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Arturia MicroFreak at a glance:
Capacitive keyboard with 25 keys
14 different oscillator models, including Mutable Instruments Plaits models
Noise Engineering oscillator
User wavetable oscillator
Monophonic or paraphonic with up to four voices
Analogue Oberheim SEM filter
16-band vocoder
Modulation matrix
ADSR envelope
Loopable contour generator
Various voice modes
Arpeggiator
Sequencer
Touch controller
256 memory slots
2 patterns per memory slot
64 steps Step length
CV/Gate/Pressure outputs
Arturia MicroFreak at a glance
The MicroFreak is a hybrid synthesiser featuring various oscillator models, a capacitive touch keyboard controller and a vocoder function. This compact instrument is the result of a collaboration between Arturia and Mutable Instruments and features eleven different digital synthesis models, such as Karplus Strong,Wavetable, FM,Waveshaper,Grain or Chords. These models are unmistakably the work of Mutable Instruments. The Plaits oscillator from the Eurorack served as the inspiration. The tone generator is followed by an analogue 12dB multimode filter, which corresponds to the Oberheim SEM VCF.
Vocoder function
With the latest operating system (2.1 and above), the Microfreak now features a 16-band vocoder as its main feature! If you already own a Microfreak, you can find the update on the Arturia website. A matching gooseneck microphone is available as an optional extra, which simply plugs into the instrument. Specifically for the vocoder, the sound generation has been expanded to include sawtooth, square wave and noise, in order to reproduce classic vocoder sounds as faithfully as possible. The Timbre and Shape controls are used to adjust the behaviour of the 16 frequency bands. The possibilities go far beyond the typical robotic speech. 16 new presets offer a glimpse of what the instrument is capable of. A three-part chord or a string sound, particularly when used in conjunction with the arpeggiator, opens up an unexpected range of sounds. The headphone socket on the unit is a TRRS jack, just like those used on mobile phones and their headsets. This is where the microphone plugs in; an optional adapter can also be connected to make the audio input accessible. Plug a drum machine into this, and the synthesised drums from ‘Members of Mayday – Sonic Empire’ will find their way into your own music.
Movement!
In addition to the BPM-synchronisable LFO, two envelopes provide variation in the sound; one follows a classic ADS structure, whilst the other functions either as an A/D envelope, can be looped, or operates in the style of a slope generator. The range of movement options is rounded off by a modulation matrix that visually displays sources and destinations. Performance aids include an arpeggiator, a sequencer and the extravagant capacitive touch keyboard with 25 keys, which also outputs CV, Gate and Pressure via separate sockets.
Review!
You can find a detailed review of the product in German HERE. The review was kindly provided to us by SYNTHESIZER MAGAZIN. You can find further exciting reviews and complete issues as e-papers HERE.
Arturia MicroFreak: 160 Presets and Patterns – No Talking
Arturia MicroFreak Review and Tutorial: Everything you need to know
This is by far the best ever synth for the price you can afford. It’s great, small, compact and so easy to use. There are easy help tutorials on Artruria on YouTube and it’s so easy to use. Works well with an drumbrute impact if you can afford. Really worth the money. Buy me. Now!
An absolute powerhouse of a synth at a relatively good price - considering capabilities of other synths at this price range this one is the one to get. Paraphonic feature, analog LFO, a cycling envelope and a matrix system serve for diverse functionality!
Fantasticc little synthersizer, big feature set for the money, it is a very flexible little beast with a lot of voice and modulation possibilities, it is a perfect sound designing tool, it also doubles as an excellent modular controller with the cv and clock I/o, I'm even impressed with the super long power adaptor which is a rare thing, build quality is good, my only one criticism would be the power switch which does seem a very flimsy, however this is my own fault I have with the unit but again for the price it's a winner and future classic!
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