Arturia - 25 Years Of Software Synthesis

President and co-founder of Arturia, Frédéric Brun, talks to Sam Inglis about the company's eventful history, taking in highlights such as the innovative MiniBrute, the epic PolyBrute and the company's first stage keyboard, the new AstroLab.Chapters00:00 - Introduction01:52 - Storm & The Early Days Of Software Synthesis02:53 - Emulating Classic Analogue Synths07:23 - How To Approach An Emulation08:24 - IRCAM And Physical Modelling10:56 - Expanding Into Hardware13:43 - The MiniBrute: Arturia's First Analogue Synth18:16 - Synths For iPad & iOS20:03 - The MatrixBrute24:26 - The Importance Of User Feedback26:48 - Development Time28:53 - Moving Into Different Market Sectors30:36 - Pigments: An Original Soft Synth31:37 - The PolyBrute Morphing Analogue Polysynth33:32 - AstroLab: Arturia's Stage KeyboardArturia BiogBased in the French city of Grenoble, Arturia have built on their roots as pioneering developers of virtual instruments to become one of the world's leading manufacturers of analogue, digital and software synthesizers, controller keyboards and audio interfaces.Launched in 1999 by college friends Frédéric Brun and Gilles Pommereuil, the company initially started out by developing software that could accurately emulate retro analogue synths. In 2003 they started to work with some of the major manufacturers, turning out virtual versions of classic Moog, Roland, Yamaha and Sequential Circuits synths.In 2012 they launched their first analogue synth, the MiniBrute, later followed by the MicroBrute, MatrixBrute and PolyBrute.Celebrating their 25th anniversary this year, the company continues to grow and their product line now includes a wide range of soft synths, apps, controllers, audio interfaces and hardware synths.Sam Inglis BiogEditor In Chief Sam Inglis has been with Sound On Sound for more than 20 years. He is a recording engineer, producer, songwriter and folk musician who studies the traditional songs of England and Scotland, and the author of Neil Young's Harvest (Bloomsbury, 2003) and Teach Yourself Songwriting (Hodder, 2006).Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts Get a print or digital subscription to Sound On Sound magazine.