Hardware Overview; Main Features - Arturia minibrute 2 series User Manual

4. HARDWARE OVERVIEW

4.1. Main features

The MiniBrute 2 provides a two-octave, piano-type keyboard. Besides offering a way to play
notes, this keyboard provides additional controls for adding expressiveness:
Aftertouch generates a signal that corresponds to how hard you press on a key
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after it's down. You can use this signal to modulate vibrato, filter cutoff, and other
parameters.
Velocity corresponds to the dynamics of your playing, and similarly to
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aftertouch, can modulate multiple parameters.
Transposition allows shifting the keyboard's note range over six octaves.
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The pitch bend wheel allows adding real-time pitch changes, like bending strings
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on a guitar.
The modulation wheel allows applying real-time modulation changes to various
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parameters. For example, it could add vibrato, or change the filter cutoff as you
move it.
An arpeggiator automates the creation of repeating sequences of notes.
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The sequencer allows you to trigger musical passages you have created, such
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as melodies, bass lines, or percussive riffs.
Alternative ways of playing the synthesizer are available through MIDI control and external
CV/GATE signals.
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