KVR Audio

v1o · Post by **v1o** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:12 pm

I like that this is cheaper than the Pulse 2.

toitoi · Post by **toitoi** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:28 pm

look at this! found on arturia site

and a patch sheet:

tuxtronic · Post by **tuxtronic** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:45 pm

[quote="toitoi"]look at this! found on arturia site

Ahem, this is not the definitive version... just a development shot... basic functions are here but the GUI is... well... still under heavy work!

toitoi · Post by **toitoi** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 6:03 pm

tuxtronic wrote:
Ahem, this is not the definitive version... just a development shot... basic functions are here but the GUI is... well... still under heavy work!

Arturia is awesome! Funny, how a software company has beaten them all (Korg Yamaha Roland DSI waldorf).

Shy · Post by **Shy** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 6:14 pm

No, it's funny how a software/DSP company that's been making shitty "emulations" and "virtual analog" synths for so long has finally realized that producing a fine analog synth by Yves Usson (yusynth) would be good for them. If they were any good at "emulating analog" they wouldn't have had any reason to do this instead of another digital "emulation" that sounds like ass.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 6:20 pm

I don't think Arturia has beaten anyone here, really.

himalaya · Post by **himalaya** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 6:42 pm

toitoi wrote:Funny, how a software company has beaten them all (Korg Yamaha Roland DSI waldorf).

I'd give that accolade to MFB with their Dominion X. A fully specified monster of a synth with memories, for a great price.

Sendy · Post by **Sendy** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:16 pm

Not 100% convinced on the sound, will have to listen on proper speakers... I definitely am excited to see some oscillator shaping beyond the usual PWM. What with the supersaw spread and the waveshaped triangle oscillator (along with multimode filter), this might be a bit like a cut down but analog version of the JP-8000.

SonicDimension · Post by **SonicDimension** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:16 pm

It's definitely a very versatile piece of hardware, and an unbelievable value for the price. Arturia has developed a real winner here.

Its features seem ideally suited to edgy, raw sounds (ultrasaw, metalizer, steiner-parker filter, brute factor, etc.), but I was hoping for something more like the SH-101 soundwise. The minibrute has several obvious similarities to the 101 design, but it lacks the 'juicy' filter character that I love and the overall organic tonality I hear in the SH synths.

Hopefully the minibrute will be outrageously popular and Roland will take the hint...

himalaya · Post by **himalaya** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:43 pm

SonicDimension wrote:but it lacks the 'juicy' filter character

Have you played one yet?

SonicDimension · Post by **SonicDimension** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:03 pm

himalaya wrote:
SonicDimension wrote:but it lacks the 'juicy' filter character
Have you played one yet?

http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/pro ... tails.html

dozens of sound examples there. Also, you can find other sound examples around the web of the Steiner-Parker filter and its clones. It's a really rude sounding filter imo.

I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that. It's just not what I prefer.

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:25 pm

The funny thing is that the synth includes no memory locations but Arturia promotes the use of their patch sheets as if it's a new invention.

A modern synth without preset memory is a no-go IMO, except if it's a modular synth.

This is one feature where the upcoming Waldorf Pulse 2 with it's 500 memory locations is ahead and i guess that's not the only one (e.g. the Pulse 2 got a multimode filter too which is not a copy from another company...).

Ingo

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:27 pm

SonicDimension wrote:
himalaya wrote:
SonicDimension wrote:but it lacks the 'juicy' filter character
Have you played one yet?
http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/pro ... tails.html

dozens of sound examples there. Also, you can find other sound examples around the web of the Steiner-Parker filter and its clones. It's a really rude sounding filter imo.

I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that. It's just not what I prefer.

I'm happy it's yet another analog instrument available, but I've not heard one audio example that makes me think my Moog Phatty is going anywhere... or even my MoPho, which both have a "rudeness" I like.

himalaya · Post by **himalaya** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:30 pm

It's not just the new Pulse 2 which is "ahead" with patch memories, but the new MFB Dimension X, which as I have been saying previously, is probably the best buy at the moment. The simple reason is, it has the right user interface and specification. What remains to be proven though, is the sound. Some of the initial demos posted at GS are very promising.

edit:typo

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:42 pm

zerocrossing wrote: I'm happy it's yet another analog instrument available, but I've not heard one audio example that makes me think my Moog Phatty is going anywhere... or even my MoPho, which both have a "rudeness" I like.

I got a Slim Phatty too which i really love. Hopefully i'll be at this years Musikmesse to test the new synths.

Ingo

Arturia new hardware Analogue Synth MiniBrute for 499 euro