The minibrute 2 looks a lot like the original which was released in 2012, with the addition a 48point patch bay for creating unusual sounds or plugging into a eurorack modular synth. I havent played the korg but it looks awfully cheap and with all the crucial components of a synth, it doesnt take much to ruin the experience. These are the best patch demos ive found for the microbrute. Ive also been considering adding the arturia mini brute to my gear pile. Arturia has announced the minibrute 2 semimodular analog synth, which includes its own tiny patch bay that connects to eurorack modular gear. I have a minibrute but im trying to decide if i might want to also pick up a microbrute. Arturia chose this to make the original minibrute sound distinctive and, in a world replete with moogstyle 24dboct filters, having something that sounds different is no bad thing. The strength also a weakness is the microbrute probably applies to minibrute as well sounds more bare bones and pure. Because its semimodular, you dont need to patch a thing to generate a huge range of sounds with minibrute 2s but youll have endless creative possibilities. The microbrute features a single vco with three waveforms you can mix at will, three waveshapers, an overtone generator, a classic steinerparker filter, and arturias infamous brute factor. Among the many useful new features arturia added to the minibrute 2 is a 48point patchbay, which utilises 3.
The guy comes up with some pretty clever uses for the mod matrix. I am actually quite impressed with the minibrute 2. Oct 24, 20 a difference with regard to the minibrute is that there is a modulation matrix with eight mini jacks on the top right corner. I got a mini, and just ordered the microbrute as well as volca keys and beats. Arturia minibrute 1970s moog style lead patch with some. The minibrute became a modern classic by bringing excellent sound quality. When arturia released the minibrute, they took a gamble and ramped up. The minibrute also knew how to seduce synth fans on the lookout for a new sound color at a very lovable price, and without the need to. Its in the top 3 bestselling tabletop synthesizers and has dozens of popular alternatives in the same price range, such as korg minilogue or novation circuit mono station. Ill start with a snappy bass patch something like a lately preset in my head.
He notes that making any of these mods to your synth will immediately void its warranty. The microbrute is smaller in size but retains the pure analog sound, the famed steinerparker filter as well as arturias multiple wave oscillator with waveshapers. Use the mod wheel to dial in the appropriate cutoff and play around with the resonance up to just about 3 o clock for when you wanna cut through the mix. Nov 26, 2014 modding the minibrute for some time now i have really loved the brute series from arturia. Oct 25, 20 microbrute boasts a mini modulation matrix right on its front face, useful not only for making internal connections but also for interfacing microbrute with other cvcapable synths or even a eurorack modular setupin fact, with the addition of the patch panel its actually a supercapable controller for eurorack synths. It definitely can make some big dirty bass sounds and sound distorted leads. Microbrute is a pure analog sonic powerhouse of a synth. Microbrute boasts a mini modulation matrix right on its front face. If you have a minibrute or microbrute patch that youve saved as a pdfjpeg, post the link for it here. The basic patch has the sawtooth wave turned up fully. Arturia minibrute 2 semimodular analog synthesizer at.
Ts instrument cable to connect the output of the microbrute to a console, interface, or other piece of audio equipment, and 1 usb type a to type b cable to connect the microbrute to a computer for. Arturia microbrute factory patch sheet audio demos. The above link is for a phobos bass patch i made it reminds me of a sound in the game destiny that youre welcome to check out. You can also run the output into a cv to selfmodulate the microbrute if its just not nasty enough for you already. If you can afford the moog subphatty it sounds so much better and is built much better as well. Hey id like to get a cheap analog synth korg volcas will be out of stock for a while and i cant decide if i should get a minibrute or microbrute overall im more inclined to get the minibrute because that one has a sine wave and the micro does not. With 48 cv patch points, the minibrute 2s is the perfect complement for a eurorack modular synth rig. Minibrute vs microkorg gearslutz gearslutz pro audio.
Get microbrute connection the microbrute can also control other analog devices. Ive had a microbrute and have been toying around with it for about a year. You will find that the brute factor knob and the influence it has on the sound will vary greatly based on the settings of the cutoff and resonance knobs as well. Dial up your favorite microbrute patches and click save to be redirected to a page with your saved configuration. Another alternative would be to add a line out module to the rack and patch that into the brute. What the patch bay on the microbrute allows you to do on the microbrute you can also do on the minibrute with the extra knobs, so it is only an advantage if youre plugging it into a modular system. If you start your journey into modular with a microbrute, you are probably not in the demographics that will happily shell out the equivalent of a small car for your dream modular at least i know i am not.
