Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Arturia MiniFreak. Is this hybrid digital and analog synthesizer the long-awaited superfreak? Is it more powerful than its little sibling, the Arturia MicroFreak and can it compete with the other synths in this pricerange like the Korg Minilogue XD, Modal Argon and Hydrasynth Explorer?
Thanks to Tom of Synth Anatomy for lending me another instrument from his collection!!!
Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:57 Overview Arturia Mini Freak
01:59 Synth Engine, Polyphony
02:13 Oscillators (Mutable Instruments, Noise Engineering)
02:58 Display, Frog Animation
03:19 Filter
03:26 Modulators (LFO, ADSR, Cycle Envelope)
03:45 Modulation Matrix
04:00 FX Section
04:22 Chord Mode
04:33 Sequencer, Arpeggiator
05:02 Presets, Patches
05:23 What else??? (Pricing, Thanks!!!)
05:48 Hate
06:09 Jam 1 (Big Bass)
07:01 Jam 2 (Smooth Sounds)
07:56 Finale (French House Subversion)
08:28 Verdict
09:33 Patreon Vocoder Shoutout
Become a Patron and get access to music clips from the show, additional content, Bad Gear samples and even more AudioPilz madness
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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Arturia MiniFreak. Is this hybrid digital and analog synthesizer the long-awaited superfreak? Is it more powerful than its little sibling, the Arturia MicroFreak and can it compete with the other synths in this pricerange like the Korg Minilogue XD, Modal Argon and Hydrasynth Explorer?
Thanks to Tom of Synth Anatomy for lending me another instrument from his collection!!!
Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:57 Overview Arturia Mini Freak
01:59 Synth Engine, Polyphony
02:13 Oscillators (Mutable Instruments, Noise Engineering)
02:58 Display, Frog Animation
03:19 Filter
03:26 Modulators (LFO, ADSR, Cycle Envelope)
03:45 Modulation Matrix
04:00 FX Section
04:22 Chord Mode
04:33 Sequencer, Arpeggiator
05:02 Presets, Patches
05:23 What else??? (Pricing, Thanks!!!)
05:48 Hate
06:09 Jam 1 (Big Bass)
07:01 Jam 2 (Smooth Sounds)
07:56 Finale (French House Subversion)
08:28 Verdict
09:33 Patreon Vocoder Shoutout
