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DESCRIPTION

Create YOUR sound.

The MINIAK is a powerful performance and

production synthesizer. The MINIAK empowers
creative musicians with phrase and step sequencing,
a built-in drum machine/rhythm sequencer, an
arpeggiator, a 40-band vocoder, stereo effects, and a
virtual analog synth engine developed in partnership
with the world-class Alesis synth team. While the
compact, portable synth shines on stage, the MINIAK
is also at home in the production studio delivering 24-
bit audio resolution.

The MINIAK puts up to eight multi-timbral voices at

your fingertips, each with three oscillators. You can
create interesting and unique sounds and take
advantage of the more-than-600 preset sounds and
store up to 1,000 programs in the MINIAK. The synth
also has two multi-mode filters, three envelope
generators, two LFOs, stereo effects, and a 40-band
vocoder. On top of all of this sound-melding power,
the MINIAK has a comprehensive sequencer with
step and dynamic real time phrase sequencing, a
drum machine/rhythm sequencer, and an arpeggiator
to aid in creating the landscapes and textures you’re
after.

Rounding out this complete instrument are high-

resolution, 24-bit balanced 1/4" inputs and outputs.
The MINIAK has a 37-key semi-weighted keyboard
with velocity sensitivity for all-in-one performance. It
can also be used as a sound source for MPCs,
computer software, and keyboards via MIDI.

Under the Hood

A MINIAK program is a sound built from the MINIAK’s

internal oscillators, filters, and envelope generators.
The MINIAK’s more than 600 preset programs span
the range of classic analog synthesis sounds. If
you’ve heard it before, you will probably find it in the
MINIAK’s presets.

In a synth, oscillators generate raw sound. Their

output is fed into the filters, whose output is fed into
the amplifiers. As the signal moves along that path,
you can manipulate the mix at several points and
apply modulations, envelopes, and effects to create a
custom palette of sounds.

Sound Generation

The oscillators can produce different waveform types

and shapes to create various harmonic structures,
which our ears perceive as different timbres. Here are
some of the waveforms you can create with the
MINIAK’s oscillators:

Sine – Smooth, pure sound

Triangle – Fuller than a sine wave

Sawtooth – Harsh sonic character

Pulse – Harmonically rich, ranging from full-sounding

square wave to a sharp impulse wave

The MINIAK’s oscillators can produce continuously

variable waveforms, so it can can hit any point
between these examples.

You can connect external audio sources – other

synthesizers, mixers, guitars, and more – using the
1/4” inputs. The jacks accept either balanced or
unbalanced cables. You can mix in the external audio
sources with the MINIAK’s oscillators. The resulting
combination is then sent through the MINIAK’s filters
and effects. A special group of programs including
vocoder programs exists just for use with the external
inputs.

The outputs of the oscillators, the noise generator, the

ring modulator, and the external inputs are fed into a
virtual mixing board called the pre-filter mix. From
here, the signal hits the filters. For each source, you
can specify its level and its balance: how much is
sent to Filter 1 and how much is sent to Filter 2.

Filtering

The oscillators produce very raw sounds. To shape

and fine-tune the sound, filters give you tools for
dampening certain harmonics and boosting others.
Filters alter the frequency content of the signal and
can have a drastic effect on the sound. Each of the
MINIAK’s voices contains two filters, and each filter
can be one of the following different types, each with
its own character and sonic flavor.

They are: Bypass, Low Pass: ob 2-pole, tb 3-pole, mg

4-pole, rp 4-pole, jp 4-pole, al 8-pole; Band Pass: ob
2-pole, al 6-pole, octave dual, band limit; High Pass:
ob 2-pole, op 4-pole; three Vocal Formants, four
Comb Filters, Phase Warp, Frequency, Resonance,
Key Tracking, Envelope Amount, Offset, and
Absolute.

After filtering, the signal is fed to the post-filter mix.

For each filter output, as well as a pre-filter signal of
your choice, you can specify a level and a pan.

Output Processing

In the output stage, the MINIAK allows you to apply a

drive effect and add some compression, distortion, or
other amplification effects. The MINIAK allows you to
set up twelve modulation routes. Each of these is a
virtual connection between some physical or
internally generated source and some program
parameter. Basically, a mod route tells the synth to
automatically grab a knob and tweak it while a note is
playing. Although there are quite a few sources that
you can use for your mods, the most common ones
involve the LFOs and the envelopes.

LFOs

LFO stands for low-frequency oscillator. LFOs are not

designed to produce sound, but instead to tweak a
program parameter according to a looping pattern.
For example, if you are looking to add vibrato, you
need the pitch to continuously waver up and down.
Each of the MINIAK’s voices contains two LFOs, each
of which offers rate, depth, shape, and tempo sync.
The MINIAK’s LFO can sync to the internal clock or
any external source via MIDI.

