And if you do like the ‘Brute sound, then you get the usual edgy metallic timbres and filters, aggressive and wild knobs and modulation, and now the ability to expand your possibilities by patching. And indeed, I’ve noticed that Arturia piece glowing alongside modulars in many, many techno and experimental live acts lately – nice to see this inexpensive piece of gear next to racks of thousands of Euros/dollars worth of kit.īut this is also a powerful synthesizer meeting a powerful sequencer in one piece of gear, even without adding anything else. Of course, you can still put a BeatStep Pro alongside a modular if you don’t care much for the MiniBrute synth. The 2S combined with RackBrute, for a complete little modular setup.
Or an unquantized track of control voltages.Īnd naturally, this also is then patchable from the patch bay … or you can use this as a sequencer for external gear (including if you mount one of their new racks for your own modules). So, Arturia tells CDM, you can use that track to generate envelopes and LFOs. There’s both a Mod 1 and Mod 2 tracks for adding layers of … other goodness. Sequence pitch, gate, and velocity – as per usual, and as on the BeatStep Pro – with ratcheting on gates if you so choose. The step sequencer is three parts – so, since this is a monosynth, that means in addition to making on layer for your melodies, you have two additional layers for automating parameters. The pads on there reduce the overall footprint, and provide velocity and continuous pressure sensitivity. Cross-breed that step sequencing goodness with the MiniBrute, and we may have a winner. Little surprise: a lot of people aren’t keyboardists, people who are keyboardists generally already own keyboards, and most importantly, Arturia’s BeatStep line of sequencers were already beloved. Let’s talk about the 2S, because it’s already upstaging the MiniBrute 2 for some people. (It’s a fancy name for some fancy holes, basically!) That’s what “Arturia Link” is – not some proprietary new sync format or something like that, but actually a physical connector attaching the accessories. To either, you can then add two cases for expanding with modular, making the MiniBrute the center of a patchable sound workstation. And it’s got the new patch bay for modular routing, plus a competent step sequencer and arpeggiator.īut prefer pads to a keyboard, or want deeper step sequencing? That’s the MiniBrute 2S. Prefer a keyboard? The MiniBrute 2 (without the letter ‘s’) now has 25 full-sized keys. So, if you like the ‘Brute synths, now you can choose.
Now we know the whole story: Arturia’s new synths come with a choice of keys or pads+more step sequencing – and there’s are companion RackBrute cases.
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