Arturia MicroFreak - Hybrid Synthesizer
Arturia MicroFreak - Hybrid Synthesizer
A synthesizer like no other, the Arturia 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 isn’t a revolution, it’s a mutiny.
Whether you’re looking for your first, affordable hardware synth or are a 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 Wavetable, KarplusStrong, Harmonic OSC, and 3 granular engines 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 MicroFreak’s flexible, powerful synth engine.
Arturia MicroFreak Specifications
Main Features
- Synthesizer with 512 preset slots and 320 factory presets
- 21 digital oscillator modes, from wavetable to sample playback & granular processing, plus engines from Mutable Instruments and Noise Engineering as well as the Vocoder mode
- 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, Paraphonic or Unison modes - Up to 4 voices
- Chord mode lets you program a chord shape and play it on any note
- Scale Quantize lets you set a specific scale for the white notes to simplify the creative process
- 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 randomizer
- 64-step sequencer:
- 2 patterns per preset
- 4 automation tracks per preset
- CV / Gate / Pressure outputs
- USB, Clock and MIDI in and out
- 6.35mm master and 3.5mm headphone output
What's in the Box
- Microfreak unit
- Universal PSU
- Registration card
- 2x MIDI port adapters
Size & weight
- Size (mm): 55 x 311 x 233 mm
- Size (in): 2.17 x 12.24 x 9.17 in
- Weight (kg): 1.02 kg
- Weight (lb): 2.25 lb