Arturia's MatrixBrute is an unashamed monster mono/paraphonic synth, its a big, bold beast of a synthesizer, with an impressive array of features. Up to now though its become somewhat delayed in its availability. The good news is that the MatrixBrute is now shipping. UK Price appears to be around £1700.To coincide with this, Arturia have released a new performance video, featuring two MatrixBrutes used in tandem. Its a little out there - Jean-baptiste Arthus,  an Arturian sound designer and - they deserve a name check we think for such an energetic and interesting performance but really does show off a number of the features - which are...Analog Matrix Synthesizer256 Preset memory locations2 Analog Exponential VCO's:Saw + UltraSaw, Square +Pulse width, Triangle + Metalizer, Sub1 Analog Linear VCO/LFOSaw, Square, Triangle, Sine waveforms; LFO time divisions; Key trackVCO 2>1 Hard SyncAudio Mod:VCO1>2 ; VCO1 < VCO3> VCO2 ; VCF 1 < VCO3> VCF 2 ; VCF1 < Noise> VCF2Noise Generator:White ; Pink ; Red ; Blue noise types5 input Audio Mixer with Filter routingSteiner Parker filter with 12+24 db per octave modes ; Drive ; Brute factor; Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass, NotchLadder filter with 12+24 db per octave modes ; 2 LFO's Sine, Tri, Square, Ramp, Saw, Random, S&H3 Envelope Generators2 Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release1 Delay, Attack, Decay, Sustain, ReleaseExternal Audio In16x16 Matrix modulation panel64 step sequencerSTEP enable, Slide, Accent, ModulationSave and recall sequence patterns on the flyAnalog EffectsStereo delay, Delay, Flanger, Chorus, Analog ReverberatorArpeggiator12 CV / Gate Inputs/OutputsAudio Input, Line or Instrument levelStereo audio outputMIDI and USB I/OPedal inputs for Expression and Sustain