Arturia MiniBrute - analog monosynth

[soundxplorer]

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4800039

Key features:

Voltage controlled oscillator
25 key keyboard with aftertouch
Steiner-Parker multi-mode filter
Innovative analog Ultrasaw , Metalizer , Brute Factor technology
Difficulty of use of the controller, 14 faders and 29 knobs
Rich interface, CV , Gate , USB , MIDI
Advanced arpeggiator
Rugged metal housing

[b3groover]

"Difficulty of use of the controller"

That's a feature? "This thing is impossible to use!" Maybe they did that so people won't just use it to make wobble basses.

[soundxplorer]

Watch on youtube.com

[kuroichi]

Really impressed by that....

Really impressed.

[dustinh]

Same.

This thing is quite versatile for a single osc synth. It's interesting to see all these companies that are finally starting to develop real analog hardware. I wonder what the price point will be on this?

[supermel74]

Same.

This thing is quite versatile for a single osc synth. It's interesting to see all these companies that are finally starting to develop real analog hardware. I wonder what the price point will be on this?

EDIT: $499 USD. Amazing price I think.

[StepLogik]

Not a bad price for this synth. It sounds really good and has a lot of nice features. Would be nice if it had a 2nd osc but there is still a lot to appreciate here.

[Sir Ruff]

Would be nice if it had a 2nd osc but there is still a lot to appreciate here.

Ditto, but you know, FINALLY someone is putting a multi-mode filter on a new analog mono. Aside from the SEM, it seems like people have forgotten they exist.

Is there any place to see the front panel pics up close?

[mp3]

"This video is private"

Heh, tomorrow then...

[casimirsblake]

Amazona.de preview: (in German, but Google-translates fairly well)
http://www.amazona.de/index.php?page=26 ... e_id=3824#

Surely this is 3 OSCs + sub osc + noise? There's a mixer panel for the waveforms...

Edit: Apparently it really does only have one VCO, but still an extra sub osc alongside it. Meaty!

[soundxplorer]

FINALLY.... multi-mode filter

+1
I love me some MOOG, but it does seem like nearly every damn synth (that isn't modular-related) tries to copy the transistor ladder lowpass or the diode lowpass (tb-303).

Even better news is that someone over on Muff's said that Yves Usson designed the circuits for Arturia. He's well known in the DIY community and I used to have a DIY box based on his Synthacon filter (http://yusynth.net/Modular/EN/STEINERVCF/index.html). It sounded really great, so inspires confidence in the MiniBrute, for me at least.

Surely this is 3 OSCs + sub osc + noise? There's a mixer panel for the waveforms...

Single oscillator but mixable simultaneous waveforms from that oscillator.
Think Arp Axxe, Octave Kitten, etc.

[Sir Ruff]

Amazona.de preview: (in German, but Google-translates fairly well)
http://www.amazona.de/index.php?page=26 ... e_id=3824#

Surely this is 3 OSCs + sub osc + noise? There's a mixer panel for the waveforms...

better pics, but why is it so hard for them just to show a straight front shot?

(and no, 3 waveforms does not mean 3 oscillators; it just means you can combine multiple waveforms on one oscillator)

[spacefolklore]

I'm excited. The more modern analogue keyboards the better. Personally, I find the 25 keys keyboard a bit short.

[spookyman]

MiniBrute Flyer

MiniBrute Catalogue

Perhaps it helps a little bit.

[sequentialsoftshock]

25 KEYS?! WHAT THE f**k?!