@@TheGreatPanicker Hah, I need to re-watch that part! He is still my beloved productivity neutralizer. Thanks much for checking out the video🙏🏼!

@@tristan-deniet Well, I think I need to get it out and check that🤔. It's a good question that I feel like I should be sure about answering. I'll follow up with the findings. That said, do you use Koala Sampler (available on various platforms)? I like it a lot. Their treatment of sampling has gotten more "granular friendly" over time, and using it with a midi controller makes it even more suited (because the on-screen behavior is dragging around the sample edges, but with midi you can move the start [with a mapped knob] and the sample side stays fixed, so a slide-able window). It isn't automatic, ie scanning, but I think I've used AUM and some other app that automates midi out to hack some scanning. Thanks for checking out the video🙏🏼!

@@undulations Looks cool, but I'm mostly looking for a hardware granular synth. The microgranny was definitely attractive for the price, but I think just barely unusable for my purposes. There's really only a handful of hardware granular synths and most of them are very expensive, unfortunately.

@ Ever thought about a Model:Samples? I feel like I've learned quite a bit about granular since doing the M:S granular video on here, need to revisit it. Also, about Koala. I totally understand about wanting a hardware granular synth, was skeptical of apps in general - but Spacecraft Granular was the first one to really change that. Then Koala generally changed how I do a lot of stuff. I guess it's not really intended for audio editing but I like it for that. It also has DAW-like features that I really need to use more.

@@undulations I've def looked at the model samples, but not for granular stuff. Are you saying it can do granular things? I actually finally found what appears to be my solution last night. The Sonicware Liven Texture Lab. Very similar form factor and price point to the model devices, looks like it has what I need and a bit more!

@@randompuppy789 🙏🏼

@@monnicamii Sigh. I guess the short version is that I sort of burned out on the Kastles, needed a break. Longer version is me perpetually re-learning that the only video I should work on is the next one. Whenever I work on 3 or 4 videos down the line, as in this case, I tend to lose the plot. Also, changes in my available time this year. Stuff with my daughters, stuff with helping out my dad a lot. Anyway, I'm planning to start back on making videos (I do miss it), but it probably won't be those Arp videos first. I've been thinking about condensing the Arp content that I have into a single video. Thanks much for your interest, for the feedback, and for watching🙏🏼!

@@undulations thanks man. Family first! Your videos have helped me understand how to use the kastl machines and your jama continue to inspire what i do. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@@monnicamii It means a lot hear that🙏🏼

@@sokoleski Hey, thanks so much for the feedback🙏🏼!

@@Marcelrocha884 You're welcome! Thanks a lot for checking it out🙏🏼!

@@psychrockvinyl Thanks so much for the feedback🙏🏼!

@@moosetone Well, you saw it right, but that functionality got paved over by one of the MicroFreak updates. I still have no idea why it would be changed, as the feature really seemed to add to the overall playability of the MF. I wish it was at least a feature that could be toggled on or off. Anyway, sorry this is no help. Thanks very much for checking out the video🙏🏼!

@@undulations I was able to reproduce it when I had the MF synced to USB. Maybe you were running it on external clock?

@@moosetone It's been a while, but I don't think I was (I tend to isolate the main gear in a video, unless there is an explicit reason). BUT - I will definitely consider using usb sync just for allowing smooth changes! Thanks a ton for that tip!

@@TheWaveSon Well, it was the first video on the channel. Feel free to ask whatever and I'll do my best to answer. Thanks for checking it out, regardless🙏🏼!

@@JimWinn-g2e Thank you 🙏🏼! I really appreciate the feedback! I've been offline for a while, helping my Dad and family with some stuff, but I want to get back to making videos soon (tantalizingly close to 10K subs). Thanks again for taking the time to comment!

@@MsCellobass Oh, no big deal; it's just a holdover from the very first MF video on the channel. Somehow, the panel lights were phasing with my camera's framerate. I felt like it was sort of a potential sensory issue. So I taped 'em up to mitigate and just got used to it. Thanks much for watching🙏🏼!

@@MichaMaschiene-jd8wd I bet it is! Is that mainly as an effect box or is there midi or syncing. i wish i knew more about GB music making. I still have a GB Pocket and a coulle of GBA SP's🤔

@undulations Put Your Gameboy into The FX Panel in Nts1 and have Fun , ITS great without Sync , You can fingered Out 🎛️💯⚙️

@@prcr I really appreciate the feedback! Thanks much for subscribing🙏🏼!

@@erichfischer8064 Thanks a lot for checking it out🙏🏼! I need to go back and listen to that part🤔...

@@ColectivoLaberintos I guess it comes down to personal preferences about workflow and sound design. Maybe it's more like a tracker than a piano roll? Lots of parallels. I feel like there are probably some things like precise and continuous control of note duration and parameter automation lanes that a DAW can do, this device not, but the sequencer is generally quite powerful. A limit of 6 tracks but parameter locking (a type of automation) and fx can help make a really full sound. And being able to do it all from a custom hardware interface is really nice, a powerful aspect of this sort of box. As for longer works? Yes, absolutely. You can chain patterns and multiples of patterns together as a program - or do the jumping from A to B, for example, in real time (either instantly or at the end of a pattern, keeping in time). Beyond that, the randomization aspects of the M:C can allow you to make small complex loops that never quite play the same way, giving another pathway to longer musical creations. For example, I made a single loop that has randomization in the drums, chord stabs, and melody - I recorded an hour of it and enjoy listening to that on occasion. I think there is a Short of it on the channel, check it out as an example.

