Last patch/composition sounds cinematic. Also have mF and have learned so much by way of your wonderful and patient videos. Really appreciate your taking the time to be so thorough yet relaxing.
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
I missed this comment somehow... Thank you very much!
@benoitpeeters7511
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for that serie about the Microfreak! It opened my mind like crazy about that little machine I got!
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
Benoit Peeters Absolutely👍🏻 Thanks for the feedback!
@squishmusic
3 жыл бұрын
This guys channel and videos are so in depth and packed with great tips and content. Deffo worth a subs! Also very zen calm presentation :) Very befitting these ambient drone synths :)
@undulations
3 жыл бұрын
Many thanks🙏🏼!
@noodlingaround2023
4 жыл бұрын
This is so well explained, just like your other videos. Thank you so much.
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome! Thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching!
@bungeechord1
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I like the patch you made.
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
Daniel Bunge You’re welcome! I appreciate the feedback!
@fincorrigan7139
4 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see Arturia introduce a two oscillator, two filter (ladder & steiner parker), 8 voice variant, with their recent first rate rev 140 plate reverb. Putting the sound engine into a Keylab 61, for example, would make a lovely machine with that polyphonic aftertouch and very user friendly mod matrix. Great video, perfect for Sunday morning, thank you :)
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Coincidentally enough, I've been thinking about what the next iteration of the MicroFreak might be like - your version sounds amazing!
@kirkegodfrey414
4 жыл бұрын
think the filter is analog, so not changeable.
@fincorrigan7139
4 жыл бұрын
@@kirkegodfrey414 The SP and the ladder would be similar to what's already configured in the Matrixbrute, both of which are analogue anyway.. Besides what genius says you cannot change a filter in a design? It's only a dumb combination of minute capacitors and resistors and an IC package. Arturia have excellent pedigree when it comes to any design be it analog or digital. Design does not seem to be the inhibitor, cost and imagination would appear to be.
@kirkegodfrey414
4 жыл бұрын
Fin Corrigan don’t get snarky. Your totally correct as obviously they could design a new filter. I was just responding that it was not software updatable. My apologies for upsetting you.
@fincorrigan7139
4 жыл бұрын
@@kirkegodfrey414 My bad. Apologies from this side too.
@minisynthcollective7822
4 жыл бұрын
How you doing. Really interesting again from you. Great. I run mine through the big sky and hall of fame. Sounds really nice.
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
Mini Synth Collective I’m good, thanks! Big Sky gives such a great sound, bet that’s amazing with the MicroFreak! Enjoy it! Thanks for watching👍🏻!
@grandmasterjo1
4 жыл бұрын
Another super video from a super teacher. Sadly Arturia did not add efx. I think any synth deserves a delay and reverb at the least Wish u did videos on Elektron gear.
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
Jo Azaredo Hey, thank you🙏🏼! You’re totally right, I’ve always felt that fx would really be an incredible addition to the MicroFreak. As for Elektron gear? I’ve got Model:Cycles right in front of me and will be doing a video on it in 1-2 weeks👍🏻!
@KRAFTWERK2K6
4 жыл бұрын
yeah the lack of ANY sort of effects is basically the biggest drawback on the Microfreak. The dry sound gets boring tooooo quckly.
@niloben659
3 жыл бұрын
@@KRAFTWERK2K6 True, I'm using mine with a source audio collider which takes it to a different level completely.
@girlinagale
Жыл бұрын
If a synthfreak doesn't have multiple reverbs, delays, filters and multi fx boxes they're not doing it well.
@niloben659
3 жыл бұрын
Great videos, thanks.
@undulations
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching🙏🏼!
@niloben659
3 жыл бұрын
@@undulations These are very helpful as this synth has some complexity going on, I didn't know about the chord mode until this video. I don't suppose you've dived into the minilogue xd yet?
