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		<title>Review: Korg Nautilus Music Workstation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Holder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2021 03:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
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			<p>Captain Nemo’s ship in ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea’ was the ‘Nautilus’. I don&#8217;t have any insider&#8217;s knowledge as to why Korg has named its latest workstation synth after a legendary ship (or indeed a mollusc). But I do recall thinking the Korg’s flagship Kronos — when I <a href="https://www.audiotechnology.com/reviews/korg-kronos-ls-music-workstation">reviewed it</a> — was much like a synth equivalent of a battleship — monstrous, complex, and allows you to sail into any situation and own it.</p>
<p>Nautilus is more like a <em>pocket</em> battleship. The 61-note version I had in for review even looks a bit nautical. The chassis is sleek, curved and sensuous. Looks great, although a little hard to grip when you’re relocating it.</p>
<p>Nautilus largely packs all the firepower of the Kronos but it sacrifices some measure of customisable complexity for ease of use. <cite><strong style="background: #ff5b01; color: #000000;">It’s definitely easier to pilot, and it’s still easy to feel confident in sailing into just about every musical scenario and owning it.</strong></cite></p>
<h4><strong>DAS BOOT</strong></h4>
<p>Kronos takes a long time to boot up. Nautilus is much the same. Without being a Pollyanna, I actually found this reassuring. It says to me that the Nautilus power is formidable. It’s not Kronos Lite.</p>
<p>Once you’re in, navigation is centred around the touchscreen. You’ll develop a love/hate relationship with it. It’s big enough (around eight inches in the diagonal) to be super-useful but Korg does pack a lot of info onto it at times, such that buttons and menus can be tricky to reliably hit in a hurry. If you wear reading glasses you will most definitely need them — rock ’n’ roll!</p>
<h4><strong>MISSION CONTROL</strong></h4>
<p>The touchscreen is supplemented by a judicious array of hardware controls. Nautilus isn’t a stage piano or performance synth in the same mould as a Korg SV2, Nord Stage or Yamaha YC, but the available knobs are very welcome. For starters, they’re retractable, which is a great touch, especially if your Nautilus is in and out of a gig bag every week. The knobs respond to preassigned parameters — the most oft-used — and work a treat. Otherwise, the other controls support the touchscreen. It’s (mostly) easy to know where you are and to get around the keyboard’s architecture.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<h4><strong>WORK IT</strong></h4>
<p>Nautilus is a ‘workstation’. Practically, this means you get an onboard sequencer (16 MIDI tracks plus 16 audio tracks) and a highly serviceable sampler, as well as all the other synth engine firepower. The Workstation promise is you can bring everything you need to a production or gig in the one keyboard.</p>
<p>Workstations still have a place, albeit their territory keeps getting eroded by the laptop/synth combo.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>As a musician, I’d feel a whole lot more reassured knowing all my backing parts were on the Nautilus than on a laptop. Still, I’d feel even better knowing my parts were on both.</p>

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<div class="">61 key: $3100</div>
<div class="">73 key: $3700</div>
<div class="">88 key: $4500</div>
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<div class="">CMI: (03) 9315 2244 or <a class="" href="http://cmi.com.au/">cmi.com.au</a></div>
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<div class="">All the sounds you’ll ever need</div>
<div class="">Sounds are modern and classy</div>
<div class="">Powerful workstation features</div>
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<div class="">Long boot up time</div>
<div class="">Eight-inch touchscreen UI can be fiddly</div>
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<p>A versatile, super-powerful jack of all trades music workstation. Great for production and performance. Not a bespoke, hand-rolled secret weapon… more like a WMD.</span></div></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div><div data-vc-full-width="true" data-vc-full-width-init="false" class="vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1627366892660 vc_row-has-fill"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper">
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			<h4><strong>PEAK PROGRAM</strong></h4>
<p>The familiar Korg workstation architecture is maintained in Nautilus. Your sounds are demarcated as Programs and Combis.</p>
<p>I was delighted with how easy it was to create a Combi when I prep’ed for a gig only hours after busting Nautilus out of the box. After selecting the Program that best fits the bill, hit the quick Split or Layer button to select the companion sound you’re after. Once you’ve saved your resulting sound as a Combi you can open it up and continue to fine tune — add further sounds and effects, and more.</p>
<p>After I had my Combis created and other Programs selected I could easily create a setlist for the gig. Simple. <cite><strong style="background: #ff5b01; color: #000000;">I didn’t have any need to resort to the manual or YouTube, everything is logically arrayed.</strong></cite></p>
<p>Nautilus passed the first test with flying colours.</p>
<h4><strong>SOUND SHELL</strong></h4>
<p>Actually it immediately passed an earlier test. It sounds great.</p>
<p>If you’re after a huge repository of diverse and super-effective sounds, then Nautilus is in elite company. It’s not a specialist in any one area, necessarily, but remains a black belt in just about every genre and discipline.</p>
<p>If you are after the ultimate piano or Rhodes sound, then you could get super tweaky about the one-percenters (actually, more like the 0.1-percenters) and your personal preferences, or you could marvel at just how good the keys sound on Nautilus.</p>
<p>Ditto the orchestral sounds. Will Nautilus halt the trade in terabytes of sound libraries? No. But it will get you 99% there, with a tremendous sonic palette.</p>
<p>Synth sounds are more than ably addressed (thanks to the four synth engines). Beautiful pads, expressive leads, beefy bass sounds and more. Will your favourite, edgy dance outfit use Nautilus as their ‘signature’ synth? Not a chance. That’s not really Nautilus’ jam. But <cite><strong style="background: #ff5b01; color: #000000;">it does have the capacity to sound cutting edge, as well as packing the power, polyphony and multitimbrality to bring you all of the other must-have sonic elements every production requires.</strong></cite></p>
<p>Music directors, music teachers, arrangers, worship pastors, composers, jazz and rock keys… Nautilus will be many musicians’ and producers’ new best friend. If Kronos was out of reach or unnecessarily deep, then Nautilus is the answer.</p>

