Arturia MiniFreak 49 6-Voice Polyphonic Hybrid Synthesizer

49-Key Hybrid Polysynth with Analog Filters and XYZ Touch Matrix

Push every sound further

MiniFreak 49 is a sound design playground that rewards curiosity. Filter FM drives the analog filters from smooth to feral, and the sweet spots are everywhere in between. Voice Panning turns basses and pads into something huge, while deep modulation keeps patches in motion. Expanded hands-on controls bring both engines and all three FX slots closer to the surface, making it faster to shape, colour or disrupt a sound without breaking the flow.

Touch, press, transform

The new XYZ touch matrix brings real-time performance, modulation and navigation onto one surface. Slide across it and press into it: a single touch moves several parameters at once, with pressure as a third dimension. With direct modulation assignment, swipeable preset browsing and eye-catching visualizers that show the sound moving, every patch invites you to reach in and reshape it.

Range you can't plan for

MiniFreak 49 moves effortlessly between the familiar and the unexpected. Its two digital engines offer 30+ oscillator modes spanning Virtual Analog, FM, wavetable, granular, sample-based and physical modelling synthesis. Every voice runs through its own analog filter, bringing character and responsive shaping to even the most unconventional sounds. A refreshed library of expertly designed presets gives you more places to begin. Start somewhere you recognise. End somewhere you don't. Everything in between is a sweet spot.

Room to play

49 full-size semi-weighted keys, with velocity and mono aftertouch. Room for chords, melodic lines and fast two-handed playing, with the response to shape each note as you go. Aluminum pitch and modulation wheels sit where your left hand lands. Hands-on sequencing and arpeggiation keep ideas moving. And MiniFreak V carries everything into the DAW when it's time to finish the track.

Key Features of MiniFreak 49

• 6-voice polyphony
• 49-note full-size semi-weighted keybed with velocity and mono aftertouch
• Aluminum pitch and modulation wheels
• 2 digital sound engines with 30+ oscillator modes:
• Arturia: Particles, Lick, Frozen, Raster, Skan, Hit Grains, Cloud Grains, Sample, Wavetable, Noise, Superwave, Harmo, KarplusStrong, BasicWaves, AudioIn, MultiFilter, SurgeonFilter, CombFilter, PhaseFilter, Destroy and Fm/Am
• Mutable Instruments: V.Analog, Waveshaper, Two Op. FM, Formant, Chords, Speech and Modal
• Noise Engineering: SawX, Harm and Bass
• Engine 2 can process Engine 1
• Audio In can be routed through the voice architecture
• Polyphonic analog state-variable filters and VCAs, with audio-rate Filter FM from either engine
• 1 envelope per voice
• 1 cycling envelope per voice
• 2 LFOs per voice with user-customizable shapes
• XYZ touch matrix for visual feedback, modulation assignment, preset browsing and Freak Control
• Freak Control with Macros, Gate and Spice, plus bipolar and vector layouts
• Draw custom LFO shapes directly on the XYZ touch matrix
• Voice Panning with selectable stereo spread algorithms
• 3 digital FX slots with 13 algorithms available in each slot, including Self Vocoder and Ext In Vocoder
• 1.3-inch OLED display
• 3 direct engine-access buttons per oscillator
• Intuitive 64-step sequencer with 4 lanes of automated modulation
• Performance Arpeggiator controls including octave jumps, ratchets, repeats and Spice & Dice
• 256 MB of sample and wavetable memory
• 350 factory presets, all color coded on the matrix.
• 162 user preset slots
• Compatibility with original MiniFreak presets
• MIDI In/Out/Thru and USB-C
• B-C connectivity Sustain, audio in and clock in/out connectivity
• PolyAT compatible with capable controllers & DAWs
• Stereo output

Included software
MiniFreak V: companion plugin with full DAW integration, preset management and bidirectional hardware control

Box content

• MiniFreak 49 unit
• USB-A to USB-C cable
• Power Supply