Pure
Analog
The MicroBrute is new but carries the award-winning heritage of its big brother, the MiniBrute.
The MicroBrute was designed to be small but still retain an amazing sound quality. With a 100% pure analog voice path and advanced interconnectability via MIDI, USB, CV/ GATE, this machine is a true powerhouse synthesizer that takes your sound to a new level.
Hands-On
Heaven
If you’re new to synths, you’re looking at one of the easiest to use and most unique-sounding synthesizers we think money can buy.
And if you’re a synth veteran, we think it won’t have escaped your attention that MicroBrute is also a seriously capable semi-modular sequence-able beast. Wait till you hear how it sounds.
No presets, no menus, nothing to get between you and the ability to sculpt your sound live. Not only does MicroBrute give you the means to create, perform and be completely original every time you power up, it does it with astounding sound quality.
Brutal
Potential
Process audio. Sequence analog gear.
Give your modular a new LFO and Envelope Generator. Hook up to your DAW and make whole tracks. Hook up to your Drumtracks, open your door, and play a whole gig
Tiny in size, tiny in price, huge in sound, and vast in potential. We’ve had so much fun with MicroBrute: Now it’s your turn.
The Brute
into details
A synthesizer is a musical instrument that is meant to be played.
However, playing a synthesizer is more than just playing some notes on a keyboard and recalling someone else’s presets. If that was the goal you could be looking at accordions or going to a department store to buy your keyboard (along with socks, milk and toilet paper)…but you aren’t, because you’re more creative than that.
Pauchi Sasaki
Building one-self a sound at a time
Composer, producer, film-scorer, performer, creator, improviser. Pauchi Sasaki is a world-renowned multimedia artist who isn’t afraid to blur the boundaries of contemporary music and the classics.
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UrsaMicro Noodles
Glen Darcey's Microbrute demo track
Slow Beat
An electro/hiphop track that explores Microbrute's possibilities as a Lead synth (using 2 voice lead part and modulation on both the PWM and Metalizer via the MOD Matrix). All sounds except for the kick/snare/clap/hat were made using Microbrute.
Space House
This slow house/disco inspired track uses exclusively Microbrute sounds (except for the drums). From deep basses to bubbling pops, sequenced acid-like synth lines to distorted effects, this is an overview of the range of sounds one can get out of this power.
Here Comes the Sun
The melody is a saw-tooth wave with alot of ultrasaw modulation and bandpass-filtering. The filter sweeping was recoreded live and effected later. The first melody was later on recorded twice with further sub-overtones.
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What's in the box
Box content
- MicroBrute synthesizer
- User manual
- Preset sheets
- Power supply
- 2 mini-jack patch cords
Instrument dimensions
- size : 12.8 x 8.7 x 2.36 inches (325 x 221 x 60mm)
- weight : 3.86 lbs. (1.750 Kg)
Main Features
Monophonic synthesizer
100% Analog audio signal path
Steiner-Parker 2-pole multimode filter (Low Pass, Band Pass, High Pass)
Analog Voltage Controlled Oscillator
Oscillator Mixer (Overtone, Sawtooth, Square, Triangle, audio in [on rear panel])
Overtone sub oscillator/5th generator
Signal enhancers:
- Pulse Width Modulation
- Ultrasaw generates fat sawtooth waveforms
- Metalizer brings in extreme harmonics
Brute Factor™ delivers saturation and rich harmonics
LFO with 3 waveforms (sine, sawtooth, square)
LFO can freerun or sync to arpeggiator
ADSR envelope generator
Keyboard tracking of the VCF cutoff
25-note mini-key keyboard
Mod wheel (assignable to cutoff or LFO amount)
Pitch wheel (bend range selectable via software)
Octave selector from -2 to +2 octaves
External analog audio input
CV In jacks: Pitch, Filter, sub-harmonics, pulse width, Metalizer, saw animator
CV Out jacks: pitch, envelope, LFO
MIDI In with 5 pin DIN connector
USB MIDI In/Out
1/4” audio output and 1/8” headphone output
Full-functioned step sequencer:
- 8 memories
- up to 64 steps per memory
- tap tempo
- rate control
- step divisions (via software)
- trigger modes (via software)