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<p><strong>Three Versions:</strong> 88-key model with piano touch, 73-key model with light touch and 61-key model available. The keyboard on the 88-key model uses a four-stage real weighted hammer action made in Japan, called the RH-3.</p>
<p><strong>Touchscreen:</strong> What Korg calls the ‘Color TouchView Display’ is sizeable (eight inches/800&#215;480 pixel). It’s role is central to controlling and visualising routing etc. You can even use it to drag modules around. That said, some of the buttons are small and fiddly.</p>
<p><strong>FX Engines:</strong> A formidable 16 internal effects — 12 insert effects, two master effects and two ‘Total’ effects. A separate three-band EQ is provided for every timbre, for every sequencer track.</p>
<p><strong>Set List Mode:</strong> Great for performance. 16 coloured buttons take you to any preset, Combi or Sequence. The Set List mode adds a nine-band graphic EQ to allow you to tweak the tone to the venue.</p>
<p><strong>Sampler:</strong> Nautilus can quickly sample an external audio source or resample a Nautilus performance. It can open most common sample format files. The Nautilus’ big SSD capacity comes into its own when sampling.</p>
<p><strong>Sequencer/Recorder:</strong> Nautilus flexes its workstation credentials with a sequencer/recording section that offers both 16 MIDI tracks plus 16 audio tracks.</p>
<p><strong>Smooth Sound Transitions:</strong> Just about any sound switch you do on the Nautilus results in a smooth transition between sounds. Classy.</p>
<p><strong>Arp &amp; Drum Track Functions:</strong> Four scenes of arpeggio patterns and drum track sets for each Program and Combi preset sound.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div> <!-- description --></div> <!-- aio-icon-box --></div> <!-- aio-icon-component --></div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-2"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"></div></div></div></div><div class="vc_row-full-width vc_clearfix"></div><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-2"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"></div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"></div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"></div></div></div></div>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Matera]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2021 00:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<p>Famed American film and television composer Danny Elfman talks about his favourite studio recording tools.</p>

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</div></div></div></div><div class="aio-icon-header" ><h4 class="aio-icon-title ult-responsive"  data-ultimate-target='#Info-box-wrap-9740 .aio-icon-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{"font-size":"","line-height":""}'  style="font-weight:bold;">FRACTAL AUDIO AXE-FX II XL</h4></div> <!-- header --><div class="aio-icon-description ult-responsive"  data-ultimate-target='#Info-box-wrap-9740 .aio-icon-description'  data-responsive-json-new='{"font-size":"","line-height":""}'  style="">This is the No.1 most-used outboard gear for me; I just love modelling guitar sounds using its software. It replaces my guitar amp and allows me to get really creative with my guitar sounds without having to be in the studio, in a big room with a stack of amps. Of course, any guitarist worth their salt will say, “that still doesn’t match up to a great amp and a well thought out, carefully-curated pedalboard” and they are absolutely right! I won’t argue with that, but there’s enough there with the Axe-FX that replaces a great rack of effects and a real amp for my purposes and the way I like to work, which is being able to grab my guitar spontaneously any time I like, and be up and running in a quick minute.</div> <!-- description --></div> <!-- aio-icon-box --></div> <!-- aio-icon-component --></div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper">
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</div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"><div class="aio-icon-component    style_1"><div id="Info-box-wrap-7998" class="aio-icon-box default-icon" style=""  ><div class="aio-icon-default"><div class="ult-just-icon-wrapper  "><div class="align-icon" style="text-align:center;">
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</div></div></div></div><div class="aio-icon-header" ><h4 class="aio-icon-title ult-responsive"  data-ultimate-target='#Info-box-wrap-7998 .aio-icon-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{"font-size":"","line-height":""}'  style="font-weight:bold;color:#333333;">SOUNDTOYS DECAPITATOR</h4></div> <!-- header --><div class="aio-icon-description ult-responsive"  data-ultimate-target='#Info-box-wrap-7998 .aio-icon-description'  data-responsive-json-new='{"font-size":"","line-height":""}'  style="color:#333333;">This is what I use on every vocal track. The first thing I do is put it through the Decapitator so that it cuts either the high or low frequency sounds and also adds great distortion to the voice. The fact is, I was overdriving my mics and going over the red line all the time. Wherever I wasn’t going over the red line, the Decapitator balanced out the distortion. It’s a really good effect for vocals and just about anything else.</div> <!-- description --></div> <!-- aio-icon-box --></div> <!-- aio-icon-component --></div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-2"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"></div></div></div></div><div class="vc_row-full-width vc_clearfix"></div><div data-vc-full-width="true" data-vc-full-width-init="false" data-vc-stretch-content="true" class="vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_fadeInLeft fadeInLeft vc_custom_1657851641614 vc_row-has-fill vc_row-no-padding vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-2"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"></div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"><div class="aio-icon-component    style_1"><div id="Info-box-wrap-8830" class="aio-icon-box default-icon" style=""  ><div class="aio-icon-default"><div class="ult-just-icon-wrapper  "><div class="align-icon" style="text-align:center;">
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Holder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2021 06:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<p>&#8216;Cobra Kai&#8217; is a guilty pleasure. Once I knew I was interviewing gun film score mixer Phil McGowan I wanted to ensure I was prepared. Who knew that blasting through three seasons of the ‘Karate Kid’-inspired Netflix phenom would be so much fun — irreverent, chaotic, bad-ass TV with a big sound track packing plenty of nods to the ’80s with gritty synths and spandex-clad guitar riffs.</p>
<p>Thanks to his work on &#8216;Cobra Kai&#8217;, Phil is up for an Emmy (Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy or Drama Series And Animation). He’s got another iron in the fire with his mixing on the HBO doco ‘TINA’ (Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Nonfiction Or Reality Program).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<h4><strong>TURN UP: TV SOUND<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong></h4>
<p>As home cinema systems become more sophisticated, so has the sound mixing for TV. Not so long ago, most TV sound was produced by a small piece of flapping cardboard in a CRT. Now soundbars and subs are mimicking full blown cinema sound, and providing an experience worthy of the 4K big-ass TV everyone now has.</p>
<p>Phil McGowan has ridden the wave of the golden age of television. He moved to LA in 2009 after graduating from Berklee College Music School, apprenticing himself to big-time composer, Trevor Morris.</p>
<p>After some years learning the ropes and witnessing the very best come through Trevor’s scoring stage, he went freelance. Now, from his Atmos mix studio in the backyard of his LA home, he’s become a go-to mixer for TV, film and video games.</p>
<h4><strong>BAD ASS COBRA CUES</strong></h4>
<p>To highlight the growing ambitions of TV soundtracks, ‘Cobra Kai’s music combines full orchestral cues with throwback rock elements and even choir parts.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>“Some of those fight scenes would have guitars, drums, full orchestra… everybody all at the same time just blasting away,” explains Phil. <cite><strong style="background: #ff9611; color: #000000;">“It’s a big, big sound, which is really fun to mix.</strong></cite> It’s a challenge to get it all to work but when you get all those elements sounding good it’s very satisfying.”</p>

