MiniFreak

Le synthétiseur algorithmique intuitif

Le MiniFreak est un synthétiseur hybride polyphonique à clavier qui allie deux moteurs sonores numériques à des filtres analogiques, des possibilités de modulation surprenantes, un séquenceur intuitif et de remarquables effets stéréo. Il vous aidera à créer instantanément des sons étonnants, magnifiques et chaotiques.

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À la frontière du numérique et de l’analogique, là où le moteur rencontre la machine, où le matériel rencontre le logiciel, où l’expression rencontre l’impulsion et où la réalité rencontre l’imagination sans limite, se trouve le MiniFreak.

Libérez-vous des conventions et mélangez les univers sonores. Ce synthétiseur hybride est une véritable invitation à l’expérimentation.

Endless modes
infinate shapes

2 moteurs, 6 voix, 31 modes d’oscillation.

From Virtual Analog to FM, Additive to Granular, collide contrasting modes for compound polyphonic timbres, feed Engine 1’s sound into Engine 2 for stacked sonic interplay, and process your voice or external audio through its architecture to unleash any sound’s wild side.

  • Ondes de base
  • Superwave
  • Karplus Str.
  • Bruit
  • Harmonie
  • Destroy
  • FM/RM
  • Multi Filter
  • Filtre Surgeon
  • Filtre Comb
  • Filtre Phaser
  • V.Analog
  • Formeur d’onde
  • FM à deux opérateurs
  • Formant
  • Accords
  • Discours
  • Modal
  • SawX
  • Harmonie
  • Basses
  • Table d’ondes
  • Sample
  • Nuages Granulaires
  • Impact granulaire
  • Frozen
  • Skan
  • Particles
  • Lick
  • Raster
  • Audio In

L’expérimentation sonore
sans effort

La modulation directe ouvre tout le champ des possibles.

Avec deux LFO aux courbes ajustables et des enveloppes cycliques polyphoniques, vous pouvez moduler vos moteurs sonores, filtres et effets, et même vos propres sources de modulation. Tout est permis avec cette matrice de modulation simple mais puissante. En quelques secondes, vous animerez votre son de mille façons.

A simple sustained chord, progressively modulated with slewed S&H affecting the engines and filters.

La stéréo
jusqu'au vertige

Obtenez d’intenses textures en stéréo grâce aux effets intégrés.

Embellish your dual-engine sounds with beautifully hypnotic chorus, brutal distortion, immersive borderline-3D atmosphere, and beyond. MiniFreak is armed with stereo outputs and 3 FX slots, each with 13 curated FX algorithms to choose from, ensuring that every patch is mix-ready and as wide as you need it to be.

  • Ext In Vocoder
  • Self Vocoder
  • Chorus
  • Phaser
  • Flanger
  • Réverbe
  • Délai
  • Distorsion
  • Bit Crusher
  • Égaliseur 3 bandes
  • Peak EQ
  • Multi Comp
  • Super Unison

Hear a simple sequence turned thick, wide, and resonant by introducing distortion, chorus, and reverb.

Une immersion
totale

Découvrez la disposition, les contrôles et les armes sonores secrètes du MiniFreak en détail, de la matrice de modulation gérable par un seul potentiomètre jusqu’aux rubans tactiles multifonctions.

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Expression en harmonie
avec les esprits créatifs

Une facilité d’utilisation qui donne des ailes.

Le MiniFreak est un colosse pensé pour le jeu. Profitez d’une polyphonie qui réagit à chacun de vos mouvements grâce à un clavier haut de gamme à touches fines doté de l’aftertouch ; changez votre son de façon spectaculaire à l’aide des macros dynamiques ; transformez vos mélodies en de riches accords grâce au mode Chord, et gardez vos harmonies sous contrôle grâce au mode Scale.

Momentum,
rencontre le chaos

Changement à volonté, randomisation à la demande

Explorez des séquences et des arpégiations qui vont bien au-delà de la simple programmation de notes. Variez vos motifs grâce à quatre pistes de modulation, ajoutez de spectaculaires sauts d’octaves, appliquez des ratchets, des répétitions et des mutations à la volée – et bien entendu, utilisez la fonction Spice & Dice propre aux Freak pour modifier et randomiser votre musique à l’envi.

