Arturia MiniBrute 2S – hybrid sequencer-synth

2018-01-16
by Theo Bloderer

Arturia’s latest coup. The MiniBrute 2S comes without any traditional keyboard, but with a massive hardware step-sequencer (triple-layered!), including rubber-pad keys plus sequencer-extras, such as swing factor and presets of exotic scales. The synthesizer section is identical to the MiniBrute 2, including that massive 48-jack-patchbay.

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Now, taking a (very) close look at the patchbay, lots of “Ah’s” and “Oh’s” might pass your lips. Heaps of ins and outs here, heaps of possibilities to inter-act with modular synthesizers. Figuring out that there’s even an inverter (very nice), the question arises, if a battery of multiple-jacks wouldn’t also have been necessary.

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But ok, talking about multiples, there are external possibilities and many different solutions in abundance. Be that as it may, the little MiniBrute 2S is a compact synthesizer with triple-layered step-sequencer, likely to become a dream-machine for performance artists on stage.

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