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			<h4><strong>PHIL-HARMONIC </strong></h4>
<p>Although soundtracks have changed and developed over decades the syntax remains stubbornly the same: when it comes to providing impact and gravitas, bigger is always better.</p>
<p>That said, not every project has a Hans Zimmer budget. &#8216;Cobra Kai&#8217; began life as a comparatively low budget YouTube production before migrating to Netflix.</p>
<p>“Everyone who’s after a big orchestral score wants the biggest sound possible. The trouble is, hiring a big orchestra in London and paying for a big scoring stage like Air or Abbey Rd is a huge outlay — might be 100 grand for the day!”</p>
<p>Instead, the bean counters will look at eastern European alternatives: “Bratislava and Prague are the two main ones.”</p>
<p>Nothing might beat the London Symphony in the Air Studios scoring stage but the eastern Europe alternative can be excellent. “The Bratislava orchestra uses the Vienna Synchron Stage, which is a beautiful recording stage.”</p>
<p>In the case of ‘Cobra Kai’, the producers employed the Prague Symphony Orchestra. The sessions would be recorded using standard scoring stage microphone techniques, employing a Decca Tree and outriggers, supplemented by spot microphones on instrument sections for greater balance control.</p>
<p>The sound supervisor and composer would Skype into the sessions to observe proceedings at some ungodly time of night.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the live rock ’n’ roll elements are recorded by musicians in LA studios.</p>
<p>“I&#8217;ll get those elements and then Prague will send me download links for all the orchestra parts,” explains Phil. “When I embark on a new episode, I’ll usually spend an hour or two in the morning just putting everything in the right place before I even start doing any actual mixing.</p>
<p>“The elements are now familiar. The orchestral parts, the synths, the drums… I’ve got settings and plug-ins ready to roll. Having those ‘templates’, as it were, make it easier to get through the minutes required in the tight time frame.”</p>

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			<h4><strong>GO HUGE</strong></h4>
<p>Phil McGowan is in demand because he knows how to make music scores sound huge. How? Predominantly it’s all about the best use of EQ and reverb.</p>
<p>“Just the right amount,” agrees Phil. <cite><strong style="background: #ff9611; color: #000000;">“I’ll select a longer hall convolution reverb in Altiverb — something like the Todd AO scoring stage… may it rest in peace — to give the score more space.</strong></cite></p>
<p>“As far as EQ goes, I’ll clear up the mid-range. If one frequency is really howling then it makes thing sound smaller because your ear is focussing on a narrower band of frequencies. Once the mid-range is cleaned up<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>and you have a broadband balance, you find that you can turn the orchestra right up.</p>
<p>“Panning the room mics wide is important. I’ll rely a bit more on the room mics than the close mics, to improve the perception of size and space.</p>
<p>“If the powers that be still aren’t satisfied with the size and power of the mix I’ll usually blend in orchestral samples on top. Usually the samples have been recorded at Sony Studios in LA or Abbey Rd or Air in London. That sort of combination really lends itself to a large size.”</p>
<h4><strong>THROWBACK PUNCH</strong></h4>
<p>With his go-to effects, EQ and compression on tap, Phil reliably and speedily pulls great-sounding ‘Cobra Kai’ score mixes for the dub stage. But occasionally the sound supervisor throws him a curve ball.</p>
<p>“One episode in Season 2 was drawing more on the old ’80s movie footage for flashbacks,” recalls Phil. “So the idea was for the music to have a more authentic ’80s vibe, and sound more like the old Bill Conti ‘Karate Kid’ score.</p>
<p><cite><strong style="background: #ff9611; color: #000000;">“I actually found the Paramount sound stage as a convolution reverb in Altiverb — the studio where they recorded the original ‘Karate Kid’ score.</strong></cite> I really laid it on thick and it was fun to mix with.</p>
<p>“To give it an ’80s sound I tried not to clean up the orchestra as much. I left it a little bit more midrange-y, a little more vintage-sounding as opposed to the modern smiley-face EQ curve.</p>
<p>“After that experiment the instructions came through: let’s go back to making it huge, clean, clear, and epic.”</p>

