The end tune: alexball.bandcamp.com/track/hold-on-polybrute Thanks for all the kind words.

This thing sound so wild for an analog synth. Really did a great job with it, arturia did.

Just an appreciation comment, to say that I appreciate the hell out of all you’ve done on this channel, all your talent, all your humor, all the humility, and all the tasteful music, and on and on. I don’t take for granted the presence of one such as yourself in this synth video presentation/education/review/tutorial/historical sphere. And, I got a little misty eyed when you reminisce about getting your start with Arturia VSTs in the late ‘00s, then coming full circle to Arturia outside-the-box, serious hardware Poly all these years later. Stepping back, pondering what it all means, all you’ve learned and experienced and traversed-I’m all for it. Cheers, man. Thank you. I still love and learn from that Terminator soundtrack video, which I think was my first exposure to your genius. Okay, ‘nuff said.

That "Hold On" tune was a nice bit of 80's flavor! Great stuff as always, Alex!

a quality of the Polybrute that should also be noted is that it is such a sensory pleasure to use, expressive, fun, inspiring and at times almost meditative

I think we've got a new future classic on our hands with this one👌🏻

love 'hold on' and thank you for all the fantastic synth videos. very entertaining and informative 🙌🏼

Alex, as always, a great video packed with lots of inventiveness on your part, about an awesome synth! 👍

I'm glad you finally got your hands on the Polybrute, great job with the sounds and video! Love the song as well, and thanks for sharing your back story with Arturia. I've been enjoying mine as well (just put up a music video myself today!), and so I was excited to see your take on it... well done.

Another great review. Really really like the song at the end Alex. Superb vocals and images. You helped me to decide on a new polysynth. I went for the Novation Summit which arrived yesterday. Loving it. Thank you for all your insights, reviews and above all the music. Brilliant.

Love „Hold on“. Also as a German I liebe das deutsche vibe in ze beginning. Nerdich by nature. Keep up ze good arbeit.

Wow, the synth is great and the song it inspired you is fantastic. Kudos. Now I want both the Polybrute and the Alex Ball album that goes with it.

Another great video from you, Alex. But I have to say I was absolutely blown away by Hold On. Bravo.

You made a really nice song with this synth! Great job! I REALLY love that bass - chord that follow each other in the fast chord change. It really struck my 80's nerve.

That is an awesome track at the end man. Could listen to it all day.

Mine just arrived... your demo and review is spot on. It's an insanely incredible instrument. Worth every penny. Great Video and ending track.

Utterly brilliant review. Superb song at the end. Thanks Alex!

That end track: amazing Alex! Wonderful video as well! And needless to say, but this instrument is one of the instruments on our short list to have a go with for sound design and to give a thorough test drive.

Hey Buddy, it brought me to tears just watching the symbiosis between you and this masterpiece of a synth (the song) . It just made my day to see you still got that much passion inside of you. Please never loose this gift and keep on doing your work 👍😎😘

Great video review! Like the Hold On song at the end too. I had to listen to it several times.

Your reviews are phenomenal and not to mention your talent behind them. As a synth player you always seem to give me new ideas on my current rig and sometimes help me to explore things I have put away, and it’s like unlocking new levels. Thank you sooo much

An amazing beast of an instrument played by an amazing set of hands... great review Alex, me droog!! I always learn something in these clips.

Awesome stuff. Your videos always do a great job of showing the variety of sounds you can get out of a particular piece of gear!

You can really make any synth sing. Your videos are incredibly engaging and the humour is on-point. Excellent work! Now let's just wait for that CS-80 to magically appear... hopefully.

"Hold On" is an amazing song!! Well done - your passion for synths is so infectious. Makes me want to just hole up in my studio for years and make noise!

Happy New Year, Alex Love the synth, wish i had my fingers in one myself and that track at the end was awesome. Gonna be stuck in my head for days.

Yet another absolutely fantastic video - love that bass line in the last piece!

Another superb review, then he knocks it out of the park with a cracking track at the end - Outstanding! Thank you Alex.

Wow, what a great song you made! I'm really impressed that a synth youtuber is actually producing beautiful songs instead of just evolving ambient music or a 16 bar sequence repeated 100 times. The song is great man, mega props 🔥

I was really impressed by the synth. I was even far more impressed by the quality of the music you make with it. Absolutely brilliant!

I really like how you geek out in the gear AND always fasten it firmly to music making. Your puncturing ditties always drip musicality. Thanks Alex.

Great review. And always look forward to your music using the synths your review. Excellent 👍

Brilliant review, brilliant synthesizer and not least a brilliant beautiful song!

