MiniFreak V

Spontaneous algorithmic softsynth

MiniFreak V is an experimental virtual instrument fusing digital voices with modeled analog filters, spontaneous modulation, and playing sequencing, unleashing endless sweet spots between familiar and unheard, order and chaos, beauty and beast. Set your wildest sonic creations free.

199$/199€ Acheter
Version démo
MiniFreak V
199$/199€ Acheter

Presets

Out of the box, explore a curated selection of over 350 presets to whip up your appetite for Freaky hybrid sound. Created by some of the world’s most experienced and prolific sound designers, this library has a little something for everyone. But don’t take it from us, hear it for yourself…

Basses

For basslines that bite and truly lethal low-end character.

Harming Bass

Une basse qui ne fait pas dans la dentelle. La première macro contrôle la coupure du filtre passe-haut et la seconde ajoute une octave.

Heavy B

Un puissant son de basse, comme son nom le suggère.

Séquences

Organic pulsations, glitchy mechanisms, and everything in between.

Rqndohm

A simple sequence brought to life with each note being from a different oscillator type.

Simple MAdd2

A rolling dub techno chord sequence, with bouncing stereo reflections, subtly opening and closing.

Nappes sonores

Fill and embellish your mixes with lush, sprawling, dream-like ambience.

Cygnus

Une nappe polyphonique sombre et éthérée.

Aevus Aeternu

Une nappe majestueuse dans laquelle l’aftertouch augmente la vitesse de modulation afin de renforcer l’expressivité.

Claviers

Virtual sounds made real with plucky, hammered, circuit-driven tones.

Crusty Pluck

Un son pincé, fin et perçant. La macro 1 ajoute un trémolo hypnotique.

Constellation

Un son d’orgue numérique. La molette de modulation ajoute de la brillance.

Effets

What’s that sound? We have no idea, but you’ll love it.

Sci Fi Slam

Un impressionnant générateur de mouvements et de textures.

Plat In Clood

Un patch d’Eurorack ambiant classique qui utilise un moteur d’accords envoyé dans un délai numérique.

Leads

From glittering to grimy, retro to straight-outta-2049.

90 Ravers

Un lead de style rave britannique old-school truffé de bruits, comme à l’époque où la mémoire de samples et la résolution étaient limitées.

DjoTears

Un patch de Supersaw sous stéroïdes.

Full hybrid synthesizer power, directly in your DAW.

Bridging the gap between hardware and software doesn’t just mean getting the best of both worlds.

Surpass hardware limitations by firing up multiple instances in your DAW, automating parameters, and having total flexibility over the ‘Freak’s sound without committing to audio. Enjoy a softsynth that has the tactility of a hardware instrument, the rich hybrid response of digital engines and analog filters, and the expressive features of a polyphonic performance keyboard.

MiniFreak V goes further in every sense - so too can your sound.

Dual sound engines

Start with two sound generators, including every mode from MiniFreak itself, and combine them in whatever fashion you see fit. Stack, blend, or process one engine with the other with gloriously wild results.

Analog response

We modeled MiniFreak's polyphonic multimode filters in extreme detail, to truly bring the fusion of digital and analog to life in your DAW. Capture the crunch, savor the warmth, and embrace the scream.

Exprimez-vous

MiniFreak is an instrument designed to be played; it's only fair that its software counterpart matches that. Sequence & automate expression in your DAW for a seamless & expressive workflow.

Mind-bending modulation

Unlock MiniFreak V's advanced panel to open the like-for-like modulation matrix, letting you rewire and create connections between its parameters. Tap into any aspect of MiniFreak V's sound and make it your own.

Seq & Arp combined

Blur the lines between sequencing & arpeggiation with this intuitive, powerful, and sometimes unpredictable feature, putting playful melodies, patterns, and rhythmic ideas at your fingertips.

Stereo perfection

Just like its hardware relative, MiniFreak V features 3 FX slots with 11 FX to choose from, so you can embellish and color your sound with any combination of rich, delicate, or explosive FX in full stereo.

A Freak of all trades

Tap into the mad inner-workings of a hybrid virtual instrument that does it all.

