Arturia's PolyBrute 12 is a significant update to the French brand's flagship polysynth, which doubles the voice count and introduces a unique take on polyphonic aftertouch. With those new features comes a significant jump in price, up to €3999/$4449. Does this updated version have what it takes to compete with top-end synths? We got our hands on one ahead of launch to find out.

Read our original PolyBrute review (from 2020): https://www.musicradar.com/reviews/arturia-polybrute

In this video:
00:01:18 – Recap: what is the PolyBrute?
00:05:02 – Firmware updates since v1
00:05:55 – What's new for PolyBrute 12?
00:06:30 – Hardware changes
00:08:40 – Poly aftertouch explained
00:10:30 – 'FullTouch' aftertouch
00:16:00 – MPE keys?
00:16:30 – Cons: what don't we like?
00:17:35 – Price: is it worth it?
00:20:00 – Sound demos