@undulations
3 жыл бұрын
Niall Bennett I'm a big Korg fan, but actually don't own a Minilogue🤔
@dillipphunbar7924
4 жыл бұрын
Krell patch is dreamy
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
Dillip Phunbar Thank you🙏🏼 Glad you liked it! The Slo reverb has a few settings like ‘dark’, ‘rise’, and ‘dream’ - I almost always keep it set on ‘dream’✨
@reintje58
4 жыл бұрын
Nice nice !
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
rein lont Thanks🙏🏼
@vivivat4265
4 жыл бұрын
Love your vids! I wonder if this update trumped an awesome feature. I saw in your other video you are able to switch a preset while it’s playing and it transitions into the next preset there by letting you use 4 sequencer tracks instead of 2. Every time I switch presets everything stops. Am I missing something or is this the added “feature” in the patch notes?
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
You're right! And I definitely don't get why it would be that way? That was a great feature. I didn't see anything pertaining to that in the update release info but maybe I missed it. I will let you know if I figure anything out about it.
@vivivat4265
4 жыл бұрын
@@undulations Its actually listed under "improvements" in the 2.0.3 release notes.. - Release of previously playing preset is cleared when switching presets - I can see how this could be desired operation in some scenarios but the option to turn it on or off is a no brainier. I had plans to use this thing like a groove box stepping thru many presets while running to create a song. I downgraded firmware for a sec and that fixed the issue but didn't want to give up all the new features in the end. Hoping anyone who cares reaches out to arturia to give us an option for "releasing preset" in a future update
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
Vivi vat Ah, I see it. You are totally right about that being a useful setting. Or maybe even something like hold the sequencer “play” button when you change the preset to keep it running?
@squishmusic
3 жыл бұрын
@@undulations they should deffo give this an an on/off option. Give users the choice!
@patrickhall7884
3 жыл бұрын
A much simpler explanation of the scale mode is you can play any note on the keyboard and still be in that scale?
@undulations
3 жыл бұрын
That is simpler, but it's an incomplete description. You could say the exact same thing about the Volca Modular, but it uses a very different scale scheme from the MicroFreak. (For example, a pentatonic scale on the Volca Modular completely remaps the entire chromatic keyboard to be I0, II0, III0, IV0, V0, I1, II1, III1, IV1, V1, I2, II2, etc. - so it just has the 5 scale notes, octave after octave, with no duplicate notes.) Another scheme where "you can play any note on the keyboard and still be in that scale" just mutes the keys that aren't in the scale. The MicroFreak's scale setup with note duplication is pretty unique for hardware; it reminds me of the scale midi effect in Ableton Live.
@BrancoArgenta
2 жыл бұрын
do scales apply to midi out?
@johncaccioppo1142
4 жыл бұрын
What do we have to do to get Arturia to reprogram those stupid flashing lights? omg Honestly my biggest complaint with the MicroFreak. Nice work with the tape, btw, it actually fits the funky visual style of the unit quite well.
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Ha, so true! What is it? Brightness? Some sort of pulsing that they use? I don't know. I'm normally not at all sensitive to that sort of thing, but when I was editing the first video (no tape) - very wisely I shot the whole thing without looking at it on a monitor ;-; - it sort of made me slightly queasy. Like a 1 out 10, but still. It seemed like maybe it phased with my framerate? Anyway, I'd like some sort of "minimal lights" setting where it's the bare minimum (and dimmable) that you need for knowing how things are set. We can dream.
@johncaccioppo1142
4 жыл бұрын
@@undulations Agree. But here's something to consider. You see, I lied when I said that the flashing lights were my primary complaint. I've had a lot of strange health problems in my life, and one of the less threatening and more annoying is a periodic hypersensitivity to both light and electricity. I honestly didn't seriously consider this when I bought the MicroFreak used on Reverb.com. I was highly optimistic. What I quickly noticed was that when I used the MF I would frequently become nauseous and experience a number of strange physical sensations, similar to a migraine. It makes perfect sense that using my skin to complete an electrical circuit might trigger my sensitivity, and that seems to be what happens. Thing is, it's a phenomenal device. I actually can tolerate the discomfort and some days it is nearly imperceptible. I've played up to 4 hours continuously. But I wonder if your experience might have not just been the annoying flashing lights, which I do think can create similar symptoms, but also a shared susceptibility to some kind of electrical phenomenon. I'd be especially concerned if I had some kind of heart condition or defibrillator.
