Arturia MiniBrute Installation Manual

USER'S MANUAL

MiniBrute Connection

software editor

1.0.3

1st edition: June 2012

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1Installation ..................................................................................... 3

1.1Hardware ................................................................................................................... 3

1.2Software ..................................................................................................................... 3

2General Configuration ................................................................. 5

2.1Audio Input ................................................................................................................ 5

2.2Module Parameters .................................................................................................. 5

2.2.1LFO Key Retrigger .............................................................................................................. 6

2.2.2Envelope Legato Mode ........................................................................................................ 6

2.2.3Arpeggiator Hold ................................................................................................................. 6

2.3MIDI Channel Select ................................................................................................. 6

2.3.1Transmit Channel ................................................................................................................. 6

2.3.2Receive Channel .................................................................................................................. 7

2.4Keyboard Parameters .............................................................................................. 7

2.4.1Note Priority ......................................................................................................................... 7

2.4.2Velocity Response ................................................................................................................ 7

2.4.3Aftertouch Response ............................................................................................................ 7

4Firmware Update .......................................................................... 9

4.1Firmware Version ....................................................................................................... 9

4.2Check Update ........................................................................................................... 9

4.3Update Firmware ....................................................................................................... 9

4.4Troubleshooting ......................................................................................................... 9

4.4.1Connection cannot be established ........................................................................................ 9

4.4.2Update has been interrupted ............................................................................................... 10

5Changing parameters via MIDI CCs ........................................ 11

6Legal Notes ................................................................................. 13

6.1No liability for consequential damages ............................................................... 13

6.2FCC Information (USA) ............................................................................................ 13

6.3Canada .................................................................................................................... 14

6.4Europe ...................................................................................................................... 14

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1 INSTALLATION

1.1 HARDWARE

Connect the MiniBrute synthesizer to your computer using a standard USB cable, then power up:

1.2 SOFTWARE

The MiniBrute Connection software editor is freely available from the Arturia website :

http://www.arturia.com/products/minibruteconnection

Simply extract the archive, select the appropriate folder, depending on your computer
operating system:

• “OSX” for Mac OS X

• “Win” for Windows

The software does not require any installation on your system, the program can be run directly
from its extracted folder. If you move the application, make sure it is always accompanied with
the mbf firmware file.

The MiniBrute Connection software editor offers two main features, described in the following
pages:

• the general configuration of the instrument (see chapter 2)

• the firmware update of the instrument (see chapter 3)

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You can switch between those two main features through the tool bar:

Click here to

reach the

Configuration view

Click here to reach

the Firmware

Update view

Connection status: click to check

again the connection between

MiniBrute and the computer

At first launch, the software may detect an older firmware version on your synthesizer, and
suggest to update it. It is highly recommended to follow this suggestion, i.e. to run the firmware
update process until completion. This is basically the same process as fully described in chapter
3, but it is launched automatically.

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