New firmware... when?

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#1

MiniFreak is close to be 1 year in the market, and there hasn’t been much movement in updates for it (bought it early 2023, not sure if there was any update prior to that).

There are some nice features that could be so useful, especially for the editor (for instance, when moving presets, don’t overwrite but displace al presets down after the ones that were moved). And it would also be very nice having an easier way to switch to previous/next preset with a button instead of the knob, which is a pain when you’re performing live.

Is there any estimation for an update to this, anyway, awesome device?

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#2

Hi @molul

I’m afraid we can’t give out any information like that, even if we knew.

The best way to keep updated with regards to firmware updates etc is to make sure to subscribe to our Newsletter to be the first to know about them, if you haven’t already.

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#3

+1

@Arturia: Please give us an update!

#4

Something around right now ?

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#5

Aww yeah! Very cool update. Thank you!

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#6

Very cool update; the superunison is very cool, especially since it doesn’t cost any voices. Also the new osc sounds great!!

#7

Sequencer STILL behaves really odd when running in synchronized mode with the hardware and plugin though. Sometimes it records itself. Sometimes it deosn’t step properly. Sometimes it randomly resets. Sometimes the controller lanes work on the software but not the hardware, sometimes the opposite. Almost never is it displayed as running and in sync between hardware and software.

Pretty sad they still haven’t fixed it properly.

#8

Where’s the wavetable import?

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#9

Still waiting on what Arturia promised us last year, telling us it’s “coming soon”.

#10

The preloaded wavetables and samples are far beyond stale by now,

#11

This. Again.

#12

“coming soon”…

crickets

#13

https://www.arturia.com/products/hardware-synths/minifreak/update

→ Looks interesting! But when will the new minifreak V be available for download so we can actually perform this update?

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#14

Haha, the website was rolled back today (nice try!), but this is what the link referred to yesterday:

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#15

And it’s back.
A new update for MiniFreak V is also available.

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#17

Oh no. Now people will have to find something new to moan about :slight_smile:

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#18

Sadly, this…

:sob:

#19

Some Thoughts on the 5.0 Update…

The video doesn’t explain how to create or set up user wavetables—in the case of the Microfreak the ASC had built in support for this.

Also, the video mentions 12-bit and 32 kHz for the samples, which gives it a pretty lo-fi character… but then again, the Minifreak isn’t a sampler per se.

What did confuse me a bit, though, is the mention of a maximum sample length of 6 seconds. The Microfreak supports longer samples—for example, the accompanying video shows a 9-second sample—but even longer sample lengths are or were possible. Why was a 6-second limit added here?

Best Regards Frank