Arturia MicroFreak Stellar

MicroFreak Stellar is a limited edition of an acclaimed experimental synth that combines digital oscillators with an analog filter, boundless modulation with musical expression, and a sleek black finish with quirky space-age graphics - primed for your interplanetary sonic voyage.

Ready for launch
The same loveable hybrid beast that’s shaken up the synth world, retrofitted for out-of-this-world sound exploration.

• A limited edition look
  Discover a synth that looks as weird and wonderful as it sounds with a slick all-black exterior, decorated with detailed space-age graphics reflecting its controls.

• New firmware
  Launched alongside MicroFreak Stellar is another free firmware update for all MicroFreak users, introducing user sample import, a Sampler engine and 3 Granular engines.

• Fresh presets
  MicroFreak Stellar comes with an exclusive selection of presets designed to boldly go where no Freak has gone before.

• The hybrid gamechanger
  The next chapter in the Freak story. MicroFreak is the hybrid desktop synth that refuses to stop evolving and continues to inspire with every update.

A starbound new look
MicroFreak Stellar doesn’t just feature a slick new black exterior; the entire interface is dotted with unique space-age graphics inspired by its controls, from the ADSR rocket launch to the filter resonance UFO - giving this already-loveable synth even more unique character!

Voices from outer space
What if we told you that you could get virtual analog, wavetable, FM, vocoder sounds and beyond in a single synth Algorithms from Mutable Instruments and Noise Engineering in a desktop keyboard? Even sampling and granular engines with a free firmware update?

MicroFreak Stellar & the V5 firmware update brings 21 different oscillator modes to the table, so you can go bigger, deeper, and weirder with your sound than ever before.

• Vocoder

• Noise

• Superwave

• Harmo

• Karplus Str.

• Wavetable

• BasicWaves

• V.Analog

• Waveshaper

• Two Op. FM

• Formant

• Chords

• Speech

• Modal

• SawX

• Harm

• Bass

• Sample

• Hit Grains

• Scan Grains

• Cloud Grains

The Freak within
MicroFreak Stellar features the same inspiring, bonkers sound but embellished with a unique space-age design.

Beneath its space-age exterior, you’ll find sparkling digital and wavetable oscillators collide with a velvety analog filter. A unique poly-aftertouch PCB keyboard combines with a distinctly freaky arpeggiator & sequencer. Bathe your mix in sonic hysterics with the erratic mod matrix or the unique Spice & Dice randomizers. MicroFreak is out to break the rules. It's an unpredictable instrument for the adventurous. An adrenaline rush for the thrill-seeking musician. A mind-bending tool that dares you to stray from the path and think differently. Freak out.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Synthesizer with 512 preset slots and 320 factory presets

• 21 digital oscillator modes, from wavetable to sample playback & granular processing, plus engines from Mutable Instruments and Noise Engineering as well as the Vocoder mode

• Analog State Variable Filter, 12dB/octave, resonant, Low Pass, Band Pass, High Pass

• ADSR envelope

• Cycling Envelope offering two modes: Envelope, LFO

• LFO with Sync: Sine, Tri, Saw, Square, Random, Slew Random

• Modulation matrix with 5 sources and 7 destinations (3 custom destinations)

• Monophonic, Paraphonic or Unison modes - Up to 4 voices

• Chord mode lets you program a chord shape and play it on any note

• Scale Quantize lets you set a specific scale for the white notes to simplify the creative process

• 25-key capacitive keybed with polyphonic aftertouch

• Capacitive touch strip

• Crisp OLED display for editing and parameter values

• Powerful arpeggiator: Up, Order, Random, Pattern modes

• Spice & Dice Gate randomizers

• 64-step sequencer: 2 patterns per preset, 4 automation tracks per preset

• CV / Gate / Pressure outputs

• USB, Clock and MIDI in and out

• 6.35mm master and 3.5mm headphone output

Instrument dimensions
Size: 12.2 x 9.2 x 2.2 inches (311 x 233 x 55mm)
Weight: 2.3 lbs. (1.02 Kg)

What's in the box

• Box content

• MicroFreak Unit

• Universal PSU

• Registration card

• 2x MIDI port adapters