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Arturia MiniBrute

Analog Synth from Arturia belonging to the MiniBrute series

Public price: $549 incl. VAT
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Published on 05/30/13 at 01:10
Monophonic analog synthesizer with only one oscillator, non-dynamic keyboard (except as midi controller) with aftertouch, 1 LFO, arpeggiator 1, no memory and that's it.

UTILIZATION

Very easy to use for someone who has experience in programming, we can find the sound you want, but he's made has only one oscillator is can not ask the moon either ...
We find various vintage sounds pleasantly with another more modern personality.
Editing sounds is easy, but as there is no memory and the buttons are very sensitive it is difficult even taking a photo to find the exact sound that has been set, it must rely more has ears that view.
So for me its use will be primarily in the studio, I have too much to handle live sound, I do not have time to program patches between songs because I play all the time.

SOUNDS

The sound is round, very colorful, I find it best as lead synth & FX, and a little less good as a bass, but it is a matter of taste, I like the light touch with aftertouch very nice play, too bad there was only two octaves, three would have been perfect for the type of sound produced by the MiniBrute.

There is only one oscillator but MiniBrute covers a wide range of sounds despite knowing that some sounds will never be possible to make this done.

A little flat for me I think the filter envelope does not slap very strongly, although it can be fast, but not suitable for sound type (acid), I would say that sounds MiniBrute + soft and not too gross to made which does not displease me.

Personally I find it very appropriate in relation to the round envelopes to make sounds funky 70 or early 80's new wave.

OVERALL OPINION

I bought a few days ago and I already see these limits as these qualities, the sound is very accurate in the settings, I like a little less than its slightly soft shells and especially the made that there have not backup sounds (in 2013), I thought a quick and easy solution to store my patches for now is i-phone + application to write the name on the photo and then integrate them into a folder in computer, a little long but effective after it is always adjusted to the ear as sound as I said above the knobs have a little run and very accurate, difficult to find the exact sound as the had left but you get raproche strongly anyway.

I lay still an overall score of 9 because the interface is flawless, the sound is in the top of the dish, the quality is very good, the touch keyboard is very nice, the sound palette is very broad and include colors full of vintage keyboards before 2000.

A little extra is the syncro by usb arpeggiator and LFO at the same time! Yum ^ ^
And excellent mixer section of the oscillator and the speed to get the sound that was in my head as long as it is not very complicated and vintage and finally the overall sound of minibrut is how to say music ranging from very soft to very soft and straight forward drive of all integrated perfectly in the mix.