Description
Arturia MicroFreak Hybrid Synthesizer
Experimental Hybrid Synth. A digital synth like no other, MicroFreak is a peculiar, exceptional instrument that rewards the curious musician. It blends numerous wavetable and digital sound engines with analog filters. It features a unique poly-aftertouch flat keyboard. It adds controlled randomness to sequences. This isn’t a revolution, it’s a mutiny.
Un Grain De Folie / A touch of madness. This out-there little music machine features a versatile digital oscillator so you can create rare and interesting sounds with ease. Modes like Texturer, KarplusStrong, Vocoder, and Su-perwave give adventurous musicians the chance to explore totally new, unheard possibilities. You can even upload your own wavetables.
Like having dozens of synths in just one instrument, both wild-eyed newcomers and seasoned professionals will fall in love with MicroFreak’s flexible, powerful synth engine.
We’re in this together. Everybody likes to go solo from time to time - but sometimes, you just can’t beat the musical magic of an ensemble.
With MicroFreak’s oscillator modes, variety is the aim of the game. Alongside the 8 native oscillator types, you’ll find a selection of open-source algorithms from modular pioneers Mu-table Instruments, as well as a handful of unique modes from LA Eurorack wizards Noise Engi-neering. Enjoy the sonic flexibility of modular, with the same parameter controls and boost-ed with paraphony, but in a self-contained, performable hardware synth.
The best of both worlds. Inspired by the trailblazing 12-dB Oberheim SEM filter, you can make MicroFreak’s filter scream or whisper to taste. The filter is state-variable, and can even auto-oscillate! You can use this is any way you like, from taking the edge of the razor-sharp wavetable sounds, or au-tomating the cutoff by modulating it with keyboard pressure or the in-built sequencer.
Wait. Did we mention that MicroFreak has a sequencer? And a mod matrix? Things are about to get seriously interesting...
Taste the spice, throw the dice. Record up to four automations, edit notes per step or use the innovative Spice and Dice se-quencer functions to find happy accidents. Add randomization to create evolving, original patterns, and virtually rewire and reconfigure its signal chain and controls with the 5x7 mod-ulation matrix.
“That’s a funny looking keyboard.” That’s right, it is. It isn’t really even a keyboard. It’s a PCB. Super-flat, with no moving parts. Will it track lightning-fast synth solos? You bet. Better than a traditional keyboard, actually.
Will it let you be expressive? Of course, it’s not only pressure sensitive, but also offers poly-aftertouch. This means each key can control parameters in a different way depending on how much you touch.
You can also use its USB, MIDI, and CV outputs to control instruments in your DAW and modu-lar synths. This also means that you can also use MicroFreak as a controller to experience pol-yphonic aftertouch with cutting edge software instruments.
FEATURES
Native wavetable and digital oscillator modes:
Vocoder
Noise
Superwave
Harmo
Karplus Str.
Wavetable
BasicWaves
WaveUser
Mutable Instruments open-source oscillator modes:
V. Analog
Waveshaper
Two Op. FM
Formant
Chords
Speech
Model
Noise Engineering oscillator modes:
SawX
Harm
Bass
Multimode analog filters: Low-pass, band-pass, high-pass
Poly-aftertouch flat keyboard
4-voice paraphonic mode
Up to 4-voice unison
Arpeggiator and sequencer with Spice & Dice randomization
320 factory presets and space for 64 user sounds;
Crystal-clear OLED screen
5x7 modulation matrix
USB, MIDI, and CV outputs
Use MicroFreak as a controller to experience polyphonic aftertouch
What's in the Box? MicroFreak Unit / Universal PSU / Registration card / 2x MIDI port adapters.
Size: 12.2 x 9.2 x 2.2 inches (311 x 233 x 55mm)
Weight: 2.3 lbs. (1.02 Kg)