

The DrumBrute offered 17 entirely analogue drum sounds consisting of two kicks, snare, clap, open and closed hi-hats, high and low toms and congas, maraca, rimshot, clave, a tambourine, ‘zap’, and cymbal (both forward and reverse). The series has given rise to a number of synths, exclusively analogue, from the MicroBrute through to the MatrixBrute, and all adhering to Arturia’s fanaticism with analogue sound creation and tactile, hands-on control.ĭuring 2016 Arturia added a drum machine to the Brute lineup. Come 2012, Arturia embarked upon the ‘Brute’ lineage of hardware synthesisers. Since 2009 the company has released a slew of keyboard and trigger-pad style controllers, all the while expanding its stable of software virtual instruments and effects. Founded in 1999, it took around 10 years before the innovative French outfit moved into the world of hardware synthesis, touting its Origin hardware synthesiser as the mother of all synths - and rightly so, there wasn’t much you couldn’t pull off with the Origin. The V-Collection, for me and countless others, was the turning point for selling off various hardware units. Arturia’s V-Collection kicked off with classic models like the Yamaha CS80, Roland Jupiter-8, and MiniMoog, growing it into the collection of 21 vintage synths and keyboards it is today. There was a time when Arturia was steadfastly a software manufacturer, producing some of the finest virtual reincarnations of history’s greatest analogue instruments.
