Arturia Microbrute
The Aruria MicroBrute is essentially a smaller version of the classic MiniBrute, albeit with the same great analog sound, Steiner-Parker filter, and Arturia’s Multi-wave oscillator.
The unit features an onboard step sequencer reminiscent of the sequencers found in the Sequential Circuits Pro One and the Oberheim DS-2a, an updated sub-oscillator that makes this single oscillator synth sound even beefier, and a mod matrix capable of routing three modulation sources (EG, LFO, and Keyboard CV) to any of the unit’s six modulation destinations.
These features make the Arturia MicroBrute one of the most cost-effective analog synthesizers currently on the market.
Microbrute Features
- Same oscillator design as MiniBrute
- Ultrasaw, Pulse width, Metalizer wave-shapers
- Steiner-Parker multimode filter: High Pass, Low Pass, Band Pass modes
- Brute factor
- Sync to external MIDI clock
- LFO with 3 waveforms: Saw, Tri, Square
- Step sequencer with 8 memory locations
- ADSR Envelope
- Audio input for external signal processing
- 25 minikey keyboard
- CV/Gate I/O
- MIDI input
- 25 Minikey keyboard
- Octave up and down buttons allow for a full range of transpose options
- Monophonic Analog synthesizer
- Steiner-Parker multimode filter
- Low Pass
- Band Bass
- High Pass
- Bi-polar Envelope amount control
- Keyboard tracking
- Arturia’s famed Brute Factor™
- Voltage Controlled Oscillator
- Oscillator waveshapers
- Ultrasaw for creating dance anthem sounds
- Pulse width for creating thin nasal sounds or rich square tones
- Metalizer for creating harsh, harmonically rich sounds
- Overtone Generator
- Additional harmonics, from 1 octave down to 5th up
- Sub>+5th spectrum shaper
- Oscillator Mixer (Overtone, Saw, Triangle, Square)
- Wide range LFO with 3 waveforms
- Saw, Triangle, Square
- Freq range from 1Hz to 200Hz
- Syncable to external sources, sequencer or internal
- ADSR envelope
- VCA with GATE and ENV modes
- Pitch-bend wheel
- Modulation wheel (can control filter cutoff or LFO amount)
- Mod Matrix – standard 1 Volt per octave
- Envelope Out
- LFO Out
- Ultrasaw modulator In
- Pulse width mod In
- Metalizer In
- Overtone/Sub modulator In
- Cutoff In
- Pitch In
- External Audio Input with Input level control
- 1/8” headphone output and 1/4” audio output
- CV/GATE interface
- Pitch Out
- Gate Out
- Gate In
- MIDI Input
- USB 20 Type B jack
- Glide time control
- Step Sequencer
- Rate control knob
- Tap Tempo button/Rest input in record mode
- 8 storeable sequences
- PLAY and RECORD modes
- Sync to external MIDI clock
- 12Volt, 1Amp Center pin + DC connector
- Weight: 39 lb
- Dimensions: 128 x 87 x 24"
Arturia Microbrute Analog Synthesizer Reviews