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<p>At the time of the interview Phil was about to install a full PMC Wafer-based Dolby Atmos loudspeaker setup.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>“Should be fun,” enthuses Phil McGowan. “It’ll be 7.1.4 in here, which is described as the typical home theatre set up. I mean home theatre can go up to 9.1.6, but there’s barely anybody with 7.1.4 let alone 9.1.6.”</p>
<p>Finding the right house to run a busy score mixing business in suburban L.A. isn’t a doddle.</p>
<p>“It was a matter of finding a house we could afford with a separate space out the back for me to work in — a space big enough for me to fit my studio in. It’s not a huge room — only 16 by 14.5 feet (~5m x 4.5m) — and the ceiling is just high enough for Atmos height channels. It’s probably typical of many home theatre living rooms.</p>
<p>“It’s a mix room, so I don’t have to be so fastidious about isolation — which is just as well because it’s possible to hear police trucks go by and jets overhead.</p>
<p>“Acoustically, I’ve put a lot of bass absorbers in to help tame the low end. Then I hired an acoustics technician who assisted with mounting other absorption. There’s plenty of timber in the interior which sounds better than plasterboard.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>“Then I had Dolby come by and tune the room. That made a big difference, especially in the low end. They come in with Smaart Live and five microphones all summing together.</p>
<p>“I’ve been a PMC guy for a while. That’s what Trevor Morris had in his studio, and I grew accustomed to them.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>“When I built this room I managed to get a set that Trevor didn’t need any more — an LCR set of PMC IB2. They’re a full-range loudspeaker, which means I don’t need to bass manage those channels that appear behind the screen in the theatre.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>“The Atmos speaker setup includes PMC Wafer 1s with a PMC twotwo Sub2.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<h4><strong>PRO TOOLS X 2</strong></h4>
<p>“I have two Pro Tools rigs. One’s on a new Mac Pro, while my stem recorder is an old Mac Pro, which copes just fine.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>“I could mostly run everything from my new Mac Pro but when I get a larger project with a lot of tracks, it’s beneficial to have them running on the new Mac Pro and record to the other.</p>
<p>“It’s also nice because I can print a session per reel or per episode as I go. And then I can hand that off to the dub stage or to a music editor, and they don’t have to timestamp all the cues together. A lot of projects don’t even have a music editor — I’m delivering directly to the dub — so the more organised I can be, the better it is for them because they have already so much going on with the dialogue and sound effects.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>“I recently bought an Intel-based Mac Mini, which is my Atmos renderer unit. So all that’s connected through an Avid MTRX. I have 128 channels from each Pro Tools rig going into the MTRX with DigiLink cards. And then I bought a Dante card for the MTRX that is going to a Focusrite PCIe RedNet card in the renderer — so that’s 128 channels into the Atmos renderer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<h4><strong>RECALL</strong></h4>
<p>Apart from two Lexicon PCM96 surround reverbs I’m all in the box. I don’t really use a lot of outboard gear because it would be too difficult to recall. I may well work on three different projects in a single day, sometimes bouncing back and forth. And it’s as simple as opening and closing Pro Tools sessions, then recalling my settings on the Lexicon verbs.</p>
<p>“I have an Avid S3 with the companion Dock for control. For monitoring control I used the JBL Intonado but once I bought the MTRX, I put the SPQ card in there, and that’s my monitor controller as well. So that’s all Eucon control. All of my monitor tuning and fold downs all happen via the MTRX.</p>
<p>“The MTRX has been a great upgrade. Previously I had the two rigs patched to each other with MADI interfaces. So I sold my HD MADI boxes and invested that money towards the Matrix upgrade and I haven’t looked back. It’s amazing how much audio you can route through it. And mine’s not even full. I mean, I’ve seen people with all eight slots full of different IO cards — it&#8217;s pretty incredible how much it handle.”</div> <!-- description --></div> <!-- aio-icon-box --></div> <!-- aio-icon-component --></div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-2"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"></div></div></div></div><div class="vc_row-full-width vc_clearfix"></div><div data-vc-full-width="true" data-vc-full-width-init="false" class="vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1627430935445 vc_row-has-fill"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper">
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<p>McGowan is the score mixer on Netflix’s Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated series ‘Ozark’, for which he received an Emmy nomination in 2020 for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series, and the martial arts comedy-drama series &#8216;Cobra Kai&#8217;. Upcoming projects include Netflix &amp; GHD’s horror/thriller ‘Ghost Lab’; Focus Features’ drama feature ‘Blue Bayou’, and documentary film ‘Cousteau’; and Disney+’s documentary film ‘Wolfgang’.</div> <!-- description --></div> <!-- aio-icon-box --></div> <!-- aio-icon-component --></div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-2"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"></div></div></div></div><div class="vc_row-full-width vc_clearfix"></div><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-2"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"></div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"></div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"></div></div></div></div>
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			<p>From the moment I laid my hands on Arturia’s paraphonic MatrixBrute in 2017, I fell hopelessly in love with it. Cosmetically, it commands attention like few synths do with its tilting front panel and exceptional build quality on par with Moog’s finest. An inspirational machine in every way, it’s a gem that inspires even the most jaded synth head. It won praise on all but a few aspects in my review, and it was little surprise to learn that it’s a permanent fixture in Orbital’s live touring rig.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, its paraphonic mode gave me a taste of how good a polyphonic MatrixBrute would sound, and I wistfully dreamt that a proper polyphonic version would eventuate someday. After the review period ended, much to the relief of my partner (“This one looks like trouble”, he said after I unboxed it and set it up alongside my Moog Voyager), I decided against buying it.</p>
<p>In the years that followed I’d often miss my daily fix of its unruly snarls, swells and uniquely cantankerous charisma. Until recently, I would scour the lexicon of used synth trading groups, hoping to chance across a COVID firesale bargain.</p>
<p>I truly missed the MatrixBrute – until the PolyBrute arrived and redefined my expectations of what a flagship analogue polysynth could be.</p>
<h4><strong>FIRST IMPRESSIONS</strong></h4>
<p>Upon unboxing, it was immediately apparent that the PolyBrute is a classy high-end instrument. It is heavy, beautifully finished, and the cosmetics are first-class. Gone is the minuscule and slow-updating Kindle-style screen capable of only displaying text. Instead, the PolyBrute has a generously-sized OLED graphic display, and, subsequently, the fonts are comfortable to read.</p>
<p>From a player’s perspective, the best experience of an analogue polysynth is five octaves for two-handed performance (especially when a Split voice assign mode is on offer), and here we have it. In addition, Channel Aftertouch and Velocity sensitivity are both present – yes, I am sighing with relief!</p>
<p>There is a white elephant in the room that I must address before pressing ahead. Sadly, the PolyBrute does not have the superb tilting front panel of its predecessor. Whilst not a total deal-breaker, it’s an aspect of the MatrixBrute that significantly elevated its appeal and ergonomics. I guess there were engineering/cost reasons why it wasn’t feasible for its reprise with the PolyBrute. Never mind…</p>
<h4><strong>OVERVIEW</strong></h4>
<p>Arturia’s PolyBrute is an advanced six-voice, polyphonic analogue synth (digitally controlled) based on true VCOs with next-level modulation functions and an integrated three-part DSP FX generator.</p>
<p>Each of its 768 patch memories stores two sounds, A and B – a structure vital to its Morphing and Layer/Split functions that we’ll examine as we progress deeper into the review.</p>

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			<h4 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Arturia PolyBrute</strong><br />
Morphing Analogue Polysynth</h4>

