Trend price : 300€
Modern and compact analog synthesizer at affordable price.
Overview
(weight: 4 Kg) compact 25 regular keys with aftertouch. Main panel features 6 switches, 14 sliders, 30 knobs and 2 wheels for pitchbender and modulation. Back panel terminal connectors:
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Midi interface
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gate source switch
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audio input
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main out
- headphones
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CV / gate interface
Sound
monophonic synthesizer based on subtractive synthesis.A voice is composed by a single VCO with 5 summable elements each with individual mix gain: saw, pulse, triangle, noise and sub oscillator
(square or sinewave, 1 / 2 octaves below)
Waveshaper
functions alters the harmonic contents of specific waveform:
- ultrasaw mixes the saw with different phases with rate and depth controls
- width changes the pulse shape from 50 to 90% duty cycle
- metalizer adds harmonics to triangle for a metal-like sound.
Filter
VCF inspired from the famous Steiner Parker Synthacon classic synthesizer.The Minibrute VCF offers various filter modes:
- lowpass 2 poles
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highpass
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band / notch 1 pole
Envelope
- EG1 VCF: 4-segments ADSR
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EG2 VCA: 4-segments ADSR + 2 EG timemode: Fast for quick envelope response scale from 1ms to 1s or Slow from 10 ms to 10 s for long dronic effec
LFO
LFO1: sqr+ / sqr - / sine destination: pitch
LFO2: sin / tri / saw / sqr / s&H / rnd glide destinations: pitch / cutoff / metalizer / PWM
Arpeggiator
a 4 octave range with latch, 6 swing levels and 5 directions: up, down, updown, random and sequencer (entered notes)
Maintenance
some users reported troubles with keys sticking out of the keyboard: according to Arturia official announcement about 4% of machines suffer from this factory issues.
Audio demo:
Video Clip:
Review
OK: price / cv features
NOT : quality built / brute factor sounds the same
"Dirty price, bang for the bucks! a great entry-level machine for the great features in a compact box. Interesting nervous sound. The wish list would be a 3rd octave and a better built quality"
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci