Spontaneous algorithmic synthesizer
MiniFreak 49 is a 6-voice hybrid synthesizer: two digital engines, an analog filter on every voice, and a pressure-sensitive touch matrix that puts modulation, macros and presets under your fingers. Blur the line between expression and experimentation, and discover new sweet spots where control, instinct and the unexpected collide.
Explore the unconventional
Some synths want to be understood. This one wants to be provoked. Two engines colliding, an analog filter you can push until it howls, six voices scattering across the stereo field, and a pressure-sensitive matrix that turns every swipe and press into sonic motion. MiniFreak 49 doesn't hold your hand. It gives you 49 keys and asks what you're going to do with them.
Push every sound further
Filter FM drives the analog filters from smooth to feral. Voice Panning opens individual voices into stereo space, while deep modulation keeps patches moving. Direct controls for both engines and three FX slots make shaping and disrupting sound immediate.
Touch, press, transform
The XYZ touch matrix brings performance, modulation and navigation onto one surface. Slide across it, press into it, assign modulation directly and browse presets with a swipe. Every patch invites you to reach in and reshape it.
Room to play
49 full-size semi-weighted keys with velocity and mono aftertouch give you room for chords, melodic lines and two-handed playing. Aluminum wheels, hands-on sequencing and arpeggiation keep ideas moving, while MiniFreak V carries everything into the DAW.
The MiniFreak formula
Semi-weighted keybed
Now with 49 full-size keys with velocity and mono aftertouch bringing responsive dynamics and expression to every phrase.
Two engines, 30+ modes
Virtual analog to granular, with algorithms by Arturia, Mutable Instruments and Noise Engineering.
Per-voice analog filters
Low-pass, band-pass and high-pass modes, with resonance reaching self-oscillation.
Modulation & expression
Two LFOs, a cycling envelope and 64-step sequencing with four modulation lanes, plus Spice & Dice, Chord and Scale modes.
Three stereo FX slots
13 algorithms per slot, including chorus, reverb, distortion, Super Unison and two vocoders.
Software and connectivity
MiniFreak V included, plus MIDI, USB-C, clock, audio input and stereo outputs.
New with 49
XYZ touch matrix
Route modulation, browse presets and perform with Freak Control on one pressure-sensitive surface.
Expanded engine controls
Dedicated Type, Wave, Timbre and Shape controls, plus three group shortcuts per oscillator.
Voice Panning
Selectable spread algorithms place all six voices across the stereo field from one 270° control.
Audio-rate Filter FM
Modulate the analog filter cutoff from either engine for new harmonics, grit and vocal-like textures.
Expanded memory
256 MB for samples and wavetables. Eight times the memory of the original MiniFreak.
Aluminum pitch and mod wheels
Physical wheels put pitch bends, vibrato and expressive modulation directly under your hand.
Modulation
matrix
Connect sources and destinations, with active routings visible across the grid.
Rows are sources, columns are destinations. Touch an intersection to create or select a routing, then use the Matrix encoder to set its depth in either direction. Active routings stay visible across the grid, keeping complex modulation easy to navigate.
Send an LFO to Cutoff for repeating sweeps or use aftertouch to change Timbre as you lean into the keys. For custom LFO shapes, select steps with the capacitive buttons then adjust Curve across X and Amplitude across Y on the touch matrix. Watch the waveform take shape on screen.
Sequences that
never sit still
Blur the lines between sequencing and arpeggiation with wild results.
MiniFreak 49 combines a 64-step sequencer, performance arpeggiator and four modulation lanes into a single creative system. Start with a simple bass line, chord figure or repeating melody, then introduce ratchets, changing note lengths, modulation and controlled variation until the pattern develops a life of its own
Keep your Freak
evolving
Expand your library with dedicated soundbanks from artists and sound designers. Explore the Arturia Sound Store for innovative presets, new creative directions and more ways to push your MiniFreak.
Main Features
6-voice polyphonic hybrid synthesizer
49-note full-size semi-weighted keybed with velocity and mono aftertouch
Aluminium pitch and modulation wheels
2 digital sound engines with 30+ oscillator modes
Dedicated Type, Wave, Timbre and Shape controls for both engines, with direct engine-access shortcuts
Engine 2 can process Engine 1
Analog Filters and VCAs per voice
Audio-rate Filter FM from Engine 1 or Engine 2
1 envelope per voice
1 cycling envelope per voice
2 LFOs per voice with customisable shapes
XYZ touch matrix for modulation, preset browsing, Freak Control and visual feedback
Freak Control with Macros, Gate, Spice, bipolar and vector layouts
Voice Panning with selectable stereo spread algorithms
3 digital FX slots with 13 algorithms, including Ext In Vocoder and Self Vocoder
64-step sequencer with 4 lanes of automated modulation
Performance arpeggiator with octave, ratchet, repeat, mutate and Spice & Dice controls
256 MB sample and wavetable memory
Larger OLED display for real-time feedback
Over 200 factory presets
Compatible with original MiniFreak presets
MIDI in/out/thru
USB-C connectivity
Sustain, audio in and clock in/out connectivity
Balanced stereo outputs
MiniFreak V included
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.
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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- An elegant and simple solution to help you install, activate, and update your Arturia software instruments.
