Arturia has release v5 firmware for the MiniFreak, adding user sample and wavetable import, plus a new Factory Bank v5.0 with 23 new presets.
Features:
- User sample import – import your own WAV, AIFF and FLAC samples and reshape them with MiniFreak’s sample-based engines, including granular processing, for unexpected textures and custom sound design. 12-bit / 32 kHz, up to 6 seconds.
- User wavetables – Import mono wavetables from your favorite libraries, including Pigments, and twist them on the fly with the Wavetable engine. 24-bit, 512 points for wide compatibility.
- New factory presets – 23 brand new presets bringing exclusive new sample and wavetable content, for you to explore with your favorite Freak engines.
Availability:
Arturia MiniFreak v5 is available now as a free download.
It would be cool if someone could get the Prophet VS waves in there. What a great update. My fave mini key synth is still the Hydrasynth Explorer but really if you’re into small form factor synths, you have to consider this. Also, Espen Kraft and others have made some very good vintage synth style patches that bring the MF back into traditional bread and butter synth sounds which is nice. It’s a very capable instrument and I hope they make a full size version, like how their Polybrute 12 is positioned relative to the rest of the Brute range.
They’re probably out there somewhere. All else fails, find a friend who’s been using Reaktor since the beginning. They included the original VS waves as a part of the sample library back then.
I found them here: https://groovesynthesis.com/support/
ChatGPT can split the two .wav files into single cycles
https://www.starskycarr.com/patches/p/prophet-vs-waves-for-microfreak
starksy carr sells VS waves for Minifreak on his website
I found them here: https://groovesynthesis.com/support/
ChatGPT can split the two .wav files into single cycles:
“Convert these Prophet VS WAV files into individual single-cycle WAV files for import into Arturia MiniFreak V 5.
Source layout: each file contains 64 consecutive waveforms, each exactly 128 samples long. Verify that the files match this layout before splitting.
Output requirements:
Resample each waveform from 128 to 2,048 samples using periodic linear interpolation, including the transition from the last sample back to the first.
Export as mono, 16-bit PCM WAV at 44,100 Hz. This format has been successfully tested in MiniFreak V 5. Do not use the advertised internal format of 512 points / 24-bit.
Preserve the original waveform order and amplitude. Do not normalize, remove DC offset, or apply fades.
Name the files PVS001.wav, PVS002.wav, etc., with source waveform 0 becoming PVS001.wav.
Put all WAV files in one folder named PVS and provide it as a ZIP.
Verify the output format, file count, and preservation of the original sample values at every 16th output sample.
Report any silent or constant waveforms, but keep them in the sequence.
Leave the source files unchanged.”
Welp, this is gonna raise prices on the used market…but that is ok, this pushes this synth over the edge for me, I definitely want one now.
Im waiting for the Minifreak Mk2