Arturia Minibrute

[Ohulahanbass]

Maybe we should ban burnin talk from this thread, soooooooo bored with that topic.

One thing I'm missing in mine is the combination of pitch and filter(or mod) in one wheel. I love how you can set sensitivities/range of both cutoff and pitch assigned to one wheel. I wonder if it'd be a difficult mod to hard wire a switch to allow us to use the pitch wheel for both pitch and cutoff. I'd pay money for that mod.

[SSquirrel]

How many synths come w one control that does both mod and pitch together? Most either have none or give u 2 or 3.

[Ohulahanbass]

Originally Posted by SSquirrel

How many synths come w one control that does both mod and pitch together? Most either have none or give u 2 or 3.

Being a common thing to find on Rolland one of the largest manufactures I'd say in production numbers allot!

Using two in one has become a part of how I play over the last year and I miss that functionality with the Brute, thats all. I hope someone generates a mod to make 2 in 1 possible, I doubt it would be hard probably require only a few components.

I love and will keep my Brute, overtime I may learn to get the same effect using the 2 wheels in tandem, it's tricky though, I have been practicing.

[samwell7]

Originally Posted by energizer bunny

I've gotta feelin, and when I getta feelin....that I won't see my Minibrute until 2013

Any update on your 'brute mate?

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[Rumbero]

I bought one. This thing is great. The keyboard plays so smooth and the sound is versatile. Has many sweets spots and almost all are unique to this synth. I agree with the people that see it as a mix between the arp axe and ms 20.

[energizer bunny]

Originally Posted by samwell7

Any update on your 'brute mate?

No sign of it at all dude. It's disappointing that we don't even have a ballpark on its arrival time. Will it be next week, or in two years. Dam you Arturia.

[SoLo]

I 've got MASSIVELY lucky and the other day I received a phone call from a shop here in London, where I have been many times asking for delivery of this beauty, and they told me : "We incredibly received ONE, and we are calling 15 people about this.."
obviously I left my lunch on the table and RUN, and now the MB is in my studio
As many people pointed out before, this synth sounds like nothing else I've heard. I had and have my fair share of analogue beauties ( 303 - system 100m - ms20 - Aelita.. ) but MB sounds to me like none of those..
when one plays with the "modifiers" , such as metalizer or supersaw , this synth growls and really delivers on the medium -high frequencies, l I would dare say that it reminds me of some of those weird sound that one can get with Massive but with analogue balls on top..
The LP filter doesnt go as low as other synths IMO but thats absolutely not a bad point, considering the the other filter options sound really lively and different.
I'm trying to understand how I could make MB control the ms20, so I could play the low-mid sounds with it and the the korg will provide the much loved subs...
if somebody has figured this out please share in here.. I'm sure many of us want to use MB in conjunction with other analogue peers...
I hope this helped, I wrote this after just 2 coffees and still high from yesterday night studio session
ciao!

Stefano

[Mutex]

Originally Posted by SoLo

"We incredibly received ONE, and we are calling 15 people about this.."

"incredibly" . This thing is turning into a sort of intergalactic metal that landed on earth once in 2 million years. Arturia, have some mercy on people.

May I say congrats .

[hogo]

Still waiting here too :/

[jimtheswede]

Originally Posted by hogo

Still waiting here too :/

I feel for those who are waiting - but I will tell you it is worth the wait!!!

I preordered back in Jan. and had it since July (I'm in the US). Using it either midied or CV'd with the Dark Energy and CP-251, and am really impressed.

Check out the review in the latest Keyboard magazine - Francis Preve had really only had gushing comments about the design, build, etc. Again, it's worth the wait, and there are very good reasons for the delay - demand exceeded capacity. Hang in there!

[atma]

Originally Posted by SoLo

I'm trying to understand how I could make MB control the ms20, so I could play the low-mid sounds with it and the the korg will provide the much loved subs...

can't you just run the minibrute's cv/gate into the ms20, and run the ms20 oscillator into the minibrute's external audio jack? there's a slider in the oscillator mixer to raise the level of the external audio input, so you'd then have the minibrute's waveforms and the ms20 raw oscillator mixed together.

[Wonton]

I got mine on Monday. I originally ordered one from GC, but lost patience and bought a used one on ebay.

I love it to bits and am amazed at how deep it is. It sounds so amazing sending arpeggios through my Space Echo.

I'm gonna have a lot to learn over the near future, as I just got ableton live a few weeks ago too. My next project is figuring out how to send midi note on-off info from ableton to the minibrute for sequences (yes I'm a total noob).

