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Can we just start calling you a Professional Synthhead Jimmy Rustler? I mean, it isn't easy to rustle me about my purchases, but you came pretty darn close.
Velcum to baad geer, da show dat is now about brand new stuff that was only released a few veeks ago... At first glance this synth hasn't been out long enough for me to know it is actually bad geer. But, vell to be honest, zerr isn't any geer viv vobbly buttons that I haven't already laid to vaste... Next veek the UB-Xa, vich hasn't even been released yet 😮 ... 😂 (No, I don't own a minifreak or micro freak)
I bought one as a 50th birthday present for a friend. Thought I’d give him a chuckle by programming some sounds before I gifted it. I loved the synth. I gave him a Starbucks gift card instead and kept the synth. Am I a bad person 😮?
Any true Bad Gear fan knows that if you truly watch an episode, it takes 1/2 an hour to view. Edit: I'm so happy to read I'm not the only "meme pauser" here. Instead of feeling like it's only me doing this, it's meme.
Haha, indeed! I watch 1 times through for the synth review. Than dissect piece by piece for the memes haha. Still haven't found a way to properly trace the origin of the video in the final jam thought
Why is "Bad Gear" the series that shows every synth in the best possible light? Florian has a gift for making bad gear sound good and good gear sound amazing. Keep it up! Watching these videos is a highlight of my Monday morning procrastination.
The MiniFreak sounded thick. Certainly it's a strong competitor in its price range with state of the art features. Thanks again for another great show!
I have no idea why ppl say its thin and has no bass. They just playing with the init patch? I have the MF as my first hardware synth and love it. I get that its no moog mini with bass tones but its also the price of a loaf of bread and a pack of cigarettes in northern Canada
I did! From 0:15 to 5:47 to be fair to you. I didn't want to skew the data with the tunes. So much work goes into these videos. I wanted to put a number to the madness. Thank you for the great content!@@AudioPilz
Hey Florian, how long does it take you to put a video together? Between the jams, shooting video, and the **crazy** amounts of memes and clips you put in your videos I'm shocked how consistently you keep up a weekly schedule, you're a consistent beast! Wonderful video as always, you make wallets cry worldwide.
I was between MiniFreak and Hydrasynth for my first "real" synth (upgrading from Volcas). Both are great options and now I need a Bad Gear for the Hydra!
I was so happy when the minifreak came out and the used market was flooded with people selling the older microfreak allowing me to buy one for cheap!!! It's my only hardware synth but I'm very happy! :)
With all of online hate the Hydrasynth garnered (too digital, too complex, uninspiring presets, etc.), is weird that it didn’t appeared on this show before the Minifreak.
This is why I love your show. I haven't given this thing any thought since the initial launch. Sounds really good. I also regret selling my MS-2000B. 🥺
It’s my first polyphonic hardware synthesizer btw! For someone mostly working with VST’s up till now, it is a great way to step out of “the box”, and experience how intuitive a deficated hardware interface can be, without losing the flexibilty of digital synthesis. My next one will probably be the Korg Minilogue XD, or a (second hand) Prologue, to finally dive deeper into “true” polyphonic analogue synthesis (the PolyBrute remains out of my budget for now, unfortunately). Have you looked into the Prologue already? Should be an interesting piece of gear for your channel as well. ;)
I bought the Minifreak a month ago after watching dozens of videos on it and the competitors -- to me it came down to the Hydrasynth or Mini. My tipping point was the Arturia V inclusion. it's my first synth and my verdict: I absolutely love it.
Vienna has always been the place for musical forward thinkers. Where Mozart engineered his operas, Falco played his bass, Florian shows the "wooooorld" what is possible here in Vienna! I am convinced, the next caditate waiting for its transformation will be the Walzer. The "Schrammel-Sequencer" will most probably be an Viennese invention following our great tradition. 🙂 👍
I love my freak! As a beginner it's a beautiful toy, the presets are great, mingling with the sh*tload of oscillators is a joy. You could have mentioned the additional filters in oscillator 2, which can do some really interesting stuff, even to a "boring" saw wave. If Arturia holds up the standard regarding firmware updates like on the micofreak, this beast has a bright future.
