
Arturia MicroFreak - Hybrid Analog/Digital Synthesizer with Mutable Instruments Plaits
The Arturia MicroFreak is a cutting-edge experimental hybrid analog/digital synthesizer featuring digital oscillators, an analog filter, and a touch-plate keyboard, well suited for musicians, sound designers, producers, and DJs at any experience level. Arturia collaborated with acclaimed Eurorack modular synthesizer experts, Mutable Instruments, and features their much-loved Plaits macro-oscillator capable of generating a vast number of tones and textures. Coupled with the other digital oscillator modes, such as Texturer, KarplusStrong, Harmonic OSC, and Superwave, the MicroFreak offers a remarkable amount of options and even offers paraphonic performance capabilities. Enjoy the same otherworldly sounds, modes, and parameter controls as the Plaits Eurorack module, but in a self-contained, performable hardware synthesizer. Features: Presets 128 factory presets 64 user sounds Oscillator Wavetable Digital Oscillator Modes Texturer KarplusStrong Harmonic OSC Superwave Collaboration with Mutable Instruments Includes Plaits oscillator with added paraphonic mode Touch Keyboard with Aftertouch: Touch plate is fast, natural, and expressive. Detects pressure and offers polyphonic aftertouch State-Variable Analog Filter: 12 dB Oberheim SEM filter Filter can self-oscillate Modulation Matrix: 5 x 7 matrix with three user-assignable destinations Arpeggiator and Step Sequencer: Record up to four automations Edit notes per step Use innovative randomization options. Rear Panel: CV/Gate: Pitch out, gate out, and pressure out Clock in/out MIDI in/out USB OLED Display: High-definition OLED display for visual feedback