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The Arturia MicroFreak Is Now Available
Arturia has made available the MicroFreak, the hybrid synthesizer that combines wavetable synthesis with virtual analog in delivering 11 oscillators, 4 Arturia sound engines, and 7 modes from synth manufacturer Mutable Instruments.
Main Features
- Synthesizer with 256 preset slots and 160 factory presets
- 12 Digital oscillators with variable modes, with integrated open source Plaits engine created by Mutable Instruments
- 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, currently sold out, is priced at $349. With more units to be shipped from Arturia soon, the Microfreak is available for purchase through authorized vendors. You can visit the Arturia website to learn more.
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