Arturia Minibrute 2 | Little Monster

Published on Sep 3, 2019 Alex Ball

"Arturia kindly sent me a Minibrute 2 and so I made a track with it.

As I’m sure you know, the MiniBrute 2 came out last year and is the successor to the original MiniBrute (2012) with both being modern analogue monosynths with some nice features.

Oscillator 1 has mixable sawtooth with ultrasaw, square wave with pulse width, triangle with metalizer and noise.

Oscillator 2 is simpler with sine, saw and square. It can also run as an LFO.

There is a great sounding resonant Steiner-Parker multimode filter with low pass, high pass, band pass and notch modes. It can self-oscillate.

There’s two dedicated LFOs that can be sync’d or free running.

There’s two envelopes (ADSR and AR) and the latter can loop.

There’s “brute factor” which is an on board overdrive that can get quite extreme (in a good way).

There’s a pitch wheel, mod wheel, aftertouch, an arpeggiator, a sequencer, USB and Midi in and out.

There’s also a comprehensive patch bay that really opens things out and also allows the MiniBrute to connect to Eurorack rigs. In fact there is a whole RackBrute that the MiniBrute can bolt onto via connections on its side panels.

The test for me was “Can I get up and running quickly and get some musical results” and the answer was “absolutely”. I patched in a sync’d bass sound and setup the envelopes and filter and it sounded great. I made a bunch of drum sounds and effects and sampled them for a rhythm track. I also made a couple of lead sounds that you hear in the track and everything sounded really good.

To give a balanced view I’ll list a couple of small niggles. Firstly, I’m not a fan of two octave keyboards, although the Minibrute is designed to be small of course – the clue is in the name!

Secondly the build quality is pretty solid, but the sliders felt a little plasticy (which they are of course) but by contrast the potentiometers were smooth and robust.

Whilst the above is nit-picking really and not really to do with the sound, the one real issue I found was that the tuning would drift and need nudging at fairly regular intervals. I’m not sure if that’s just my unit or that it needs some wearing in or whether they all drift, so let me know if you’ve found the same.

But overall, as an affordable true analogue synth with some instant features and some much deeper ones, I think the Minibrute 2 is a very cool and convenient product that casts a wide net in terms of its potential end users."

MOK Wavewazor Eurorack Module

Published on Aug 20, 2019 CatSynth TV

"We explore the new Waverazor Eurorack Module from MOK. The module features the same patented waveslicing oscillators found in the Waverazor software plugin, complete with a multitude of controls for manipulating the waveslices via the touch screen, knobs, or CV inputs.

We discuss the concepts of waveslicing synthesis, explore the interface, check out some presets, create our own sliced waveform, and go wild with the CV inputs, culminating in a performance with CV sequencers and external drum machines.

00:40 About Waveslicing Synthesis and The Razor
01:34 Exploring the module's controls and various presets
05:50 Editing your own waveforms
08:08 Clock-based wave slicing
12:15 Going wild with CV
12:45 Putting it all together with CV, sequencers, and external drum machines!

External CV via the Arturia MiniBrute 2, and Make Noise Rene and Tempi.
Drum accompaniment for the final section provided by a Korg Volca Beats and Mutant HiHats from Hexinverter.net.

External audio: "Proportional Fish" by Amanda Chaudhary, available at https://amandachaudhary.bandcamp.com/...

For more information, please visit mok.com. Full press release below.
For more synthesizer reviews, please subscribe to this channel and visit www.catsynth.com.
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ULTIMATE PATCHES for ARTURIA MINIBRUTE: VOLUMES 1+2 (2019)

Published on Jul 7, 2019 ULTIMATE PATCHES

"ULTIMATE PATCHES Presents ARTURIA MINIBRUTE ULTIMATE PATCHES (VOLUMES I+2)
Refresh your MiniBrute! This is the latest Ultimate Patches collection: brand new pro patches for the analog MiniBrute by Arturia. Loaded with 80 authentic 80's retro as well as modern and futuristic leads, basses, percussion, fx and more, this collection covers synthwave, cinematic, hip hop, trap, pop, dubstep, house, trance, future bass, retrocade and more!

80 Original High Quality Patches for the Arturia Minibrute! (2019)
SWEET SUMMER SALE Starting at $19.99 @ http://www.ultimatepatches.com"

Tangerine Dream's Johannes Schmoelling meets the PPG-100 at Synthfest France 2019

Published on Jun 19, 2019 yusynthman

yusynthman aka Yves Usson is the man behind yusynth.net DIY & Arturia's Minibrute line of synths.

