Arturia Minifreak

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1083

I was hoping for a drum freak. oh well

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1084

Interesting, but shouldnā€™t this be called MacroFreak? :grin: There is nothing mini about it.

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1085

It seems to be the exact same sound engine as the minifreak, just with more and bigger keys, added filter FM and a slightly altered UI.

1086

Pretty interesting new design.
Shame no polyAt, but overall I like it .
Now I m really interested if there could be a Minifreak Desktop with more hands on Control like the Hydrasynth line.

Currently there is a Arturia campaign in a few music shops (Musicstore, recordcase etcā€¦) in Germany with the 10% off Arturia products the second time this year.

So maybe next time I have a look on this (or maybe this mysterious DrumFreak-thing) again

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1087

Some will like it that wanted mod wheels and full size keys in a still relatively portable format.
Iā€™m very happy with my OG MiniFreak which is perfect size for my use/setup.

Only thing Iā€™d consider adding to my Minifreak (on top of the DrumFreak) a super freak with

  • 12 voice polyphony
  • MPE compatibility
  • fulltouch keybed (MPE) or at very least poly Aftertouch
  • more LFOs and envelopes
  • Stereo In
  • possibly a large sequencing matrix like on my Polybrute 12
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1088

Seems Long and Mcquade put the product page up a bit early

insane price (good) 200 CAD bucks more than the OG!?

1089

Wouldā€™ve been nice to have extra voices and another lfo or two :broken_heart:

1090

Yeah. The only thing ever holding me back from getting original Minifreak was the minikeys. Now itā€™s got a much-improved keybed for my preferences, but now Iā€™m on the fence cuz of voice count. Extra keys means gonna be easier to hit limit of those 6 voices with all these fingers taking advantage of the larger keybed. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: Would have been happy with even 8 or 10! Same six voices but healthy price jump, waiting to see some reviews and videos. :thinking:

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1091

Looks fun, but indeed not a major Freak update. How likely is it that the original Minifreak will be updated to support filter FM and stereo spread? Would be amazing.

1092

So, no DrumFreak?

1093

Itā€™s online

https://www.arturia.com/de/products/hardware-synths/minifreak-49/overview

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1094

Arturia will be showing the new 49 key at Synthfest UK this Saturday in Sheffield. ( thread )

1095

My review of the MiniFreak 49. I really like this synth and Iā€™ve had a lot of fun playing it in the past few weeks.

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1096

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1097

1098

Yeah, why do they still call this the MINI freak still ?

Are they planning something larger ?

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1099

My thought exactly! :sweat_smile:

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1100

MatrixFreak.

(I think they kept the Mini name because itā€™s still the same engine and it is patch compatible apart from filter FM.)

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1101

Little hint:
Available @ Musicstore in cologne.
The Arturia 10% off discounts works and PayPal has also a 5% discount if you use it for payment for Musicstore (at least in Germany)

Good thing that I donā€™t have space for it because itā€™s HUGE and I donā€™t have money for gear atm.

But the touch matrix looks fun

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1102

There is the 12 voice ā€œParaphonicā€ mode with all its limitations.

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