Arturia MiniFreak 37 Key Polyphonic Hybrid Keyboard

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For customers in outlying areas of the country, the price of the Extended Warranty may be marginally higher, due to the potential for higher collection and redelivery transport costs.

Many synthesizers have come onto the market in recent years. Analog as well as digital. The trend in recent years has been toward hybrid designs, where the features of both worlds are merged into new types of instruments. The Arturia MicroFreak, a multi-engine paraphonic hybrid Synthesizer, has done this very successfully. Another big addition is a true polyphonic mode, with six voices to work with as you craft lush pads, arpeggios, and sequences. There's still a paraphonic mode, but because there are two digital oscillators per voice, you have a whopping 12 notes available to you when using this feature. MiniFreak's implementation is fairly unique because you effectively have six groups of two notes given the normally polyphonic architecture, but the same sort of restrictions apply as any other paraphonic synth, such as filter modulations only affecting voices in pairs. That said, paraphonic synthesizers are really cool because of these limitations, and can lead to their own unique musical opportunities that couldn't be achieved with normal polyphonic synths.

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MiniFreak comes with stereo outputs and 3 digital FX slots with 10 FX types to choose from. From stereo-enhancing chorus, to surgical 3-band EQ, to gritty 6-mode distortion, users will have everything they need to push their sound over the edge while keeping it mix-ready. Expression, meet chaos With over 20 modes to choose from including Virtual Analog, FM, and Additive, the interplay between MiniFreak's two oscillators can result in truly unique compound sonic behavior. With 6 voice polyphony, analog filters, and the ability to process engine 1 through engine 2, MiniFreak puts premium polyphonic synthesis exploration into a compact & tactile instrument that’s as addictive as it is powerful. Customizable & experimental sound design

The sequencer is performance-ready too. The step-selection buttons above the keyboard act as step mute/unmute buttons ideal for creating variations on the fly, and there’s real-time control over the sequencer’s note-gate time and Spice control, with the latter modifying the complexity of the sequence. Dass der Minifreak immer ein Netzteil benötigt und nicht mehr per Powerbank betrieben werden kann, ist des einzige (aber zu verschmerzende) Manko. Embellishing the popular Freak modulation matrix, MiniFreak gives users even more control over shaping, transforming, and evolving their sound, with features like polyphonic ADSR envelopes, customizable multi-segment LFO shapes, FM & Ring Modulation, and the familiar Spice & Dice randomization.Ich bin total von meinem Mini begeistert und freue mich auf die Zeit mit diesem sehr gelungen und wertigen Instrument, das jeden Euro wert ist.

Collection and delivery costs are included for the first 2 years in the event of an item becoming faulty With over 20 modes to choose from including Virtual Analog, FM, and Additive, the interplay between MiniFreak's two oscillators can result in truly unique compound sonic behavior.The Minifreak seems pretty decent, however along with some obvious flaws and weak value, it's a terrible way to launch this product in present market conditions, exacerbated by a variety of letdowns compared to competiting products/releases, including their own Microfreak: On the physical side of things, MiniFreak now features a more traditional piano-style keybed with 37 minikeys. While we love the MicroFreak's touch keyboard, we feel like this change makes sense given the emphasis on being able to play polyphonically, and so MiniFreak will likely feel more comfortable to individuals coming from other traditional synthesizers. To accommodate the additional width provided by the keybed, Arturia took the opportunity to shift controls around, as well as expand the sequencer and arpeggiator functionality. There are also dedicated pitch and modulation touch bars to the left of the keyboard, but these can be repurposed for macro control over multiple parameters, or controlling aspects of the sequencer and arpeggiator as they're running. Anyway, I got another one recently and spent some time with it. The build quality is astonishingly poor, it's probably the worst piece of audio gear I ever had in terms of build quality. The worst part is the keyboard, all the keys have different pressure resistance, some keys feel "soft", and others feel "stiff". Based on what you are intending to play, this can be a big problem. At least all the keys are working this time, for now. Boasting a 6 voice polyphony along with 20 modes to select from as well as two oscillators, giving everything from analog mode to FM to additive. Users are spoilt with a mesmerising range of tones to choose from to tailor to any project at hand.