The Minibrute and Microbrute are both attractive sounding and attractively priced. I also wanted a CV-controlled companion to my AK, and I considered them both, but in the end I got a Moog Minitaur on a pre-Memorial Day sale deal because:
a) You can save your patches as presets and recall them. Better for gigging.
b) Software editor available
c) Throw it in the backpack size (also true of Microbrute but rules out the Mini)
d) I already have larger keyboards that can send MIDI and/or CV control and a small portable MIDI controller, so what do I need with another 2-octave keyboard?
e) The Minitaur can function as a CV-to-MIDI converter.
I do like the quirky sound of the Brutes, though. Kudos to Arturia for going their own way. If I’d primarily been looking for a studio instrument I could very well have decided to get one of them.