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<p>A$3999 (Expect to pay)</span></div></li><li><div class="uavc-list-content" id="list-icon-wrap-9779">
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<div class="">CMI: (03) 9315 2244 or <a class="" href="http://cmi.com.au/">cmi.com.au</a></div>
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<p>Power and charisma of the MatrixBrute, but with polyphony<br />
Morphing functions<br />
Stereo DSP effects<br />
Expanded modulation capabilities<br />
Innovative expression controllers like Morphée and the Ribbon.</span></div></li><li><div class="uavc-list-content" id="list-icon-wrap-2144">
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<p>The MatrixBrute’s tilting front panel is MIA<br />
Six voices is quickly exhausted with split/layers</span></div></li><li><div class="uavc-list-content" id="list-icon-wrap-6146">
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<p>A head-turning piece of elite engineering. As rewarding for musicians as it is for producers and synth-heads. Deep yet easy to use, and a great source of remarkable sounds.</span></div></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-2"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"></div></div></div><div class="wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_fadeInLeft fadeInLeft wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper">
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			<h4><strong>OSCILLATORS</strong></h4>
<p>PolyBrute’s oscillator section offers a wide tonal pallet and has a few sexy quirks I haven’t seen in more conventional analogue polysynths.</p>
<p>It has dual VCOs typical of Arturia’s ‘Brute Style’ oscillators, each with slight differences, in addition to an independent noise stage. They have independent pathways to either/both VCF1 and VCF2, controlled within the adjacent mixer section.</p>
<p>Common to both is a waveform mixer – the first knob provides a continuous blend from a Sawtooth to a Triangle wave; the second knob blends between the output of the Sawtooth/Triangle blend and a Square wave with variable Pulse Width.</p>
<p>VCO1 includes a wavefolding Metalizer function which adds complex harmonics to the VCO output, having a sonic character heading toward the angular, atonal sound of West Coast-style synthesis at extreme settings. There is also Oscillator Sync (VCO2 to VCO1), but with a unique twist – it is variable and may even be modulated, allowing you to explore the spectrum from Soft to Hard Sync.</p>
<p>VCO2 may also modulate the pitch of VCO1 via the FM 2 to 1 knob, simultaneously with VCO2 to 1 Sync if you like! VCO2 also has a Sub oscillator within, with its control balancing the mix of the Sub with the output of VCO2. Finally, VCO2 may even modulate the cutoff of VCF1 (the Steiner filter) to achieve complex audio-rate modulations for some genuinely chaotic sounds!</p>
<p>A variable Noise generator, independent of the output of VCO1/2, gives a continuous spectrum of noise colours from bright to dark. It may even modulate the cutoff of VCF2 (the Ladder filter).</p>

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			<h4><strong>TRUE ANALOGUE MORPHING</strong></h4>
<p>PolyBrute’s most enticing feature is its Morphing capability. Although Morphing has appeared on a handful of DSP virtual analogue synths (starting with Clavia’s ‘Nord Lead’ series back in the ’90s), to the best of my knowledge the PolyBrute is the first proper analogue polysynth to feature it. This is not a mere crossfade between two sounds; it is actual parameter Morphing with the entire workflow of the synth designed to exploit it.</p>
<p>The Morph knob provides continuous movement between Sound A or B and determines which layers your parameter tweaks will affect proportionally. Furthermore, the Morph amount is freely assignable as a destination in the Modulation Matrix. Considering it is such an important control, it’s strange that Arturia didn’t use a larger knob cap to draw focus to it!</p>
<p>Although most parameters are Morphable, those that radically alter the voice structure or are switch-based do not morph (for example, the Timbrality setting controlling the voice assign modes and the Type selection for the DSP effects). Also, Sources and Destinations allocated in the Modulation Matrix must remain consistent between Sound A and B because the Morphing animates the amount of modulation. Notwithstanding such minor limitations, the Morphing feature is an exciting gift to the passionate sound designer, inspiring exploration of harmonically elaborate timbral movements that would be laborious to achieve via other means. In addition, at intermediate travel points of the Morph knob, proportional blend points often reveal sweet spots that you’d rarely set out to program intentionally.</p>

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			<h4><strong>CONVENIENCES A PLENTY</strong></h4>
<p>Although depth and complexity are generally the enemies of ease of use (often forcing heaps of menu diving), Arturia has excelled with the inclusion of clever user interface enhancements.</p>
<p>For many front panel parameters you’ll find a circle printed next to the label, indicating additional options that will appear on the display for editing. It’s an intuitive way for Arturia to include scope for extra features without cluttering up the front panel and whilst also minimising deep menu diving. Bravo!</p>
<p>If you want some quick and dirty fun with the Morph function, you can quickly assemble a patch by copying sound A or B from any other patch memories in the machine. This is a fantastic way to hit some happy accidents you’d never consider programming with intention. Of course, there are also parameter randomisation functions that often yield useful results and precipitate satisfying sonic experiments.</p>
<p>The editing conveniences continue with a new Snap Shot function that allows you to roll back to up five editing states should your sound design flights-of-fancy take you on dead-end tangents.</p>

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			<h4><strong>MORPHÉE/RIBBON</strong></h4>
<p>The most cosmetically striking aspect of PolyBrute is the Morphée control, arguably inspired by the standalone Touché by Expressive E. It’s a capacitive X/Y control pad with Z control achieved by applying downward pressure, and there’s plenty of travel for expressive power. Touché owners often speak of the virtues of rhythmically ‘bouncing’ the pad on the Z-axis, simulating the feel of side-chain pumped pads typified by modern pop/EDM genres. However, the Morphée goes further than a mere XYZ controller. It also has a mode to interact with the Arp/Seq (borrowing from MicroFreak’s Spice/Dice/Ratcheting functions) and a Morph mode. I found it required some initial practice to achieve the precision I wanted, but I acclimated quickly and loved it after a few sessions.</p>
<p>A Ribbon Controller spans the area immediately above the keyboard. While its inclusion is welcome it doesn’t extend the keyboard’s entire length, which would have been preferable (particularly when mapped to control pitch, allowing the keys to provide a visual guide for notes).</p>
<h4><strong>DUAL FILTER SECTION</strong></h4>
<p>The Dual-VCF section of the MatrixBrute remains, providing an abundance of character and tonal variation. Configurable in series, parallel or a blend of both, it’s a highlight of the original – except we now have independent filter circuits per voice!</p>
<p>VCF1 is Arturia’s trademark multi-mode 12dB/octave Steiner-Parker filter, including ‘Brute Factor’ – essentially a variable feedback circuit that imparts insanely savage overdrive at extremes and subdued overtones at lower settings.</p>
<p>VCF2 is a fruity, dark-sounding 24dB/octave ladder filter that, unlike traditional ladder filters, preserves low-frequency content with increasing resonance. As a result, the PolyBrute is capable of ridiculously earth-shaking monophonic bass patches! There is also an integrated overdrive stage, which exaggerates harmonic sweet spots as the filter is swept.</p>
<h4><strong>MODULATION MANIA</strong></h4>
<p>Donning a trio of ADSR envelopes and a trio of LFOs, the PolyBrute is ready for prime-time sound design delights.</p>
<p>The first two envelopes, VCF ENV and VCA ENV, are traditional ADSR envelopes (remapped if desired). The third envelope, MOD ENV, is also a conventional ADSR envelope with an adjustable onset delay, freely assignable. The Envelopes are loopable – either twice, three times or infinitely – thus, they become additional LFOs if desired; used with short time periods for each stage, they’re capable of audio-rate modulation effects!</p>
<p>The first two LFOs offer several shapes and are polyphonic, each syncable in various ways with different retriggering modes. LFO1 adds a Phase start adjustment whilst LFO2 provides control of delayed onset. The third LFO is unique, providing continuous adjustment to the curve slope (for both the rise and fall stages), with Symmetry proportionally adjusting the rise and fall periods. By default it operates monophonically, but by engaging ReTrig mode it behaves polyphonically. The Single-mode for this LFO plays the LFO once, effectively providing an additional Attack/Decay envelope. In tandem with the Slope/Symmetry controls, LFO3 is ideal for creating synthetic percussion patches where slope adjustment is critical. A fourth ‘hidden’ LFO is also available, hard-wired to vibrato, reassignable in the Modulation Matrix.</p>
<p>Additionally, there is a custom modulation source, the ‘Motion Recorder’, effectively acting as a DIY envelope/LFO. The movement of any front panel knob can be quickly recorded and played back either once or looped. Although only one Motion Recorder is available in a patch, it can simultaneously affect multiple destinations in a macro fashion via the Modulation Matrix.</p>