@@AudioPilz I mustn't. I've bought a Syntakt and Digitone in the last 2 weeks. But to be fair I did sell my OP1 Field just today so there is cash burning a horrible great hole in my wallet and GAS prevention straight jacket
The jams are killer on this one! I really my Microfreak. I think I'll try the plugin Minifreak next time it's on sale rather than shelling out for the hardware, but I'm tempted.
Hey Florian, great video again. It is impressive to watch your informative-reviewing-humoristic-sounddesigned-videoediting video's! Maybe some nice suggestions for new episodes: - Yamaha CS6x - Novation A-Station - Yamaha DX-200 - Nord Lead 3 - EMU Xtreme Lead
Haha! Having a Microfreak already, I did skip the Minifreak and went straight to the Polybrute. Yeah, it was finance wrecking, but it's a great sounding beast ... er ... brute! Great fun as always! Cheers!
You can compensate for the small screen by connecting it to your PC or Mac and running the Minifreak V plugin and connecting the two. Then you get the full graphical feedback when you start messing around with the parameters.
We've had the Microfreak and the Minifreak. When will Arturia finally give us the next logical step? When will they give us the Freak?! If that happens, I hope you'll be able to do a video on it because I know you'll do it justice! :D
Great video!!! I bought the Polybrute (my first poly synth)before MINI came out and still haven't recovered, so I grabbed the VST for $40 when it first came out. Arturia has been an amazing addition to my sound.
I bought this as a gift for a friend and had a chance to play with it (and also with the VST). I believe this is a very competent little synth, there is lot to like in it. Very easy to make sense of the synth engines (esp in the VST, which has a few screens :D), compact size and very nice mini keys that are actually playable (unlike the Korg Wavestate, with full size but unplayable keybed). I would consider buying one for me, but I can't justify the use. Your demo was amazing BTW!
Will there be a final full size synth in this arturia line? Maybe with 12 voices and full size keys? A Maxifreak or even a Superfreak? As a microfreak and polybrute owner I would be tempted but slightly freaked out by the prospect
@@treetopjones737 it helps to ensure you won't get any note priority interruptions when playing big chords (even up to 8-10 notes) with long tails, and you can even have two sets of normal-sized chords ringing out without interrupting each other. Or just the flexibility to double-up the 12 voices into 6 bigger ones for most uses, but being able to split them up when you really need to.
One fun trick I've found with my Minifreak is to use it as a controller for the VST version but pipe the hardware synth audio in to my computer aux in, really fattens up some of the sounds running them in parallel. But I have found one patch that the hardware and the VST handle differently enough that it's just clashing jangle. Great video Florian!
My first piece of hardware... I feel all warm whenever I see those goofy little keys You mentioned Hydras at the end... another Glen Darcey family which ticks boxes 👀
I really like this synth. It beats the pants off a lot of my bigger lads. Flexible and quirky. Only let down when I first got mine was firmware update brickage and RMA. These things happen, but also happened with the replacement. Somehow I managed to recover it by retrying about 10 times (it was a slow Sunday). No idea why it suddenly was alright, but all good in the end. I tend to favour my Hydrasynth when it comes to digital goodness, regardless of the MiniFreak's analogue filter, but it's still a lot of fun to mess about with and I've spent hours at a time with a big smile on my face throughout using it.
The minifreak was my second synth after the Roland SE-02 and I love it. A lot of the presets are definitely oriented to more digital sounds but it can emulate classic sounds a lot better than I expected!
Amazing as usual Florian! I love my Microfreak and have been so tempted by the Mini. I have so much i want though waaah! Oh and big appreciation/thanks for the full screen linger on my CS80 meme! It put a big smile on my face! 😊
The Minifreak basically fixes all of my frustrations/disappointments with the Microfreak. It's not going to be everyone's cup of tea, but I've been very happy with it.
