Arturia Minibrute

[TheBrightSide]

Originally Posted by samwell7

Just rang the store I've preordered from in Melbourne, Aus.
Delivery date been pushed back to late October, anybody else heard anything?

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I got mine from Awave last week. They were the cheapest and included free delivery!
I feel bad for everyone who has been waiting months for theirs, usually I'm the one getting screwed like that!

On the plus side, it will be even more exciting when it arrives.
I honestly felt like a kid on Xmas day opening up mine.

[samwell7]

Originally Posted by TheBrightSide

I got mine from Awave last week. They were the cheapest and included free delivery!
I feel bad for everyone who has been waiting months for theirs, usually I'm the one getting screwed like that!

On the plus side, it will be even more exciting when it arrives.
I honestly felt like a kid on Xmas day opening up mine.

May I ask how much you paid?
You're right about making it more exciting when I do finally get it, except end of year exams are scheduled in for end of October haha how am I supposed to study if I've got a minibrute sitting in front of me :(.
I probably won't even know what to do when I get it haha I'd hate to be one of the people who ordered really early and still haven't received their units.
I might give awave a buzz see if they still have any

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[TheBrightSide]

Ha! I remember when I did my final school exams years ago I had just bought a Jupiter 8.
I had to leave it at a friends house until after the exams.
In hindsight, I should have just played with the Jupiter.

[energizer bunny]

Originally Posted by TheBrightSide

I got mine from Awave last week. They were the cheapest and included free delivery!
I feel bad for everyone who has been waiting months for theirs, usually I'm the one getting screwed like that!

On the plus side, it will be even more exciting when it arrives.
I honestly felt like a kid on Xmas day opening up mine.

I got a new update from DV247. Now they say they will receive the MiniBrute stock on 17th of October. Man I really do hope it doesn't go much later than that. I ordered mine about 6 weeks ago I think it was, and DV247 charged my card on the day I ordered it, which is a strange policy I think.

[samwell7]

Originally Posted by energizer bunny

I got a new update from DV247. Now they say they will receive the MiniBrute stock on 17th of October. Man I really do hope it doesn't go much later than that. I ordered mine about 6 weeks ago I think it was, and DV247 charged my card on the day I ordered it, which is a strange policy I think.

Where is DV247?
I ordered mine about 6 weeks ago aswell ahah, when I ordered it the date was 'early september', then got changed to 'mid sep' then 'end-sep early-oct' now 'mid-late oct'
Sort of got me thinking I should've bought one online when there were some Sydney stores with stock on eBay.
If the rumour about arturia not being happy with their factory being the reason there's extra delays is true then I'm happy waiting

[hebe]

at my local dealer's, i'm the forthcoming customer on the list...

[volumetrik]

Originally Posted by tshear23

Posted a semi-review over at Waveformelss after about a week of hands-on...

Waveformless: Thoughts on the Arturia Minibrute

bit of a silly review really...I did not find the MiniBrute weak or thin and also the review is comparing the Brute to a Minimoog probably the phatest most powerful analog synth in existence...

[krushing]

Originally Posted by volumetrik

bit of a silly review really...I did not find the MiniBrute weak or thin and also the review is comparing the Brute to a Minimoog probably the phatest most powerful analog synth in existence...

I don't think he was comparing it to the Mini as such - just using the Moog as an example of a synth with a fat, raw osc sound.

[miscend]

You can't expect all synths to sound the same. You shouldn't go in expecting the Minibrute to have raw oscs that sound like a SH101 or SC Pro One.

[Bio]

Raw osc sound is direct before the filter.

Minimoog has a special mixer that add warmth when pushed. (and a fat filter even when fully open)

So he can't compare the raw vco sound.

When you do, most vco sound surprisingly similar if you exclude sync, PWM and FM.

It's the filter !!!! (As i said, it's well know that steiner filter have less bass than moog)

[dswo]

Originally Posted by Bio

As i said, it's well know that steiner filter have less bass than moog)

Be that as it may, my impression -- based on videos, not experience -- is that the Steiner-Parker does not lose bass volume when you turn up resonance. This is very noticeable on the one Moog filter that I have experience with.

[Bio]

Yes you are right : with reso the steiner don't loose bass like most 24db design. (steiner filter is 12db)

In hipass it even boost them !

[Acid Hazard]

Much like the Polivoks VCF, the Steiner gets a bit of grit when the reso is pushed.

[himalaya]

Pheeew! Got my MiniBrute at last!

I've been playing all evening now and it's lovely. As I have expected, the misnamed 'Ultrasaw' parameter, is less about phat unison sawttoh sounds, but more about a dual oscillator sound. Very controllable with the amount and rate knobs. It does feel like listening to 2 detuned oscillators. Add some triangle to beef it up and the end result is very good. This gives very lush lead patches.

The envelope speed switch is really useful too. The envelopes can be very tight and snappy or very slow and flowing with anything in between.

'Brute Factor' adds some weight at moderate settings - very welcomed.

The LF0(s) is extremely well specified. Sine there are two LFOs, it's possible to have vibrato via aftertouch and filter LFO mod via the mod wheel simultaneously at different rates! Brilliant for funk solos!

