Arturia MatrixBrute Hands-On Demo, With Synth Designer Yves Usson

Synth designer Yves Usson – one of the designers of Arturia’s Brute series of synthesizer – shared this series of videos, exploring the sound possibilities of the new MatrixBrute synthesizer. Here’s his summary for the first video, above: First test : 3 oscillators sawtooth waveform, successive test of the Lowpass Steiner filter in 12dB then… Read More Arturia MatrixBrute Hands-On Demo, With Synth Designer Yves Usson

The Theresyn Is A New Theremin + Synthesizer Hybrid

The Thérésyn is a new theremin + synthesizer hybrid, that’s designed to combine the best features of the theremin with powerful synthesis options. The Theresyn is created by a group of talented instrument designers: Nori Ubukata (left) – thereminist and Theresyn concept designer Chris Dubier (middle) – custom woodwork design Yves Usson (right) – circuit designer (Usson is… Read More The Theresyn Is A New Theremin + Synthesizer Hybrid

Five Arturia MiniBrute & MicroBrute Mods That Will Totally Void Your Warranty

French synth guru Yves Usson, above, knows his way around the insides of the MiniBrute and MicroBrute synthesizers – he collaborated with Arturia to design them. He’s shared a series of mods and hacks for the MiniBrute and MicroBrute at his site. He notes that making any of these mods to your synth ‘will immediately… Read More Five Arturia MiniBrute & MicroBrute Mods That Will Totally Void Your Warranty