Killer video, wonderful outro track as always. I have yet to hear a sound that I haven't immediately fallen in love with out of the PolyBrute, I'm absolutely itching to have one just as soon as I can afford one

What a demo, always a treat to see what you conjure from a piece of kit, and the track certainly shows it well. And I quite appreciate that summary of your thoughts, your sentiment of closing the loop is really resonates with me, thanks for sharing that.

Nice review, and an even nicer track at the end. You are really an impressive songmaker and performer, Alex !!!

Got mine for nearly a year now, and still in love. Finding something new daily. Most reviews focus on the digital realm, which PB can reach in via VCO2 > VCO 1 FM, Steiner Filter FM and VCO1 metalizer, in conjunction with its mod matrix. But it‘s an analog synth, and thus it sounds just beautiful, fat, makes you smile. Great review, finally Alex and PB, I‘m astonished how much you extracted from it in a short time, and the song is great. Not by the PB sounds used, but by your creative songwriting, finding the perfect harmonic balance between pop music and interesting music. Love your channel!

Love the track at the end, wonderful vocals, well done!

A pretty flexible expressive synth that excels under your creative expressions. Great song at the end. The singing was awesome.

Some real edge of the universe moments with sound very exciting as well as a personal Balrog moment for me with the mention of the Mines of Moria. Well done as always from the planet Xynth.

DUDE! Your songs NEVER fail. I'm a fan.

*Thoroughly entertained!* I expected a musical review of the synth; I didn't expect a real song that I genuinely loved at the end! Alex, you're great.

Hold On is a BOP, Alex! Great job, man! When I get mine, Imma do something amazing with it, too!

I’m loving your vids - insightful, authoritative reviews coupled with catchy pop songs. Please release hold on to itunes

Always love your videos in general, but that outro is a thing of beauty! Watch out, The Midnight 😊

top sound track at the end - thx for demoing this beautiful synth

Holy Moly, your voice sounds amazing over this dream of an instrument -- and I love the song!

Oohh I was waiting for this one! Thank you! Also, I loooove the song in the end! Love the vocals and the syncopated accents.

Love Hold On! Well done! It perfectly showcases the PB's awesome timbre.

I really appreciate your harmonic vocabulary. And great end tune!

Super - really enjoyed this tour and the wonderful "Hold on" - thanks!

You made it sound absolutely gorgeous!

Amazing as always Alex! Excellent synth!

Nice sounding synth. I had to replay "Hold On" a few times, that's how awesome it is

Gosh, that’s a bloody nice synth! And that’s also a bloody nice closing song too!

You seemed to be genuinely grateful to do that review, and I like the way you approached the presentation of that instrument. I've enjoyed watching it, even if I won't be able to get one for myself anytime soon ;p

Great sounds, great track at the end! Damn I want one of these.

Holy Moly, Hold On is such a hot track! You and your instruments melt together into gold

Lol, can't blame you for trying man. I'm glad I found your channel, I'm a guitarist but I adore synthesis and have since my stepdad let me play with his minimoog the first time, in the mid seventies. Your approach to content is wonderful, and your original music is quite good, and inspirational. Thanks, please continue.

Beautiful track at the end. Kudos!

Very nice demo and really nice work on "Hold On". Thanks Alex!

Brilliant review and tune. I'm off to bandcamp to purchase it - that's how much I enjoyed it.

Congrats on the PolyBrute Alex! It's a very versatile, expressive and DEEP synth. I believe it will take years to explore due to all the possibilities... Arturia knocked it out of the park and happy you were able to obtain one! Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Wow, this is the Polybrute at its best! Fantastic sounds and great review. Beautiful track, also!

Your videos never fail to have me leaving with a smile on my face, and yet still wanting more. Even after multiple playthroughs. I get the itch to play synths I've only relatively recently grew an attachment to, despite never really putting a finger to a keyboard before. I think it might soon be time for me to pick up a small midi controller and some softsynths to figure my way around. Perhaps a Keystep and some of the V Collection, maybe. Thanks for the videos, sounds, and music. "Hold On" is brilliant. As a side, I'd just like to mention how damn good the Polybrute looks. Its quite the looker, to my eye.

Awesome stuff Alex, great to see your thoughts on this synth. I have had mine for five-ish months now. I am part of a musical family, we have jam sessions on NYE. We did this NYE just passed, I derived a lot of pleasure seeing my more keyboard fluent siblings playing about with my polybrute. They love it. It also sounds awesome through a P.A.

Great video. You balance between "the specs" and letting us hear some of what it can do was much appreciated. I would love to own one of these things even though I have no musical talent and not enough time to dedicate to it. Maybe in my next life.

