A few months ago, I posted here asking about a small footprint synth to replace some of my gear, mostly because of my small apartment. However, a few weeks ago I said "fuck that" and created a very small synth studio in one of my closets, precariously perched upon packages and packing supplies. I then purchased a microfreak.

I gotta say, I really should have bought this thing sooner. It's been such a blast making patches and messing with the many oscillator types, toying with the matrix in whatever way I can figure out, and the touch sensitive keys with aftertouch are such a game changer.

I got it for what I feel to be a steal at 300 bucks from a local synth shop in my city, and it's just so worth it.

Lately, I've been using it in conjunction with the liven xfm, and I think the pairing is quite nice. Maybe a bit lo-fi, but who doesn't love a bit of crunch on the drums and bass?

Long live arturia! I am now a fan.

I recently moved into a smaller apartment, and I currently do not have room for my usual hardware setup (model:samples, liven xfm, volca sample 2)

Because of this, I'm trying to figure out if there's a decent groovebox that I could get to take over for all of my current boxes?

Right now I'm really digging the look of the mc101. Sampling, resampling, editing patches and sound design with zencore all sound great. I'd love to be able to use samples and occasionally create or edit custom synth patches.

Anyways, do y'all think the mc101 is a good pick? Is there another synth/groovebox that would do this for me?

Thanks for reading, I appreciate your time!