This is very cool, thank you very much. Looking forward to the other Microfreak tutorials.
@undulations
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for checking them out🙏🏼!
@longislandrelicrecoveries6643
4 жыл бұрын
I could listen to you read a phone book and probably enjoy it. You’re like the Bob Ross of synth vids
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
Long Island Relic Recoveries Aww dang, thank you so much🙏🏼!
@ibrajimenez2098
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the videos! I feel like I am attending a college lecture about this machine which I absolutely love! Thanks!
@undulations
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I'm very glad to hear that. Getting ready to upload another one in a minute (I recommend it because the main concept is very general - I do some specific demos but everybody can do their own thing with it). Thanks for checking out the videos🙏!
Thanks a lot for explaining all these functions. I'm a beginner and drowned in all the possibilities.
@undulations
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome! Best of luck with it all and thanks for checking out the video🙏🏼
@strangersun7721
4 жыл бұрын
Your channel is going to take off. There's a warm and inviting character to your production work. Great information with interesting presentations. Thanks so much.
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
Stranger Sun Thank you for the feedback and encouragement!
@nandikesha
3 жыл бұрын
Mine's coming in the mail tomorrow. First synth. Thanks for all the inspiration!
@undulations
3 жыл бұрын
That's very exciting! Enjoy it! Thanks for checking out the channel🙏🏼
@Evolvermn
5 жыл бұрын
I love the sounds this thing makes!! Great review!! 🎶🧡🎶
@undulations
5 жыл бұрын
Evolverman Thanks man! Yes, a lot of “wow!” moments about the sound as I was making this!
@minisynthmaniac
Жыл бұрын
I'll be getting my Microfreak in a couple of weeks. So glad I came across this video. Thank you for your hard work.
@undulations
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome! Enjoy yours😀!
@consciouscoma85
2 жыл бұрын
i am an older dude and i mostly paint and dabble in video and music..one of the reasons i bought the MF was because there is so much to learn it should help to keep my mind sharp.running through my night sky makes it trippy.
@undulations
2 жыл бұрын
I bet that's a really great combo! I don't have a night sky but know that Strymon pedals are super high quality. The MF is truly a mind expander, as you say, so many great updates too! Thanks a lot for checking out the video🙏🏼!
@teckno_senpai
2 жыл бұрын
what an amazing overview... recently discovered my love and curiosity for synthesizers. this microfreak overview was quite perfect to say the least. now onto the next episode ! thx for this extensive yet "simple" demonstration
@undulations
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for the thoughtful feedback🙏🏼! (I need to update mine!!!)
@jorgoskatsimitsoulias8918
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Great explanations! The video helped me understand some basic minifreak concepts and details, that haven’t been clear to me before!
@undulations
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for checking it out😀!
@outside8071
4 жыл бұрын
Great video. Just picked up the microfreak as my first synth... new hobby. I look forward to watching the rest.
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
Matt Brown Glad to hear that! If any specific issue comes up then feel free to leave a comment about it👍🏻.
@outside8071
4 жыл бұрын
@@undulations Just caught the end. I'm going to assume that you are a big fan of The Irresistible Force? If not, check out his first album, Flying High.
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
Matt Brown I will do that; thanks for the recommendation!
@jteichma
8 ай бұрын
Thanks for such a great overview
@grandmasterjo1
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. 🙏🙏 A great run through on the various synthesis and it’s affect in conjunction with other parameters. 👌👌👌 Excellent tutorial
@undulations
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much for the feedback🙏🏼! (I think I really need to update mine again!)
@lucasgirke2725
5 жыл бұрын
keep on the good work, looking forward to the next episode :)
@undulations
5 жыл бұрын
Lucas Girke Thank You😀!
@mattkaz9604
4 жыл бұрын
Your voice is calming.
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
Matt Kaz Thank you. Just trying to deliver the info and keep things low key :)
@robbybobbyhobbies
4 жыл бұрын
Dude, you need to calm the freak down. Get the feeling your resting heart rate is about a third of mine 😀. Anyway, thanks for an excellent video. I got my MicroFreak last week and whilst it’s awesome just tinkering with it your videos are going to help me get deeper into its potential.
@minisynthcollective7822
4 жыл бұрын
Yes I love mine. Must go through all your videos over Xmas. I use mine with a Big Sky Fx and Korg Mini xd and system 1 roland for arps and drones etc. Arturia are a quality company. Great review will look at next ones when time.