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			<h4><strong>MODULATION MATRIX, EXPANDED</strong></h4>
<p>To the casual observer the PolyBrute’s Modulation Matrix may appear less extensive than the MatrixBrute’s, but there’s more here than meets the eye…</p>
<p>The MatrixBrute has a 16&#215;16 array of buttons translating to 16 destinations (columns) and 16 sources (rows), but that is the limit. Furthermore, its first 12 destinations are hard-wired as labelled, with only the remaining four slots being freely assignable.</p>
<p>The PolyBrute is a different animal. While it presents its matrix on a smaller 8&#215;12 array of buttons, there are now four pages of these eight destinations available (thus 32 in total), and every destination slot is freely assignable. Like the MatrixBrute, modulation connections can be modulated by other modulators in a multiplicative manner, and the maximum limit is now a generous 64 connections overall.</p>
<p>When you consider the numerous opportunities for audio-rate modulation, particularly with the looping modes of the envelopes, and that the Morph transition point can be modulated by anything, the mind boggles at the possibilities and the engineering marvel of the sheer number of parameters that can undergo such modulation simultaneously!</p>
<h4><strong>POLYBRUTE CONNECT</strong></h4>
<p>If the PolyBrute’s ability to Morph sounds in the analogue domain doesn’t impress enough, the included Editor/Librarian software undoubtedly seals the deal – particularly for those with a DAW-centric workflow.</p>
<p>‘PolyBrute Connect’ is a deep Editor/Librarian that runs as an AU/VST/AAX plugin or a standalone application and provides a precise bi-directional interaction with the synth. Since the PolyBrute’s display doesn’t show stored parameter values while tweaking knobs, the software offers a more confident editing experience – particularly when alternating between editing Sound A or B within a patch. Better still, whilst manipulating the front panel Morph knobs, you’ll see the parameters update in real-time as you tweak. Finally, it’s within this editor that you have a means of fine-tuning the start and endpoints of Morphed parameters, in addition to the editing conveniences you’d expect from a full-featured editor.</p>
<p>When launched as a plugin within a DAW MIDI track, PolyBrute Connect acts as a MIDI bridge presenting all parameters as automation hooks to the host DAW. Behind the scenes, communication between the PolyBrute and the software uses high-resolution 14-bit MIDI RPN CC data (rather than coarse 7-bit CC data), so the convenience this offers can’t be understated. It’s much more intuitive to edit pre-labelled lanes of automation in a DAW rather than triple-byte MIDI RPN data, which most DAWs handle quite poorly!</p>
<p>Better still, if you print to audio tracks in your DAW as you progress, multitracking the synth with complete round-trip editing is easily achieved by launching new instances of PolyBrute Connect. Each instance independently stores patches within your DAW project. By revisiting previously tracked elements and clicking the ‘Activate’ button in PolyBrute Connect, the patch state is recalled on the synth independent of the patch memories.</p>
<p>The user experience is an Editor/Librarian that works as fluidly as you could ever want. Rather than developed as an afterthought, it’s evident that PolyBrute Connect’s development happened in tandem with the synth – otherwise, this level of integration would not be possible. I’ve little doubt existing MatrixBrute owners will be envious of the workflow it provides.</p>

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			<h4><strong>EFFECTS</strong></h4>
<p>When I <a href="https://www.audiotechnology.com/reviews/arturia-matrixbrute-analogue-synthesizer">reviewed the MatrixBrute</a> in mid-2017, its analogue effect section underwhelmed me. While not being a deal-breaker (we’re spoiled for choice in the DAW universe), it was the Achilles’ Heel of an otherwise excellent synth in a standalone context.</p>
<p>Thankfully, Arturia has included a proper stereo DSP effects engine in the PolyBrute. Three effects blocks are available – Modulation, Delay and Reverb – which may run as inserts or sends. In addition, a handy global bypass button provides a true analogue signal path to satisfy analogue purists.</p>
<p>The Modulation effects include Chorus and Phaser and seven supplementary ‘Alt’ types including Flangers, other Phaser/Flanger variants and, unexpectedly, sonically destructive types like Bit Crushing and Down Sampling. The Chorus and Phaser sound particularly excellent, whilst the destructive effects provide fodder for more exotic sounds – especially once you’ve applied modulation. Yes, you heard me right – parameters within the effect engines (except Effect Type selection) are destinations available within the Modulation Matrix, and they are Morphable!</p>
<p>The Delay section extends well beyond the MatrixBrute’s BBD, however it is still present. Nine variations are provided including a Karplus variant, comprehensive clocking options and a post-effect filter section, fantastic for controlling the tone of the repeats. While I had hoped to modulate the delay taps, what’s on offer here is a massive improvement.</p>
<p>The Reverb is spectacular, providing massive decay times with smooth tails without any hint of cyclic metallic ringing. Several types are available, and a cleverly implemented post-effect filtering section helps tame the tails. Expect everything from subtle spatial room treatments to outlandish supernatural dreamy shimmers, and everything in-between!</p>
<h4><strong>STEP SEQUENCER / ARPEGGIATOR</strong></h4>
<p>While I prefer sequencing within a DAW, the Sequencer and Arpeggiator functions of the MatrixBrute have been further refined for the PolyBrute. It’s now polyphonic, and Arturia has added some intriguing randomisation and editing functions that were perhaps inspired by the MicroFreak. A unique Matrix Arpeggiator mode facilitates the creation of complex arpeggios via the editing matrix (up to 32 steps in length), extending the possibilities of arpeggiated performance. Whilst performing with the Arpeggiator, if you want to preserve what you’re hearing you can convert it into a sequence for further editing and changing up the rhythmic character on the editing matrix. Combined with the Morphée mode that interacts with the Sequencer, there’s much potential here to spark fresh ideas.</p>
<p>In addition to Step Sequencing, you may record sequences in real-time, and there’s a handy metronome that elevates the usability of this approach. Modulation tracks allow automation of up to three knob-based parameters, providing yet another means to impart textural movement in your patches.</p>

