Arturia MiniBrute - analog monosynth
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Re: Arturia MiniBrute - analog monosynth
has anyone here ever used a Synthacon ?
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I have a Ken Stone Synthacon filter in my modular.
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Looks good for modular integration, you going to get one of these Stab?
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This thing is going to sell like crazy. It's got win written all over it!
Arturia is probably the last company on earth I expected to do this...
Arturia is probably the last company on earth I expected to do this...
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I figured they would have already gotten a clue by now. I see a lot more DSI synths and Little Phatties around than I see of any synth Roland or Yamaha has put out lately. I don't know the sales figures, but you would think their success would have been enough to at least get things rolling in that direction.tekkentool wrote:Hey just think. If this sells well imagine what the Big 2 (f**k roland) might do. Korg gets their rear in gear when they realise their progress into analogue synths has effectively been slingshotted past by newcomers.
Maybe they'll release a competing product.
I'm guessing that the people making the decisions at Roland and Yamaha are just completely clueless managerial types who have their heads way up their own asses. Some stories I've heard from people who have worked with these companies leads me to believe this is the case. I don't think they will ever get it, and if they do, whatever analog synth they produce will probably be a mess. I have faith in Korg, but they have had huge success with the Microkorg, so they have less incentive to go all-out in the analog department.
But I hope you're right.
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Not sure, it looks good but I get my analogue mono action from the modular now, the thing I'm really looking for is a small digital poly.Hybrid88 wrote:Looks good for modular integration, you going to get one of these Stab?
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you know, i kind of promised myself I had enough keyboards for a while, but this thing is just too exciting. I'm such a sucker for all the features I don't have on any of my synths-- plus I think the new features are exciting too... while I guess the "super saw" has been done, kind of, has the "metalizer" been done? have all of these features already existed, and if so, was there any way to mesh all of them together? i always thought Arturia was a pretty smart company but I kind of doubted they'd ever go here, it's such a far cry from their other keyboards and stuff.
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Cool, yeah I just got a Korg Microkorg XL, really nice little machine, better than the original I think - anyway either that or an R3 would make a great small digital board they have a nice quality sound engine behind them those two.Stab Frenzy wrote:Not sure, it looks good but I get my analogue mono action from the modular now, the thing I'm really looking for is a small digital poly.Hybrid88 wrote:Looks good for modular integration, you going to get one of these Stab?
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I went the Mopho Keyboard + Tetra route for a small poly for live. Not digital though 
Stabby, I'm starting to get interested in seeing a nice pic of your modular
Wonder what other goodies you have in there.

Stabby, I'm starting to get interested in seeing a nice pic of your modular

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Pflosi, if you want to play with the first MiniBrute in Switzerland, come to Lausanne this Saturday:
http://www.node-rdv.ch/
http://www.node-rdv.ch/
The making of my modular... (ok it's in french, but the pictures are easy to understand !)
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Looks nice! It's a pity I have already a date on saturday (to make music though), maybe if I'm not too hang over on sunday I could make it. But it's a thin line 
While we're at it, will you by chance be at the modular days in Langenthal starting in two weeks some time?
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/modulardays
*sorry for the thread hijack

While we're at it, will you by chance be at the modular days in Langenthal starting in two weeks some time?
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/modulardays
*sorry for the thread hijack
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Yes, I'm am Sa. 11.2.12 für die Synthesizer Ambient Jam.
The making of my modular... (ok it's in french, but the pictures are easy to understand !)
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I'm 95% set on an R3, ticks all my boxes. I've played a Blofeld keyboard and that would be perfect if it was three octaves and a bit lighter for gigging. I'm trying to get my whole rig down to the point I can fly with it, got a few shows coming up where that will be crucial. The R3 ways basically nothing and I quite like the way editing is handled on it.Hybrid88 wrote:Cool, yeah I just got a Korg Microkorg XL, really nice little machine, better than the original I think - anyway either that or an R3 would make a great small digital board they have a nice quality sound engine behind them those two.Stab Frenzy wrote:Not sure, it looks good but I get my analogue mono action from the modular now, the thing I'm really looking for is a small digital poly.Hybrid88 wrote:Looks good for modular integration, you going to get one of these Stab?
I'm using an MEK + Tetra at the moment and while it sounds good I don't like the way editing is handled on the Tetra, it's way too fiddly. It also means I have to do some tricky stuff with midi to get the signal going where I want, and I can't sequence the polysynth from my Octatrack. This is totally due to the way I have things set up (Tetra running to the MEK's audio inputs) but that's the way I like to run things.pflosi wrote:I went the Mopho Keyboard + Tetra route for a small poly for live. Not digital though
Stabby, I'm starting to get interested in seeing a nice pic of your modularWonder what other goodies you have in there.
I'll take some pics of the modular when I'm in the studio next and put them in that thread.
Now, back to the topic! I've got a Minibrute sitting in a musiciansfriend shopping cart with the 15% discount still applied. Works out $450 shipped to Australia, but I don't have $450 at the moment. What do?
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I used to have one for some time.....alan partridge wrote:has anyone here ever used a Synthacon ?

You always want just one more Synth!
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Can't you take one of those rip-off loans with 50% interest by texting some number from your mobile?Stab Frenzy wrote:Now, back to the topic! I've got a Minibrute sitting in a musiciansfriend shopping cart with the 15% discount still applied. Works out $450 shipped to Australia, but I don't have $450 at the moment. What do?

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