@mikemeengs5720
2 жыл бұрын
This was a good supplemental video to Loopop's. Getting mine tomorrow! Timbre: "tamber" 😉
@undulations
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for checking it out🙏🏼! (and don't stop here, there are 4 or 5 more) A couple of years in now, still really feel like it is a powerhouse. The keyboard was everybody's biggest hangup early on - but I feel like it's a very expressive interface. Enjoy yours!
@expandingknowledge8269
3 жыл бұрын
A real fill the nitch synth. I love mine, amazing sounds and processing with this puppy. I use mine midied to my M-Audio Venom, and Yamaha TX-81Z. I have spent countless hours with the microfreak, hoping I can sample some of the sounds I have made with the freak put on my Korg DSS-1. Nice video my friend, love your content as always.
@undulations
3 жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks so much for the feedback🙏🏼! YES, sampling it is a great way to go - I want to put some of the new oscillator presets onto my Digitakt, process them there👍🏻
@expandingknowledge8269
3 жыл бұрын
@@undulations Absolutely 🎹 🎶 😎
@AhsanAli-bu3en
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing tutorial! As I’m a beginner, your instructions are easy to follow along and are in-depth. Really appreciate your content!
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
________ Happy to hear that and glad to help (especially a Death Note fan)!
@pyrhockz
Ай бұрын
Great stuff thanks !
@KurtLorenz
3 жыл бұрын
Loving this series!
@undulations
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much for checking it out🙏🏼! ps Sort of unplanned, but I'm uploading another video about it in a day or two👍🏻.
@lukegregg5944
3 жыл бұрын
@@undulations can't wait!
@undulations
3 жыл бұрын
@@lukegregg5944 Thanks!
@lukegregg5944
3 жыл бұрын
@@undulations no problem, I really appreciate your content. I know this is a bit of an open-ended question but I'd really appreciate your insight. Do you recommend the MicroFreak for someone buying their first synthesiser? If not would you recommend anything else? I know the MicroBrute gets recommended a lot but I really would like something not monophonic ideally, but also not too daunting to learn how to use. (I appreciate there is a learning curve with everything though).
@undulations
3 жыл бұрын
@@lukegregg5944 Well, I'm certainly a big advocate of MicroBrute as a first synth but totally understand what you're saying about the limitation of being monophonic. It has sort of a "classic" design/functionality in terms of the keyboard and patching. But, that said, I feel like the MicroFreak really would make a nice first synth, mainly just making sure what you are getting into with the MF's keyboard. It has a ton of built-in presets that are easy to explore. A lot of "performance" features like key pressure, a bend strip, all sorts of arpeggio and sequencer options, and so much depth in terms of sound design. It's also very easy to add to down the road: a reverb pedal and some sort of drum or bass synth to go along with it - even a Pocket Operator - and a lot of musical territory is wide open. I have trouble thinking of a better option at the price. Volcas are cheaper and some pair of them might be an alternative. A lot of it comes down to what you have in mind. Hope this helps - I know it can be tough to decide👍🏻!
@UncleBoogieRF
4 жыл бұрын
The Happy Birthday bit... Wonderful! Thanks for these vids. I’m a newbie to synths and have a Microfreak and this is very informative. (I don’t do well with manuals.)
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
Stromberg Thornton I’m really glad to hear that it’s helpful😀 Feel free to leave a comment/question if anything comes up in your explorations.
@jorntruyman
3 жыл бұрын
thank you man!!!!!
@undulations
3 жыл бұрын
You bet! ps make sure to update yours if you haven't already - the 3.0 additions are really nice🤯 new video about that should be posted early next week👍🏻
@pedrokiles3019
3 жыл бұрын
I love you man
@undulations
3 жыл бұрын
Pedro Kiles 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
@SouthShoreSonics
4 жыл бұрын
Great insightful video! I do not own a Microfreak but wonder if it can do the following. Send pressure to control the sustain, and with a moderate decay (which will act as the lag time), allows you to lag the wavetable position via the sustain level. So, in paraphonic mode, and an open filter, when you press a note the wavetable position lags from initial position to whatever was lagged with the pressure value controlling the sustain. Totally possible on a Blofeld, but the Blofeld only has channel presure, and not polyphonic pressure like the Microfreak.