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
Wes Darling Well, I appreciate the concern, but on my end it was just sort of an annoying sensation while watching it expanded on a large screen, and in conjunction with the various phasing of lights, camera, screen refresh. I don’t experience any issue while playing it. Take care, it’s certainly possible to use a more standard (non-capacative) midi controller, albeit I realize that’s not ideal.
@johncaccioppo1142
4 жыл бұрын
@@undulations I just got a cable to try to connect it to my Suzuki G-33. Not sure how to do that yet, but I'll figure it out. I wonder if doing so will disable the MF keyboard completely or if there is a way to use both simultaneously.
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
Wes Darling I think both will be active (but make sure to check the midi settings if it ends up not behaving how you like, there might be an option). Best of luck with it all👍🏻!
@hasanodom4268
4 жыл бұрын
Cant seem to find an answer. Does the microfreak send the correct notes on MIDI Out when in Chord Mode or Scale Quantize? Easy to assume yes but sometimes they miss the boat on little things. The Akai Force is the only gear I've had to have this feature. Microfreak would be a second if i can find the answer. Thanks in advance.
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
I think so, but I want to test it to make sure. Will get back to you by tomorrow👍🏻
@hasanodom4268
4 жыл бұрын
@@undulations Right on, thank you. Very hard to find info on that one specific thing. Hopefully its so, would be awesome to have those options with midi out.
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
Well, I guess it was wishful thinking on my part. Simply put, it sends the notes that you press on the keyboard. I set it up with Ableton Live (midi out from MF into a midi 2x2 box hooked to pc by usb) so I could watch (and hear) the incoming notes. In chord mode a single key on MF played a chord on MF, but just that note in Live. Even worse, an arpeggio in scale mode plays the scale-filtered arp on the MF and then the literal arp in Live. I assume this is not the behavior you wanted/expected. I wish there was a setting to allow both ways (send chord root to another synth makes sense to me, maybe some cool interwoven arpeggios possible). I also checked for any updates that rectify this, does not look like it. Disappointed, but I hope this helps.
@hasanodom4268
4 жыл бұрын
@@undulations Well, thanks for even giving it a go. I just had an inkling that they may have overlooked something like that or maybe just didnt even consider it. Its a feature i use a lot but im stuck with this massive akai force for that duty running a midi controller into it and filtering those notes to a scale. It works fine but its gear overkill. A nice little microfreak going into my op-1 through a kenton usb host, or the microfreak to my tracker would be deadly. Still sounds like an awesome synth. Thanks for the help!
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, this raises the issue of whether or not it scale-filters incoming midi. Going to check that out at some point - maybe run some arps on Craft Synth 2.0 and pipe to midi into the MF see what happens re: scale mode.
@aken2348
4 жыл бұрын
@undulations when you say you're not expecting chords to be arpeggiated it is a bit funny, why would it dissect the chord to arpeggiate it while you could achieve the same by placing correctly your fingers? Rather than accommodating lazy people (doing arps with 1 finger) it offers an additional functionality (chord arps).
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
Anthony P. Well, how about a setting to choose? At the preset level? I certainly see the good of the way it is, but I feel like the value of the other way would be in making rapid and fluid changes. Also, if it let you add multiple 1-finger chords to an arp, that would be even better. Anyway, I feel like the manual’s use of “blindingly fast” steered me on this thinking, but I’m sure a fast sequence of intricate stabs in a scale quantized mode would sound really nice👍🏻.
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