Altogether stoked and excited to see what I can do with it!

[Ohulahanbass]

Originally Posted by SoLo

The LP filter doesnt go as low as other synths IMO but thats absolutely not a bad point, considering the the other filter options sound really lively and different.
I'm trying to understand how I could make MB control the ms20, so I could play the low-mid sounds with it and the the korg will provide the much loved subs...

Stefano

I've been loving the notch filter lately, it's my fav besides the LP. Its so fun to spin the cutoff/center freq with an arp, sequence or external audio playing. I've never had a hardware notch filter to play with, it's fantastic.

Isn't the MS20 Hz to octave rather than V/octave like moog and the brute? If so, I think you'd sadly need a third party converter. For my Moog MF-107 I went Brute Pitch CV to Moog Freq In then Moog OSC Out to Brute Audio In. It worked perfectly but both are V/octave.

[atma]

oh, yeah i think you're right about the ms20 not being the typical v/oct, totally didn't think of that.

[samwell7]

Originally Posted by energizer bunny

No sign of it at all dude. It's disappointing that we don't even have a ballpark on its arrival time. Will it be next week, or in two years. Dam you Arturia.

Haha I think arturia are just trolling. They've probably got minibrutes stockpiled all over the world, I just called the shop where I ordered mine and the ETA got pushed back another month, its now the 24th of November (i.e never) I might start trawling eBay for an overseas one, I'm only on my phone so I can't check but I'm guessing the minibrute has a wall wart so I can use any DC power supply with the same specs? Can anybody confirm?

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[energizer bunny]

Originally Posted by SoLo

I 've got MASSIVELY lucky and the other day I received a phone call from a shop here in London, where I have been many times asking for delivery of this beauty, and they told me : "We incredibly received ONE, and we are calling 15 people about this.."
obviously I left my lunch on the table and RUN, and now the MB is in my studio
As many people pointed out before, this synth sounds like nothing else I've heard. I had and have my fair share of analogue beauties ( 303 - system 100m - ms20 - Aelita.. ) but MB sounds to me like none of those..
when one plays with the "modifiers" , such as metalizer or supersaw , this synth growls and really delivers on the medium -high frequencies, l I would dare say that it reminds me of some of those weird sound that one can get with Massive but with analogue balls on top..
The LP filter doesnt go as low as other synths IMO but thats absolutely not a bad point, considering the the other filter options sound really lively and different.
I wrote this after just 2 coffees and still high from yesterday night studio session
ciao!
Stefano

Lol nice, I would have ran down there too.

Originally Posted by Mutex

"incredibly" . This thing is turning into a sort of intergalactic metal that landed on earth once in 2 million years. Arturia, have some mercy on people.

May I say congrats .

Hahaha. Like when your a kid and something you're really looking forward to is delayed, and your like

Originally Posted by hogo

Still waiting here too :/

Let's start a club. We'll call it the WTF! Arturia Club.

Originally Posted by jimtheswede

I feel for those who are waiting - but I will tell you it is worth the wait!!!

I preordered back in Jan. and had it since July (I'm in the US). Using it either midied or CV'd with the Dark Energy and CP-251, and am really impressed.

Check out the review in the latest Keyboard magazine - Francis Preve had really only had gushing comments about the design, build, etc. Again, it's worth the wait, and there are very good reasons for the delay - demand exceeded capacity. Hang in there!

Nice thanks for that. I guessed they got snowed under with orders. I can wait.

Originally Posted by Wonton

I got mine on Monday. I originally ordered one from GC, but lost patience and bought a used one on ebay.

I love it to bits and am amazed at how deep it is. It sounds so amazing sending arpeggios through my Space Echo.

I'm gonna have a lot to learn over the near future, as I just got ableton live a few weeks ago too. My next project is figuring out how to send midi note on-off info from ableton to the minibrute for sequences (yes I'm a total noob).

Altogether stoked and excited to see what I can do with it!

Lol all good. A nice analog monosynth to get your synthesis chops up on, can't be bad .

Originally Posted by samwell7

Haha I think arturia are just trolling. They've probably got minibrutes stockpiled all over the world, I just called the shop where I ordered mine and the ETA got pushed back another month, its now the 24th of November (i.e never) I might start trawling eBay for an overseas one.

I swear I was thinking the same thing. But in the end I'll just stick with DV247 and keep my place in the que lol.

