I think the Micro’s little teeny patch port was inspiration for the MiniBrute 2_'s more robust patch panel.
For those with both a MicroBrute and a MiniBrute 2_ they certainly can gain from plugging them togetther. In a recent Sonic Talk episode 521, Yoad Nevo talked a lot about his moded Minibrute, with the keyboard removed and a MicroBrute put there in it’s place. No pictures unfortunately, but Yoad was on the edge of raving about how good it sounds. And there’s a guy with really no barrier to owning practically any sort of gear he may want, and a lot of taste.
The Sequencer Interface was also too complicated for my taste. And it Sounds good! Really! But very Moog. If you want this, then try. If you dont Care for that Moog Sound, there are other imho better eurorack Synth voice modules. E.g. Intellijel Atlantis. If i could find one i would Go for a white Microbrute SE.
Sorry this is a little blurry, best image i could find. I think to a large extent i will just learn where they all are. They don’t move and change (like the encoder knobs on Mk1 Elektrons – i can’t read the tiny Elektron LCDs) so that’s good. The blue on gray (normalized connections) is a lousy choice, the contrast is terrible.
Seems to me it would be easy enough to make a laminated paper overlay that i could stick on. (The same would apply to the Moog Mother-32 and Moog DFAM.) I think some color would be good too. I do like the In/Out designation.
Heck a raised feelable interface would be possible too, for someone with very low-vision.
ADDED: Are there any graphic artists out there, with experience in designing readable ergonomic interfaces, that would care to design an overlay, that people could buy and print and stick on?
Blue on gray/black…killer. I hope they will make a Minibrute 2 SE with the alu finish from the Minibrute SE. Much better to read. And looking better too.
This isn’t strictly on the Minibrute 2S – but uses the 2S extensively here along with the Rackbrute, and for good reason. It shows a bit about how well the Minibrute 2S can be combined with other stuff, which is something i had been wondering about.
This may just be me, but this is one of those videos that makes the virtual light bulb above my head shine just a little brighter.
Also shown in this video is the Expert Sleepers ES-8, the Motu 8A, along with VCV-Rack and Softube Modular and some other stuff.
Why not so much interest for the Brute 2? At least from the demos sounds powerful and interesting compared with version 1 who didn t do much for me.
Is it that different or it s just an illusion from the online demos?
Or it s not so much interest because of the price?