"During the recent SynthFest France 2019 in Nantes I had the great joy and honour to demonstrate my rare PPG-100 modular synthesizer to Johannes Schmoelling (Tangerine Dream 1978-1982, Loom) and Kurt Ader (musician and sound-designer at KApro). It was an exhilarating moment for me to demo TD like sequences before a former member of Tangerine Dream... I felt like in heaven ! This videao was shot by Nicolas Jalabert."

Description for the third video:
"During the Synthfest Fest France in France (june 7th to 9th 2019) I exhibited a very rare PPG-100 analog modular synthesizer (something like 10 units built in 1974). The keyboard is played by Tony Quenneville and the video was shot by Tarek Lule. On some motion of the camera you may catch a glimpses of an Emulator 2, a CMI Faitlight, ARP 2500 and ARP 2600 modulars, an 8 voices Schmitt and Synclavier controller that were also on display and test in the same room.

Au cours du récent SynthFest France 2019 à Nantes j'ai eu la joie d'exposer mon vénérable modulaire PPG-100 (arar, seule une 10aine a été fabriquée). Le clavier est joué par Tony Quenneville et la vidéo éalisé par Tarek Lule. Selon les mouvements de la caméra vous pouvez appercevoir furtivement un Emulator2, un Failight CMI, un ARP2500 et un ARP2600 ainsi qu'un Schmitt 8 voies et un contrileur de Synclavier..."

Arturia Minibrute 2 quick tour and first impressions

Published on Jun 18, 2019 once upon a synth

"Arturia sent me a Minibrute 2 to play with so in this video I'm going to play some sounds, give you a quick tour and share my initial thoughts about it. This is an analog monophonic synthesizer with two oscillators, two LFOs, two envelope generators, a multimode Steiner-Parker filter and a patch panel."

Arturia Minibrute 2

Roland CMU 810 & Arturia MiniBrute

Published on May 30, 2013 Oliver G

"Roland CMU-810 & Arturia MiniBrute

Roland CMU-810 (voice equal to Roland SH-101) controlled via CV Gate & Pitch by MiniBrute

Created, played and recorded live
by Oliver Gruensteidl a.k.a. FunKeyLicious
(c) 2013

Instruments used:
- Roland CMU-810 (lead 1)
- Arturia MiniBrute (lead 2 & arpeggio)
- Nord Drum (drums 1)
- Korg Electribe EMX1-SD (drums 2 & drum sequence)

Effects:
- Strymon TimeLine (delay on CMU-810)
- Way Huge Swollen Pickle (fuzz on MiniBrute)
- EHX Nano Small Stone (phaser on Nord Drum)"

Surprises at Arturia's SUPERBOOTH Booth? Peep! Peep!

via Arturia

"Dear all,

Arturia is coming at Superbooth (May 9th-11th)!

We will be at the same booth as last year: Lounge (H355).

Our product manager will be waiting for you in order to show you all the product news.

Also demo are planed:

* DrumBrute Impact, Minibrute 2, Microfreak -> 9, 10, 11th May at 2pm
* Pigments ->Saturday 11th May at 11am

And more surprises to see on the booth...

Arturia team is looking forward to see you there!
Marion"

Psychedlic Sam Sam [Episode 130]

Published on Apr 7, 2019 CatSynth TV

"Video of our beloved cat Sam Sam playing and grooming processed using Vizzie in Max/MSP.

The music features the following software and hardware instruments:
Arturia Synclavier V 2
Arturia Buchla Easel
2hp Cat Module
Strymon Magneto
Arturia MiniBrute 2"

4 Monosynths Under $1000 | Reverb

Published on Apr 4, 2019 Reverb

"If you're looking for synth bass or lead tones, you can't go wrong with a monosynth.

Shorthand for monophonic synthesizer, monosynths will allow you to play only one note at a time. But they promise a rich, versatile array of tones. If however you're looking to play chords, you'll need a polysynth. (Not sure what you want? Take a look at this previous article on monosynths vs. polysynths that can help you make that decision.)

In our video above, Justin DeLay shows off the features and sounds of four different monosynths available on Reverb for less than $1,000 USD, starting from a few hundred dollars:

Korg Monologue: Starting at $199 used.
Arturia MiniBrute 2: Staring at $499 used.
Korg ARP Odyssey: Starting at $500 used.
Moog Grandmother: Starting at $820 used."

Arturia Minibrute 2 / 2S - Let's Build...