When I want to know anything about something ... I first search your channel! All I want to know covered, to the point, and I can 👉hear👈 it, also in context. Perfect! This was just the practical side haha. Great to watch! Thank you for all your efforts!! Keep up the good vibes!! 👾👾👾
In french , freak sounds like "fric" , which means "money" in casual language... what a good name arturia found for it 😉 Good job, can't wait for a mega-freak :p P.S : just watched Blade Runner 2049 today, you took the best part for the intro 😂
Blown away by this synth. On a preset w random arp and an lfo moving between 2 ‘oscillator’ models this thing practically makes the music all by itself. Great/very good fx, 64 step sequencer. Maybe not butter smooth like a peak or prophet 6, but man this thing is a feast of interesting tangents in what a synth can offer (and in a very intuitive way unlike the long spec sheet of big workstation). A grand slam! Being able to open many instances of the vst version in a daw is like the icing on the cake
The best day is not only a Friday that brings a new Bad Gear, but a Bad Gear that includes one of your own memes. Why release music when I can just meme
hey Professor going in fairly hard but I appreciate it.. I almost bought a mini freak but decided to get two Plaits clones instead.. I have a ton of gear but the only piece I own as far as I know that is on the Bad Gear lineup is my four TX81Z's which of course is understandable.. keep these extremely fair truthful reviews flowing.. 🤘😁
Great vid as always. I think I must have pre-empted you a bit when I suggested this synth a couple weeks back, depending on the lag between when you make these vids and when you upload them. I really liked this little synth, and was very tempted. I already own a Polybrute, yet somehow I still feel attacked..... Love your work my man.
Man. Your jams make me jealous. I sometimes watch your videos just for those. There are weeks I can't squeeze anything half as good out of my entire studio. I bet if all you have is just one of the synths you so far reviewed, left on an uninhabited island with a few boxes of food and refreshments you would destroy the likes of Autechre, Prodigy and Affex Twin in under a week.
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Can we just start calling you a Professional Synthhead Jimmy Rustler? I mean, it isn't easy to rustle me about my purchases, but you came pretty darn close.
And no I'm not buying a polybrute, thanks very much...
Still wanna see SidStation, an original MiniMoog and the Sound Blaster 16 default MIDI sounds...
Velcum to baad geer, da show dat is now about brand new stuff that was only released a few veeks ago...
At first glance this synth hasn't been out long enough for me to know it is actually bad geer.
But, vell to be honest, zerr isn't any geer viv vobbly buttons that I haven't already laid to vaste...
Next veek the UB-Xa, vich hasn't even been released yet 😮
...
😂
(No, I don't own a minifreak or micro freak)
I bought one as a 50th birthday present for a friend. Thought I’d give him a chuckle by programming some sounds before I gifted it.
I loved the synth.
I gave him a Starbucks gift card instead and kept the synth.
Am I a bad person 😮?
About as bad as the gear;)
Did you get them a $600 Starbucks card?
@@zackcolbourne6921 yeah, and they programmed some great coffee sounds with it!! ☺️
To be fair friendship can have it’s healthy limitations especially when it comes to Arturia synths, I have the micro freak, I should review it really🤔
@@zackcolbourne6921 second prize - a $1200 starfucks card
this is getting personal
❤️❤️❤️😔😔😔❤️❤️❤️
3:16
@debu206. Are u French?
Always has been 🌍👩🏿🚀🔫👩🏿🚀🌌🛰️
What does that mean? How many of your devices are Bad Gear?
The best wine, bread, frog, and horse around.
Any true Bad Gear fan knows that if you truly watch an episode, it takes 1/2 an hour to view.
Edit: I'm so happy to read I'm not the only
"meme pauser" here. Instead of feeling like it's only me doing this, it's meme.
That's the way!!!
Facts!