Envelopes

If you hit a note on a piano, you hear a burst of sound

energy as the hammer strikes the string, followed by
lower level of loudness as you hold down the note
and let the string ring out, which fades quickly as
soon as you release the note and the damper is
applied. Synthesizers model this behavior using
ADSR Envelopes. ADSR stands for Attack, Decay,
Sustain, and Release, and represents the different
stages that the sound goes through over the life of
the note. The MINIAK also has an envelope that is
specifically designed for loudness, called the Amp
Envelope. Envelopes are useful in all sorts of mod
routes, which is why you can hook up any of the
MINIAK’s envelopes to any modulatable program
parameter. Each of the MINIAK’s voices contains
three envelopes: Amp Envelope, Filter Envelope, and
Pitch/Modulation Envelope.

Sequencing

The MINIAK has extensive sequencing and

arpeggiation performance capabilities. Arpeggios and
sequences both respond to a key-press by playing a
series of notes over a programmed rhythmic pattern.
An arpeggio loops over whatever notes you are
holding down on the keyboard. If you hold down a
chord, the MINIAK will generate a melody by playing
each note of your chord individually. A sequence has
a melody line built in so you can hold down a single
key and the MINIAK will play back that melody
relative to that key. Pressing another key will
transpose the sequence.

The MINIAK has MPC-style step sequencing and

recorder-style dynamic real time phrase sequencing.
There’s also a drum machine/rhythm sequencer for
the built-in drum sounds.

Effects

The MINIAK has a full complement of stereo effects

including Chorus, Feedback, Theta Flanger (Phaser +
Flanger), Thru Zero Flanger, Super Phaser, Notch
Frequency, String Phaser, 40-Band Vocoder, Analysis
Gain, Sibilance Boost, Band Shift, Synthesis Input,
Analysis Signal In, Analysis Mix, six types of Delay,
and three types of Reverbs.

With the extensive sound generating and

manipulating power of the MINIAK, the sounds you
dream up are as easy to create as twisting a few
knobs. And creating complete soundscapes with the
sequencer and arpeggiator couldn’t be easier. Step
up to the only synth with the Akai Professional
name… the MINIAK.

KEY FEATURES
Eight voices, each with three oscillators

Up to eight multi-timbral parts with stereo effects and 40-

band vocoder

Two multi-mode filters, three envelope generators, two LFOs,

sample and hold, tracking generator

Dynamic real-time and step sequencers, arpeggiator, and

drum machine/rhythm sequencer

Stereo bus effects including reverbs and delays

24-bit 1/4" balanced stereo analog outputs and inputs

37-key synth-action keyboard with velocity sensitivity

More than 600 preset sounds

Sound banks: bass, lead, pad, string, brass, keys, comp,

drum, SFX

KEY SPECS

Synthesis:

Virtual analog (subtractive), noise generator, FM

Polyphony:

Up to 8 voices

Timbrality:

Up to 8 parts

Oscillators:

3 per voice with continously variable waveshapes, sync,

linear and exponential FM, Ring Mod, routable modulation
matric per voice

Fileters:

2 multi-mode resonating filters per voice with 16 filer types

Modulation:

2 LFOs with multiple wave shapes, sample and hold,

tracking generator, freely routable modulation matrix per
voice

Effects:

4 drive effects, 1 per part, master effects

Sequencing:

Step sequencer, arpeggiator, drum machine/rhythm

sequencer, and phrase

Program Memory:

Up to 1,000 Programs and multi-timbral Multis

Velocity Sensitive:

Yes/li>

Keyboard:

37-key, semi-weighted

External Control:

MIDI in/out/thru

Inputs:

2 balanced 1/4" TRS, mic

Outputs:

2 balanced 1/4" TRS, 1/4" TRS headphone

Controls:

Pitch Wheel, 2 assignable Q-Link modulation wheels, X, Y,

and Z parameter knobs, pattern play, phrase arpeggiator,
latch arpeggiator, keboard octave, tap tempo, program
controls, data push-knob, config, store, master volume

Pedal Inputs:

Assignable expression pedal, sustain pedal

Weight:

12.0 lbs

Dimensions:

22.8" x 10.8" x 3.34" (L x W x H)

DOWNLOADS & DOCUMENTS

Documents

Miniak - Quickstart Guide (1.51 MB)

Miniak - Reference Manual [RevB] (1.65 MB)

Miniak -Media Images (2.89 MB)

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