From 0% to 50% is the sweet spot for adding grunge, while 50% to 75% works well for extremely aggressive sounds. To get the most from your own sound design, you need to understand its overall behavior at varying settings. However, cranking this parameter to maximum can interfere with the chromatic pitch coherence of a sound. Brute Factor pro tipsĪs with the original, the MiniBrute 2’s Brute Factor parameter functions as a feedback loop from the main output back into the filter. There will be a touch of pitch drift with this approach, but the sound will be quite similar. Although the MiniBrute 2’s second VCO doesn’t phase-lock like a sub-oscillator, you can re-create similar subsonic effects by setting its tuning to Fine mode, selecting a sine or square wave, and tuning it one or two octaves below oscillator 1. VCO 2 as sub-oscillator. The MiniBrute’s sub-oscillator (with sine and square wave options) contributed to its impressive low-end. From there, setting the associated knob to 100% will closely approximate chromatic tracking, allowing either harmonic emphasis or an additional tone generator when the resonance is self-oscillating (at maximum value). You can quickly re-create this routing by connecting the KBD output in the MIDI section to the filter cutoff (Att 1) input in the patchbay.

Keyboard Tracking (MIDI KBD to Mod input). It’s surprising that the MiniBrute 2 doesn’t include a normalled control for adding keyboard tracking to the filter cutoff, as this is a crucial component for using resonance to highlight specific harmonics consistently across the entire keyboard. The default modulation knobs will continue to work as independent depth controls, despite the change in modulation source. To replicate this, use a stackable cable to split the signal.

Finally, the original model allowed simultaneous modulation of both waveforms at individual depths. If this is the sound you’re after, plug the ADSR into the MiniBrute 2’s inverter module to change the polarity of the modulation. Additionally, the MiniBrute offered both positive and negative modulation from the envelope.

Minibrute 2