I asked this before, but no word from the devs… I would really love a VST version of the MicroFreak. My MiniFreak and its plugin version are an awesome combination, but the MicroFreak has still some uniqueness (particularly the paraphonic mode that shares the single filter) that would benefit from having a plugin too!
15 Likes
Hi @C_Huelsbeck we’re glad to see you here!
At the moment there is no project on the roadmap to develop a MicroFreak V.
Nevertheless we will mark this topic as a feature request to let our team know about it.
We thank you a lot for your feedback indeed it could be nice this improvement!
Please make sure to subscribe to our Newsletter 1 to be the first to know about our new products.
Let’s keep exploring 
3 Likes
Thanks for the reply! Please consider it… I would pay again for a MicroFreak V even though I own the hardware!
3 Likes
I would love the idea like they did with the minifreak.
4 Likes
The combination would be unbeatable… tracking with the hardware is just so tedious and I just love how well it works with the MiniFreak… not to mention that new firmware with the sample and granular playback option actually makes the MicroFreak even more attractive!
3 Likes
I would be very happy to pay for such a MikroFreak V as well. I own the MikroFreak and like it a lot, but find it hard sometimes to get a picture of all the parameter values. Especially regarding the modulation matrix and the sequencer/ARP patterns.
A simpler alternative might be a patch converter so that I could import and see my MikroFreak patches in the MiniFreak V.
But the fully integrated combination of hardware and VST version would be fantastic!
4 Likes
I was looking for this as a feature when I picked up a used MicroFreak and contacted Arturia about getting it re-registered to me. The re-registration was easy due to helpful folks at headquarters, but I’d apparently not researched enough and thought there was a V version alongside.
It’d be awesome to have, as sometimes I can have my keyboard plugged in at home, but sometimes I have weeks of steady gigs/rehearsals/writing sessions and have maybe an hour to do any writing sometimes. A MicroFreak V component/standalone would be incredible as a creative tool and flexibility enhancer.
1 Like
I’m not down with it. As it is, the Minifreak V is a huge detriment to the development of the firmware on the Minifreak. You can’t have a firmware release without the Minifreak V being developed first. Between the two of them, they both have they’re own bugs, and that’s another obstacle to contend with every time. I guess it seemed like a good concept having the Minifreak V handle everything. But it’s a complete disaster. When you compare the frequency of firmware updates between the Minifreak and the Microfreak, the development on the Minifreak is severely hampered to the point where it’s obvious that they can’t handle it. But being that they rushed the Minifreak out the door without a manual, I should’ve been aware that they were tripping over their own feet and it was a sign of things to come.
1 Like
plugin version of the MicroFreak i am all in. it would be sweet.
1 Like
+1 for a MicroFreak V
1 Like
at least let us import presets to mini freak. we all need a micro freak v.
this is so due please build and release micro freak v. =(
2 Likes
This has been on my radar for so long. As an avid Vocoder user, I still use the R3 Vocant editor with a VM of Win95 (for purity lol) and THAT’s the model that should be added. The Minifreaks design with the combo mic/headphone was a divine idea and is still my goto for a design idea… its a pallette synth the way the Triton was, but in this case its the Eurorack Vocoder 'wannabe" of Synth’dom, inmho… With the closeness of the "Freak"line with Mini and Micro, it would make more product sense to combine the plugin into a multifunctiona plugin/editor/Librarian for the whole current and future line. I love the MiniFreaks plugin interface esepcially around the matrix, and while the Micro is smaller, a “mode” selectible in the Controler selector the way the Korg Line does and let it pivot table when a different Freak is connected to it, and support a fullmode Polychain via the software so for those who have both, you get a unique type of experience… which should encourage people like me, MicroFreak (only) owners to buy the MiniFreak Hardware version. The plugin would bridge them so that simple things like the matrix lowers to the Micro arrangement, disconnect it goes the the native Mini… add both, and a 3rd integrated Matrix panel is shown… for advanced cross-Modulation control of two or more units… This would be akin to the NKS system type but in this case the Arturia Standard… Having a multiband editor for the vocoder could encapsulate the Wavetablemode into a vocant editor with Typed language as well in the header field… one would be able to type a phrase and choose Vocant, Vocoder Natural, Dual Vocoder (two unit mode for Tri-Modulation ™), Vocant and Wavetable Shapper editor all in a multi-tabbed screen, SPice editor, Arp Editor, Sequencer editor and Dual Modes for all of them with unique features that provided added “sticky” value to the Arturia llineage… thats my two cents on the subject… In any case it would be awesome!!! - Sincerely the band SNO King and me… lol
HI @SNÖ-King and welcome to The Sound Explorers Forum!
Thanks for the suggestions!
Arturia are always on the lookout for feedback and suggestions from their users.
1 Like