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Test: MicroFreak 5.0 Stellar

The compact synthesizer with flexible digital sound generation and analog filter still enjoys great popularity, which is also due to the constant expansion through free updates. Firmware 5.0 adds another highlight with sample import and a granular engine. The new Stellar Edition, like the Vocoder Edition, differs only externally from the original MicroFreak; the same technology is at work inside. Therefore, all models are also completely sound-compatible.

Digital oscillators

Nothing has changed in the core of the sound generation. A digital sound processor offers various oscillator models, which can also be upgraded via firmware update. The Microfreak has a flexible noise generator and three additional oscillators from Noise Engineering with wavefolding, additive harmonic color and phase

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