Arturia’s new MiniFreak 49 synth is tactile, exploration-friendly: tested

It’s not just some extra keys or minor feature tweaks. Arturia’s MiniFreak 49 has evolved the range into a synthesizer you can freely explore just by playing, not programming. It’s a fusion of tactile experience and sound, right when we need that. Here’s a full hands-on test.

Arturia MiniFreak 2.0: wavetables, new effects, more in hardware and plugin

Whether you’ve got the hardware keyboard, the software plug-in, or both, Arturia has dropped a major V2 update with an all-new wavetable engine, new effects, and more. This is also part of today’s V Collection X update.

Peter Kirn - December 12, 2023

Arturia now lets you choose hardware, software, or both for its synth: MiniFreak V tested

First, there was the hardware keyboard. Then, MiniFreak owners got the MiniFreak V plug-in as an exclusive software companion. Now, anyone can buy the plug-in a la carte – so let’s take a look under the hood and see how the virtual version performs and what it can do.

Peter Kirn - January 17, 2023

Arturia Rendez-vous: all the announcements, all the new stuff

Peter Kirn - October 18, 2022