Minimal Audio Current 2 vs Vital
Specs, price and the Dubspot Score, side by side — with our verdict on which synth to buy.
Which should you buy?
On the Dubspot Score, Vital comes out ahead (9.0). That said, the right pick depends on your workflow and budget — read both reviews before deciding.
Specs compared
| Minimal Audio Current 2 | Vital | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $99 | $25 |
| Dubspot Score | 8.4 | 9.0 |
| Formats | VST3, AU, AAX | VST, VST3, AU (Audio Units), LV2, Standalone |
| Type | Multi-engine synth workstation | — |
| Version | Current 2.x | — |
| Developer | Minimal Audio | — |
| Manual | manual.minimal.audio | — |
| Synthesis type | — | Spectral warping wavetable synthesis |
| Operating systems | — | Windows 10+, macOS 10.15+ (Intel or Apple Silicon), Ubuntu Linux 18.04+; 64-bit only, OpenGL 3+ |
| Wavetable tools | — | Pitch-splice and vocode wavetable converters, plus text-to-wavetable generation |
| Modulation | — | LFOs, envelopes and randomized sources with stereo modulation, remappable curves, audio-rate modulation, and keytracked LFOs |
| Tuning and MPE | — | Microtonal support (.tun, .scl, .kbd files) and full MPE support |
| Included content | — | Basic: 75 presets / 25 wavetables; Plus: 250 / 70; Pro: 400+ / 150 |
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