A sequence that never fully repeats, thanks to MiniFreak's Spice & Dice randomization and one-touch mutations.

MiniFreak V

MiniFreak's sound and architecture mirrored virtually.

Profitez du même son hybride dans la STAN de votre choix grâce au pendant virtuel du MiniFreak, offert avec ce dernier. Il reproduit le synthé à l’identique, jusqu’à la modélisation de ses filtres analogiques. Vous pouvez d’ailleurs piloter l'instrument virtuel à l'aide des commandes du MiniFreak et utiliser les mêmes presets sur les deux. Votre processus créatif ne sera ainsi jamais interrompu.

Les presets

Dès l’ouverture de la boîte, explorez une sélection soignée de plus de 300 patches conçus pour éveiller votre appétit de son hybride Freaky. Créée par certains des sound designers les plus expérimentés et prolifiques au monde, cette bibliothèque a de quoi plaire à tout le monde. Mais ne vous fiez pas à notre parole… Écoutez par vous-même.

Batteries

Freaggae Ton

If you're feeling the reggaeton vibe, this preset has you covered!

Glitch Perc

Glitchy percussions to add spice to your tracks.

Basses

Harming Bass

A hard bass. The macro 1 controls the HP Filter cutoff and macro 2 adds an octave up.

Heavy B

Heavy bass sound, as the title suggests.

Leads

Alchemist

An atmospheric lead sound with some pitch drift.

Triumph

Hybridation of Granular with Analog Brass Lead.

Nappes sonores

Cygnus

Dreamy dark polyphonic pad.

Aevus Aeternu

Solidtrax

A majestic pad sound where the aftertouch plays a big role in the expressiveness of the sound by increasing the modulation speed.

Claviers

Crusty Pluck

A thin and noisy pluck sound. Macro 1 adds dramatic tremolo.

Plastic Pluck

Velocity-sensitive granular pluck.

Effets

Sci Fi Slam

A huge, texture gesture generator.

Infinite Hall

Ominous cinematic pad SFX that drips with tension.

Vitalic

Defying genre-boundaries with MiniFreak

Producer and composer Vitalic first came onto the scene in 1996. Since then he has continued to redefine an inimitable and energetic sound, combining influences from rock, disco and techno into driving club classics and dancefloor favorites.

Écoutez-le
à l’œuvre

Broken Landscapes

Graphyt

A MiniFreak exploration of textures and sounds finding between something beautiful and broken, something melodic and distorted.

Funk Freak

Louison Pugin

A vibrant funk demo using Minifreak Factory presets.

Hypersona

Victor Morello

A hyperpop track using the Minifreak's Engine capabilities. No external effects were used.

In 20 Years Time

Dimitris Kordis

An intimate, expressive cinematic track using the Minifreak. No external effects were used.

Void Construct

Culprate

A melodic but heavy-hitting and dense track, result of the union of Culprate and the MiniFreak granular.

Boss Fight

Joe Sheldrick

An intense bass-heavy track with a cinematic and video game feeling, using many MiniFreak granular presets.

Fractured Signal

Victor Morello

Sharp slice of IDM, blending intricate rhythms with heavy vocoder treatments and glitch-infused textures for a futuristic, cerebral sound.

Unborn Ghosts

Moody, vocoder-laced demo blending ambient textures with eerie, experimental sound design.

Helsinki

Narumik

Deep dub techno demo, layering submerged chords, vocoded textures, and a steady pulse to evoke a hypnotic, late-night atmosphere.

Press
Clippings

DJMag

On MiniFreak

"It is difficult to remain indifferent to this stroke of genius by Arturia. This MiniFreak may well be a revolution. "

MusicTech

On MiniFreak

"A bantamweight synth that packs a heavyweight punch."

Audio Fanzine

On MiniFreak

"It wins the 2022 Quality/Price Award!"

Music Radar

On MiniFreak

"This is a versatile-sounding hybrid synth that’s a joy to get hands-on with. For all of its versatility too, Arturia has done an excellent job of creating a UI that feels like it has no wrong answers."

Engadget

On MiniFreak

"The multi-engine synth core of the MiniFreak is incredibly versatile."

