Table Of Contents
1. Introduction...................................................................................................................................................................... 6
2. Installation....................................................................................................................................................................... 6
2.1. Usage Precautions................................................................................................................................................................ 6
2.2. WARNING .................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
2.3. Register your Instrument................................................................................................................................................ 6
2.4. Connecting the MiniBrute 2S to the World........................................................................................................... 7
2.5. Warm-Up and General Tuning .................................................................................................................................... 9
3. Quick Start ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10
3.1. Create your first sound: the “basic patch” ......................................................................................................... 10
3.2. Add a second oscillator................................................................................................................................................... 11
3.3. Sweep the Filter with a pad......................................................................................................................................... 12
3.4. Introduction to the LFOs................................................................................................................................................ 13
3.5. Introduction to envelopes............................................................................................................................................. 15
3.6. The Sequencer and Arpeggiator ............................................................................................................................... 17
4. Hardware overview ................................................................................................................................................. 22
4.1. Main features ........................................................................................................................................................................ 22
4.2. The Shift button .................................................................................................................................................................. 22
4.3. Inputs and outputs ........................................................................................................................................................... 23
4.4. Top panel................................................................................................................................................................................. 23
4.5. The Sequencer section .................................................................................................................................................. 24
4.6. The rear panel ..................................................................................................................................................................... 27
5. The top panel ............................................................................................................................................................... 28
5.1. The LFOs .................................................................................................................................................................................. 28
5.2. VCO 1......................................................................................................................................................................................... 30
5.3. VCO 2 ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 33
5.4. The Filter section................................................................................................................................................................ 35
5.5. The Amplifier section (AMP)....................................................................................................................................... 39
5.6. The Osc Mixer ....................................................................................................................................................................... 41
5.7. The Patch bay section.................................................................................................................................................... 45
5.8. Secondary Shift functions ........................................................................................................................................... 45
6. Basics of synthesis .................................................................................................................................................. 46
6.1. Analog synthesizer architecture............................................................................................................................... 46
7. The Patch bay.............................................................................................................................................................. 58
7.1. General concepts ................................................................................................................................................................ 58
7.2. The VCO 1 section .............................................................................................................................................................. 63
7.3. The VCO 2 section............................................................................................................................................................. 68
7.4. The EXT IN section ............................................................................................................................................................ 69
7.5. The FILTER jacks ................................................................................................................................................................ 70
7.6. The AMP section ................................................................................................................................................................... 71
7.7. The INVERTER section....................................................................................................................................................... 71
7.8. The ADSR section................................................................................................................................................................ 72
7.9. The AD section ...................................................................................................................................................................... 73
7.10. The LFO 1&2 section........................................................................................................................................................ 74
7.11. The VCA section ................................................................................................................................................................. 75
7.12. The ATTENUATORS section.......................................................................................................................................... 76
7.13. Sequencer section ............................................................................................................................................................ 78
7.14. The MIDI section ............................................................................................................................................................... 81
8. Seq / Arp: shared features.................................................................................................................................. 83
8.1. Timing features .................................................................................................................................................................... 83
8.2. Pitch and transposition.................................................................................................................................................. 84
8.3. Transport section ............................................................................................................................................................... 85
8.4. Playback and polyphony ............................................................................................................................................. 86
8.5. Synchronization .................................................................................................................................................................. 87
8.6. Metronome (Shift + Sync) ............................................................................................................................................ 89
8.7. Tempo........................................................................................................................................................................................ 89
8.8. Tap ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 89
8.9. Time Division ........................................................................................................................................................................ 89
8.10. Swing ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 90
8.11. Gate time: Seq vs. Arp..................................................................................................................................................... 91
8.12. Playback direction/note order ................................................................................................................................ 92
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