Haha, indeed! I watch 1 times through for the synth review. Than dissect piece by piece for the memes haha. Still haven't found a way to properly trace the origin of the video in the final jam thought
Naw dude… 29 minutes 😂
yep i am starting to roll it all the way thru one time and then go back for a second life after laughing-death 👍👻
The sheer amount of synth specific memes this guy manages to shove into a single video is mind boggling
Thank you so much!!!
Why is "Bad Gear" the series that shows every synth in the best possible light? Florian has a gift for making bad gear sound good and good gear sound amazing. Keep it up! Watching these videos is a highlight of my Monday morning procrastination.
Thank you so much!!!
pretty sure that's the point....
He makes bad gear sound amazing and good gear sound amazing.
No such thing as "bad gear" just bad artists
Dearest Florian,
Thank you for continuously making this wor-orld a better place.
Warmest regards,
Rocco
Thank you so much, Rocco!!!
The presets in this video are actually really really good ❤
This synth might be on my list for the future 🙌❤️
Definitely worth a shot!
It's the epitome of freakyness!
I sold mine because it was very hard to get to something I like. your mileage may vary^^
@@couchcamperTMare you blaming your tools? 😉
I am blaming the uninspiring sound my other tools don't produce. You may not know the concept, it is called "taste"@@sub-jec-tiv
The MiniFreak sounded thick. Certainly it's a strong competitor in its price range with state of the art features. Thanks again for another great show!
Thank you!!!
I don't know if I'd say state of the art, but I agree that it seems awesome!
I have no idea why ppl say its thin and has no bass. They just playing with the init patch? I have the MF as my first hardware synth and love it. I get that its no moog mini with bass tones but its also the price of a loaf of bread and a pack of cigarettes in northern Canada
@@slipknotboy555it has the best step sequencer in a keyboard. Ever. (My first synth was a 101 in 1983, I’m serious) 😅😂
@@sub-jec-tiv The Mini Freak *definitely* punches well above it’s weight as a synthesizer.
I’m so glad that it’s ticking all the boxes at first glance
It usually does;)
I'm anticipating the day a product is so bad that it doesn't tick the boxes, but most designers just aren't that bad
Has there ever been an episode where the gear DIDN'T "tick all the boxes" at first glance?
"Polaroids of the Pyramids" is so sample worthy - deserves it's own track.
Agreed!!!
"the real paradigm shift has happened elsewhere" wow that's good writing.
Thank you!!!
A meme every 4.2 seconds, on average. That, my friend, is impressive.
Thank you so much!!! Did you actually count?
I did! From 0:15 to 5:47 to be fair to you. I didn't want to skew the data with the tunes. So much work goes into these videos. I wanted to put a number to the madness. Thank you for the great content!@@AudioPilz
Bad Gear man has once again sold me on something I wasnt even thinking about.
Sorry bout that;)
These jams are absolutely jaw dropping and beautiful ❤️ the rest of the video is incredible as always 🙌
Thank you so much!!!
Just got mine yesterday. Very pleased.
Dude is an amazing composer
Thank you so much!!!
@@AudioPilz Bad Gear Jams, Vol. 1-10, will be the 21st century electronic classics
Ive never wanted a synth more! Sounds fantastic!
👍👍👍
Hey Florian, how long does it take you to put a video together? Between the jams, shooting video, and the **crazy** amounts of memes and clips you put in your videos I'm shocked how consistently you keep up a weekly schedule, you're a consistent beast! Wonderful video as always, you make wallets cry worldwide.
magicians do not reveal their tricks so simply my man
teamwork
Thank you so much!!! It's usually a week;)
Lol “Modern Talking” at 1:41. I love this channel! 😹
@@AudioPilzsuch a hard worker TH-camr. I can tell the hard work.
The jam on this one is nutty dude. Incredibly cool track
I was between MiniFreak and Hydrasynth for my first "real" synth (upgrading from Volcas). Both are great options and now I need a Bad Gear for the Hydra!
