#1

I am definitely not the sort to actively follow NAMM reports or anything like that, but this seems too interesting to not share - 48 point patchbay (w/ 2 dedicated attenuators), slewed random waveform on the LFO, loopable envelopes…lots of little details that make this really interesting to me. I’ve had a MicroBrute for a few years and I like it a lot, but it has a good few shortcomings that the new MiniBrute appears to address and then goes way, way beyond.

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#2

Do they plan on doing a no keyboard version?

#3

They’ve yet to do a no-keyboard version of any of their other synths.

#4

@Simeon is right, though this one would make the most sense to do as a little module in my opinion, sort of a response to the Mother-32. Maybe could even fit in the Euro format if they really wanted to go crazy.

They definitely haven’t announced a module version, though.

#5

Yeah, but it’s not like they’ve shown interest in the whole eurorack thing. they’ve got all the tech to produce a great eurorack standalone filter or oscillator, and we haven’t had a whiff of one.

#6

How many Eurorack modules does Moog make?

#7

touche.

I guess they make two, but Mother and DFAM are hardly “modules” in the traditional sense.

Anyway… minibrute 2!

Also, when can we expect the polybrute? :smiley:

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#8

Two, I think - Mother32 and DFAM.

#9

hehe, it was a bit of a trick question, since @simeon suggested that if Arturia were going to make something as a module, they would have already made a VCF or VCO, whereas I was curious if this might be one that they would module-ize, since it already has a significant patchbay.

Anyway,

I wouldn’t be upset if they made one…I’m not convinced that the Steiner-Parker character lends itself to poly sounds, but I could certainly be wrong. I guess I could layer my 'Brute to try it out. A Polybrute would have to be pretty close in price to something like a Prophet Rev2, though, and I’d probably go for the DSI in that case, personally. Curtis and Steiner-Parker filters share some characteristics (which I largely like - Mopho X4 and Microbrute are 2 out of my 3 hardware synths), but I’m sure they could make something plenty unique.

#10

The skinibrute mod was nice though.

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#11

That was my thoughts. The semi modular route looks to be a nice way of testing the water (see also dreadbox).

#12

It looks like it’s been changed, but earlier today the Sweetwater listing for the Minibrute 2 referenced connectivity with a ‘RackBrute’, and apparently Arturia is going to announce something else tomorrow.

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#13

interesting…I saw a few minutes ago that something else is being announced tomorrow, and they’re saying it is “brute” related, so that’s probably it!

#14

Very nice feature set, but to me, something is off aesthetically. Probably all the colors/shades. I think Arturia knows that too and are running with the ‘mutant’ thing to offset it.

#15

They’ve now announced the MiniBrute 2S. Kinda feels like while the model they announced yesterday was integrating lessons from the keystep this one is more like a synth + beatstep. There is now a countdown to another announcement, I can only imagine that it’s going to be a eurorack version of the same hardware.

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#16

Isn’t Axel Hartman designing all the stuff for Arturia?

#17

I stand corrected. 20 characters of corrected.

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#18

Minibrute 2S! No keyboard but sequencer?

#19

And it seems like they have another surprise tomorrow!

#20

spoiler: it’s the rackbrute:

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