Arturia MicroFreak Hybrid Synthesizer 25-Key Touchplate Hybrid Synth with Poly Aftertouch, Sequencer and Arpeggiator

Arturia's MicroFreak is an experimental Hybrid Synth that is a bold, adventurous instrument that will both inspire newcomers with its ease of use and great sound, and also excite experienced players with its unusual, quirky features. With a touch of madness like no other digital synth, MicroFreak is a peculiar, exceptional instrument that rewards the curious musician. It blends wavetable and digital oscillators with analog filters. It features a unique poly-aftertouch flat keyboard. It adds controlled randomness to sequences. This isn’t a revolution, it’s a mutiny.

This out-there little music machine features a versatile digital oscillator so you can create rare and interesting sounds with ease. Modes like Texturer, KarplusStrong, Harmonic OSC, and Superwave give adventurous musicians the chance to explore totally new, unheard possibilities. Like having dozens of synths in just one instrument, both wild-eyed newcomers and seasoned professionals will fall in love with MicroFreak’s flexible, powerful synth engine.

MicroFreak is the first collaboration between Arturia and acclaimed modular synth pioneers Mutable Instruments. Among the multiple modes of MicroFreak’s synth engine, you’ll be able to select the much-loved Plaits oscillator and with added paraphony.Now you can enjoy the same otherworldly sounds, the same modes, and with the same parameter controls as the iconic Eurorack module, but from a self-contained, performable hardware synth.

Inspired by the trailblazing 12-dB Oberheim SEM filter, you can make MicroFreak’s filter scream or whisper to taste. The filter is state-variable, and can even auto-oscillate! You can use this is any way you like, from taking the edge of the razor-sharp wavetable sounds, or automating the cutoff by modulating it with keyboard pressure or the in-built sequencer.

You can record up to four automations, edit notes per step or use the innovative Spice and Dice sequencer functions to find happy accidents. Add randomization to create evolving, original patterns, and virtually rewire and reconfigure its signal chain and controls with the 5x7 modulation matrix. Plus you'll be able to use MicroFreak's USB, MIDI, and CV outputs to control instruments in your DAW and modular synths. This also means that you can also use MicroFreak as a controller to experience polyphonic aftertouch with cutting edge software instruments.

Features

• Wavetable and digital oscillators
• Analog filters
• Huge variety of sound possibilities
• Poly-aftertouch flat keyboard
• Arpeggiator and sequencer
• 128 factory presets and space for 64 user sounds;
• Crystal-clear OLED screen
• 5x7 modulation matrix
• Paraphonic mode
• Collaboration with Mutable Instruments
• USB, MIDI, and CV outputs
• Use MicroFreak as a controller to experience polyphonic aftertouch

Specifications

• SKU number: 570101
• Product Size: 12.5” x 9.2” x 2.2”
• Net Weight: 2..5 lbs
• Gift box size: 17.2” x 3.2” x 10.3”
• Gift box weight: 3.2 lbs