Arturia PolyBrute 12
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- KVRist
- 157 posts since 27 Oct, 2022
Considering how Arturia Minilab mk3 still has issues with Logic after such a long time, and the support doesn't even answer to tickets, I'm not sure if I would invest in another Arturia hardware. Just my 2 cents.
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 10428 posts since 7 Sep, 2006 from Roseville, CA
Nice! I’ve been watching our local Craigslists here in NorCal and, surprisingly, there aren’t a million PBs suddenly for sale. The week Digitakt II was announced, 15 OG Digitakts popped up and some prices dropped to well below $400.zerocrossing wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 4:17 pmI definitely am. The extra voices and MPE are the icing, but the polyphonic aftertouch keyboard means that I can make it my main controller, eliminating my L shaped studio. That means that I can move my work computer out of my bedroom.
Logic Pro | PolyBrute | MatrixBrute | MiniFreak | Prophet 6 | Trigon 6 | OB-6 | Rev2 | Pro 3 | SE-1X | Polar TI2 | Blofeld | RYTMmk2 | Digitone | Syntakt | Digitakt | Integra-7 | TR-8S | MPC One | TD-3 MO
- KVRAF
- 15206 posts since 26 Jun, 2006 from San Francisco Bay Area
I won’t be ready to do anything until November or maybe early next year, so I’ll see what the environment is like at that time.cryophonik wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2024 1:54 amNice! I’ve been watching our local Craigslists here in NorCal and, surprisingly, there aren’t a million PBs suddenly for sale. The week Digitakt II was announced, 15 OG Digitakts popped up and some prices dropped to well below $400.zerocrossing wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 4:17 pmI definitely am. The extra voices and MPE are the icing, but the polyphonic aftertouch keyboard means that I can make it my main controller, eliminating my L shaped studio. That means that I can move my work computer out of my bedroom.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 10428 posts since 7 Sep, 2006 from Roseville, CA
It seems I'm not alone in my thoughts here. Another guy just posted this on Gearspace about the 5 different PolyBrutes he owned:cryophonik wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 1:25 amThat could be it. I don’t think of the PB’s keybed as being “mushy” per se, but more as nuanced and maybe subtle. I prefer AT that comes in gradually over abruptly and that’s how the PB responds for me. I owned far more Roland synths back in the 80s than Yamaha synths, so I’m definitely accustomed to a different feel, not to mention that my main instrument is bass and secondary is keys, which probably affects my technique and preference. But, my PB keybed feels nothing like the old M-Audio controllers - I hated their shit products with a passion.
1. Defective, cause unknown.
2. Voice calibration issues - wouldn’t calibrate at all, I spent a week working with Arturia to the point they comped me V-Collection for my trouble. This is a known issue from some 2021/2022 units, there were QC problems at their factory.
3. Dead 6th voice when using certain waves or filters configurations. Warped wood touch strip. Also had voice calibration issues and wouldn’t calibrate at all and would just loop when I tried.
—decided to wait a year after this—
4. Noir verrion, damaged cosmetically - screen printing scratched up, maybe shipping issue .
5. Finally ‘perfect’, with a noticeably better keybed than the first few.
Logic Pro | PolyBrute | MatrixBrute | MiniFreak | Prophet 6 | Trigon 6 | OB-6 | Rev2 | Pro 3 | SE-1X | Polar TI2 | Blofeld | RYTMmk2 | Digitone | Syntakt | Digitakt | Integra-7 | TR-8S | MPC One | TD-3 MO