Minibrute and Minitaur: fast friends?

[Capt Noobington]

I've only got to try one of them so far, but combined with what everyone's written here it sounds like you're right :

minibrute - top of bass / low-mid /mid/ high-mid
minitaur - punchiest at the very bottom end

[volumetrik]

I wonder if either of companies knew they were releasing a "Mini" product...they both announced at the same time (NAMM I think) and just so fitting too...what a coincidence.

[polybonk]

I thought that sub bass was where the minibrute sounded best. Sub basslines that could rival my Voyager.

[RJ.MacReady]

Originally Posted by volumetrik

I wonder if either of companies knew they were releasing a "Mini" product...they both announced at the same time (NAMM I think) and just so fitting too...what a coincidence.

And the Minibrute seems like it's the perfect controller for the Minitaur too (CV control, arpeggiator). Quite a coincidence!

[:Metaphor:]

Originally Posted by polybonk

I thought that sub bass was where the minibrute sounded best. Sub basslines that could rival my Voyager.

Are you saying this from experience with the minibrute, or is this the impression you have from reading info on the net about it?

I'm trying to discern if the MB is capable of fat, clean sub bass or not. I would imagine that being an analog with a sine, it would be more than capable of some deep, round tones. Its hard to tell from the posted videos & examples I've heard, but these people who say it lacks lows leave me confused.

[ctrlshft]

Originally Posted by polybonk

I thought that sub bass was where the minibrute sounded best. Sub basslines that could rival my Voyager.

It doesn't, unless you're just looking for sinewave subbass, and the subosc does a great job there. It might be the S-P filter, or maybe the osc design, but the saw/pulse/tri sound much much better in the upper lows, lowmids, mids.

It's not a replacement for a Moog. To me it's more of a beast on it's own, something NO ONE else has offered yet, and I love it's character. It's good a few very nice sweet spots, it's aggressive in a way newer analogs haven't been lately, it's not polite very often, but you can calm it down. The osc shaping tools are insanely cool for an analog you can pick up for WAY under $1k.

To the OP: I think a Minitaur would be a fantastic companion. My Slim Phatty has been working very well in tandem with it so far to fill in the gaps. SEM does a bang up job too. I'm sure the Moog clone Boomstar will get the job done too when that comes out.

[RJ.MacReady]

I'd never heard of the Boomstar until now. Looks interesting! I'm always stoked to have a promising new synth on my radar. It is tempting to jump up a few hundred $$$ and get something like the Slim Phatty, although the interface does not appeal to me at all. It does look very intuitive for what it is, I'll give it that, but my tastes need as many knobs and sliders as possible! The only thing about the Minituar is that it might be just a little too limited. I like to make synthpop and noise and prefer to get synths that I can use for both. Obviously the Minitaur is going to be great for synthpop but I dunno about noise. On the other hand, I find limitations always creatively stimulating.

[ctrlshft]

Originally Posted by RJ.MacReady

I'd never heard of the Boomstar until now. Looks interesting! I'm always stoked to have a promising new synth on my radar. It is tempting to jump up a few hundred $$$ and get something like the Slim Phatty, although the interface does not appeal to me at all. It does look very intuitive for what it is, I'll give it that, but my tastes need as many knobs and sliders as possible! The only thing about the Minituar is that it might be just a little too limited. I like to make synthpop and noise and prefer to get synths that I can use for both. Obviously the Minitaur is going to be great for synthpop but I dunno about noise. On the other hand, I find limitations always creatively stimulating.

I tried out the Minitaur and Phatty side by side to try and decide what I should keep. MT only lost out because I love me some PWM. MT has slightly bigger bass and better high end, Phatty has patch memory on board, waveshapable oscs, full featured LFO with a lot more mod options, overdrive, and 1-4pole LPF, which is HUGE when you want leads and acid stuff. SP was the clear winner for me, the price difference is neglible compared to the feature bump.

Also: The RAC knob design on the Phatty line is actually really damn intuitive. I don't even notice it when tweaking stuff. Wish honestly that the Minibrute had something like it instead of a ton of knobs and no midi cc control.