Published on Apr 1, 2019 Oscillator Sink

MiniBrute 2 Ecosystem Tutorials: Episode 05 - Advanced Sequence Editing

Published on Feb 22, 2019 Arturia

"MiniBrute 2S features a powerful #sequencer that not only lets you program note pitch and length, but also synth automations. In this video #tutorial, Seb Rochard goes into detail on some of the unique ways MiniBrute 2S can animate your sound."

MiniBrute 2 Ecosystem Tutorials

Arturia Minibrute 2 & Korg SQ-1 'Random + Random' (useage demo)

Published on Jan 7, 2019 DreamsOfWires

"This was just a test. Since the Minibrute 2's second VCO is available on the patch bay, I thought I'd try syncing the SQ-1 to the Brute and using it to control VCO2's pitch, with the synth's arpeggiator controlling VCO1. Both the sequencer and the arpeggiator are in random mode, and are sending two separate groups of selected notes randomly to each of the Minibrute's oscillators.

Recorded using AUM on an iPhone with EOS2 for reverb. Cameras: LUMIX GH4 and GX7.

You can get access to occasional exclussive videos, and help me to continue this channel for as litle as $1 a month here: https://www.patreon.com/dreamsofwires
My music can be purchased here: https://tomorrowthecure.bandcamp.com"

Everything Ends Here

Blindoldfreak - Everything Ends Here - Minibrute 2 cover

Published on May 2, 2018 joeSeggiola

"From the album 1 (2009, Modular Brain).
Made in spring 2018 with Arturia MiniBrute 2. This is my first recording with this synthesizer. Additional gear used: Korg SQ-1 sequencer, Mooer ShimVerb reverb pedal."

TTSH ARP 2600 clone - Everything Ends Here (blindoldfreak)

Published on Dec 15, 2015 Henry Hurt

"I was so happy when my TTSH was finish at last, so I had to record something. Only one take. "Everything Ends Here" by blindoldfreak."

Everything Ends Here

Published on Nov 18, 2011 Alessandro Cortini

"San Francisco Electronic Music Festival 2010

Alessandro Cortini + Don Buchla, performing the piece "everything ends here", from Blindoldfreak's 1st EP, 1.

available on iTunes

and Amazon."

Minibrute 2 solo/unaccompanied performance

Published on Dec 22, 2018 DreamsOfWires

"Another version of a track I last recorded with the Minibrute SE. I was interested to see how it would come out if I performed the track on it's bigger brother. The previous version is also available on Bandcamp, and YouTube:
Video: [below]

The album: https://tomorrowthecure.bandcamp.com/...

Recorded using AUM on an iPad, with Audio Damage's Dubstation 2 for delay, and EOS2 for reverb.
If you'd like to help my channel and catch the occasional exclusive video or version, please consider supporting me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dreamsofwires
...or purchase my music here: https://tomorrowthecure.bandcamp.com

Please don't ask me for buying advice (like a pair of underpants; only you can know what instrument will suit you), or technical information that can easily be found by doing a simple internet search.
As always, thanks for your support."

DreamsOfWires - Arturia Minibrute SE, Ghost Delay, Eventide Space

How To Play "Beverly Hills Cop"

Published on Dec 21, 2018 Doctor Mix

"Here’s how I played the “Beverly Hills Cop” theme from the 1984 movie, using only Arturia gear.
Download the Full Master and Multi-track for free: http://doctormix.com/beverly-hills.html

Here’s the Arturia units I’veI used on this video:
- MiniBrute 2
- Drumbrute Creation
- Audiofuse"

Update:

Beverly Hills Cop Theme (Axel F) Explained

Published on Dec 21, 2018 Doctor Mix

"Here’s the full tutorial on how to play “ Axel F" by Harold Faltermeyer..
Download the Full Master and Multi-track for free: http://doctormix.com/beverly-hills.html"

YuSynth VCS3 Filter in Eurorack Format

Published on Dec 18, 2018 Randy Piscione

"This is a demo of a Eurorack version of the YuSynth VCS3 diode voltage controlled filter (VCF). It's a bit long, 6 minutes, but I tried to cover most of what it would do. There's no talking! I don't have a VCS3 to compare this too so I'm not sure if it really sounds like it's namesake filter, but it's still cool either way.

I start off with the usual frequency and resonance demo with one VCO input. At 2:00, another VCO is added. Around 3:00, some frequency modulation, 3:30, resonance modulation, at 4:30, both modulations and we see what it does with something closer to audio rates for modulation.

Other modules featured off-stage include a PM Foundations Synthola Sequencer and two Frequency Central Waverrunner LFOs."