[vzag]

Is the Minibrute a good bet for a beginner looking to learn synthesis, or should I consider a knobby VA? My price range is about $500, and I already have a pre-order at GC for a Minibrute, but I can cancel if there's a better option out there.

[Rob Ocelot]

Any Torontonians looking for a Minibrute should haul ass to Paul's Boutique in Kensignton Market! They just got in five of them at $525.

I had one on order from there but ended up getting a MB from Musician's Friend in July.

Having two Minibrutes would make me feel.... dirty. Figured I should spread the dirt, er... love.

[Acid Hazard]

The MB is a great first synth. All parameters are laid out right in front of you.

[slowmotion]

This thread is dragging!! Its only a mono synth, worth the money! Buy it! enjoy it!! move on!!

[energizer bunny]

Originally Posted by slowmotion

This thread is dragging!! Its only a mono synth, worth the money! Buy it! enjoy it!! move on!!

That's the point. We have bought it, we want to enjoy it, we can't move anywhere, cause we don't have it. The thread is turning into a self help group lol.

[Beany]

Originally Posted by Mutex

This thing is turning into a sort of intergalactic metal that landed on earth once in 2 million years.

Unobtainium?

[Beany]

Originally Posted by vzag

Is the Minibrute a good bet for a beginner looking to learn synthesis, or should I consider a knobby VA? My price range is about $500, and I already have a pre-order at GC for a Minibrute, but I can cancel if there's a better option out there.

Get the Minibrute and a Novation A Station rack off ebay for peanuts (£90-100). The MB is great for hands-on tweaking & the A is a cheap, knobby, 3 Osc, polyphonic VA rack that does killer subs and sweet pads and has effects & even a vocoder built-in.

Between the 2 you'll learn a lot, plus you can run them through each others filters. The A Station sounds very clean and the low pass filters are very smooth - both 12 & 24 db per octave. Whilst the MB is very raw and the multi-mode (LP, HP, Band & Notch) filter can be very 'alive' when you push the resonance.

Anyways I'm having a LOT of fun using these 2 together! They compliment each other well, although the Novation K Station (2-octave keyboard version of the A Station) might be better as menu-diving on the A is hampered by a 2-digit display, they seem to go for about £200 though on ebay.

[slowmotion]

Originally Posted by energizer bunny

That's the point. We have bought it, we want to enjoy it, we can't move anywhere, cause we don't have it. The thread is turning into a self help group lol.

[samwell7]

Originally Posted by energizer bunny

That's the point. We have bought it, we want to enjoy it, we can't move anywhere, cause we don't have it. The thread is turning into a self help group lol.

+1

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[TrenchRun]

Just bought one...and may return it tomorrow.

this thing is great...if it worked.

it's real flakey. it does all sorts of weird things.

plays via midi ok....until i turn on the arpeggiator. it's supposed to sync to midi...mostly it doesn't. it skips notes..it's all over the place. It aint my setup. i switch to my virus indigo and its rock solid.

I should be able to have a few simple sequenced midi notes triggering the minibrute and have it's arpeggiator stay in time, no?

also the lfo is supposed to clock with the arp...but if the arp isnt properly in sync, neither is the lfo.

sure i could sequence the arp manually and record the minubrute with the arp off but if i cant record the arpegiator whats the point.

anyone else have these problems?

if i can't get this to work soon it's going back to the store.

[lovekrafty]

The midi arp sync works great on mine, so you may have a dud

LK

[TrenchRun]

Originally Posted by lovekrafty

The midi arp sync works great on mine, so you may have a dud

LK

thanks.

is there anything i might be doing wrong that would cause it to be off?

it should be plug and play no? Logic midi out into minibrute...arp turned on, lfo set to "arp"...

the arp light should glow in time to the sequencers bmp yes? and the lfo should also be in time? anything else?

yeah...i'll play around a bit more but i think this may be a dud.

: (

[lovekrafty]

Originally Posted by TrenchRun

thanks.

is there anything i might be doing wrong that would cause it to be off?

it should be plug and play no? Logic midi out into minibrute...arp turned on, lfo set to "arp"...

the arp light should glow in time to the sequencers bmp yes? and the lfo should also be in time? anything else?

yeah...i'll play around a bit more but i think this may be a dud.

: (

Well you might want to check that the midi you are sending to it isnt spitting out other controller data
That may be clogging the timing, I,ve had that happen before

LK

[TrenchRun]

now this thing has completely frozen up on me!!

definitely a dud. going back tomorrow..this sucks.