Actually did a jam on the big Hydra for the Klangfarbe channel;)
I have the Hydrasynth and frankly if I could do it over again I'd go with the Minifreak.
@@apoclypse The only correct choice is BOTH! lol
@@AudioPilz ....searching....
@@jboulderct
I was trying to avoid that...
Nooooo at 2:53 you unlock an old old memory... That Course was awesome !!!! Thank you !!!
When I listen the opening music it feels more iconic everytime
Thank you so much!!!
The sound is good. The mix is good. The review is good. Good luck
Thank you!!!
I was so happy when the minifreak came out and the used market was flooded with people selling the older microfreak allowing me to buy one for cheap!!! It's my only hardware synth but I'm very happy! :)
Great choice!
another wonderful episode, and some exceptionally good jams! thx always pilz, your contribution to our community is of immeasurable value
Thank you so much!!!
I do love the way Arturia do business 😆
They're amazing with firmware updates and support.👍
;)
With all of online hate the Hydrasynth garnered (too digital, too complex, uninspiring presets, etc.), is weird that it didn’t appeared on this show before the Minifreak.
Great suggestion, thank you!!!
@@AudioPilzNoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! 😭
Sweet! I'm on the fence on getting the deluxe.. maybe outside your norm on for 73 keys.
This is why I love your show. I haven't given this thing any thought since the initial launch. Sounds really good. I also regret selling my MS-2000B. 🥺
❤️❤️❤️
Excellent demos/tunes. This synth has real character and good sound. Less sold on the packaging though.
Thank you!!!
its a great synth, really approachable and easy to use.
I like the packaging and features but not the sound haha
@@Grant82gc To each their own I guess 👍 I hate mini keys with a passion.
Yep, that's truly superfreak. I've had it for about a year.❤❤❤
My most anticipated episode yet!!!!!!
It was about time!!!
I got this one a couple of months ago after trying the VST demo. It hasn't disappointed me since, and only gets better the more I get to know it.
👍👍👍
It’s my first polyphonic hardware synthesizer btw! For someone mostly working with VST’s up till now, it is a great way to step out of “the box”, and experience how intuitive a deficated hardware interface can be, without losing the flexibilty of digital synthesis.
My next one will probably be the Korg Minilogue XD, or a (second hand) Prologue, to finally dive deeper into “true” polyphonic analogue synthesis (the PolyBrute remains out of my budget for now, unfortunately).
Have you looked into the Prologue already? Should be an interesting piece of gear for your channel as well. ;)
This doesn’t seem like bad gear, more like a nice review.
It does come with a few limitations;)
@@AudioPilzlimitations breed the best creations 🎉❤
Best sounds in years but still Bad Gear. You know the drill.
One person’s Bad Gear…;)
I've got one and love it. Very versatile and extremely enjoyable to work with. Great synth
Thank you!!!
The LFO Man picture, brilliant!
Thank you!!!
I bought the Minifreak a month ago after watching dozens of videos on it and the competitors -- to me it came down to the Hydrasynth or Mini. My tipping point was the Arturia V inclusion. it's my first synth and my verdict: I absolutely love it.
Nice!!!
I think this thing sounds great. Mine will be here next week.
slaps roof of Florian's computer
This bad boy can hold so many *m é m ė š*
Meme Machine!!!
Not only did I smile, but I entertained the possibility of buying this freaky mini! Great video!
Thank you!!!
Vienna has always been the place for musical forward thinkers. Where Mozart engineered his operas, Falco played his bass, Florian shows the "wooooorld" what is possible here in Vienna!
I am convinced, the next caditate waiting for its transformation will be the Walzer. The "Schrammel-Sequencer" will most probably be an Viennese invention following our great tradition. 🙂
👍
I’m here for whatever Wien has to give us.
Prost!!!
I think I actually spotted a Kontragitarre in one of the last videos…
I really love your video style!
I love my freak! As a beginner it's a beautiful toy, the presets are great, mingling with the sh*tload of oscillators is a joy. You could have mentioned the additional filters in oscillator 2, which can do some really interesting stuff, even to a "boring" saw wave.
If Arturia holds up the standard regarding firmware updates like on the micofreak, this beast has a bright future.
I had the comb filter in there for a short sound, great stuff
I think I'll wait for the "Mega Freak" 😉. Love the channel!
Thanks!!! Behringer UltraPhreak
I was just thinking I needed this synth. Maybe I shouldn't watch. BUT I CANT HELP MYSELLLLLLF NOOO
Surrender to the GAS!!!
@@AudioPilz I mustn't. I've bought a Syntakt and Digitone in the last 2 weeks. But to be fair I did sell my OP1 Field just today so there is cash burning a horrible great hole in my wallet and GAS prevention straight jacket
Seriously, I love your videos dude. They're always so funny and you know your shizz
(you're also a stealthy good musician)
The jams are killer on this one! I really my Microfreak. I think I'll try the plugin Minifreak next time it's on sale rather than shelling out for the hardware, but I'm tempted.
Thank you!!!
Jus type "minifreak VST torrent" into any search engine ;)
Who has the money to shell out for software these days!?
Hey Florian, great video again. It is impressive to watch your informative-reviewing-humoristic-sounddesigned-videoediting video's!
Maybe some nice suggestions for new episodes:
- Yamaha CS6x
- Novation A-Station
- Yamaha DX-200
- Nord Lead 3
- EMU Xtreme Lead
Thank you so much!!! Great suggestions!!!
Haha! Having a Microfreak already, I did skip the Minifreak and went straight to the Polybrute. Yeah, it was finance wrecking, but it's a great sounding beast ... er ... brute! Great fun as always! Cheers!
Thank you!!!
the brute series isn't really the same as the freak series, although I wouldn't say no to a PB
@@randommcranderson5155 Oh, definitely not the same. I'd actually like to eventually have a Minibrute 2S. They're all differently animals.
another masterpiece, bravo!
so glad to see this machine get put through the bad gear gauntlet - the ed banger nod for the finale was *chef's kiss
Thank you!!!
dang that screen is tiny but all the little animations look so crisp and smooth! Nice job, Arturia UI team
You can compensate for the small screen by connecting it to your PC or Mac and running the Minifreak V plugin and connecting the two. Then you get the full graphical feedback when you start messing around with the parameters.
👍👍👍
@@YouHaventSeenMeRight getting the K88 for piano does the same!! And reads plugins!
lmao how do people think the minifreak is bad? it sounds ABSOLUTELY phonomenal
You know the drill, one person’s Bad Gear…;)
It's no Peak or Take 5 lol. It's a $500 or so synth that sounds maybe $450 to me.
I've bought it for christmas as my first hardware synth. THIS IS FINE!
Nice first synth!!!
We've had the Microfreak and the Minifreak. When will Arturia finally give us the next logical step? When will they give us the Freak?! If that happens, I hope you'll be able to do a video on it because I know you'll do it justice! :D
I also want all the freak.
With Arturia, it has to be "Le Freak" anyway.
@@manuelgilbert1119 J'ai besoin du Freak entière, s'il vous plaît!
Make it full a 7 octave keyboard, they can call it the Super Freak ( RIP Rick James ).
Thank you!!! Le Freak!!!
Please hurry up and make a Bad Gear merch store. Even my kids want a Bad Gear shirt.
Great idea, thanks!!!
Great video!!! I bought the Polybrute (my first poly synth)before MINI came out and still haven't recovered, so I grabbed the VST for $40 when it first came out. Arturia has been an amazing addition to my sound.
Thanks!!! 40 bucks is really nice!!!
@@AudioPilz Exactly Right? Especially when it sounds like this!!!!
I bought this as a gift for a friend and had a chance to play with it (and also with the VST). I believe this is a very competent little synth, there is lot to like in it. Very easy to make sense of the synth engines (esp in the VST, which has a few screens :D), compact size and very nice mini keys that are actually playable (unlike the Korg Wavestate, with full size but unplayable keybed). I would consider buying one for me, but I can't justify the use. Your demo was amazing BTW!
Can I be your friend as well?
Thank you so much!!!
Will there be a final full size synth in this arturia line? Maybe with 12 voices and full size keys? A Maxifreak or even a Superfreak? As a microfreak and polybrute owner I would be tempted but slightly freaked out by the prospect
Arturia is more and more involved with physical gear, so hopefully...
SuperFreak would be much appreciated!!!
@@AudioPilz freakydeaky!
You have 6 fingers on each hand?
@@treetopjones737 it helps to ensure you won't get any note priority interruptions when playing big chords (even up to 8-10 notes) with long tails, and you can even have two sets of normal-sized chords ringing out without interrupting each other. Or just the flexibility to double-up the 12 voices into 6 bigger ones for most uses, but being able to split them up when you really need to.
One fun trick I've found with my Minifreak is to use it as a controller for the VST version but pipe the hardware synth audio in to my computer aux in, really fattens up some of the sounds running them in parallel. But I have found one patch that the hardware and the VST handle differently enough that it's just clashing jangle. Great video Florian!
Thanks!!! Great technique!!!
I still say this is the working class person's Buchla Music Easel. A whole sonic ecosystem with an inexhaustable supply of terrain to explore.
Great analogy!
Wow am i glad i bought the micro freak!
My first piece of hardware... I feel all warm whenever I see those goofy little keys
You mentioned Hydras at the end... another Glen Darcey family which ticks boxes 👀
❤️❤️❤️ Yeah, plenty of people suggesting Hydras!!! Thanks for the suggestion!
I really like this synth. It beats the pants off a lot of my bigger lads. Flexible and quirky. Only let down when I first got mine was firmware update brickage and RMA. These things happen, but also happened with the replacement. Somehow I managed to recover it by retrying about 10 times (it was a slow Sunday). No idea why it suddenly was alright, but all good in the end. I tend to favour my Hydrasynth when it comes to digital goodness, regardless of the MiniFreak's analogue filter, but it's still a lot of fun to mess about with and I've spent hours at a time with a big smile on my face throughout using it.
Wow, didn't know about the update stuff! Thanks for posting!
7:00 if by "autopilot" you mean.....4 minfreaks and 6 hands (35 fingers), the. YES! great review, love you lots.
😀😀😀
I truly hope that this channel is making you wealthy. My lord this is entertaining
Thank you so much!!! Not exactly wealthy but it's a living;)
So happy to see you do this one! 🎉 I love your videos so much! ❤
Thank you so much!!!
I love this instrument so much. Just pure inspiration.
👍
I pulled out my KP2 this morning to play around with is vocoder as well
Doesn't sound so bad!!!
@@AudioPilz it really doesn't
I want one of these more now than I did before watching the vid - great synth I reckon
😀😀😀
The minifreak was my second synth after the Roland SE-02 and I love it. A lot of the presets are definitely oriented to more digital sounds but it can emulate classic sounds a lot better than I expected!
👍👍👍
this is the only youtube content that makes me pause the video a hundred times in order to properly catch on all the memes
That's the way to go!!!
Yes, good man, I also am waiting for the Arturia SuperFreak and the SuperFreak Deluxe 🍦 ;-)
Amazing as usual Florian! I love my Microfreak and have been so tempted by the Mini. I have so much i want though waaah! Oh and big appreciation/thanks for the full screen linger on my CS80 meme! It put a big smile on my face! 😊
Great meme, thanks!!!
The first jam hits hard! Nice!
Thank you!!!
minifreak is so underrated... the vst version is really awesome.
👍👍👍
visual analogy for after touch blew my head of. yh, grass has after touch. love it
Thank you!!!
I am taking the small form factor synth collection route and the minifreak is one of my best investment. I am think Hydrasynth explorer next.😊
The Minifreak basically fixes all of my frustrations/disappointments with the Microfreak. It's not going to be everyone's cup of tea, but I've been very happy with it.
