MB 1st impressions
Massive box
Massive weight , really heavy
THIS IS A BRUTE
Not impressed by the gash in the box,
Superb internal protective packaging MUST KEEP
Difficult to lift out of box but will only do this once
Really heavy synth with massive size and presence
Dwarfing the Sub 37 ,
Beautiful , well designed ARTURIA!!!!!
Sliders have a slight lateral wobble , rotaries are as rock solid as the Moog.
Switched it on. Rapid boot interval
Played a few sounds , changing patches
UH! Takes too long. The clue to completed recall is that the electric ink display goes totally black and then white when it is steady black on white , the change has completed . This has been noted by another poster too.
I would like the lights a little brighter, electric ink display pin sharp but a little small. Very high contrast easy to read with my reading glasses on
Downloaded the Midi Control Centre (MCC), easy to install , but failed to connect to MB
SOLVED , threw off the under powered USB hub , connected directly to MB all ok
Downloaded update which installed ok , rebooted MB OK no obvious changes .
In the MCC tried recall to computer preset and sequence
USB is slow
At the lower right of the MCC in red it says "Failed to get metadata for ... " and it is scrolling through presets eg A1 , A2
The Matrix in the MCC for the Matrixbrute is not populated at all.
Getting worried
SOLVED Quit MCC and relaunched. Tried recall to computer Preset + sequence, all ok
Started 1st project
Finding that I am preferring the Steiner Parker filter over the Ladder
Wife on the war path , will continue review later
