Arturia MicroFreak Experimental Hybrid Ribbon Synth

A synthesizer like no other, MicroFreak is a peculiar, exceptional instrument that rewards the curious musician. It blends wavetable and digital oscillators with analog filters. It features a unique poly-aftertouch flat keyboard. It adds controlled randomness to sequences. This isnt a revolution, its a mutiny. Whether youre looking for your first, affordable hardware synth or are collector looking for original sounds and unique interface, MicroFreak is the synth you need. 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, Harmonic OSC, and Superwave give adventurous musicians the chance to explore totally new, unheard possibilities. Like having dozens of synths in just one instrument, both wild-eyed newcomers and seasoned professionals will fall in love with MicroFreaks flexible, powerful synth engine. Physical modelling, wavetable synthesis, virtual analog, there is nothing as complete and exciting as the MicroFreak oscillator on the market. It's hard to believe from such a small synth, but here it is, ready for you to explore. Excite your creativity and reward your curiosity with a large, diverse sound palette. MicroFreak features 13 awesome oscillators, 5 bespoke Arturia engines, and 8 modes from the design partners at Mutable Instruments. There's a little freak inside you, and this instrument will bring it out. Even though MicroFreak has a digital oscillator at its heart, opposites attract as the saying goes. Thats why weve included a lush-sounding analog filter. Inspired by the trailblazing 12-dB Oberheim SEM filter, you can make MicroFreaks 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 automating the cutoff by modulating it with keyboard pressure or the in-built sequencer. That's MicroFreak has a sequencer! And a mod matrix! Things are about to get seriously interesting... MicroFreak is packed with unique, exciting features that let you create music with a fresh perspective. Record up to four automations, edit notes per step or use the innovative Spice and Dice sequencer functions to find happy accidents. Add randomisation to create evolving, original patterns, and virtually rewire and reconfigure its signal chain and controls with the 5x7 modulation matrix. This truly is a budget-friendly synth like no other. Thats right, it is. It isnt really even a keyboard. Its 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, its 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 modular synths. This also means that you can also use MicroFreak as a controller to experience polyphonic aftertouch with cutting edge software instruments. Features Synthesizer with 192 preset slots and 128 factory presets 11 Digital oscillator with variable mode, including collaborations with 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 andamp; Dice Gate randomises 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