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'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.

Arturia launches MiniFreak Vocoder Edition and drops firmware update for existing owners "The same pocket-sized powerhouse that earned a cult following, recast for deep-space missions": Arturia's ...

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.

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.

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 ...

The MicroFreak gets perhaps its biggest update yet with three new oscillators from Eurorack experimentalists Noise Engineering.