It's honestly way, way better than I thought it would be. Especially for $200 (you can find it in the used market for around that regularly) ... I actually was first introduced to the model:cycles by a friend, and I think me and him have very different sounds that he likes. I've found much more joy with it this time around (after learning the model:samples, also). I think punch actually expands the timbral versatility a lot.There's no attack, which is the most annoying feature of this and the model:samples, but otherwise ... beautiful.

Thanks, hope you have a happy pride too :)

what does it say? I have 23h2 installed on mine, no issues there (other than having to get the drive empty enough to fit windows ...)

Thanks! Yeah, I realized nobody actually reviewed one of these, that's the only reason I posted actually :) In regards to your other stuff: I know I was completely able to bring a charger: I simply didn't really want to (also my Surface Go 1's screen touchscreen started to mysteriously go out soon after the 30 day refurb warranty for some reason ... mysterious ... but also, I was just curious about this and wanted a reason to get it, honestly! A trifecta of reasons). I tried a bunch of very low-end games in Steam: heroes of might and magic 3 doesn't work, but dungeon keeper does. Bloons works on it, which is pretty great. I ran into a few cases where the MS Store didn't actually trigger ARM downloads which was weird ... I feel like a lot of things that seemed like they were due to "incompatibility" though were actually due to the speed of the processor, low RAM, or low disk space. But even beyond that, I think I mentioned it, but I've had like ... five or six just random freezes that needed reboots on ARM, which is more than I've had on my plethora of Windows laptops up until now. Things like the screen just turning off, or screen orientation mysteriously not updating (and needing a reboot). This is of course a sample size of 1 though, with all the caveats that brings! I think the Snapdragon 8 processors were a step above this, and I'm sure the Snapdragon Elite will be a big step over that. And the arm experience - low heat, massive battery life, no fan - is great: I haven't experienced something like it in x86. Possibly just because companies aren't setting TDP low enough for my tastes, but I am excited to see how the X Elite does when it comes out in like a month. :)

2 seconds per sample in high fidelity, 4 in low fidelity, and 128 sample slots. So it's ... definitely lacking in that facility, tbh. I ended up selling it off because chaining patterns was a PITA. Fun box though

@@rainbow_mess Thank you very much. I definitely prefer a loopstation with 5 tracks and 13 hours of storage to samplers these days. Maybe if I had money to spare I'd take a chance on an MPC-X-SE to produce. But it's another "all-in-one" that becomes a problem of learning time, that I think I've already spent on my set lol. I have a Circuit, a Roland JDXA, two guitars (one acoustic) and 8 pedals. The instruments go into the Loopstation without a mixer, and the Circuit synchronizes to the 24ppq of the Roland and Boss naturally. If i ever produce to post, i'll have to buy a mixer to improve the sound, because the Loopstation is wonderful but it doesn't have such a good preamp. If one day the industry makes a real sampler like the E-mu Emulator II (with chromatic keys and good storage for today) then it would be a child's dream. Thank you for your prompt feedback and good creations.

Ah ... I think I wouldn't prefer more, just better, if that makes sense? The circuit's synths (and effects) feel very ... low-quality to me, like a mid-1990's VA synth, to the point where it can't make a lot of the sounds that I would like to use it for. The Tracks works really well with midi out actually, and I think if you look at it in that perspective - a 2-part poly midi sequencer, with a 4-part mono sequencer/weak sampler attached and a free basic synth - it just sounds like a much better deal. Personally I just normally hate having to move between boxes in the process of making music. YMMV. There are other all-in-one grooveboxes that have much better synths - the MC-101, and MPC One, for instance - but they just don't have the speed of workflow that the Circuit has. But perhaps this is just endemic to the entire field of it: either be very weak, or convoluted. Thanks for your considered comment :)

Thanks :) I've been meaning to make a bunch more honestly, but work and life is just so busy (and I keep having to adjust my video capture settings when I'm recording). At some point I'll have more time!

