Minimal Audio Current 2 Review 2026: Synth, Sampler, Stream

This Page Is a Current 2 Product Review. It Is Not Serum 2 vs Anyone.

Stay here for Minimal Audio Current 2: the October 2024 2.0 rebuild, five engines, Stream content, nine effects, the $199 / $99 launch pair, and the March 2026 2.2 note. Do not use this file as a Pigments 7 versus Serum 2 spreadsheet, a Vital versus Phase Plant bake-off, or a “best wavetable 2026” list. Serum appears only as context Rekkerd named among interfaces Current 2’s Engine page resembles.^[5]

SOS (23/10/24) is the dated 2.0 news primary. KVR (29 October 2024) is the matching feature/price primary. Plugin Boutique is the September 2026 storefront list we quote for the solo SKU. Rekkerd’s 7 February 2025 review is the hands-on engine primary. This September 2026 page is that product still shipping—not a claim Current 2.0 first launched this month.^[1][2]

Related slugs cover Pigments vs Serum 2, Serum 2 vs Vital vs Phase Plant, Vaporizer 2 vs Vital, Grainferno, and ranked free synths. Those pages are the versus pieces. This file is the Current 2 review.

2.0: 23 October 2024. Regular $199. Intro $99. PIB Still $199.

SOS, published 23/10/24: Current 2.0 available now at a discounted $99 (usually $199) for a limited time after launch; existing Current owners get a free upgrade. Windows 10+; macOS 10.9+; VST2, VST3, AU, AAX. KVR two days later: same $99 intro / $199 regular / free upgrade, plus Play View, Wave Shifter, factory 400+ presets / 170+ wavetables / 800+ samples, mixer panel, mod-matrix popup, Stream Pack View, unlimited modulator connections, up to 32-voice polyphony.^[1][2]

Bedroom Producers Blog (24 October 2024) printed the same 50% intro. Rekkerd’s 7 February 2025 review still quoted 199 USD/EUR, rent-to-own at Minimal Audio and Splice, and the free 1.x→2.0 path. Plugin Boutique’s Current 2.0 product page, fetched for this September 2026 article, shows $199.00. Music Software Deals (7 September 2026) lists full price $199 and a last Sweetwater sale at $99.50—that is a tracker row, not Minimal Audio’s list. Confirm the live cart. Do not paste the expired October 2024 intro as the 2026 checkout.^[6][5][3]

KVR (4 March 2026): Current v2.2, a free update—Poly Flanger inside Current, updated FX selector, extra scales (Phrygian Dominant, Melodic Minor). That is the newest dated line we cite. Recheck minimal.audio if a later point release shipped after this page.^[4]

Five Engines: Dual Wavetable, Granular, Additive Sub, Sampler

Plugin Boutique’s Create copy: five parallel sound engines—two spectral wavetable oscillators, an additive sub-engine, a granular synthesizer, and a time-stretching sampler—plus FM/AM, dual morphing filters, and a mixer. Feature block: wavetable oscillators with 40+ warp effects; granular sampler with 250+ grains; additive sub tuned for low-end; multi-mode sampler with time-stretching; dual morphing filters with 50+ modes; flexible FM/AM routing with feedback.^[3]

Rekkerd maps those five sources across three Engine subpages: (1) two wavetable oscillators, (2) granular, (3) harmonic sub + traditional sampler. Filters can run series or parallel; sources route into either filter. FM or AM is one-or-the-other per source, one modulator source at a time—Rekkerd flags that ceiling. Direct Out bypasses filter and effects per source. That is a hybrid instrument, not a Serum-style two-osc-plus-noise layout.^[5]

Rekkerd’s 2025 cons still matter as of this page unless a later note retracts them: no wavetable editor at time of writing, no MIDI export from the chord/arp generators. Do not claim a wavetable editor this article did not verify on minimal.audio.

