User Manual

Arturia Microbrute User’s Manual 14
3 Quickstart
This chapter provides the basic instruction that you will need to create your very first
sounds with the MicroBrute. In subsequent chapters, we’ll get deeper into the sound
design process so you can create more animated and complex sounds.
Create your first sound: the “basic patch”
Once your MicroBrute has been correctly connected to your sound system, set all the
controls to the positions shown in Figure 1. This is going to be referenced many times
over as the BASIC PATCH.
Figure 1
Switch on your MicroBrute, there will be about a 5 – 10 second time with no sound.
Once it is booted up, let it warm up to stabilize the pitch. You can of course use it
before it is warmed up but the pitch WILL drift for the first few minutes.
These settings (also called a PATCH) are very useful. This patch makes a good
reference point to start doing sound design. Remember it and refer to it often. This
will help you gain a better understanding of what each control does and how they
interact with each other so that you will grow more rapidly in your skills.
Now try playing some notes and listen to the sound. The sound of the basic patch is
just that; BASIC. What you are hearing is the raw SAWTOOTH WAVE from the
OSCILLATOR.