What you like the next iteration of Freak "Series" to look like?

Freak MiniFreak
#1

I love the MiniFreak Synthesiser but have wonder what would it could be if the original concept was upgraded.
I would personally love to have synth something like this:
2 layer synth with each layer being the MiniFreak Synth Engine (2 OSC, Filter [maybe filter adsr?], ADSR , arpeggiator)
4 LFOs
Customizable Vibrato LFO
Polyphony of 10
4 Marcos
Larger Mod Matrix e.g. having Aftertouch/ Velocity separated.
What’s other people’s opinions on this idea?

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#2

My dream about “Megafreak“…and then the alarm clock rang :laughing:
Everything what Minifreak has plus:
• 12 Voice polyphony
• Suboscillator with switch between triangle or square sub
• Noise generator (white and pink noise)
• Analog filter 12dB and 24dB mode
• Filter drive knob (pre filter saturation)
• 2x ADSR Envelope (for VCA and VCF)
• 8 GB Memory for user multisamples and wavetables
• 128 steps (8 bars) sequencer
• Add new Shimmer Reverb and BBD Delay in FX section
• 512 factory and 512 user preset slots

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#3

I love to 20 voice Polyphony with Poly aftertouch keyboard
Bigger mod martix e.g. more pages
2 synth layers:

  • 4 Oscillators —> 2 per layer with separate
  • ADSR (10 vocies for each layer)
  • Steiner-parker Filter for each layer
  • Arpeggiator for each layer

4 LFOs
Customizable Vibrato LFOs
Maybe have Analogue Multi-Mode filter for each layer
Noise Generator
Sequencer

#4

Yeah it’s very nice dream, but we have to understand one crucial thing. Freak series are not virtual analog, therefore there’s not matematicaly modeled filters, but true analog VCF’s . And every single voice has own VCF filter and own VCA circuit. That’s why real analog polysynthesizers are so expensive :laughing: So, if we don’t want Megafreak with cost 3500 € we have to moderate our demands (dreams) :blush:
One thing…(you probably know that), you have already customizable vibrato LFO in Minifreak, do you? Use Shaper to create LFO with customized shape (you can even save 8 user shapes) and add it in MOD Matrix to Pitch.

#5

Maybe My dream can for the PolyFreak.

#6

Hello !

I’m dreaming about a “Maxifreak” with big keys (at least 49 keys) and polyaftertouch.
Another improvement for this synth would be a separate enveloppe for the analog filter.
And crazy speed LFO ! (like korg monologue for example)

Please Arturia make my dream come true ! :stuck_out_tongue:

#7

Yes, and above all a working firmware, and not as buggy as the currently available 2.0.0.1478 in the current device.

#8

Trying to be realistic (let’s say 1k€ price tag) I’d love:

  • real size keybed (49 at least) with aftertouch
  • 8 voice polyphony
  • keep the two oscillators architecture but with individual adsr per oscilator and “oscillator FX” (frog, phaser, comb filter …) per oscillator. that would be NEAT.
  • Two cycling envelopes with adjustable curves on the envelope mode
  • An expanded mod matrix with more pre-set OSC 1 & 2 destinations and separate velocity and aftertouch sources.

I might be ok on losing the analog filter for the extended polyphony and use a dual digital filter (again one for each oscillator would be neat) and move the analog section of the synth to a killer BBD delay/chorus/phaser/flanger FX, and analog DRIVE section… or just an analog drive section but with split band possibilities.

#9

Drumfreak!

#10

Hi there, I joined the forum specifically to contribute to this topic. I currently use a MiniFreak as my “hybrid poly” synth - digital oscs (with strong wavetable and FM) with analog filters. If there were to ever be a “maxifreak/macrofreak/megafreak/etc” (I’m sure the marketing department has ran through all of those), I would appreciate the following, so I could upgrade from my MiniFreak to this:

12 Voice, 4 Part, 2 pairs of stereo outputs

3 Osc per voice (+1 Osc compared to Minifreak)

Oscs labelled 1a, 1b and 2

Osc 2 can process Osc 1a, 1b or both simultaneously (there’s a routing switch)

1 additional filter: a classic 4p LP analog filter (either SSI or Curtis) positioned in the signal path after the multimode filter

3 LFOs per voice (+1 LFO compared to Minifreak)

2 Full Envelopes per voice (+1 Envelope compared to Minifreak)

Expanded Mod Matrix

Each Part can be directed to either set of stereo outputs and panned at any distance between Hard L and Hard R.

Otherwise identical to Minifreak in every way.

Fully backwards-compatible with Minifreak patches (can load up to four of them at once)

Can be controlled via a new version of the Minifreak V plugin (make the plugin inclusive of a Megafreak editor, but keep the plugin’s synth engine identical to the Minifreak).

Oh, and please keep the form factor relatively compact. Nothing larger than a 3-octave full-size keyboard, and I’d also welcome a rack/desktop format (or variant).