• Play View SOS/KVR/PIB: distraction-free Play View with a dual XY pad on four macros, engine mute/solo, preset browse. Rekkerd: viable for live so you do not wreck the patch. 2.0 also added a mixer panel and a modulation-matrix popup.^[1][3]
• MIDI tools PIB: arpeggiator with 40+ modes, chord generator with 30+ presets, chords into arp or the reverse. Nine swappable modulator slots (envelopes, LFOs, curve sequencers, envelope followers, macros), drag-and-drop, MPE.^[3]
• Polyphony KVR 2.0 notes: up to 32-voice polyphony. That is a 2.0 ceiling, not a Current 1 leftover.^[2]

Stream Content, Nine Effects, Wave Shifter, Then 2.2’s Poly Flanger

PIB: the Stream is a cloud-connected sound platform inside the instrument—presets, samples, and wavetables you preview, download, and favourite without leaving the plugin. Factory licences include 400+ presets, 170+ wavetables, and 800+ samples; expansion packs download from Stream. SOS: Stream Pack View browses those packs from the instrument. That is why Current 2 is a synth and a content platform, not a ROM dump you buy once and freeze.^[3][1]

PIB Create line: nine premium effects, nine freely loadable slots, copy/paste, rack sub-presets. BPB: you get Minimal Audio’s premium effects inside the synth; 2.0 adds Wave Shifter (frequency shifter + ring mod, with FM and soft-sync). Rekkerd names Swarm Reverb (early/late independent) and Wave Shifter (frequency shifter + ring + amp mod). KVR 2.2 (4 March 2026) then drops Poly Flanger into that rack—harmonic flanging that stays in key—plus an updated FX selector.^[6][5][4]

Rekkerd’s origin note is history, not this SKU’s checkout: Current 1 launched October 2023 subscription-first, then Minimal Audio added perpetual and rent-to-own. BPB: that story is old news by 2.0. This review does not relitigate 2023 pricing.

When Current 2 Is the $199. When a Versus Page Is Enough.

Pay the live $199 (or whatever the cart shows) if you want wavetable + granular + sampler + additive sub in one insert, Stream packs without a second library app, and Minimal Audio’s effects already in the rack. Skip it if you only need a two-osc wavetable and already live in Serum or Vital—use the related versus pages instead of this review.^[3]

If you still hold Current 1, 2.0/2.2 is the free upgrade KVR and SOS printed—do not buy a second perpetual. Granular-only shopping belongs on the Grainferno page. Free-synth shopping belongs on the ranked free-synth page.

FL, Ableton, Logic: One Pass Before You Pay $199

This checklist is the buy decision, not a Serum course. Confirm the live Minimal Audio page if your DAW or OS moved after March 2026.^[4]

1. Check whether you already own Current 1
   SOS and KVR: existing Current owners get 2.0 free. Login before you pay $199.^[1]
2. Open the live cart, not the 2024 intro
   Plugin Boutique showed $199.00 on this September 2026 fetch. The $99 intro was the October 2024 launch window. Recheck minimal.audio / PIB before you quote a number in a beat-store listing.^[3]
3. Load Play View, then one engine at a time
   XY the macros on a Stream bass preset. Solo wavetable, then granular, then sampler. If you never leave Play View, you may not need this synth’s depth—or you may, if Stream content is the point.^[3]
4. Confirm 2.2 is installed
   KVR dated 2.2 on 4 March 2026 (Poly Flanger, FX selector, extra scales). A 2.0-only installer is stale.^[4]
5. Stop before this becomes a Serum 2 versus piece
   Pigments 7 vs Serum 2, Serum 2 vs Vital vs Phase Plant, Vaporizer 2, Grainferno, and free-synth rankings are related slugs. This file stays on Current 2.

Serum 2 Versus Pieces and Free-Synth Rankings Are Out of Scope

This article does not pick Current 2 against Serum 2, Pigments 7, Vital, or Phase Plant. Rekkerd named those UIs as Engine-page context only. Granular-only and free-synth roundups are related slugs.

As of Sep 2026, the dated lines we quote are Current 2.0 (October 2024) and Current 2.2 (4 March 2026). Recheck minimal.audio/products/current for a later point release.^[4]