Mini/MicroBrute as controller?

[Marek Szulen]

hm… that’s pitty. I’ve been hoping it might be a kind of a nice compromise between midi controler and analog synth :)
Well.. I’ll wait for some promotions (probably not very soon) then this might be the factor making me blind for the cons :)

Marek

> On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 17:13 +0100, Jay Vaughan wrote:
>> I was not content with the build quality of the Microbrute/Minibrute,
>> and have decided to take them off my list .. the keys are bendy, the
>> knobs wobble, and generally I think there are better controllers out
>> there 
> 
> The Minibrute I tried in the shop a while back fit that description but
> the Microbrute I just bought definitely does not.  The knobs and sliders
> are all very solid and the keyboard seems reasonable for what it is
> (reminds me of my old Korg Microcontrol).  
> 
> It is supposed to send velocity over MIDI (though I have no way to
> confirm that).  I doubt the knobs the send MIDI though, other than maybe
> the pitch and mod wheels.  The only thing on it that I have any
> questions about quality wise are the patch points (time will tell).  
> 
> Seems sacrilege to use it with MIDI anything though. . .
> 
> =)
> 
> This might sound weird but it's almost frustratingly musical. If your
> goal is to have a synth for gnarly solo lines I doubt there is a better
> deal out there.  It's Minimal wave / Rick Wakeman / Tobacco in a box
> that costs $300 CAN.  It's harder to coax noises and textures out of it
> due to the shortish envelopes though the volume knob and fine tune pitch
> knob on the back help working around that.  Once I get the pitch wheel
> range increased (via the editor) I'll be happier.     
> 
> I'd love to see a slightly expanded version with longer envelopes, more
> patch points and no keyboard.
> 
> Cheers
> 
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