Arturia Make Four Big Announcements
In their much anticipated Rendez-vous live stream, Arturia announced four additions and updates to their product line. First up was the third generation of their popular MiniLab controller.
The MiniLab 3 features:
- A 25-note velocity-sensitive keyboard
- 2 banks of 8 velocity & pressure sensitive pads with RGB backlighting
- 8 rotary encoders
- 4 sliders
- 2 capacitive touch sensors for pitch bend and modulation
- Real-time feedback on tweaks and controls
as well as Arturia’s very highly regarded arpeggiator and chord modules.
You can see Sanjay C’s full review of the MiniLab here:
The second product announced was the Augmented Grand Piano, the latest in their “Augmented” line of virtual instruments.
From the Arturia website:
“Augmented GRAND PIANO delivers a multitude of expressive, contemporary, and abstract piano sounds, beautifully recorded, fused with cutting-edge synthesis, and brought to life with powerful modulation & expression tailor-made for modern composers & producers.”
The next announcement was for the MiniFuse 4, a versatile desktop audio interface featuring 2 combo Mic/Instrument/Line XLR inputs with 48V phantom power and 2 Instrument/Line TRS Inputs, 4 1/4″ TRS balanced line outputs, 2 stereo headphone outputs and USB-C as well as 5-pin MIDI in and out.
The final announcement was a big one – the MiniFreak. The big brother of the modern classic MicroFreak, the MiniFreak looks sure to take the synthesiser market by storm this year.
Features include:
- 6-voice polyphony
- A 37-note velocity-sensitive keybed with aftertouch
- 2 sound Engines with 22 oscillator modes in total
- 1 envelope per voice
- 1 cycling envelope per voice
- 2 LFOs per voice
- Polyphonic analog filters and VCAs
- 6-voice polyphonic, 12-voice paraphonic, unison, or mono configuration
- 3 digital FX slots in insert or send mode, with 10 FX to choose from
- User-customizable LFO curves
- Mod Matrix with 7 sources and 13 potential destinations
- OLED display for real-time visual feedback
- Intuitive 64-step sequencer (4 pages of 16 steps)
- 4 lanes of automated modulation
- Performance Arpeggiator controls including Ratchet, Octave Randomize, and more
- MIDI in/out/thru
- USB connectivity
- Sustain, audio in, and clock in/out connectivity
- Stereo outputs
- 256 factory presets
- 256 user preset slots
For more info, visit the Arturia website or view the full announcement below:
