BOOcast - Synth of the Month: Arturia Minibrute
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ค. 2023
- This is taken from BOO-cast episode 14 (bit.ly/boocast14). You can find the Hackabrute mod here:
hackabrute.yusynth.net/index_...
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Fun demo! I like a good balance of talking and tinkering around
Thank you!!
Let it warm up 1 hour. 👍
Keep mixer faders below 50% 👍
Even the manual on these says to let it warm up. Everyone that says it won’t tune prolly aren’t waiting for it to warm up. An hour might be a big much, but the 10 mins the manual says isn’t enuff either.
just bought one of these cant wait to mess with its mind.😅
I gave my knobs a little bath in isopropyl alcohol last night and they scrubbed up well 😊
Splendid! And bonus points for being a tiny bit carry-on-film-style saucy!
@@BOOelectric lol we all have to keep our knobs clean
Was my dream When it came out. So happy you gave it this tribute 🎉 Got mine Used and still have it… With the beautiful paperoverlays. If i find a SE, I world happily buy it just for the beauty of watching it 😅
Happy to share the love!
Let it shine again, this is a very cool, Kraftwerkish synth. I got mine de-dusted on Sunday too. It took me 3 hours getting rid of the plastcized sticky glue from knobs, sliders and the side panels.
Concentrated orange liquid cleaner is great for this job. You need to wear a mask and hankerchiefs, as the cleaner is aggressive. But it works well and doesn't destroy the material. Detach the knobs before cleaning.
It was worth it. It's like new and I re-discovered how fat it sounds.
Enjoy 🎉
Your cleaner sounds like it works like a charm... Thank you for the advice! Is it actually called concentrated orange liquid cleaner? Does your synth now smell of orange? Bonus!!
@@BOOelectricsmell vanished fast. 😁 It's a high concentration liquid cleaner from the company "prowin". But I now see videos from people who did clean their sticky MiniBrute with other stuff too and it didn't take do long either.
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The Isopropyl alcohol solution doesn't look too nice on the side panels. But maybe his already have been a bit worn down before? I also think the issue might come back some day. I found a company which made wood panels for the Minibrute, but they are all sold out. I don't know if they are still in business. 😅
I've noticed some kinds of silicone get all greasy and weird if you don't touch them for even a few months!
Weirdly enough regular use can help it stay away. I've noticed some people use mineral oil or olive oil to reconstitute these degraded plastics when they're really really bad, so I think our skin oils probably help it stay together in regular use.
Silicone 20 years ago never seemed to do that, it took at least a few years packed away to get even a little odd, so I wonder if it's been cheapened out to the point where it's just barely stable. Even some of my often-used silicone cooking spoons can get weird and degraded and dusty and greasy and sticky like that on the parts of the handle I don't touch very often. And the dishwasher is only so-so at removing that residue (not that I'd advise sticking the synth in the dishwasher! But maybe just the end caps and knobs...)
Anyway, as to the synth itself. I've never been much of a fan of the Steiner-Parker filter, for me it took the instability of the MS-20 filter way too far. The sweet spots seem really small and the ugly gnarly ones so big. I'm sure that's great for certain kinds of music though.
I definitely related too hard to not bothering to unpack a synth to use it. It's even worse than some kitchen gadgets, where at least you only need to plug those into power! But adding speakers or headphones, finding a spot in your interface or mixing desk, can be a real hassle.
Very nice demos as usual though, despite this synth not scratching my musical itch like a lot of the others you've showcased do.
The sequencer mod is quite cool too, I have a hard time imagining all that function was defined in a dozen-ish bytes so I wouldn't be surprised if that sysex message just unlocks functionality Arturia put in there all along. Maybe with the original intent to have a sequencer/arpeggiator switch. (I bet the dual legends would look too messy and maybe that's why it was hidden away.)
I totally get that the filter is a bit Marmite... I know plenty of people who feel the same, and to be fair, it really is a bit out of control... You can make it sing sweetly, but yeah, it's a screamer by default! The Malevolent's the same, maybe even more so... I'm glad they're here though... I find plenty of situations where I need that particular screamy stuff.
Everything old is new again! My first hardware synth. I need to get mine out from the basement...but it sounds like I'll need to work on the knobs :)
Hope it all goes well... There's lots of advice on the comments for the BOOcast if you need alternative cleaning solutions...
I just ordered a Minibrute 2s from reverb. I decided on it based on it being an original not cloned analog affordable design, but having a sequencer that I can patch into my model d and any future gear with cv Ins is super useful.
I love the tones you're getting out of the original, so I'm not regretting my decision at all... Even tho I strive for music that sounds smooth for lack of a better word, I find edgy distressed sounds like you're getting here to be necessary to keep things from turning to mush.
Lovely! I'm hoping to have a Minibrute 2 keyboard version to do a demo with soon. It's quite different from the first one, but has a lot of great changes and improvements, though with a different character to the first one. The 2s, would be an excellent sequencing addition to the Model D, plus all the idiosyncratic Arturia filtering pleasantness. If you feel so inclined, please share what you make on our Discord at bit.ly/boodiscord
Great video :) Minibrute 1 is still one my favorite synths :) try it with an alcoholic solution or pure alcohol from the pharmacy. So I got the knobs nice again. Cheers :)
I will give that a go next time the fudge builds up, thanks!!
I still use mine regularly but I agree, the fudgey plastic is a blight to an otherwise great little synth
Totally agree... Maybe replacement knobs is the way to go?
Here is how to fix the fudge ;) th-cam.com/video/dgBhZLc0MYI/w-d-xo.html @@BOOelectric
I own the micro, and two Mini’s: the MiniBrute and the MiniBrute SE. I love everything Arturia makes. 😅
They have a very special quality, don't they? Watch this space btw: I might have 2 Arturia synths coming up in the next 2 Synth Of The Months, but I can't reveal any more than that!
@BOOelectric their virtual synths are amazing, as is the microfreak. I'm a singer & drummer by trade (in 2 different bands, and not at the same time) and nothing gives me new song inspirations like Arturia. Just scrolling thru presets is a treasure trove of ideas.
My comptometer from the 1930s did that 'exuding fudge' thing wow it was sure fun to clean up!
Wow, 1930s fudge? An album title, surely!
Man thats the same thing that happened to me. I got a Beatstep and a SparkLE brand new, i used them a few times then packed them away and i did not use them for several months. When i unpacked them both all the knobs were ruined because the coating has kind of melted? and stuck to the inside of the products plastic bag. Now the knobs all look like the have eczema.
Urgh! The horror!!
The sticky plastic is annoying but you can remove the ‘fudge’ with some Olbas oil and kitchen towel. It takes a bit of time, but you get lovely shiny knobs after wards. Not sure why manufacturers put that soft touch coating on things knowing that it decays and leaves everything funky
Olbas oil? I'll try that next time... I quite like the idea of a menthol-scented synth too!
It's a dirty little bastard, in the best way possible.
Hey heh!! Pure filth!
I have a minibrute same plastic issue, i've read that IPA will remove/clean it up .. not done it yet though
soapy water doesn't work.. tried that.
Yeah, it's a strange, not exactly water-repelling, but not water soluble goo... I basically scraped mine off, but IPA might be a solution, though I'd be careful with that stuff...
@@BOOelectric I tried IPA it didn’t shift it. I found the best stuff was Olbas Oil and tissue . Removed all of the gunk and left me with lovely shiny plastic knobs.. and I could breath easier too 😃
ive had mine for ten years and recently it but the dust, its power related, hopefully its gonna be an easy fix.
Good luck with your fix sir. My Sh-1 went bang recently, it was fairly simple, so hopefully yours will be too.
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I'm looking at the option of buying the Minibrute and I have a question - is the hack to have the sequencer difficult? Actually it looks simple as I've looked at the site, but still I wanted to ask. GREAT VIDEO by the way!
Thank you very much indeed, and in answer to your question, the hack is very simple indeed, and I'm computer-averse!
@@BOOelectric All right then I just might be able to do it. Now to get the Brute, my mind is set, now the money :)
@@BOOelectric All right... I got it... found a good offer for the red version... man... I must say, it's not THAT easy to learn but the manual is freaking helpful... it feels like... the more I know it, the less I want to work, cook and take care of the house, and the more I want to play...
@@absurdumnonsensum1773 Congratulations! There is a secret waveform combination which, when played at high volumes, will actually dust and clean your house! Happy hunting!
@@BOOelectric I'm still looking and I plan to look for a long time :) thanks!
replace end cheeks with wood. nice.
mine has no cheese..i got ripped off.
That's awful for you 😁... have you tried leaving it in a cave for a year?
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