The two octave range sub oscillator is great. That extra octave does make a difference and it's possible to set up very vintage-style dual oscillator patches, where each oscillator is separated by two octaves. Old school! LOL


I don't care much for the triangle 'Metalizer' effect, but it can add subtle fattening to the triangle wave or extreme digital 'solidity'.

The Pitch and Mod wheels feel solid and responsive despite being smaller than usual. However, the knobs are inconsistent in quality, unfortunately. Some are too wobbly. I fear about the longevity of some of them....

I love the octave buttons which feel very firm and responsive.

The black keys are a bit too narrow for my liking and are a bit too slippery for me.

The side panels feel very sexy with very smooth, 'liquid' but solid plastic. The machine itself is nicely weighted with metal panel and lower case.

The filter is very interesting and definitely adds a new flavour to my synth collection. Combined with the Brute Effect, it can scream like mad. High res tends to be very growly or distorted, depends how one looks at it. There is a lot of dirt (in a good sense) to be found at high res values. Good stuff.

I've been stuck with the arpeggiator pretty much all of the time, tweaking the filter+waves+envelopes pretending I'm a one man Tangerine Dream cover band.

The MiniBrute if full of cool little touches everywhere and it's a doddle to use.

[Wonton]

I just saw someone walking down the street carrying a brand new minibrute in the box about 2 hours ago.

i seriously wanted to chase them down LOL

[atma]

Originally Posted by dswo

Be that as it may, my impression -- based on videos, not experience -- is that the Steiner-Parker does not lose bass volume when you turn up resonance. This is very noticeable on the one Moog filter that I have experience with.

that's totally true. however, the resonance (even at high levels) doesn't peak in the low bass frequencies, so it's sort of a trade-off. if you do a filter sweep with high res, you'll notice that the resonance simply doesn't kick in until it starts hitting the higher bass frequencies.

[Boddhisattva007]

I wonder if anyone has opened theirs up yet and had a peek under the hood. I'm curious to know if its an easy synth to service in the future if things break down... That's all I will say. How about it though, anyone looked inside?

[atma]

i'm putting together some sound samples and screenshots from an oscilloscope that show what the different oscillator waveforms look like, if anyone is interested.

one thing people seem to overlook is that because the waveforms are mixable, this synth is capable of a fairly wide-range of different waveforms and it's sort of interesting to see the variations on a scope.

[polybonk]

Originally Posted by Wonton

I just saw someone walking down the street carrying a brand new minibrute in the box about 2 hours ago.

i seriously wanted to chase them down LOL

That could have been me!

The oscillator in this thing is truly unique. And the filter is fantastic.

One thing I noticed on the model I have here the pre filtered sound leaks. Does anyone have that issue?

[volumetrik]

Originally Posted by polybonk

One thing I noticed on the model I have here the pre filtered sound leaks. Does anyone have that issue?

explain more..

[volumetrik]

Originally Posted by himalaya

The Pitch and Mod wheels feel solid and responsive despite being smaller than usual. However, the knobs are inconsistent in quality, unfortunately. Some are too wobbly. I fear about the longevity of some of them....

I dunno man everything feels rock solid here, you get the impression that Arturia were thinking long term like its built to last...

When I saw the Sonic State review where the guy showed it was wobbly my impression was that it must have been a prototype unit.

[himalaya]

Originally Posted by volumetrik

I dunno man everything feels rock solid here, you get the impression that Arturia were thinking long term like its built to last...

When I saw the Sonic State review where the guy showed it was wobbly my impression was that it must have been a prototype unit.

My minibrute has wobbly knobs.
The actual feel of the whole unit is great - heavy, and substantial (definitely gig friendly) but a lot of the knobs do not inspire confidence. Knobs which act as a switch are indeed solid, but dials are not. For example, the filter mode selector knob is solid and does not wobble, the cutoff, res, filter env knob however wobble too much. These should be rock solid as they will be used/abused the most.

[Acid Hazard]

The rotary switches are more robust because they need to be. It's just the way they're built. Though i have a feeling all the pots are surface mount, and not panel mount.

[polybonk]

Originally Posted by volumetrik

explain more..

I can hear the unfiltered sound faintly on the LP even when fully cut.

[Acid Hazard]

Originally Posted by polybonk

I can hear the unfiltered sound faintly on the LP even when fully cut.

Do you have the envelope amount turned up?

[polybonk]

Nope.

No matter what the setting it leaks a tiny bit.

Also on fast Env speed with no Osc in the mixer the envelope makes a fain pop with every note.

Not really much of on issue in a track but I just wanted to see if it was just this unit. If so I might swap it.

[volumetrik]

Originally Posted by polybonk

Also on fast Env speed with no Osc in the mixer the envelope makes a fain pop with every note.

thats normal

[cresshead]

http://f9render.com/sounds/minibrute...sept_patch.MP3

patch...played with fingers..hence poor timing!..also scuse the photo...phone camera is gone all crap...need a new phone!

[TheBrightSide]

Nice patch!
I'll be trying that one.

[asynchro_nous]

Yes, nice patch -- seems like you can use the triangle to really "push" the sound out there without breaking it up too much.