Skull-rattling FM bass; shimmering cinematic brass pads; bit-crushed white noise mechanisms; cavernous wavetable leads and otherwordly granular tones. MiniFreak isn’t just digital engines, modeled analog filters, stereo FX, deep modulation, and expressive sequencing. It’s every sound you’ve ever wanted - and some you’ve never heard before.

Capture the experimental spirit, untamed sonic character, and uncharted sound design depth of a wild hybrid polysynth right in your DAW, and dare to sound different.

Choose
your player

Pick a workflow that suits your setup and your style, and MiniFreak V will respond in kind to keep your creativity firing on all cylinders.

No hardware needed

Use MiniFreak V in your DAW or as a standalone virtual instrument, without needing any hardware, so you can keep your setup compact, fast, and super-fun.

Controller-friendly

Enjoy hands-on tactility with MiniFreak V by connecting your favorite MIDI controller and mapping your controls, or connect any Arturia Lab controller for an optimal hybrid workflow.

Mirroring MiniFreak

If you’re the happy owner of both MiniFreak and MiniFreak V, enjoy one-for-one mirroring, from mapped parameters to sound editing to your preset library.

Hybrid, simplified

Un synthétiseur virtuel facile à utiliser, avec lequel vous obtiendrez rapidement des résultats.

Accessible, inspiring, chaotic sounds are always only seconds away thanks to MiniFreak V’s simplified control layout, giving you essential control over your sound engines, filters, modulation, and expression. When you need to delve deeper, advanced controls are ready and waiting - but for now, you can sit back, relax, and enjoy the mayhem.

MAIN VIEW
ADVANCED VIEW
SEQUENCER VIEW

As if you’re standing over MiniFreak itself, this is your overview of the sonic essentials. Choose and tweak your oscillator modes, sweep and interact with your filters, dial in your own combination of effects, and get expressive with macro and keyboard controls.

Dive into MiniFreak V’s internals with the Advanced view, giving you more control over how its sound interacts with your project. Adjust your polyphony, lock into a scale of your choice, unleash wild and wonderful modulation to whatever degree - and much more.

Identical to its hardware counterpart, the Sequencer view gives you access to MiniFreak V’s sequencer-arpeggiator hybrid. Kickstart ever-evolving chord sequences, ignite repeating motifs that mutate on the fly, weave intricate polyphonic melodies full of randomized character - without ever leaving MiniFreak V’s interface.

Présentation
détaillée

Take a guided tour through MiniFreak V’s powerful inspiration-inducing interface, features, and hidden talents.

  • Présentation

    MiniFreak V

  • 1

    Dual sound engines

    Choose your modes for Oscillators 1 & 2, tweak their unique settings, and feed one engine into the other for unique compound sounds.

  • 2

    Polyphonic filter

    Modeled on MiniFreak’s resonant multimode filters, dial in low-pass, band-pass, or high-pass sweeps complete with self-oscillation.

  • 3

    FX slots

    Send your sounds spinning, crush them into oblivion, or launch endless echoes into glorious stereo orbit with 3 customizable FX slots.

  • 4

    Chord & Scale

    Lock your note input to a scale or chord shape, for quickly creating perfect melodies and progressions to suit your composition.

  • 5

    Voices control

    Customize MiniFreak V’s polyphony, from full 6-voice to ultra-fat unison.

  • 6

    Les LFO

    Customize the wave, rate, and sync of dual LFOs to keep MiniFreak V’s sound in motion.

  • 7

    Envelopes

    Choose or combine a familiar polyphonic envelope with a cycling envelope for responsive, ever-evolving, endlessly repeating curves to affect your sound.

  • 8

    Expression strips

    Identical to MiniFreak itself, use the two expression strips for pitch bend, mod wheel, macros, or real-time sequencer customization.

  • 9

    Macro/Matrix & LFO Shaper

    Assign modulation sources to destinations, and create custom macro expressions. Draw your own LFO shapes and assign them to either LFO for uniquely wild, unpredictable, jagged shapes that would be impossible with traditional hardware.

  • 10

    Le séquenceur

    Access MiniFreak V’s signature spicy sequencer for creating melodies, automations, and loops without ever leaving the instrument’s interface.

