Pretty impressive patchbay, probably making this the most powerful of all the cheap monosynths available.
Opens up a lot of possibilities
This thing would be great if they replaced the analog oscillators with some advanced digital oscillators with all the great digital synthesis types.
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The 2s and rack certainly look nice, I reckon the 2s will outsell the one with keys by about 5 to 1, I just canāt get into Arturiaās analog sound though, their analogs sound like old VAās to me, too stiff, bright and a bit lifeless, but of course this is purely down to personal taste.
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osc and filter aside, this whole system just seems like a bargain in utility: midi keys and/or (amazing) seq both with interesting mod options, 48 patchpoints, multiple multiwave LFOs, 2 envelopes, intergratable, fordable, portable case with powerā¦
Throw in a complex osc and multimode filter to sweeten up the deal.
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yeah, feature wise totally amazing for the money
The fake wood is not a sign of quality. Arturia need a facelift.
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The thing with the minibrute is if you want a good sound (not the overdriven, agressive one you usually hear) with it you need to keep oscillator sliders below 1/4
The filter works better and the bass has a better definition
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Fairly thorough review of the 2S:
I wouldnāt mind giving up the keyboard of the 2 in exchange for the 2Sās more capable sequencer. The pads are a nice touch.
Iāve managed to avoid falling into the Eurocrack money pit, but the 2S plus one of those Eurorack cases might be the starter system that draws me in.
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The pads on the 2S are both pressure and velocity sensitive. Iāll have to try these ā as the feel of a pad is crucial and perhaps a little illusive for a manufacturer to capture. So hopefully Arturia gets this right.
Velocity is obviously loudness, but will pressure be aftertouch. The velocity should get recorded in the sequence, It would also be nice if the pressure was too. That would make this highly performable as well ā using the patch bay to drive external gear as well.
Iām feeling too lazy right now to actually read the manual to see how the 2S sequencer works though.
The 2S video says that a sequence pattern can be up to 64 steps, 16 patterns per bank, 4 banks. I guess thatās about the same about Beatstep Pro but I could be wrong. 1 track is pitch and gate, other tracks are for velocity and modulation (pressure?) - thatās all in the video.
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Everyoneās always complaining about things being too small, but this is too big for me. I just donāt like how bulky it is, and I Iām not a big fan of how it looks.
If it has a complete midi integration, the Octatrack could be used as a much better sequencer 
but if i buy the key version, I would need to connect midi from brute into midi in from OT in order to use the keyboard with the sequencer. But then I have only two octaves to play all the other synths controlled by OTā¦ which brings me to the desktop versionā¦ if they going to make oneā¦
Damnā¦too hard to decideā¦Arturia makes me go modular, i will be broke in a few months! If only a Swedish concern would create some kind of box, which is able to create fancy soundsā¦
Not me but I likey
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Yes both go for 649ā¬.
Nice machines, but my A4 Mk2 can do everything these machines can do times four. So i donĀ“t need this. The Arturia Link stuff is very nifty. Like!
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Itād be nice if the A4 could run different length sequences though.
comparing them as standalones this might be true, however, the A4 canāt be combined with other modular gear that nicely, thanks to this great patch panel.
But I hear youā¦ I donāt need it either
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Good perspective on this pulsn. I own a AK (will it be a MkI, we shall see). That too can do most of what these Minibrutes can do times 4, while only costing times 2. I do like all the stuff brought out on the MB2s patch panel though, and the little things like the inverter and the attenuator, though i could get this cheap enough on a modular. I think the MB2S fits better in with modulars, and actually in combo with the AK could be very potent both controlling modulars and being a part of the mix too.
Itās complicated to analyze all these factors, with price and all the subjective āfeelingā parts of a decision.
ADDED: Looks like you and i made some of the same points independently, Unifono. (I hadnāt read your post when i let mine drop.) The AK and the A4 MkII arenāt completely without some capability in this, as i think you are also saying.
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This is really really cool. I love that it can so readily do the āoff-piste analogā thing.
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I love his instagram account. Really cool stuff
Heās from Cycling '74 it seemsā¦
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Maybe Iām misunderstanding you but the specs says it can āIndividual track lengthsā
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