Secondly, you can turn both oscillators into audio processors. First, you can unlock FM and RM on oscillator 2 for achieving even deeper timbres. New additions are the tuning and the volume knob that sets the volume for each oscillator.īut that’s not all. Ok wait a little update: the wavetable and vocoder algorithms are missing. With the current firmware, you get the same algorithms as in the MicroFreak with even the same parameters: type, wave, timbre, and shape. They cover different synthesis types, including virtual analog, FM, additive, karplus-strong, and more. The MiniFreak has 2 super rich multi-engine oscillators powered by 20+ algorithms. The MiniFreak, on the other hand, has 6 voices that work in true polyphony. The MicroFreak has four voices and is paraphonic. It’s exciting with the engine which is different but not unfamiliar.ĭeep Digital Oscillator And Analog Filter Relationship The pitch and mod wheels on the left side are again fully implemented in digital form. I’m assuming it’s mono-channel aftertouch and not polyphonic. Instead, it has a 37-note velocity-sensitive slim-key keybed with aftertouch.

Significantly larger but it has a nice-looking slim, industrial design probably designed by Axel Hartmann. So I haven’t really gotten to know in real the new polysynth from Arturia yet.Īt first glance, the design catches the eye. Some YouTubers media got their units last week, some are getting them this week. One thing ahead: at the time of writing this news article I don’t have a MinikFreak test unit. Yes, it is real Arturia today announced the MiniFreak, the polyphonic brother/sister of the best-selling MicroFreak. Not PolyFreak, but the MiniFreak brings you into the polyphonic freak world. It has now taken 3+ years to make that wish come true. Shortly after its release in 2019, there were community calls for a polyphonic, i.e. The Arturia MicroFreak, a multi-engine paraphonic hybrid Synthesizer, has done this very successfully. The trend in recent years has been toward hybrid designs, where the features of both worlds are merged into new types of instruments. Many synthesizers have come onto the market in recent years.

Arturia MiniFreak, the MicroFreak hybrid Synthesizer expanded in the polyphonic realm with 6-voices, two oscillators, multi-fx, and more.

Arturia analog lab demo