Why boring gear is better

[AtlsOsc]

If one of the most exciting Synths in the last couple of years is the most boring gear you own, consider yourself lucky!

[valdir]

"work with the limitations you have" I wish my limitations were the "good old boring" Arturia Polybrute

[bozojazz]

Look I'm just gonna say what no one else will: the Polybrute is not a simple, boring synth. You're out to space on this one, Venus.

[johnego]

The patch blend knob on the PolyBrute alone is one of the most exciting things I’ve seen on a synth in a long time. While I understand the point you’re going for I think calling the PolyBrute boring is a HUGE stretch. The Brute oscillators are just amazing and capable of so many sonic possibilities it doesn’t need wavetables and complex FM routing.

[fridmanator]

Pulling out the polybrute and saying “it’s great to have limitation”?!?!?! This is hands down the best synth in the world

[Doomzdayxx]

I'm new to the synth world, but this is the first I've heard anybody call the Polybrute "simple" and "boring". Anyway, I think your point is to say that simplifying things can breed creativity, and I agree with that.

[Psyshimmer]

‘The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.’

-Marcus Aurelius

[gn]

Having a 4k usd piece of equipment in front of you and saying people are "buying they way out of something" is wild

[stuartjameswright]

Totally agree. I'm a recovering gearaholic.

[fentanyljones]

The polybrute is probably the most complex synth of it’s cloth lol. So many modulation routing options! I get the drift though, just had to poke a little fun on that.

[HOLLASOUNDS]

I made My best music on Reason 4 lol 3 samplers, 1 drum machine, 3 synths, and basic effects, reverb, EQ, distortion. Now I am replicating that same basic set up nearly 20 years later with hardware.

[OurlordandsaviorShrek]

i spent a few years producing music as a hobby and the only money i ever spent on it was a copy of Fl studio, all my samples, all my plugins would be completely free and it actually helped me learn sound design faster since i had to tweak more stuff to get what i wanted.

[buddhabinaural]

So many great tracks made with an Atari, old Akai sampler and a cheap ancient synth.

I find the more time goes on the more I use the stuff I used 20 years ago. I still use Reasons Subtractor for my bass lines and been on that since the early 00's.

[JamesAllenDjMadlogik]

Well said, I really should limit myself to what I have not looking for the next fix of this shiny thing or that, cos at the end of the day it’s the ear…not the gear

[indigosnow_]

The Polybrute boring? 😅 That's wild.

[sixthsensethaproducer]

This guy video inspired me back into music creation. He saved my musical life.

[PianoDanny]

Yes. The best pieces of music were written on 4 track reel to reel recorders.

[fuccasound]

i agree with you, i have stuck with my Yamaha CS30 mono synth since 1983. i love it because of it's odd architecture and the way it makes me work to produce the sounds i need to make. i have a phrase for synth users who are Gearheads and seem to think that the more flashing lights and screens they have the more productive they will be. i call it 'the starship captain syndrome'

[robertodagostini]

Venus theory is the goat. I learned so much from him. I owe allot of what I’ve been able to achieve with very little to this guy. I may not watch your videos all the time now, but when I was learning I watched everything on your channel.

What he’s saying is true. After you spend thousands on a computer and thousands on software and then maybe 1 thousand more on hardware gear, you really start to question when are you just going to start learning the basics and just put the money towards food and rent.

I went broke so many times putting music above everything. If you have your DAW, a computer, basic plugins, a midi controller, decent headphones and Audi interface, you have more than most. Just keep learning the software and use what you got.

[andybungert]

"Limitation breeds Creativity" is by far one of my favorite concepts when it comes to gear and music! ❤❤