I'd love to see the new engines of the Micro in the Mini tho
@@AudioPilz100%, I'd love to see the custom wavetables show up in a coming update.
Yowza 😱 I'd actually forgotten how amazing the editing is on these 😨
Thank you so much!!!
Another one I may have to get. This sounds right up my alley. A lot of the demos I watched didn't quite showcase how nasty this thing can get.
Thanks!!! Nasty as hell!!!
this is awesome! I'm really thinking about getting this and its perfect!
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I actually wanted to buy a MiniFreak before watching this epsiode. NOW I NEED IT, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE (AGAIN)
Nothing personal;)
When I want to know anything about something ... I first search your channel! All I want to know covered, to the point, and I can 👉hear👈 it, also in context. Perfect! This was just the practical side haha. Great to watch! Thank you for all your efforts!! Keep up the good vibes!! 👾👾👾
Thank you so much!!! Happy to hear that!
In french , freak sounds like "fric" , which means "money" in casual language... what a good name arturia found for it 😉
Good job, can't wait for a mega-freak :p
P.S : just watched Blade Runner 2049 today, you took the best part for the intro 😂
Merci beaucoup!!!
I admire your restraint, in not jumping to any of the obvious memes when you use the word, “knobs”! That one could easily get you cancelled!!
It's called social media zen;)
nice job
Longtime subscriber - begging you... pleading... do Eurorack! Not just a module, but the whole format. You know you want to.
Brilliant 😎👍 6:09 this is why this synth is high on my wishlist.
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Blown away by this synth. On a preset w random arp and an lfo moving between 2 ‘oscillator’ models this thing practically makes the music all by itself. Great/very good fx, 64 step sequencer. Maybe not butter smooth like a peak or prophet 6, but man this thing is a feast of interesting tangents in what a synth can offer (and in a very intuitive way unlike the long spec sheet of big workstation). A grand slam! Being able to open many instances of the vst version in a daw is like the icing on the cake
Nice technique!!!
Nice to see you recovered from that nasty burn last week
Needed some ointment;)
The best day is not only a Friday that brings a new Bad Gear, but a Bad Gear that includes one of your own memes. Why release music when I can just meme
Thanks for the meme❤️❤️❤️
hey Professor going in fairly hard but I appreciate it.. I almost bought a mini freak but decided to get two Plaits clones instead.. I have a ton of gear but the only piece I own as far as I know that is on the Bad Gear lineup is my four TX81Z's which of course is understandable.. keep these extremely fair truthful reviews flowing..
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Thank you!!! Love the TX!
Great vid as always. I think I must have pre-empted you a bit when I suggested this synth a couple weeks back, depending on the lag between when you make these vids and when you upload them. I really liked this little synth, and was very tempted. I already own a Polybrute, yet somehow I still feel attacked.....
Love your work my man.
Thank you!!! Great suggestion!!!
i’m satisfied to stick with microfreak, but that first jam was a total killer, great stuff
Thank you!!!
Love it! The most entertaining review 👏👏👏
Thank you so much!!!
Man. Your jams make me jealous. I sometimes watch your videos just for those. There are weeks I can't squeeze anything half as good out of my entire studio. I bet if all you have is just one of the synths you so far reviewed, left on an uninhabited island with a few boxes of food and refreshments you would destroy the likes of Autechre, Prodigy and Affex Twin in under a week.
Thank you so much!!!
Jam 2 was absolutely stellar
I laughed way too much at The LFO Man. As always, another masterpiece of a vid!
That meme had me rofling too!!!
I agree with the end statement. Way too big of a gap between this and the polybrute.
Great vid as always!
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Thank you!!!
"I've always been a fan..." shows a clip of Kathy Bates from Misery... had to explain to my co-workers why I was laughing... well played. :)
Thank you!!!
Hobbling gives the mind better focus.