dry mix of the returns
Note that in the latter two settings, the Mod FX is placed on a mix of the delay and reverb,
not one or the other.
Update 3.0 offers new tuning options:
Oscillator independent tuningOscillators can be tuned with customizable knob ranges and octaves.
To access theses options:
- Hold the [Settings] button and the [Tune] knob of the VCO of your choice.
- Enter the “VCO Tuning” menu
Unison Detune can now be edited easily through a menu.
Distinct Unison Voice Counts between Lower and Upper section can be set in “Layer” and “Split” mode to adjust the number of voices used by each zone in Unison mode.
- Use [Assign 1-4] to set the value for the lower zone
- Use [Assign 5-8] to set the value for the upper zone
The update brings a new layer mode called "Stereo Layer Mode". In this mode, two voices are allocated for each note played, and it pans them Left and Right.
Please note that only 3 voices can be played on the PolyBrute and that this mode can be used in conjunction with the "Stereo knob."
To access this mode :
- Click on the [Timbrality] mode until the led lit the “Layer” label.
- Hold the [Settings] button and click on the [Timbrality] button
This feature offers "Duophonic" Pitch Bend control, where Pitch Bend only applies to the last set of played/held notes.
Such allows for exemple to apply Pitch Bend on Leads without affecting sustained chords.
To do this, navigate to Settings > Expression Control > Duo Control menu.
Options are:
- PB Monophonic (default): Pitch bend functions in the traditional way.
- PB Duophonic: Pitch bend works as described above over the entire keyboard.
- PB Duo Upper Split: Duophonic pitch bend only on the Upper zone.
- PB Duo Lower Split: Duophonic pitch bend only on the Lower zone.