I am glad i watched this video up to the end, a very nice bonus track i would say !

Very powerful synth despite the limit of voices. Great tune, too! Looking forward to purchasing the next album, whenever you get a chance to make it, Alex! Great video as is always the case.

I've been nothing but impressed by Arturia's products. I have the V collection and they are the only synth plugins that I tend to use as they are so great. Now I know what I'm saving up for next! Thanks Alex :)

Finally, Alex and the PolyBrute are together at last!!! The inevitable match ;) Thank you for sharing your thoughts and that awesome track!

great to see you play this. rare a synth sounds like nothing before!

I'd been hoping you'd get around to the PolyBrute one of these days Alex. I like the way you've eschewed the 'feature rundown' that so many people do and focussed on demonstrating it in use, which after all is what it was built for. I certainly love mine and I really liked the various riffs and fragments you chose for this video. A super song at the end too, lovely job!

I always look forward to your latest video, as your reviews and synth history videos are always both enjoyable and interesting - and then when you tack a song on the end it always seems to leave me with a tear in my eye as there's something both timeless and melancholy in your music as bright, sparkly and sweetly 80's-flavoured as it is. I always remember the first video I saw of yours, First Contact, with my fave synth, the Jupiter 8, and the song on that is just beautiful,! Keep up the great work - and hope Yamaha get your hint and send you the secret prototype of the CSDX-88, the long-awaited updated analog / digital hybrid we've all wondering where they've been hiding all these years after they didn't take the CS80 any further (OK, there was the GX1 but that came first obvs)!

Woow....the performance....!! Bravo Alex, the Synth is a Dream complimenti Arturia

Cracking track at the end Alex👍🙏

Great video. Incredible use of the polybrute with hold on.

You Sir, have an amazing talent. That tune at the end is right there at the top of the Synth Pop charts for me. Howard Jones for 2024! Oh, yeah, and I love the Polybrute too.

Thanks man...Been thinking about one of these and you have me closer to pulling the chain!

great overview. and quality song at the end. nice work

I swore I'd wait until I was getting seriously into music again before I bought another keyboard, but I've been lusting over this beast for so many months now. And then Alex pulls this stunt, darn him... Yes, every synth has something unique to bring to the table, but the PolyBrute is just an exquisite joining of so many delicious elements together... I have to have it. And that last song taking us to the end of the video was your best tune yet! I haven't heard but a small portion of your vids, but that song is going to be seriously hard to beat, and the PolyBrute brought it to life magnificently.

best poly brute demo I saw until now... It shows again, not only the synth makes a synth great, the player is not less important... And that is a point you break them all, cause you have the thing needed what to do with the stuff... Not every instrument youtuber has that, sorry for them but its true... Always a pleasure to watch your videos, thanks Alex

The sounds this synth is capable of making is absolutely phenomenal. Definitely looks like a synth to save money for

What a great way to start the day - brilliant!

Wow. The song at the end was fantastic. Great stuff.

I’ve had mine for 6 months now and it is a phenomenal synth. I say it’s the most acoustic synth I’ve ever played as it sounds so musical, the timbres go from reeds, to horns to pianos in one sweep, at a flick of the morphé it can sound huge and caustic and resonant. It’s easily as growly as the Matrixbrute if you want rot to be. It’s already a classic to me.

The GAS is real for this one! Once again thank you for the awesome review, and demo. Loved the ending song.

Absolutely reminds me of what Kurz's Triple modular processing with VAST was doing years ago only matured and proper! 😳 incredible Alex, as usual! 😉

A fantastic overview as ever, Alex…and that song ‘Hold On’ - bloody wonderful. I think I’m going to be singing that under my breath for quite some time. Thank you!

You put out really great content man. Good job and thank you. Arturia should sponsor you with endless gear.

Very inspiring and informative. I always look forward to your videos. You have great musical talent and your grasp of European languages is stunning 😂

Great demo! Not sure if this is a regular thing since I’ve just discovered your channel, but the “Germlish” at the beginning cracked me up…more please! 😂 Loved the end track Hold On, too! My ears kept expecting a guitar solo, even though I knew it was a synth demo…

Lovely video (and song!). I can’t recall you being so obviously chuffed with a synth before!

Sensational Alex, as always… 👍

What a lovely end tune Alex!!!

Nice track at the end. Well Done!!!

That track at the end gave me total MuteMath vibes. Bravo 👏🏼

Nice outro track! I always enjoy.

Wow! A full track of impressive quality to demo a keyboard. Arturia muss danke vielmals sagen!

Amazing video as usual, thank you. What a tune..