Limited, but much more inspiring and it sounds awesome. Retro metal pipe one key sequenced, fine lfo rate setting. If you want lush pads and leads maybe the bsii might be the go. While the adsr is normaled to the filter, it doesnt include the fastslow switch found on the original minibrute. The one feature i always wished the minibrute had was lfo. Get everything you need to start playing your new analog synthesizer right out of the box with this specially priced package for the arturia microbrute, which also includes. Arturia minibrute 2 semimodular analog mono synthesizer. Now im having some difficulty deciding what would be the best choice for a first synth. Arturia minibrute 2 and the synthflation phenomenon. And its got the new patch bay for modular routing, plus a competent step sequencer and arpeggiator.
While there are some other sites on the web that have touched on doing a few simple hacks, none have gone into doing anything that ressembles this. So, if you like the brute synths, now you can choose. It offers us a few more modulation options than the brute alone for example, we can use one envelope each for the filter and the vca if we use the envelope out from the brute. The arturia minibrute 2 offers a beefy multimode filter, adsr. The mini and microbrute can be combined into a very powerful system without even touching anything so modern as midi or usb. The arturia microbrute analog synthesizer may be minuscule, but it delivers a staggering range of sonic possibilities.
The site is an ongoing project that is not affiliated with arturia. The microbrute is smaller in size but retains the pure analog sound, the famed steinerparker filter as well as arturias multiple wave oscillator with. Minibrute patch editorsaves patches as images vintage. Announced in january 2012, the minibrute created quite a buzz at winter namm 2012 and in the electronic music world.
Minibrute patch editor saves patches as images post by meatballfulton. Microkorg xl vs minibrute after playing with softsynths for a while, i feel its time to move on to hardware. Arturias minibrute 2s with step sequencer, not keys. The envelopes, however, have a few significant changes. Ok, i finally got my first analog synth and im quite horny about it lets share some cool patches for noobs like me and for everybodys use. French synth guru yves usson, above, knows his way around the insides of the minibrute and microbrute synthesizers he collaborated with arturia to design them hes shared a series of mods and hacks for the minibrute and microbrute at his site. The brute factor adds a certain character to both our minibrute and microbrute that makes them some of the most aggressive analog synths around. Like the minibrute, the microbrute comes with a set of laminated patch sheets to get you started. What ill tell you is to let yourself be the primary source of inspiration and to discover your own tips with this synth. Introducing the oscillator the oscillator is the tonegenerating center of the microbrute. The microbrutes oscillator element is practically equivalent in direction of the minibrutes, with that being said microbrute vs minibrute is a topic that many synth enthusiast partake. The little brother of the award winning, modern classic.
Best of all, the microbrute adds new features to the minibrute when they are combined together. The synth comes with two patch cables, which we will come to later. Brute factor the brute factor was inspired by a patch made on a famous vintage synthesizer. Arturia microbrute synthetiseur analogique mini touches 2 octaves. The arturia minibrute is another excellent synthesizer with great sound and functionality, available in a very affordable range. The microbrute produces an astounding variety of sonic potentials. Arturia naccepte aucune responsabilite des dommages causes par lutilisation dune alimentation non autorisee.
Arturia minibrute 2s semimodular analog sequencing synthesizer. So, the micro has the sequencer and the patch points but loses a few controls and gains a couple of other controls as i understand it. The arturia minibrute 2 semimodular analog synthesizer is the successor of the minibrute, offering more brute power than ever before. Considering a sub phatty or a mini brute moog music forum. The arturia minibrute is a monophonic, pure analog synthesizer designed and manufactured by arturia, a french synthesizer software and hardware company. Im still considering selling the brute so i can get one at some point, maybe the full size kit version or an original or the. Apr, 2005 minibrute patch editor saves patches as images post by meatballfulton mon nov 10, 2014 5. And the perfect way to join those two worlds is with arturias.
The minibrute 2 takes this to a whole new level with 48 patch points turning the monosynth in a semimodular, eurorack compatible synthesizer. In 2012, arturia opened a new market a blue ocean, as the strategists say when they introduced the minibrute, a true mono analog synth for mouse freaks, djs or musicians who dont necessarily play piano but wanted to complete their sonic arsenal. Sure, you can recreate these routings using the miniature patch bay which arturia. Microbrute patch no 4, classic minimoog style cutting lead. The 2s, due to its size, basically dominates my setup, now, along with the 6u rack brute attached to it. Minibrute 2 shares many of the same iconic features that made its predecessor such a success, including mixable oscillators, the acidic steinerparker filter, and the chaotic brute factor.