@@undulations thank you for your reply and for your helpful videos 👍🏽

@@jchristmann You're very welcome, thanks much for checking it out🙏🏼! One thing, I think the various updates have made some of the details of this video outdated. I really need to update my MicroFreak, btw!

@@mltv_hard You're welcome! Thanks very much for watching and the kind feedback🙏🏼! I've been on a bit of a hiatus, some other projects and family stuff, but I hope to be back to making more videos again soon. Thanks again! Comments like this have always been the best part of the whole thing.

@@luciendevolontat2488 It is👽! I guess pretty much anything could help? Tap on a cardboard box🤔? Thanks a lot for checking out the video🙏🏼 (I've been on a summer hiatus but hope to be posting some shorts and more tutorials soon).

@@sonicforest521 Hey, thanks a lot for checking out the video🙏🏼! Sorry this took a minute to reply to, I wanted to sit down and measure the minimum bpm for the LFO (stepped, specifically). Mine does a note change like every 53 seconds, which i figure to be somewhere just above 1/4 bpm. So, it's pretty slow as is, but I definitely see how you might want to have it even slower. One route that I've never tried (and not totally sure is possible) would be to somehow hack it slower - changes in the code or in some sort of internal timing circuit, idk🤷🏻‍♂️. People build Kastles, and maybe the code onboard is open source? That said, the next point to make is that the LFO Reset on the Kastle 1.5 isn't a "sync" input, per se. It just lets another signal reset the LFO instead of running its course. So, I'm pretty positive that you can't use the LFO Reset to make it run _slower_. I've done some stuff, just patching, that causes some really, really long notes, but I recall that setup to be unpredictable and not following a sequence at all. Anyway, as you know, it's really the no external gear part that's tough, of course. Some sort of MIDI-to-CV converter would open the door wide. I'd probably use an SQ-1 (or 2 of them for going super slow, see SQ-1 video on here if that's of interest). Sorry if this is no help. Wish I could help, but not seeing how🤔.

@@undulations 1/4 bpm? That is very slow. Is it possible to make that slow? I guess I have a lot to learn. Thank you so much for such a detailed reply. I was gonna give away my Kastle because all I make is just random noise without much context. but now I should reconsider. By the way, have you ever played with Soma Lab's Rumble of Acient Times? Someone suggested me to try it. Thanks.

@@sonicforest521 That Rumble of Ancient Times looks really cool🧐! Also a pretty reasonable price!

@@qwerwerterytrtyutyuiyuiouiop Glad to hear that it's helpful! Thanks a lot for checking it out! Enjoy your 0-Coast👍🏻!

@@laurenkenney9813 well, i can't recall if the kit and program saving/loading is shown in this video or the next one? but all sounds get made directly on the Drum. so, you can, for example, load program 16, maybe the sequencing patterns are blank, or maybe not? then you can do the load kit operation, just to see what the current kit is (the flashing led), the hit func to get out of that. so, say it's kit 16. then the 6 pads are the 6 sounds for that kit. you can modify those with the synthesis parameters, make 6 entirely new sounds. it you like the kit you've made then you can save it. now, if you save it to kit 16 then that's fine. BUT, if you don't want to write over kit 16, save it to, say, kit 15? this is fine, and program 16 will be using kit 15, just as you would like. BUT, that is a change to program 16, so if you just turn the Drum off or go to a different program, when you come back to program 16 it will still load kit 16, back to the original. so, what you need to make sure of doing, is to save the program if you change the kit number. that said, if you like the new kit but don't want modified sequences you can reload program 16, load kit 15, and then save program 16. i know this is sort of a mouthful. but, the 6 drum sounds are made live on the Drum, those sounds can be stored as a kit, the sequences are made live, and those are stored as program. then the last detail is to make sure that a program loads the correct kit. a lot of times you'll have multiple programs, say 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, all using the same kit - say they all use kit 15 - then with pattern chaining you can make a longer sequence and if you want to change a drum sound you only have to do it in one spot. there are also ways to copy sounds. i hope this helps!

This is such a thorough response. I can't believe you answered so fast! Yay internet! Yay Undulations! I think either I'm not understanding something or I'm missing something very simple. When, in the video, you pop into your kit with the three basic sounds on 1, 2, and 3, with 4-6 at level 0. You made those sounds...then how did you save 1 to 1, the next to 2, and the last to 3? I see how you save the group as a kit....I'm just not smart enough to save the individual parts.

@@laurenkenney9813 well, there really isn't any saving of the individual parts. when you save a kit it saves each of the part sounds as it is. i think the only way to, for example, make a new kit out of soumds from other kits is by copying and pasting. make sense? feel free to ask more questions and i will do my best👍🏻