“nothing can compare to the simple complexity that hardware like the Arturia Polybrute brings.”

Photo: Mathame (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY-SA 4.0
What's in Mathame's studio?
Mathame has said they use the Arturia PolyBrute synth, calling it key to how fast they get to the sounds in their heads. They also named Max for Live, the FabFilter suite, iZotope RX and Ozone, the Plugin Alliance suite and the Soundtoys suite in a 2022 Magnetic Magazine interview.
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“nothing can compare to the simple complexity that hardware like the Arturia Polybrute brings.”
“Because we are heavy users of Max For Live, we often use our MIDI patches”
Plugins
“The Soundtoys suite is ubiquitous throughout our productions.”
About Mathame's gear.
What synth does Mathame use?
Mathame has said they use the Arturia PolyBrute. In a 2022 Magnetic Magazine interview they said it lets them quickly get to the sounds they have in their heads.
What plugins does Mathame use?
They told Magnetic Magazine in 2022 that the FabFilter suite and iZotope RX with Ozone come first for them, with the Plugin Alliance suite and the Soundtoys suite also named. They also build custom Max for Live devices.
What DAW does Mathame use?
The duo said they are heavy users of Max for Live, Ableton's patching environment, and route their own MIDI patches to the PolyBrute with it.
Mathame is the Italian brother duo Amedeo and Matteo Giovanelli, known for cinematic melodic techno on Afterlife and their debut album MEMO. This guide covers the synth and plugins they named in a 2022 sound design interview with Magnetic Magazine.
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