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marsupio37 « A small synth big sound! »
Published on 04/25/13 at 04:02
Value For Money :
Excellent
On the characteristics of Minibrute, I'll let you look on the website or simply Artutia obsverver the front .. everything is over!
In its price range, I find very complete Minibrute. The only gripe I have with him and there is only one knob to adjust the LFO of the pulse width (PWM) and metalizer ... so if you would like to LFO for PWM square, it also acts on the Metalizer the waveform Triangle damage, but otherwise great!
The Minibrute has no memory, so no opportunity to store your sounds.
The two-octave keyboard is correct, three would have been appreciated, and aftertouch for vibrato (LFO with three waveforms) or opening of the filter is in my opinion a bit too sensitive.
UTILIZATION
The use is very simple as access to all the features of the bike are at your fingertips and all these are clearly indicated on the front.
For a regular, time to grip the Minibrute is about 1 to 2 hours, and for a novice in synthesis, in view of the very explicit instructions a few days is sufficient.
SOUNDS
Ha! the most interesting!
I was very surprised when for the first time I listened Minibrute ... he trunk the guy! It sounds very well combined with the VCO via a mixer and each waveform has a setting modifying.
In addition, the sub oscillator is a definite plus as it offers two waveforms (sine and square) and lets you choose from one octave or two octaves ..
On the filter, it is a multimode filter 12dB/octave Steiner Parker, so nothing to do with a Moog or HE filter. It has its own character and when you push the resonance from the three quarters of the way the sound is a cradouillé hair ... and that's good!
Other features Minibrute very nice, it is the arpeggiator and LFO sections. They are very comprehensive and offer many possibilities: 6 waveforms for the LFO with many destinations and the choice of whether to synchronize with the clock of the arpeggiator.
OVERALL OPINION
I have the Minibrute for three days and I was very pleasantly surprised. The sound that comes out of this machine is excellent, the choices made by its designers make a synth apart and having its own character. The embedded architecture in the VCO section and multimode filter provides the user with a wide and varied range of sounds.
Big strong point that I did not specify the connection! The Minibrute has CV inputs (filter, pitch, gain and gate) and a CV Gate Out which makes semi-modular ... and that's cool!
The proposed price (about 485 €) is a very good value for money and it would be wrong to deprive ... So choice again without hesitation!
I hope qu'Arturia the same concept, offer one day a Maxi-Minibrute three octaves (or four) with a second VCO with the possibility to synchronize the first, a ring modulator, and a few more frills ...
In its price range, I find very complete Minibrute. The only gripe I have with him and there is only one knob to adjust the LFO of the pulse width (PWM) and metalizer ... so if you would like to LFO for PWM square, it also acts on the Metalizer the waveform Triangle damage, but otherwise great!
The Minibrute has no memory, so no opportunity to store your sounds.
The two-octave keyboard is correct, three would have been appreciated, and aftertouch for vibrato (LFO with three waveforms) or opening of the filter is in my opinion a bit too sensitive.
UTILIZATION
The use is very simple as access to all the features of the bike are at your fingertips and all these are clearly indicated on the front.
For a regular, time to grip the Minibrute is about 1 to 2 hours, and for a novice in synthesis, in view of the very explicit instructions a few days is sufficient.
SOUNDS
Ha! the most interesting!
I was very surprised when for the first time I listened Minibrute ... he trunk the guy! It sounds very well combined with the VCO via a mixer and each waveform has a setting modifying.
In addition, the sub oscillator is a definite plus as it offers two waveforms (sine and square) and lets you choose from one octave or two octaves ..
On the filter, it is a multimode filter 12dB/octave Steiner Parker, so nothing to do with a Moog or HE filter. It has its own character and when you push the resonance from the three quarters of the way the sound is a cradouillé hair ... and that's good!
Other features Minibrute very nice, it is the arpeggiator and LFO sections. They are very comprehensive and offer many possibilities: 6 waveforms for the LFO with many destinations and the choice of whether to synchronize with the clock of the arpeggiator.
OVERALL OPINION
I have the Minibrute for three days and I was very pleasantly surprised. The sound that comes out of this machine is excellent, the choices made by its designers make a synth apart and having its own character. The embedded architecture in the VCO section and multimode filter provides the user with a wide and varied range of sounds.
Big strong point that I did not specify the connection! The Minibrute has CV inputs (filter, pitch, gain and gate) and a CV Gate Out which makes semi-modular ... and that's cool!
The proposed price (about 485 €) is a very good value for money and it would be wrong to deprive ... So choice again without hesitation!
I hope qu'Arturia the same concept, offer one day a Maxi-Minibrute three octaves (or four) with a second VCO with the possibility to synchronize the first, a ring modulator, and a few more frills ...