‌Arturia’s MicroFreak synth is an affordable hybrid hardware synth with wavetable and digital oscillators, analog filters, a modulation matrix, an unconventional but highly expressive touch plate — and tons of sonic possibilities. MicroFreak’s powerful digital oscillator features a palette of unique modes such as Texturer, KarplusStrong, Harmonic OSC, and Superwave, enabling everyone from adventurous newbies to experienced synthesists to explore new sonic frontiers. Arturia also partnered with renowned Eurorack manufacturer Mutable Instruments to include their acclaimed Plaits wavetable oscillator with added paraphony. MicroFreak is an extremely versatile little beast that can sound sweet, deep, hypnotic, chaotic, or volcanic. Whatever sounds you can dream up, MicroFreak is up to the task. And MicroFreak lets you work fast, too, with advanced features like real-time sequence creation and randomization.

You haven’t lived until you’ve tried MicroFreak’s etched touch plate. The touch plate is pressure sensitive and even offers polyphonic aftertouch — pretty amazing at this price point, we might add. While its price makes it the perfect unique sonic complement to any budget home electronic music setup, the Arturia MicroFreak’s uniqueness also makes it a no-brainer addition to professional live and studio synth rigs. Pros will find it useful as an experimental sound design tool, much in the same way Eurorack modules are used.

Main Features

• Wavetable and digital oscillators
  
• Analog filters
  
• Massive variety of sound possibilities
  
• Poly-aftertouch flat “touch plate” keyboard
  
• Arpeggiator and sequencer
  
• 128 factory presets and space for 64 user sounds
  
• Crystal-clear OLED screen
  
• 5 x 7 modulation matrix
  
• Paraphonic mode
  

Specs

Type: Paraphonic Synthesizer

Sound Engine Type(s): Wavetable Synthesis, Digital Oscillators

Analog/Digital: Digital with Analog Filter

Number of Keys: 25

Type of Keys: Touch-sensitive Capacitive Keybed, Polyphonic Aftertouch

Other Controllers: Capacitive Touch Strip

Polyphony: Monophonic, Paraphonic mode (up to 4 voices)

Presets: 128 Factory, 64 User

Oscillators: 11 x Digital Oscillators (engine type, wave, timbre, shape)

LFO: 1 x LFO with Sync (sine, sawtooth, square, triangle, random, slew random)

Filter: Analog State Variable Filter, 12dB/octave, Lowpass, Bandpass, Highpass

Envelope Generator: 1 x ADSR, Cycling Envelope

Arpeggiator: Up, Order, Random, Pattern modes, Spice/Dice Gate randomizer

Sequencer: 64-step, 2 patterns per preset

Audio Outputs: 1 x 1/4" (master out)

Headphones: 1 x 1/8"

USB: 1 x Type B

MIDI I/O: 2 x 1/8" (In/Out)

Other I/O: CV out, Gate out, Pressure out, Clock in/out

Features: 5 x 7 Modulation Matrix

Power Supply: 12V DC 1A power supply (included)

Height: 2.2"

Width: 12.5"

Depth: 9.2"

Weight: 2.5 lbs.

Manufacturer Part Number: 570101