Arturia MatrixBrute Now Shipping

Arturia let us know that the MatrixBrute, their powerful new analog monophonic synthesizer, is now shipping.

The MatrixBrute is designed to be the high-end monosynth of the Brute family, offering:

  • three Brute oscillators;
  • a Steiner-Parker filter and a ladder filter;
  • five analog effects;
  • a powerful modulation matrix;
  • 100% analog synth voice;
  • 49-note keyboard with velocity sensitivity and aftertouch; and
  • Step sequencer & arpeggiator.

Here’s an overview and demo from Arturia’s Mauricio Garcia at this year’s Knobcon:

Here’s Arturia’s official MatrixBrute performance intro video:

Pricing and Availability

The Arturia MatrixBrute is priced at $2,199. Arturia says retailers should have stock very early in 2017. See the Arturia site for details.

29 thoughts on “Arturia MatrixBrute Now Shipping”

  1. Lets hope that it gets better support than the Origin keyboard I bought. Years on and they still have not implimented half the features they promised. In fact they have done virtually nothing in years.

      1. That seems to be Arturias attitude, take the money and then completely ignore the customer. I suggest anyone thinking of buying their gear goes and reads the Arturia forums, there are a lot of unhappy people on there.

        1. Sadly there aren’t many companies who support their products 5 years after its been released. Arturia are not the only offenders here (Roland, Apple, etc…).

          It would be great if they would open source the software so people can keep supporting it.

    2. My Arturia Brute power supply went out.
      Horrible cheap smd surface mount junk (power supplies don’t even have basic protection).
      I consider Arturia throw away synths after that experience.

    1. which Brute? Form the Minibrute schematics I can see it has a well-spec’d power supply. Negative voltage and crowbar/overvoltage protection, series input fuse, well-spec’d +/-12V DC converters with current limit and proper filtering etc… way above spec versus the Novation Basstation II.
      maybe you’re talking about the external brick? If I recall I believe they were sourcing Sunny Euro Class V power supplies.

      1. Minibrute… it’s the internals, not the external brick. May need to pop it open if there is an input fuse.

        Never had a problem with any of my Novation gear (including Basstion).

      1. Maybe because all modern machines are up to a certain standard, and ultimately they’re all tools to do a job? Just depends how you use them. They’re pretty good at pointing out the flaws in the reviews to be fair…

        1. No, that’s not the reason all their reviews of instruments whose makers advertise in their rag are positive, and deficiencies and serious problems are downplayed or ignored. And to be fair, EM and Keyboard do it the same way, so it’s the industry standard to publish fawning reviews of such products. It’s about knowing who your customer is, and it’s not the subscribers that’s for sure.

          1. I absolutely take your point when it comes to magazines like Future Music or sites like Music Radar, the reviews serve more as advertisements! But I do maintain that (in my opinion as a fairly regular reader) sos magazine do a pretty good job at being impartial and pointing out the flaws in products

  4. At least it will be ready for the lucrative Christmas market. In 2017.

    I wish them luck and hope the synth sells well. It is on my list but many things have got in the way since it was meant to be available……

  5. I hope they make a PolyBrute. I think a lot of people would like to see a 6-12 voice polyphonic analog synth with the same sonic characteristics

  9. At this price point and if this and the DM12 get popular. DSI and Moog have probably something to think about. Guess 2017 will be the year of new MPE input devices Lots of mono or limited poly analog now. Those keys all takes up lot of space in the studio. Soon people will start to ask for more analog poly multi-timbral instruments which hardware available is now getting sparse, (Virus limited availability, Nord stopped production of Lead racks). If analog fails to deliver that against reasonable cost then there is good chance we’ll see a revival of VA in the next few years but more advanced than in the past at a level which can’t be done in software. Perhaps even some innovation will come back again instead of remakes..

  10. This is an awesome machine. I love the matrix concept. The price is OK, however, for this price, I would only get one if I had unlimited funds, it had more polyphony and multitimbrality, and implemented full keyboard microtuning with good resolution and standard MTS sysex support.

      1. Every time there’s a new product announcement a bunch of people post lists of the features they say they need. “Keys too small or too few” and “Wrong price” are the most common complaints, followed by “already got too many keys, want rack with no keys”. Such posts are boring but very traditional. Rather than get annoyed by the posts I’ve finally decided to join the bandwagon.

  12. IMHO this keyboard is the definition of “overkill”

    monophonic synth with 1000 knobs and buttons and so forth… its more like a giant modular monosynth with a keyboard attached

    personally i dont understand dedicating this much action to a monosynth… im assuming the 4 OSCs can be routed or modulated or played independently, but i havent looked into it… if they cant its beyond ridiculous – but even with that capability its just a waste of tech (and space) overall

    YMMV

  13. I honestly don’t understand who would buy this. The matrix bit is neat but there flat out amazing monos in this range that Arturia can’t compete with (imo).

    It’s also 100 or so less than the OB6 desktop. Obviously very different beasts but yeah, I’m really having trouble understand who is going to buy this thing.

    Not dissing Arturia. I like their stuff for the most part.

  14. 1. If the synth is finished it shouldn’t need any support. A working instrument is a working instrument.
    2. I think SOS are good at pointing out flaws. Especially Gordon Ried. If his review is good, then I believe him. ( not an argument, but you know he’s got a GX1??!)
    3. It’s the programmable modulation matrix that really sets this synth apart from its competitors. Programable semi modular analogue is sweet.

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