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A mirror image

MiniFreak and MiniFreak V don’t just look alike;
their connection goes deeper.

Whatever your style, whatever your project, MiniFreak V gives you the best of both worlds. Enjoy the tactility of hardware, the flexibility of software, or whatever balance of both that works for you.

Plus d’infos

Presets unity

Edit presets on MiniFreak and pick up where you left off on MiniFreak V, or vice versa. Use the same sounds in your DAW and your hardware setup for a seamless sound design workflow.

Synced to hardware

Use your MiniFreak keyboard and controls to tweak and play its VST companion in perfect sync, letting you interact with your DAW projects in real-time without committing to audio.

Dedicated controller

Use MiniFreak V freely alongside other virtual instruments by utilizing your MiniFreak hardware as your dedicated controller, using its creative sequencing and expression to control your favorite instruments.

Hear it
in action

Broken Landscapes

Graphyt

Une exploration des textures et des sons du MiniFreak, entre sublime et chaos, pour un résultat mélodieux et distordu.

Funk Freak

Louison Pugin

Une démo funk vibrante utilisant les presets d’origine du MiniFreak.

Hit The Bass

Lektrique

Un son percutant, mélangeant des éléments EDM et trap, réalisé avec les presets du MiniFreak.

Hypersona

Victor Morello

Un morceau hyperpop qui exploite tout le potentiel des moteurs du MiniFreak. Aucun effet externe n’a été utilisé.

In 20 Years Time

Dimitris Kordis

Un morceau cinématographique expressif et intimiste, réalisé avec le MiniFreak. Aucun effet externe n’a été utilisé.

Inflared Moonset

Trail

Un beat drum & bass énergique qui mélange des touches de jazz et de funk. Les sons balancent entre des textures de synthé classiques et du design sonore électronique moderne.

PressClippings

  • Amazona

    On MiniFreak V

    “A successful update that also provides a typically granular aesthetic with the factory samples.”

  • Sonic State

    On MiniFreak V

    “The MiniFreak V has unusual and harmonically rich oscillator types.”

  • Happy Mag

    On MiniFreak V

    “The MiniFreak V is one of those synths that does everything, and everything well.”

  • Engadget

    On MiniFreak V

    “The multi-engine synth core of the MiniFreak is incredibly versatile.”

  • MusicTech

    On MiniFreak V

    “MiniFreak V is an astonishing synth.”

  • Gearspace

    On MiniFreak V

    “ MiniFreak V can make some great, freaky sounds as well as excellent pads and slowly evolving soundscapes and has a lot going for (5/5).”

Artistscorner

  • Jeff Rona

    Composer / Music scores

    A fresh synth with real character and quirks! MiniFreak V is that rare instrument that can push you into experimenting with sound in unexpected ways without overwhelming you with too many features. I just love it!

  • Sega Bodega

    Producer

    This thing really has some amazing low end, the presets across the thing I don’t even really wanna change much.

  • Space Dimension Controller

    Producer

    As soon as I loaded the MiniFreak I was blown away by the first preset. This thing sounds more alive than any other synth plugin i’ve played in recent memory. It can have such a soft and beautiful feel with all the nuance of hardware whilst at the same time being capable of sounding raw and huge.

  • J:Kenzo

    Producer

    The Mini Freak V is an absolute beast! A great addition to my productions and brings that true analog sound in the beauty of a soft synth. 10/10

  • Hyas

    Producer

    MiniFreak V is very inspiring, so easy to use and its algorithmic oscillators are really flexible. This virtual synthesizer allows me to find a sound that suits me quickly, but also to be able to modify it with surprising sound design depth.

  • Daisuke Tanabe

    Producer

    MiniFreak V has some iconic sounds with very nice low end.

  • Galaxian

    Producer

    The sequencer and arp are seriously powerful. It feels like a straightforward workflow yet it has great depth. I really enjoy the clear and uncluttered interface which makes it highly usable. The simplicitly of use but complexity of patches is brilliant.

