Sound designers at Arturia are no strangers to meticulously and methodically deconstructing the elements of aural intrigue that make our favorite synths tick. The MiniFreak throws down the gauntlet with a 37-key hybrid design that utilizes a dual-oscillator 2-engine architecture to elicit dynamic, undulating sonics with multiple lanes of modulation. Its powerful, onboard FX engine, velocity-sensitive keybed, and analog filtering are engineered to inspire with responsive, dynamic polyphonic synthesis. Boasting over 20 playing modes across a 6-voice polyphony, the reimagined Freak modulation matrix abounds with artistic opportunity. To take this synth into another dimension, you’re also getting the MiniFreak V, a VST counterpart for use with your DAW. It's armed with identical sound engines to deliver a digital doppelgänger for expanded sound design and patch development to be loaded back onto the hardware.

Hybrid sound, unbridled power

Harnessing years of cutting-edge development and thorough research, the MiniFreak is a living tapestry of voltaic action, reactive, responsive, and ready for sonic exploration. Armed with 22 oscillator modes, the dual-engine architecture takes its 6-voice polyphony into inspiring realms of Virtual Analog, FM, Additive, and many more forms of synthesis to serve as the bedrock of the MiniFreak’s premiere polyphonic potential. The engines can be sequenced to process the first one through the second, supplanting your sound with even greater dynamism to generate unique behaviors as you play. Analog filters and VCAs add a distinctive touch to the MiniFreak’s output, with a powerful 7 x 13 modulation matrix to continue expanding your sonic horizons.

Carve out your sonic signature

While the MiniFreak is brimming with explorational opportunities, mileage is magnified exponentially by its armature of sonic tools. Two LFOs are available per voice, which can be completely customized with multi-segment shaping alongside one envelope and one cycling envelope, respectively, with each voice. There are 10 total FX options with three digital FX slots that can be assigned to insert or send modes, offering a combinatorial explosion of options with 6-mode distortion, 3-band EQ, shimmering chorus, and more. Let your sounds breathe and undulate across the aural terrain with polyphonic ADSR, Spice & Dice randomization, or the distinctive FM & Ring Modulation — control the chaos.

Premiere performance possibilities

Boasting a 37-note Slimkey velocity-sensitive keybed, the MiniFreak includes aftertouch, spontaneous sequencing/arpeggiation, and a suite of randomization across four different modulation lanes, creating a responsive, reactive instrument as powerful onstage as it is in the studio. When more control is in order, the 64-step sequencer is divided into four 16-step pages, accommodating plenty of approaches to performance. Tactility and form factor have been thoughtfully and masterfully realized with the MiniFreak, between its real-time feedback and vivid, OLED display, and the sturdy, responsive knobs. No matter where the synth sits in your rig, an adaptable array of I/O management includes MIDI in/out/thru, Clock in/out, an audio input, L/R channel outputs, and a headphone output.

Virtualize the real

The MiniFreak’s power isn’t limited to our corporeal realm. Out of the box, you’re given access to Arturia’s Mini Freak V — a dedicated doppelgänger of the real-life synth. Inject this VST in your DAW of choice to experience an identical instrument, fully loaded with the sound engines and architecture that define the rich physical synth. Plus, a combination of 256 factory presets and 256 assignable user slots affords you with heaps of room for precision sound design, live performance, and tailored patch making.

What Arturia Says...

MiniFreak Vocoder is a special edition of the fearless polyphonic hybrid synth. The same dual digital engines, analog filters, modulation and sequencing power, now with a vocoder and gooseneck mic. Get creative with vocal or external input - from talkbox growls to spectral drones.

Speak your mind in android rhyme

Unleash your voice, distort reality, and dive headfirst into chaos - MiniFreak returns in a fearless white-orange skin, armed with a vocoder that bends sound to your will.

16-band vocoder

Plug in the mic—or any external source—and reshape it with MiniFreak’s vocoder FX, or apply the effect to your own synth sounds and unleash a full spectrum of vocodized textures.

Hybrid polysynth power

Two digital engines, 31 modes, six voices. Stack them, FM-link them, or route Engine 1 into Engine 2, all through genuine analog filters for punch and warmth.

Mirrored in software

Enjoy the same wild hybrid sound in your DAW of choice, complete with modeled analog filters, with MiniFreak V, a like-for-like VST. Use the same presets physically or virtually.

Any voice robotised

Shape your voice or any synth patch into robotic choirs, shimmering pads, and spectral textures.

Select the Vocoder FX, choose between internal or external sound sources and take it away - four dedicated FX modes and controls let you shift the sonic character even further.

Endless modes infinate shapes

2 engines, 6 voices, 31 oscillator modes.

From Virtual Analog to FM, Additive to Granular, collide contrasting modes for compound polyphonic timbres, feed Engine 1’s sound into Engine 2 for stacked sonic interplay, and process your voice or external audio through its architecture to unleash any sound’s wild side.

• BasicWaves
• Superwave
• Karplus Str.
• Noise
• Harm
• Destroy
• FM/RM
• Surgeon Filter
• V.Analog
• Waveshaper
• Two Op. FM
• Formant
• Chords
• Speech
• Modal
• SawX
• Harm
• Bass
• WaveTable
• Sample
• Cloud Grains
• Hit Grains
• Frozen
• Skan
• Particles
• Lick
• Raster
• Audio In

Command the chaos

From whispered harmonies to mangled drum loops, MiniFreak Vocoder adapts to your setup and your imagination - whatever your sound, there’s a freaky way to play it.

Classic vocoder spirit

Load a simple synth patch and blend it with your voice for a classic, clean vocoder sound - robotic, smooth, and ready to cut through any mix.

Voice-enhanced sound design

Stack granular noise with vocoded whispers, animate filters with LFOs, and sequence automations to create sounds that blur the line between synth & voice.

External audio mangling

Feed drum machines, guitars, or field recordings into the Vocoder FX for instant spectral distortion and rhythmic filter sweeps.

More than meets the eye

Shape your sound design with advanced sequencing, arpeggiation, and the Vocoder FX - all mirrored in your daw DAW with MiniFreak’s VST-twin.

Vocoder FX

Two modes, four colours - instant inspiration.

Ext In Vocoder reshapes any external signal with MiniFreak’s engine. Self Vocoder lets you use the Vocoder FX on synth engine sounds.

Swap between Clean, Vintage, Narrow, or Gated flavours, then tweak the three FX controls for anything from Daft-Punk gloss to hyper-resonant textures in seconds.

Melodic propulsion

Effortlessly take your sound in a new direction

MiniFreak’s sequencer and arpeggiator allows you to lock variety into your patterns, introduce dramatic octave jumps, and drop-in repeats and mutations on the fly.

A sequence that never fully repeats, thanks to MiniFreak's Spice & Dice randomization and one-touch mutations.

Virtual Doppelgänger

Explore the power of MiniFreak in your favorite DAW with mirrored sound and architecture.

MiniFreak V is a comprehensive standalone instrument, perfect for taking your Freak-infused production on-the-go, as well as offering seamless integration between hardware and software for a workflow that can suit your every need.