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Review Of Arturia MicroFreak Hybrid Synthesizer
In this video from Youtuber loopop, we get a thorough review of the Arturia MicroFreak, the hybrid synthesizer first introduced at NAMM 2019 that combines wavetable synthesis with virtual analog in delivering 11 oscillators, 4 Arturia sound engines, and 7 modes from synth manufacturer Mutable Instruments.
If you’re interested in going straight to hearing how the MicroFreak sounds, loopop demos all 160 factory preset sounds in the video below.
MicroFreak Features
- Synthesizer with 192 preset slots and 128 factory presets
- Wide variety of digital oscillators, including oscillators based on Mutable Instruments’ Plaits module
- Analog State Variable Filter, 12dB/octave, resonant, Low Pass, Band Pass, High Pass
- ADSR envelope
- Cycling Envelope offering two modes
- Envelope
- LFO
- LFO with Sync: Sine, Tri, Saw, Square, Random, Slew Random
- Modulation matrix with 5 sources and 7 destinations (3 custom destinations)
- Monophonic or Paraphonic modes – Up to 4 voices
- 25-key capacitive keybed with polyphonic aftertouch
- Capacitive touch strip
- Crisp OLED display for editing and parameter values
- Powerful arpeggiator
- Up, Order, Random, Pattern modes
- Spice & Dice Gate randomizers
- 64-step sequencer
- 2 patterns per preset
- 4 automation tracks per preset
- CV / Gate / Mod outputs
- USB, Clock and MIDI in and out
- 6.35mm master and 3.5mm headphone output
Pricing and Availability
The Arturia MicroFreak, priced at $299, is currently available for preorder and you can visit the Arturia website to learn more about the new hybrid synthesizer.