  • Kink

    DJ / Producer

    MiniFreak V is really impressive and the matrix mode is super easy to use

  • Paula Temple

    Producer

    When I have seen so many synths often doing similar things I was really surprised by the MiniFreak V. The synth sounds great, but mostly I am really into the combined sequencer and arpeggiator. Experimenting with this can create some unpredictable melodies which I really love.

  • Marcel Dettmann

    Producer

    Top plugin to work with while I’m on tour and don’t have access to my full studio set up - especially loving the sequencer.

  • Alix Perez

    DJ / Producer

    The MiniFreak V VST has come in really handy when I want to quickly draw for something during a session, particularly for layering pads and high end musical textures. The plug is straight forward which gives easy results on the go.

Toutes les fonctionnalités
dont vous avez besoin

  • Tutoriels intégrés

    Les tutoriels intégrés détaillent chaque aspect de l’instrument, des différents paramètres aux conseils de nos designers sonores, pour que vous puissiez vous concentrer sur votre créativité. Cela ne devrait pas être aussi simple, et pourtant ça l’est !

  • L'ASC

    L’Arturia Software Center vous sert à télécharger, organiser et mettre à jour tous vos logiciels d’Arturia au même endroit, ou encore à gérer toutes vos licences sur plusieurs appareils. Plus c’est simple, mieux c’est.

  • Prêt pour les DAWs

    Nos instruments virtuels et nos plug-ins sont conçus pour s’intégrer facilement à votre installation. Quel que soit votre style, vous pouvez expérimenter tout en profitant d’une parfaite compatibilité avec les principaux DAWs, aussi bien sur Windows que sur macOS.

  • Navigateur de presets

    Ne passez pas des heures à chercher le son que vous avez en tête. Le navigateur intelligent vous permet de trier les presets par mots-clés, par type d’instrument, style musical, etc. Vous pouvez même sauvegarder vos sons favoris pour les rappeler instantanément dès que vous en avez besoin.

  • Interface modulable

    Vous voulez profiter de nos émulations d’instruments classiques avec une immersion visuelle totale ? Vous préférez économiser le précieux espace sur votre écran ? Les interfaces de tous les instruments virtuels d’Arturia peuvent être redimensionnées à la taille qui vous convient.

  • Intégration parfaite

    Les paramètres des instruments sont directement assignés aux commandes des claviers de la gamme KeyLab d’Arturia, mais ils fonctionnent aussi très bien avec d’autres contrôleurs MIDI. Vous bénéficiez ainsi de macros pour modifier instantanément le son, d’une intégration facile avec le DAW et d’un fonctionnement indépendant.

Galerie

Caractéristiques principales

Synthétiseur polyphonique hybride à 6 voix

Clavier de 37 touches fines sensibles à la vélocité, avec aftertouch

2 sound Engines with 31 oscillator modes in total

Le second moteur peut être utilisé pour traiter le premier

1 enveloppe par voix

1 enveloppe cyclique (Cycling Envelope) par voix

2 LFO par voix

VCA et filtres analogiques polyphoniques

Configurations polyphonique à 6 voix, paraphonique à 12 voix, à l’unisson ou en mono

3 digital FX slots in insert or send mode, with 11 FX to choose from

Courbes des LFO personnalisables

Matrice de modulation avec 7 sources et 13 destinations potentielles

Écran OLED pour un retour visuel en temps réel

Séquenceur de 64 pas intuitif (4 pages de 16 pas)

4 pistes de modulation automatisée

Contrôles de l’arpégiateur incluant ratchet, randomisation des octaves, etc.

Entrée/sortie/Thru MIDI

Port USB

Entrée pour pédale de sustain, entrée audio et entrée/sortie horloge

Sorties stéréo symétriques

384 factory presets

Mémoire de 256 presets utilisateur pour le MiniFreak physique

Platform specifications

Windows

  • Win 10+ (64bit)
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 4 cores CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost)
  • 3GB free hard disk space
  • OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU
  • ARM processors not supported on Windows

Required configuration

  • Works in Standalone, VST, AAX, Audio Unit, NKS (64-bit DAWs only).

Apple

  • Mac OS 11+
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 4 cores CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost) or M1 CPU
  • 3GB free hard disk space
  • OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU

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