Arturia MiniFreak 37-key Hybrid Synthesizer

Sound designers at Arturia are no strangers to meticulously and methodically deconstructing the elements of aural intrigue that make our favourite synths tick. The MiniFreak throws down the gauntlet with a 37-key hybrid design that utilizes a dual-oscillator 2-engine architecture to elicit dynamic, undulating sonics with multiple lanes of modulation. Its powerful, onboard FX engine, velocity-sensitive keybed, and analogue filtering are engineered to inspire responsive, dynamic polyphonic synthesis. Boasting over 20 playing modes across a 6-voice polyphony, the reimagined Freak modulation matrix abounds with artistic opportunity. To take this synth into another dimension, you also get the MiniFreak V, a VST counterpart for use with your DAW. It’s armed with identical sound engines to deliver a digital doppelgänger for expanded sound design and patch development to be loaded back onto the hardware, which has impressed Sweetwater’s synthesists and production pros with its uncompromising versatility.