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Arturia MicroBrute UFO Limited Edition Monophonic Analog Synthesizer
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Looks tiny, sounds massive; the MicroBrute is a pure analog sonic powerhouse of a synth. Small in size but loaded with features. The MicroBrute is new but carries the award-winning heritage of its big brother, the MiniBrute. The MicroBrute was designed to be small but still retain an amazing sound quality. With a 100% pure analog voice path and advanced interconnectability via MIDI, USB, CV/ GATE, this machine is a true powerhouse synthesizer that takes your sound to a new level.
If you're new to synths, you're looking at one of the easiest to use and most unique-sounding synthesizers money can buy. And if you're a synth veteran, it won't have escaped your attention that MicroBrute is also a seriously capable semi-modular sequence-able beast. Wait till you hear how it sounds. No presets, no menus, nothing to get between you and the ability to sculpt your sound live. Not only does MicroBrute give you the means to create, perform and be completely original every time you power up, it does it with astounding sound quality. Process audio. Sequence analog gear. Give your modular a new LFO and Envelope Generator. Hook up to your DAW and make whole tracks. Hook up to your Drumtracks, open your door, and play a whole gig. Tiny in size, tiny in price, huge in sound, and vast in potential. Arturia had so much fun with MicroBrute: Now it's your turn. A synthesizer is a musical instrument that is meant to be played. However, playing a synthesizer is more than just playing some notes on a keyboard and recalling someone else's presets. If that was the goal you could be looking at accordions or going to a department store to buy your keyboard (along with socks, milk and toilet paper)...but you aren't, because you're more creative than that.
Arturia MicroBrute UFO Limited Edition Analog Synthesizer Features:
- Monophonic synthesizer.
- 100% Analog audio signal path.
- Steiner-Parker 2-pole multimode filter (Low Pass, Band Pass, High Pass).
- Analog Voltage Controlled Oscillator.
- Oscillator Mixer (Overtone, Sawtooth, Square, Triangle, audio in [on rear panel]).
- Overtone sub oscillator/5th generator.
- Pulse Width Modulation.
- Ultrasaw generates fat sawtooth waveforms.
- Metalizer brings in extreme harmonics.
- Brute Factor delivers saturation and rich harmonics.
- LFO with 3 waveforms (sine, sawtooth, square).
- LFO can freerun or sync to arpeggiator.
- ADSR envelope generator.
- Keyboard tracking of the VCF cutoff.
- 25-note mini-key keyboard.
- Mod wheel (assignable to cutoff or LFO amount).
- Pitch wheel (bend range selectable via software).
- Octave selector from -2 to +2 octaves.
- External analog audio input.
- CV In jacks: Pitch, Filter, sub-harmonics, pulse width, Metalizer, saw animator.
- CV Out jacks: pitch, envelope, LFO.
- MIDI In with 5 pin DIN connector.
- USB MIDI In/Out.
- 1/4" audio output and 1/8" headphone output.
- Full-functioned step sequencer.
- 8 memories up to 64 steps per memory.
- Tap tempo.
- Rate control.
- Step divisions (via software).
- Trigger modes (via software).
- MIDI sync.
- Steel bottom panel.
- 12V DC 1A power supply.
Arturia MicroBrute UFO Product Specifications:
Product Dimensions
325 x 221 x 60 mm
12.80 x 8.70 x 2.36 in
Product Weight
2 kg
4.41 lb
Gift Box Dimensions
415 x 254 x 84 mm
16.34 x 10.00 x 3.31 in
Gift Box Weight
2.7 kg
5.95 lb
Included Sounds
Here Comes the SunThe melody is a saw-tooth wave with alot of ultrasaw modulation and bandpass-filtering. The filter sweeping was recoreded live and effected later. The first melody was later on recorded twice with further sub-overtones.
UrsaMicro Noodles
Glen Darcey's Microbrute demo track
Slow Beat
An electro/hiphop track that explores Microbrute's possibilities as a Lead synth (using 2 voice lead part and modulation on both the PWM and Metalizer via the MOD Matrix). All sounds except for the kick/snare/clap/hat were made using Microbrute.
Space House
This slow house/disco inspired track uses exclusively Microbrute sounds (except for the drums). From deep basses to bubbling pops, sequenced acid-like synth lines to distorted effects, this is an overview of the range of sounds one can get out of this power.
VCO
The VCO on the MicroBrute is unique in the synthesizer world. It features the ability to mix waveforms in variable amounts as opposed to simple ON/OFF switches that are found on many synths at four times the price. The sound possibilities don't stop there. Each waveform has wave modifiers that allow even further tonal variations. While many synths need two or three oscillators to get a somewhat big sound, the MicroBrute is able to achieve a much wider tonal range with its one oscillator.
Overtone
For the MicroBrute we redesigned our sub-oscillator from the ground up. The new OVERTONE sub allows for the typical -1 octave square wave that thickens up the bottom end but goes beyond this with the Overtone control. The Overtone control allows you to bring in more complex harmonics that when turned all the way up result in the oscillator changing pitch to a 5th above the root. This allows for some classic sounding leads and fatter basses. This control can even be modulated with the ENVELOPE or LFO via the mod matrix which creates some amazing new sounds never heard from a synth oscillator before.
Ultrasaw
The Ultrasaw builds two phase-shifted copies of the basic sawtooth signal. This effect, when turned up, gives you a slight thickening of the sound as it duplicates the sound of two saw oscillators close to the same pitch. You can then use the MOD MATRIX to route the LFO to the SAW which will add a third saw sound and allow you to simulate a wider detuning effect. This one saw wave can now sound like a three-oscillator synth by itself.
Metalizer
The Metalizer takes the basic triangular waveform and "warps/folds" it to create very complex jagged waveforms that are rich in high harmonics. This results in a hard sync sweep type of sound that is perfect for hardcore bass sounds or tearing leads. The ENVELOPE has a default routing to this parameter via the MOD MATRIX. Just turn up the ENVELOPE amount control, adjust your envelope to an interesting setting and you will hear the effect take hold.
Each MicroBrute UFO Retail Box Includes:
(1) Arturia MicroBrute UFO Limited Edition Monophonic Analog Synthesizer
(1) Power supply
(1) Registration Card
(1) Set of Preset Sheets
(2) 3.5mm mini-jack patch cables