Evaluating which one to buy, MicroFreak or MiniFreak. Future plans?

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#1

I’m almost certain to get a little Freak soon, but am indecisive about which one to get.

Currently I’m favoring the MicroFreak (Stellar Edition), but considering the MiniFreak as well (for several reasons, like the fact that it comes with a 1:1 plugin version).
Both got a number of pros and cons for me I have to weigh up.

I guess the most crucial point that would help me to make a decision would be to have a bit of a picture what to expect for both in the future. But I can’t find any resources, “roadmaps” or something, not here on the forum or elsewhere.
Like for example, (for me personally) a big minus for the MiniFreak is that it’s missing the entire Sample/Granular engine. But I can’t find out if that’s planned to be implemented or anything.

Would be great to know at least a little bit about what’s upcoming for the Freaks.
I think Arturia did an astounding job to expand the capabilities of the MicroFreak with their firmware updates! What they did there is really extraordinary and impressive.
On the other hand it makes me think this might be slowing down or even end (for the MicroFreak). Guess at some point it’s simply maxed out, and not possible anymore to pack further features into an existing hardware.
But again, no way to find some information about this :question:

Merci

#2

Hi @R.I.P

I’m afraid no one can answer that for you until Arturia themselves make any announcements. They’re not generally in the habit of making such announcements ahead of time though, so anything you may or may nor hear would likely be just pure speculation.

I have a couple of friends that own MicroFreaks and they LOVE them, particularly as they’ve had so many updates and so much extra added functionality.
I own a MiniFreak myself and am pretty happy with it so far, the last update bought extra functionality too, but i couldn’t possibly speculate on what might or might not happen update wise in the future.

The best way to find out first about this kind of thing is to subscribe to our Newsletter to be the first to know about them.

HTH!

#4

I don’t have much to say but I own both and with all the updates on the Micro and the Mini as now, I like the Minifreak a lot more. Just my opinion tho.
I can almost guarantee you they will update the Mini with more.

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#6

In my opinion, the MiniFreak firmware is currently (2.0.0.1478) simply too buggy to even be considered. See also my posts here, in which I describe that I have immense problems with some oscillators and/or oscillator combinations, where there is interference noise in the hardware.

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