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YuSynth aka Yves Usson is the designer of the MiniBrute which led to the MicroBrute and MatrixBrute. He is know for his DIY work prior to Arturia, mainly in the 5U format.

Minibrute 2 & Modular (Arturia & AJH Synth eurorack) DreamsOfWires

Published on Dec 9, 2018 DreamsOfWires

"My first session using the Minibrute 2 with my Eurorack modular system, just a simple 70's-inspired thing. This is not an instructional video, just a musical session I enjoyed and decided to share. The Minibrute's sequencer is the backbone of the performance, with the AJH MiniMod modules providing additional sounds. Turn on subtitles for a few snippets of patch info. List of gear and effects used below.

My apologies to anyone who finds the clips of the Sparrowhawk taking a lunch break in my garden upsetting - I see my videos as an opportunity to show my view of the world, in experiences, travels, and things I feel are pertinent, or simply important to me.

If you like my uploads/music and would like to help me continue to do it, please consider purchasing my music, supporting me on Patreon, or just by spreading the word about my channel. Links are as follows:
https://tomorrowthecure.bandcamp.com
https://www.patreon.com/dreamsofwires

Gear: Recorded on an iPad using AUM, with EOS2 for reverb, and Dubstation 2 for delay on the main sequence. iConnectAUDIO4+ audio interface.
Modular: AJH Synth VCO(x3), glide + noise, DH-ADSR, VCA, transistor ladder filter, Sonic XV filter. Make Noise Pressure Points & Brains, WMD/SSF Spectrum (as lfo), Frequency Central Wave Runner lfo, Intellijel buffered multiple. Oh, and an Arturia Minibrute 2 :P
Camera: Lumix GX7 & GH4."

Rebach CATCH series with arpregiator from Arturia Minibrute 2

Published on Nov 22, 2018 Dziam Bass

"Hi Folks!!!
I have a little bit of this blue equipment today and more precisely modules from ReBach.
I connected them today to the arpregiator with Arturia Minibrute 2, I used here VCO-A VCF-A, ADSR-A and SMP all from the latest CATCH series from Rebach.
VCO-A sound with VCF-A filter gives really great, smooth vintage character. I also used the Black Hole DSP reverb from Erica Synths for beautiful space. It behaves very nicely in the lower bands but also in the middle is really nice.
The prices are also attractive for only 95 EUR each module, so check these modules and have them in your system."

Arturia Minibrute 2 & Roland D-05 - Analog meets Digital Berlin-style

Published on Oct 27, 2018 DreamsOfWires

"Arturia Minibrute 2 & Roland D-05 - A simple Brute sequencer pattern, tweaking through some different sounds live jam-style, but keeping within a vague song layout, over which I then recorded the D-05 part.

Available on this album: https://tomorrowthecure.bandcamp.com/... (if you bought this album previously, just re-download it to gain the new track)...

https://tomorrowthecure.bandcamp.com
https://www.patreon.com/dreamsofwires

Tech info:
The D-05 patch is one of my own new ones, created from scratch using the Chrome-based editor: https://data.dynareg.se/breadandbutte...
Recorded with AUM on an iPad, with Audio Damage EOS2 reverb. iConnectAUDIO4+ audio interface, Arturia Keystep (for D-05).
Filmed with a Lumix GH4 & GX7, with GoPro Hero5 Session for driving scenes."

Soundium: Enabled - Synth Event This Weekend in Vilnius, Lithuania

This one is in via Pierre-Henri Pache.

https://soundium.lt/enabled

"About and around music technology

Soundium: Enabled fuse theory, practice and experiences in the field of music technology. Main goal of the event is to demonstrate and educate. For the first time in the Baltics a space under one roof will be dedicated to DJ/studio gear testings, lectures with brand ambassadors and performances of local geeks.

However, we think the most important part of Soundium: Enabled is its participant (YOU), coming with his/her own approach to the creative process – so the door is open to anyone, and networking is strongly encouraged. See you on October 20th.
Program

Demo Space
Demo space a designated getting-your-hands-on-gear area. You can expect various equipment here, part of which will be hot & new: starting from DJ turntables, ending with modular synths, drum machines and DAW controllers. Some brand representatives will also be around, so do not hesitate to get tips straight from these professionals.

Demo:
Korg: Prologue 16 / Prologue 8 / Minilogue / Monologue / MS-20 Mini / Volca Beats - Bass - Keys - FM - Sample - Mix / Microkorg / Microkorg XL+ / ARP Oddysey / Electribe / Electribe Sampler / SQ-1

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