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
Mark Pigott I feel like what you are describing is quite possible. You could route Pressure to the main envelope Sustain knob (so that could be user-defined destination 1), and then route that envelope (thus the sustain value, once the decay is over) to the Timbre knob (which is position within the table in Wavetable synthesis mode). I’m curious about the sound. I’ll give it a try and report back👍🏻.
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
I set up something that I think is pretty much like you have described. I feel like there are a variety of ways to set the parameters. Sounds nice. For some of these tables it kind of has an Aphex Twin sound about it.
@SouthShoreSonics
4 жыл бұрын
@@undulations So, this allows a different lagged wavetable per voice! Excellent!
@richardjones7793
3 жыл бұрын
Aloha, does anybody know how to patch change on the Freek from an external keyboard? My keyboard can change the sounds but can't patch change during play back.
@noodlingaround2023
4 жыл бұрын
Nice one. Thanks. Sounds great. How do I get audio out of this and through my powered monitors. I also have an M Track interface and ableton. But I'm new to hardware synths and don't really understand the connections. Thank you..
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
richard irons Thank you! In the video I’m just running a standard 3.5mm stereo aux cable from the synth headphone output (it is a dual mono signal, not actual stereo) into my recorder. You can use a similar headphone/ aux cable method with a lot of monitors. The synth has a balanced line out (stereo 1/4”) that works with some monitors and audio interfaces. I’m not familiar with the inputs for your interface, but it’s possible that you would need a 3.5mm stereo to dual 1/4” mono Y-cable. I hope this helps!
@noodlingaround2023
4 жыл бұрын
@@undulations Thanks for very much. I'll look into your comments and try and work it out..)
@SpeedballaOne
4 жыл бұрын
Be honest, how baked are you ?
@teckno_senpai
2 жыл бұрын
lmao
@positionnormal
4 жыл бұрын
You don't need to sort out the bright lights. I like them a lot along with the blue background.
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
position normal yeah, i may have overreacted🤔 but it seemed so bright on bigger screens. Thanks for checking it out👍🏻!
@MrKeys57
4 жыл бұрын
coming to your channel is like coming into a big musicshop/musical world, where you get the best personal service and demos!! -- but this synth is not for me i think. a little bit to "sharp" and metallic for me, but i think very versatile for many
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
MrKeys57 That makes sense👍🏻 Now, if you want a warmer-sounding synth - Arturia also makes the MicroBrute. It’s more of a classic sort of analog synth. I really enjoy it - particularly the sound, panel layout, and the build quality. Food for thought...
@Skiamakhos
3 жыл бұрын
How easy is it to re-order the factory presets? They seem to be a bit of a jumble: personally I'd sooner group them by category so you have all your leads together, all your pads in another group, sequences in another, and so on. As it is it's like browsing through a badly sorted record collection trying to find a particular record.
@undulations
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed! Will take a look at it and get back to you👍🏻
@undulations
3 жыл бұрын
Okay, great question, and I learned some things coming up with an answer. First thing I should say is that trying to organize things directly on the MF is possible but not very practical for major moves like this. I.e. you load and save presets of one type into a blank region of the presets. This is good for setting up a performance, I'd say. Second thing, the Arturia MIDI Control Center (AMCC) software allows imports and exports of Projects but the files are not human readable (was hoping you might could re-org stuff in a text editor). Note: a Project is a collection of presets that can be sent to/from the MF (along with global data, I think.). So, this all means that the AMCC interface is the best way to do what you are suggesting. Now, one way to do it would be drag-and-drop sorting within a project's lists of presets - easier, but still a lot of work. So, to me, it seems like the best way is to go into the Search tab, click a preset 'type' button (i.e. Lead or such) and then - because of the 2-panel setup (search on pc on left, MF memory on right) - drag the search results onto the MF slots. So, for example, I have 6 different Strings presets on my PC that show up in the search panel, and I can just drag them one at a time to preset slots 1-6 on my MF. It's kind of brute force, but it doesn't really take that long if you are doing it one main time. Then, I should stress, it would be a good idea to load your work BACK onto the computer so that your sorting is preserved in a separate project. Hope this helps👍🏻
@Skiamakhos
3 жыл бұрын
@@undulations that's awesome. I suspect there may be a feature request in that for Arturia - some kind of sort function within the midi controller software? As a developer myself I know that's fairly trivial to achieve, so I'll drop them a line & see what they say. Thanks again!