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			<h4><strong>COMPLAINTS DEPARTMENT</strong></h4>
<p>Six voices is a bit limited for Arturia’s debut flagship polyphonic analogue synth, considering the Split/Layer facilities on offer. I found myself frequently reaching the voice limit when playing layered/split patches and also when playing patches with lengthy release times, resulting in voice stealing (albeit a pleasing effect when invoked intentionally as a stylistic effect). Although it would elevate the cost, I’d speculate that there’s a market for a 12-voice model and perhaps Arturia might someday agree.</p>
<p>The Step Sequencer would benefit from having more than three Modulation Sequence lanes. Thankfully, the opportunities for modulation elsewhere in the synth are copious, and the potential for their chaotic interplay, in tandem with the convenient automation of any parameter via the PolyBrute Connect plugin in a DAW, adequately compensates for this.</p>
<p>Before getting up and running with PolyBrute Connect, there are a few hoops to navigate. It’s necessary to create an Arturia user account, register the PolyBrute’s serial number, install Arturia’s Software Centre App, download software, and then activate it. I don’t understand the need to Activate the software – it is of no use without a PolyBrute attached, and the mere presence of the unit attached should be proof enough of entitlement to use it!</p>
<p>Whilst the PolyBrute is an engineering marvel, some aspects of the MatrixBrute are missing in action. For example, MatrixBrute’s four white Macro knobs: each allowed ganged adjustment of up to 16 parameters (having independent ranges and polarity), making them brilliant as ‘serving suggestions’ of ideal interaction points with a patch and even provided a primitive Morphing implementation (four times over).</p>
<p>Those familiar with the MatrixBrute will notice that its extensive array of rear panel input/output jacks (intended for integration with Eurorack modular rigs) is absent on the PolyBrute. In the context of a polyphonic synth, this is understandable considering the technical complications it would present.</p>
<p>And again, the omission of the MatrixBrute’s tilting front panel is not to be discounted!</p>
<h4><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h4>
<p>In recent years, several modern analogue polysynths I’ve reviewed have fallen short of the mark. Often, they’ve had underwhelming oscillator sections, minimal modulation facilities, or lacked essential fundamentals (like Aftertouch or a decent keybed). Of course, such products don’t command the price of the PolyBrute, but maybe that’s why we frequently see a deluge of ‘built to a price point’ gear on used trading groups. True synth fans rarely sell off absolute treasures unless circumstances demand so.</p>
<p>While its build quality is slightly less polished, the PolyBrute delivers a true six-voice analogue polysynth with unique Morphing and extensive modulation capabilities – for not much more than you’d pay for the MatrixBrute. It vastly eclipsed any expectations I had for the polyphonic MatrixBrute of my dreams. Although its price point puts it alongside Moog, DSI/Sequential and extensive bespoke Eurorack systems, its advanced modulation, Morphing feature and the depth of integration offered by the PolyBrute Connect plugin/app herald Arturia’s coming of age in the high-end synth market. If there is ever a synth you’d consolidate your rig of lesser items for, this would be it!</p>
<p>It is fantastic value for money, even with its mere six-voice polyphony. Its unparalleled ability to morph and contort those voices in so many creative ways, in a package that’s so intuitive with minimal menu diving, has pushed this dream machine to the front of the pack. In the hands of a skilled and imaginative sound designer, it’s an undeniable weapon that is bound to inspire the most demanding analogue synth aficionado for years ahead.</p>
<p>Aside from shelling out for an extensive Eurorack modular synth rig (which would lack polyphony and recall), there aren’t any non-modular analogue synths that reach PolyBrute’s sonic pallet. So although Arturia made a false start with their ambitious yet ill-fated Origin DSP modular from 12 years ago, they can now legitimately claim the crown for engineering the most innovative and desirable polyphonic analogue synth in recent years.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Arturia! You’ve not only delivered a head-turning piece of elite engineering, but you’ve also provided a complete experience without teasing us with essentials like ‘PolyBrute Connect’ that are “coming soon…”</p>

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			<p>Meyer Sound has switched things up in this part of the world. Audio Brands had the brand in Australia for a period after a long stint as Meyer Sound Australia, helmed by Harley Richardson and Steve Devine. Meyer Sound product has had a reputation for its exceptional quality, high price and exclusivity. But (some of) that’s about to change… at least according to Meyer’s Sound Sales Manager for ANZ, Owen Ironside.</p>
<p><cite><strong style="background: #32ffff; color: #000000;">AT:</strong></cite>; Describe the new distribution arrangement in Australia/NZ? Are we the odd ones out in Aus/NZ or is this move to ‘going direct’ part of a more global strategy to homogenise Meyer’s approach?</p>
<p><cite><strong style="background: #32ffff; color: #000000;">Owen Ironside:</strong></cite> Meyer Sound has been listening to our customers and with the impact of COVID-19 still affecting our industry in such a big way, I think it is fair to say that from manufacturers to production companies, and integrators to retailers, people are changing the way they are doing business.</p>
<p>Our customers want to be closer to the manufacturer, they want a higher level of service and support, they want training, they want demo gear to listen to, and they want to learn more about how to implement our wide and exciting range of products and solutions. But business has been impacted and budgets are being stretched more than we’ve ever seen, so on top of all this and everything they’ve come to know and demand of Meyer Sound’s high level of quality and durability, the price has to come down.</p>
<p>At the beginning of 2021 we launched a direct, non-exclusive reseller network for loudspeaker solutions in Australia and New Zealand to meet these needs head on.</p>
<p>This fantastic new reseller network already has industry leaders in their markets and have undertaken intensive factory training to be able to represent Meyer Sound at the highest level across Australia and New Zealand. Together, we now offer a vastly increased local presence of design services, sales, technical support, training, and servicing across all of the local territories and their markets. We’re now able to offer all this while significantly reducing the price to the end user.</p>
<p>The new approach in ANZ is not in any way new to us, however. Meyer Sound has always sold direct in the US and the same reseller network approach has already been in place in Mexico, Germany, and the UK for many years. But it’s far from a global strategy and doesn’t work just anywhere. These countries along with Australia, each have a unique set of circumstances that have allowed them to work.</p>
<p><cite><strong style="background: #32ffff; color: #000000;">AT:</strong></cite> Who’s on the Meyer Sound team in this region?</p>
<p><cite><strong style="background: #32ffff; color: #000000;">Owen Ironside:</strong></cite> The APAC Meyer Sound team has leapt up in size over the past few months. Not only do we now have a new team of local factory staff offering sales, design services, calibration, and technical support right here in Australia, we are about to formally announce what we consider to be the extended team of new, fully authorised, Meyer Sound resellers.</p>
<p>Each of our new resellers get to go through our extensive factory training and onboarding programme covering every detail of the company from our rich history, to our factory and product manufacturing as well as deep dives across our complete solutions range. Meyer Sound have a very strong belief in education and training and it’s really exciting to use this programme and work with our resellers to offer a much higher level of advice and support to our customers than ever before.</p>

