Arturia's MicoFreak gets a vocoder mode and limited-edition makeover The MicroFreak Vocoder edition is pretty, but current owners aren't being left out in the cold.

Vocoder V Source: Choose from a voice input or internal sample playback to act as vocoder modulator signal. (Image credit: Arturia) Software vocoders can be frustratingly disappointing and confusion ...

Arturia's MicroFreak Now Comes With a Vocoder So You Can Synth Your Vocals: It's also finished in white with orange, gold, and swan-like details.

Well, the MiniFreak just got freakier, as Arturia drops another free update for existing owners, and an entirely new version of the synth to boot: MiniFreak Vocoder Edition.

Arturia V Collection 8 is somehow even more comprehensive. It adds emulations of the Juno-60 and E-MU Emulator II as well as a 16-channel vocoder. The Jupiter 8 and Rhodes instruments are also ...

Arturia has given the "spontaneous algorithmic synthesizer" MiniFreak another firmware update. The main new feature in version 4.0.0 is that the synthesizer becomes a vocoder.

Well, the MiniFreak just got freakier, as Arturia drops another free update for existing owners, and an entirely new version of the synth to boot: MiniFreak Vocoder Edition.