@joeblow593
4 жыл бұрын
I tried the press/pitch on the matrix as shown but it had no effect, what am I doing wrong?
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
Joe Blow Well, I guess start with the Init patch (to make sure the Pressure is reading aftertouch, not velocity). Then scroll and set the mod matrix value. Make sure that the light stays lit when you scroll away from that press/pitch point. Scroll back to it and confirm a non-zero number. Then press with the pad of your finger, kinda hard. Last thing, use the power supply that came with it, not usb. Let me know what happens👍🏻!
@joeblow593
4 жыл бұрын
@@undulationsThanks for the quick reply. You must live on the internet as I do, haha! I found out the keyboard sensitivity was set too low at 70%. Once I set it to 80%, it worked like a charm. 100% was too high, sounded crazy. I think the moisture on your fingers also has an effect on this. It is very dry right now. This thing is great, have much to learn and your videos are excellent.
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
Joe Blow You’re welcome! I’m glad you figured it out! I’ve noticed that the humidity factor is substantial. Enjoy the synth, and thanks a lot for the feedback👍🏻!
@joeblow593
4 жыл бұрын
@@undulations Yup, that feature is great for pitch bends on the fly, who needs a wheel! Now need to find a good Telstar patch.
@exitritual
5 жыл бұрын
I felt it might just be gimmicky, but it makes some pretty cool sounds.
@undulations
5 жыл бұрын
scott sturgis I think the dynamics (lfo and cycling envelope) will really add a lot. ps the hurricane only brushed us, no flooding issues at the place, so i will be working on 2nd video very soon👍🏻.
@exitritual
5 жыл бұрын
@@undulations That's good to hear that Dorian kept its distance!
@flarfadelic5654
4 жыл бұрын
the thing is downright bad ass. I've had mine for a couple of months now and I've never made so much music!!!!! it's fire!
@mattkaz9604
4 жыл бұрын
I was wondering the same thing, but one came up really cheap so I got it and it certainly has enough range to be central to my setup. The voice playback engine is pretty cheesy, but every other sound generator has great potential.
@richardjones7793
3 жыл бұрын
Good hardware they had to make it appeal to teanagers but it's very real.
@Nixo66
3 жыл бұрын
At 5 mins you try to describe a problem with the audio but I am very confused as to what you are referring too? You say you " could use your headphones but" can you please elaborate the problem you are referring to and what part of the machine exactly like are you talking about the headphone jack, or something else. I rewatched it a few times and I cant tell. I just bought my unit and I'm worried I cant use my setup I currently just have headphones and I have a set of computer speakers with an 8th inch jack would that work ?
@undulations
3 жыл бұрын
Hey, yes that's fine. Using the headphone jack is the surefire way to go, for headphones, pc speakers, field recorder, etc. The issue comes from using the 1/4" line out jack on the back which is a "balanced" output. It just means that the two signals (one on the tip conductor of the jack, the other on the ring conductor of the jack ) are out of phase (i.e. one is the negative of the other). Those signals can cancel out in a lot of circumstances and lead to really weak output. I've seen a review on YT where that happened - almost no volume in the uploaded audio. Weird stuff like it sounds okay on speakers but disappears on a phone speaker. Anyway, the line out is for hooking to an audio interface or a set of speakers with a balanced input. I hope this helps👍🏻
@Nixo66
3 жыл бұрын
@@undulations omg thanks for the quick reply. I love your stuff I am going thru all of your model cycles and microfreak videos that is my current setup. Thanks for everything ! Any more content on model cycles would be amazing your stuff is so helpful
@undulations
3 жыл бұрын
@@Nixo66 Thanks very much for the feedback🙏🏼! Not sure if you do Instagram, but over there I posted a Cycles thing that I wish I had put in one of these videos, making a "pad" sound (slow attack) using the LFO. I'm dr_nim2014 over there, it was posted 1/2/21 (I think I also talked about it in part 1 of my Jamuary videos from like 5 weeks ago). Anyway, thanks again!
@merciless.techno
4 жыл бұрын
:D
@undulations
4 жыл бұрын
No Mercy - Home of Techno music 🙏🏼
@jonnyhead
3 жыл бұрын
Falling asleep.....
@undulations
3 жыл бұрын
"Do not operate heavy machinery after consuming this video..."
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