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			<p><cite><strong style="background: #32ffff; color: #000000;">AT:</strong></cite> Is Meyer Sound better positioned to participate in ‘on location’ demos or shootouts?</p>
<p><cite><strong style="background: #32ffff; color: #000000;">Owen Ironside:</strong></cite> One of the great things about being a manufacturer is we can build any equipment we need ourselves. That’s really been great, as since making the change, we’ve been overwhelmed with enquiries.</p>
<p>One of the first things we did, was ship over a large volume of demo gear covering our full product range to live here permanently. It’s flightcased up and already getting out across the country into people’s hands and venues.</p>
<p>We even have a touring Spacemap Go spatial sound design and live mixing system. Getting this new technology into peoples’ hands has been amazing to see. Straight away people are flying helicopters around and creating their own immersive atmospheres and spatial mixes. The Spacemap Go kit has been so popular all across Australia that it hasn’t been back to the warehouse since we first built it back in February, in fact it’s booked solid until 2022!</p>
<p>This is where our new resellers have been amazing. They have been setting up their own facilities and demo systems to fulfil the increasing demand. We have Spacemap Go systems now in every state, and you can demo any box you like from an MM-4XP all the way up to a full LEO system.</p>

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			<p><cite><strong style="background: #32ffff; color: #000000;">AT:</strong></cite> What’s the situation with repairs and support?</p>
<p><cite><strong style="background: #32ffff; color: #000000;">Owen Ironside:</strong></cite> Servicing and support is a key focus of this new change. When you have some of the biggest names in the business relying on our products night after night, you have to be ready to go with solutions at a moment’s notice. Not only do we offer our full international team of technical support staff around the globe, we also have a team of dedicated technical services and support staff right here in the country and the right timezone, ready to help.</p>
<p>Our repairs process makes fault finding very quick and easy, so many end users can quickly diagnose and pinpoint issues themselves.</p>
<p>From there our locally stocked service agents can quickly turn around the replacement parts to get the product back in service as soon as possible. Many of our new resellers already offer servicing to their existing clients and venues, so we’ve been only too happy to build on that with our detailed factory training and service procedures.</p>
<p>We have also appointed dedicated warranty service agent. Not only do they offer technical servicing assistance, they can also offer full bench technician services where their team of factory trained staff pull down, diagnose, and repair complete products as needed.</p>
<p><cite><strong style="background: #32ffff; color: #000000;">AT:</strong></cite> Is there a different setup for buying or enquiring about more ‘retail’-oriented Meyer Sound products?</p>
<p><cite><strong style="background: #32ffff; color: #000000;">Owen Ironside:</strong></cite> Whether the enquiry is for a single speaker or a venue wide reconfigurable, multi-room system, we’ll always ensure we offer the best solution we can.</p>
<p>Each of the market verticals our products and solutions address require specialist knowledge as well as extensive experience and technical ability. We’ve carefully selected the best the country has to offer to form our reseller network, and we’re delighted with the enthusiasm and support we’ve received from everyone, including some very big names in the industry. It’s a very exciting time for all of us and we will be making lots of noise about them in the very near future.</p>
<p><cite><strong style="background: #32ffff; color: #000000;">AT:</strong></cite> Meyer Sound sells a quality product, but is there an effort to provide some sort of price parity in this part of the world?</p>
<p><cite><strong style="background: #32ffff; color: #000000;">Owen Ironside:</strong></cite> Meyer Sound cares, and that shows in each and every part of the business, as well as each and every detail of our products. Meyer Sound has always prided itself on the fact that all of our products are manufactured to the same exacting standards across the board. We do this so that wherever you are in the world, if you plug in a Meyer Sound product, it will perform exactly as you would expect. With so many of our customers working and trading all around the world, we don’t expect anyone to have to pay a premium to access our products. So why should a product purchased in ANZ cost more than it does in the US or Europe? Ensuring our pricing is as competitive and stable as possible is something that has become very important during COVID and will be for many years to come. I can honestly tell you we have listened and addressed this exact concern and we are now more price competitive here in ANZ then we have ever been in the past.</p>
<p><cite><strong style="background: #32ffff; color: #000000;">AT:</strong></cite> What’s the future look like for Meyer in this part of the world?</p>
<p><cite><strong style="background: #32ffff; color: #000000;">Owen Ironside:</strong></cite> Meyer Sound has been in business for over 40 years and is still a privately owned company. That has proved to be invaluable over the the last year or so. COVID has given the entire company time to focus, adapt, and realign, and we are now a more united and driven team than ever. It is important to say that with our new approach to the ANZ market, we are listening and we are learning. We are adapting and changing to support our customers’ evolving needs. We are seeing our customers planning for a post-COVID world and we are gearing up to support them more than we ever could before.</p>
<p>Here in Australia and New Zealand we’ve already seen a very strong response in terms of new business since the changes just a few months ago. Sales are already exceeding all expectations and we’re really only just getting started.</p>
<p>With all of our fantastic new resellers about to officially come online, as well as many exciting new products and technologies in the pipeline, all I can say is “watch this space”.</p>

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