New arturia microbrute is a megauseful cv hub nova musik. There are 10 of these plus five blanks onto which you can record your own sounds and, although im not a huge fan of the sounds they describe, they are a good way to get beginners started. Perfectly realized right down to the smallest detail, minibrute 2 also includes. Arturia microbrute 25key analog synthesizer reverb. I also tend to be the type of person to just never be satisfied even when things are going great. May 09, 2017 the brute factor knob is basically just feedback you can patch your own feedback from the headphone out into the aux in, and you can put other effects in the middle for extra weirdness. The microbrute lacks the minibrutes velocity and aftertouch and does use a singleknobperfunction model, but adds an analog step sequencer and a small patch bay. Combining huge analog tone, powerful sound shaping features, stepsequencer, arpeggiator, and a modular patch bay, minibrute 2 will give your music the brute factor. You can have that sort of creative synthesis meandering and particularly with the patch bay that really make a. And if you saturateoverdrive it a bit all those subtle overtones really pop and sing and scream and all that. The arturia minibrute 2 is a 25key analog monosynth with semimodular architecture, bridging the gap between the traditional synthesizer instruments and the exciting world of modular.
Although the minibrute was the first piece of hardware created by arturiawhich had previously exclusively marketed software synthesizersit generated strong sales. A little late perhaps this is my first patch i made and still find myself coming back to. Arturia minibrute 2 semimodular analog synthesizer mini size, mighty power. Not only was it the first new massmarket analog vco synth in quite a while, it was also from a company known for its soft synths. The arturia minibrute patchpreset thread gearslutz.
Most notable is its 48point cv patchbay you dont need to patch a thing to generate a huge range of sounds with minibrute 2, but youll have endless creative. The original minibrute had a cvgate socket on the back but it was the microbrute that brought in a bay of patching potential. It is a robust product with firm switches and knobs. Just enter the code vcollection7 at checkout and once the sale is processed we will contact you with a download link, serial number and unlock code. The minibrute 2 without the letter s now has 25 fullsized keys. You will also have access to exclusive patreon only. The address bar will contain a link to your patch to save or share. Arturia microbrute users manual 5 1 introduction congratulations, and thank you for your purchase of the arturia microbrute analog synthesizer.
For a limited time, purchase an arturia minibrute 2 or minibrute 2s and get free copy of vcollection 7. The new arturia microbrute is the next generation of the brute family of synthesizers. Vcollection 7 includes 24 timeless instruments lovingly recreated in software, and modernised with contemporary features. Dec 11, 20 however, the micro does add the very neat mod matrix panel, which allows you to patch the envelope and lfo depth to different locations using the 3. The pictures names are the patches names and can give you some information about the patch. Im sure the info is all out there but, can someone summarize or point me at a page the differences between the two synths. Packed with mixable waveforms, a new suboscillator design, the famous steinerparker multimode filter, a superfast envelope, a syncable lfo, our new step sequencer and a patchable mod matrix, the microbrute is a landmark new synth at an incredible. Dial up your favorite minibrute patches and click save to be redirected to a page with your saved configuration. All the pictures are not so good often programming at night but good enough so you see the parameters. But prefer pads to a keyboard, or want deeper step sequencing.
Welcome to mega mini brute 2 the ultimate minibrute hack. Arturia drops the minibrute 2 analog monosynth with. The microbrute is a great example of how less is more. Arturia minibrute is a very popular option in the middle of the tabletop synthesizers price range.
You will also have access to exclusive patreon only content and videos. Arturia microbrute is an analog synthesizer with so many interesting features. Minibrute has full size keys and is already small enough. The minibrute 2 is an impressive synthesizer with a powerful set of analog circuitry. In the lfo section, set the filter knob to maximum. This approach would be far more useful if you had patch points between the oscillator and the filter in the microbrute. But with the addition of the patch bay the minibrute 2. Many synths at well over twice the price of microbrute come with only a single low pass filter and many modular synth companies sell their version of this classic filter for more than the total price of the microbrute.
The link system is definitely great and was pretty well thought out. Arturia minibrute 2 semimodular analog synthesizer sweetwater. Dec 31, 20 this feature is not available right now. The microbrute to me has far less sonic capability than my monologue. Jan 15, 2018 if you want to buy the minibrute 2, you can support this channel by using this link.