Sound On Sound

On MiniFreak

"Bigger, Better, Freakier! The MiniFreak really is a great sounding and uniquely versatile synth. "

Synth Anatomy

On MiniFreak

"The new firmware 3.0 is probably one of the biggest and most sound-changing updates so far for the MiniFreak and MiniFreak V. It is a fantastic update that clearly sets Arturia’s hybrid Synthesizer apart from other hybrid synths.MiniFreak is now not only a Synthesizer but also a sampler—all without costing more—great! "

Artist
Corner

dBridge

dBridge/Bad Company

"Minifreak is definitely punching above it's weight. This freak offers mood, tones and attitude for any occasion. I love incorporing off grid sound design in my compositions and this is a useful tool to arrive to this kind of result really quickly !"

Carl Craig

DJ / Producer

"The MiniFreak is a very powerful synth with a sound that should be in a box as large as the MatrixBrute. The bass sounds are heavy but the few string sounds included are Detroit Techno production ready. Its a bigger freak when I plugged it into my Prime Time and H949. Watch out, this Freak will make an amateur sound like a pro!"

Rone

Producer

"Arturia's MiniFreak is an outstanding synthesizer! I am really impressed by its versatility and its ability to generate fantastic and original sounds! Compact and very powerful, I can't live without it and I take it with me wherever I go. It inspires me and opens up new and exciting possibilities! Congrats Arturia!"

Fakear

Producer

"Compact and powerful, it's the most versatile synth I've been able to use on tour. The large keys are well fitted for live shows, for a synth of this size, this is astonishing. And it fits in your backpack !"

Breakbot & Irfane

DJ / Producer

"It is so much fun to play with the mini freak ! It offers endless possibilities in terms of sound and texture creation, with a wide array of extremely varied and well designed presets to start off from should you want to take a safer route."

Kmru

Producer

"The minifreak has become a favourite addition to my composition process, I love its versatility and capabilities on its own, its hold function has become a simple obsession and definitely a synth that will be with me more often in the studio and live"

Olympe4000

"Personally, the Arturia MiniFreak synthesizer has been a game-changer for my music production journey. Its compact size fits well into my setup, and the hands-on approach to sound design with the matrix-style modulation system is incredibly engaging. The versatility and depth of sound it offers go beyond its size, making it a go-to instrument for creating unique and inspiring tones."

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Main Features

6-voice polyphonic hybrid synthesizer

37-note velocity-sensitive Slim-key keybed with aftertouch

2 sound Engines with 22 oscillator modes in total

Engine 2 can be used to process Engine 1

1 envelope per voice

1 cycling envelope per voice

2 LFOs per voice

Polyphonic analog filters and VCAs

6-voice polyphonic, 12-voice paraphonic, unison, or mono configuration

3 digital FX slots in insert or send mode, with 13 FX including Ext Vocoder & Self Vocoder FX

User-customizable LFO curves

Mod Matrix with 7 sources and 13 potential destinations

OLED display for real-time visual feedback

Intuitive 64-step sequencer (4 pages of 16 steps)

4 lanes of automated modulation

Performance Arpeggiator controls including Ratchet, Octave Randomize, and more

MIDI in/out/thru

USB connectivity

Sustain, audio in, and clock in/out connectivity

Balanced stereo outputs

268 factory presets

244 user preset slots

Platform Specifications

Windows

  • Win 10+ (64bit)

  • 4 GB RAM

  • 4 cores CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost)

  • 3GB free hard disk space

  • OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU

  • ARM processors not supported on Windows

Required configuration

  • Works in Standalone, VST, AAX, Audio Unit, NKS.

Apple

  • Mac OS 11+

  • 4 GB RAM

  • 4 cores CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost) or M1 CPU

  • 3GB free hard disk space

  • OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU

Work with ASC

  • An elegant and simple solution to help you install, activate, and update your Arturia software instruments.

What’s in the box

Box content

  • MiniFreak Unit

  • Universal PSU - 12V 1A

  • USB A to USB 2.0

  • Registration card

Instrument dimensions

  • size : 22.75 x 9.09 x 1.57 inches (578 x 231 x 55mm)

  • weight : 6.48 lbs. (2.94 Kg)

Size & weight

  • Size (mm): 578 x 55 x 231 mm

  • Size (in): 22.76 x 2.17 x 9.09 in

  • Weight (kg): 2.94 kg

  • Weight (lb): 6.48 lb