Sorry! X.x At least it's a real cheap piece of gear :p

Thanks! And I hope that you can find some stuff you want to work on past the demo stage evetually :)

Yeah, it's hard to make time and do it sometimes. I'm glad you made some interesting tracks before, and that you're back at it!! :)

Well this sucks... I have an idea for a song, and I was trying to come up with a drum beat and I tried to hit the snare really hard... and I missed! A kneecap is not a snare drum.

@@meatbeefindustries862 A kneecap can be a snare drum, but generally you want to hit it a little lighter x.x

Thanks! :)

Yeah, it doesn't make typical drum sounds. I don't think of it as a drum machine in that sense - it's more of a 6-channel fm noise box, where the fm engine is geared to making percussive sounds.

It works okay for that if you're fine mapping all the parameters to everything, but I honestly was really disappointed that the mode for working with DAWs wasn't better. A standalone launchpad works better for that because you get session control with at least Logic and Live (but then of course you're missing out on the knobs ...)

thanks so much!! :) I've been making some music recently actually, more than I have before - that's part of the reason that videos have slowed down a bit. It's ... much more chaotic than what I make in the gear videos - the music making process and the video process are really quite disconnected from each other I've found! But I've been working on songs. Maybe sometime next year I'll release something on the channel.

Hii very nice content!! Does this synth have full controll over everthing in de V lab software? Does it scroll to all te pre sets and controll all the knob if a synth is selected??? Regards A

@@arnoud500 hi :) not sure if you were asking me specifically but i didn't end up buying the minifreak so i can't answer your question. hopefully you can get it figured out

@@arnoud500 Sorry, I'm guessing you were asking me - I didn't see this because it was a reply to this other person! ... But also I don't use the minifreak with analog lab, to be honest, so I can't say for sure - I have a minilab 3 that I use with that. In general, I've found Arturia's mapping process to be a bit sketchy when it's not directly advertised - the minilab doesn't map very well to minifreak v, for instance. Given that the Analog Lab controls and Minifreak's knobs don't line up perfectly, I doubt that the minifreak would map to analog lab very well - I'm sure you can map all the controls, but it's going to be a bit weird. I think if you are getting the minifreak you should get it for what it provides as a synth and perhaps its control of Minifreak V specifically, and think of other controller stuff as a nice bonus.

I sold this one on a bit after this review - I don't have it anymore (though I do have the Circuit Rhythm, for when I want to use the circuit arranging workflow).

The synth engine is awesome, honestly - and that was one of the appeals to me. It's just very hidden behind 'needing to write patches on a computer', and I had to admit to myself that I don't really ... write patches for VSTs. I've sold the Osmose - I replaced it with a Juno DS 61 and a Minifreak (with money left over!). The Juno DS kind of replaces it as a 'synth master keyboard', and the Minifreak is a really approachable synth for me to actually make patches on and understand sound design (... eventually there will be a video on that, but I've made over 50 patches in the last week so it's obviously been working somewhat). I've found that if I need to dust something off for a secret weapon, it probably just won't happen - having just a few tools that are easily approachable works way better for me than having a cornucopia of things that all need some setup to get started.

@@rainbow_messI completely get that. I'm having a similar conundrum in my current musical production setup!

Awesome :) glad it was helpful!

Oh cool, that's a great idea!

Because hers is dusty then a mugfo! 😅😅😅

there's a hundred views...

that is a great title for a mr beast-style video, damn

@@rainbow_mess ?...

@@awesomebeastd8689 just appreciating the burn, and also am kind of sad there isn't a video with the title 'this video made me lose 31% of my neurons' that was fully copying mr beast's style

@@rainbow_mess ok :D

eventually i will find the technology for my face to take up 700% of the screen. i think that's how they choose the youtube ceo

Very possibly! I think also that me using the original circuit kind of soured me a bit on the circuit tracks too, because I was expecting a bit more ... but the changes just weren't enough for me.