42 Min. Arturia MicroFreak Only (16 Step Seq.// V.Analog Improvisation)

[@PunguinYoga]

Thanks so much. I know someone who has 20 years' experience with synths and recording engineering. He says the MF is the mini-synth of the decade and he uses it in every track he records. (Maybe not as the featured instrument...) I decided to buy one next week. This video is just what I was looking for: No talking and no loud drum machine drowning out the Freak. I'm new to synths and music. But the MF + my Yamaha Reface CS + my TASCAM 4-track "Pocket Studio" will equal fun for this 68-year-old who decided to finally buy a synthesizer. I know nothing about playing but I'm really enjoying the CS. Looking forward to the MF. Thanks again.

[@Volcaniced]

MF + my Yamaha Reface CS is the combination I used in my 1. Jam at Thomann last year ... checl it out ...kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIm4c6KLdtyHZ7M I loved this combination ...was great fun for me ... and yes the MF is a good choice for beginners and especially for improvising jammers like me ...yesterday I got my 2. MF in white as a gift by ARTURIA ...I am so proud ....so double MF Videos coming up soon

[@PunguinYoga]

@@Volcaniced Great!

[@PunguinYoga]

@@Volcaniced That's right! I watched that! Interesting. It's astonishing what they can cram into small musical instruments now. The CS almost looks like a toy... until you lift it. Solidly built... So much fun...

[@PunguinYoga]

@@Volcaniced Wow! Congrats on the gift!

[@WayneMcKenzie]

I'm 65 and just got a MF, tascam 05x, Volca Drum and zoom cdr 70, no musical training but I am blessed with ears and have an extreme desire to make electronic music. I very much like Recondite and Sama Abdulhadi

[@petercane6376]

Well there is one thing. You definitely know what you arw doing with synths. Incredible dexterity and knowledge. So inspirational. This thing is ALIVE and answers back!!!!

[@Volcaniced]

Yes. That's it. It's a living thing.

[@jason3898]

I've seen plenty of videos where the MicroFreak was used to make entire songs, but they were done on individually recorded tracks. This video is so inspiring, I didn't realize it could be used to this level of live entertainment. I just got the Stellar edition in June as my first ever hardware synth. I'm going to be studying all your tricks and playing with it non-stop now.

[@Volcaniced]

Thanks for listening to my jam.

[@rayderrich]

I asked my wife to watch this for a minute. She did not understand. LOL! Thanks for sharing these creative moments!

[@Volcaniced]

muhahahaha .... I know that feeling exactly ... my girlfriend doesnt understand nothing about what I am doing

[@rayderrich]

@@Volcaniced Watched this again 9 months later, now I like it even more :)

[@andersrandom]

Absolutely FANTASTIC and interstellar. I had the best meditation to this.... Thank you so much

[@Volcaniced]

your welcome my friend

[@TheSemtexCow]

Another albums worth of great music, and through demo of Microfreak 🙏 Love seeing you in a musical trance, at one with the sound and yet one step ahead.

[@sergemassa2937]

Bravo, fabulous volcaniced.....

[@Volcaniced]

hey you are welcome my friend

[@dvdny]

The first 26 mins is a pretty decent minimalist/ambient drone. Very nice! Now I gotta save up for one of these :-)

[@_wesb]

WOW! That was most of an hour WELL spent! Thanks for the master class :)

[@Volcaniced]

Hey Wes, happy that I didnt waste you time. Are you a musician too?

[@_wesb]

@@Volcaniced Hi. I'm more of a Drummer/Percussionist, but love electronic music creating. I just got a MicroFreak and your video was soo helpful in seeing the potential of the sequencer. Thanks again for this video. It sounds killer, and the way you recorded it is perfect! I'm sure I'll watch it a few more times as I get more used to the MicroFreak :)

[@Volcaniced]

@@_wesb oh that's so nice of you thanks

[@sonofflynn6369]

Absolut genial und unfassbar inspirierend! Seit drei Tagen ist der MF in meinem Setup und ist seit dato der einzige Synth, der benutzt wird. Wegen dieses Jams musste ich ihn einfach haben. Vielen Dank!!!

[@Volcaniced]

Oh das ist aber zu viel der Ehre. Der MicroFreak ist einfach der Hammer in vielen Bereichen und er passt zu meinem Stil, was sicher nicht bei jedem zutrifft. Aber wenn du ihn magst dann freut mich das. Nimm dir Zeit das Ding kennenzulernen, da steckt so viel drin....auch Sachen, die nicht in der Anleitung stehen. Dazu habe ich auch Videos gemacht.

[@sonofflynn6369]

Das sprichwörtliche Synthesizerfass ohne Boden. Er lässt mich nicht mehr los! Der beste Synthkauf seit Jahren für mich. Lange schon hab ich mich nicht mehr so in einem Synth verloren.

[@Volcaniced]

@@sonofflynn6369 das kann ich 100% bestätigen .... in 1 Stunde kommt Day 28 vom #Jamuary ....sei gespannt was ich mit dem Freak gemacht habe ....

[@superpelaox]

Divine 🙌

[@Volcaniced]

Yes. Thank you

[@coltranius]

Sounds great! That sequencer is something else!

[@sumchi3690]

The filters on this are just wonderful 🎶🎵🎶

[@Volcaniced]

Yeah you are right 😊

[@Myuzak]

More brilliance from the Master

[@Volcaniced]

Thank you very much dee dee

[@TakefluenceShorts]

Inspiring!

[@Volcaniced]

Thx

[@Tape_Echo_Player]

awesome jam session, thanks for sharing

[@drmoibob]

Man, You really can change this machine to space shuttle :) Big ups!

[@Σιγμα-ζ3υ]

Very Ultimae sounds, cool

[@reinhardwolf2855]

Dankeschön, ich habe da jetzt die Sache mit den Sequenzerspuren auch mal richtig verstanden 🙃😜 Und C moll ist immer eine gute Wahl 🌺

[@Volcaniced]

C moll ist super....

[@badlefthook624]

Reverb turns me on. Top work my man 👍

[@andi6971]

Einfach großartig!!!

[@Volcaniced]

Danke dir vielmals

[@hoover2615]

Fantastic! So small. So powerful! Need one right now!

[@Dudderlyful]

Excellent vid, the 'freak is real - and it's great!

[@Volcaniced]

Definately YES

[@dantorangeau2570]

Got to play with this today, it is so fun

[@Volcaniced]

Have fun its awesome ...so deep

[@i_never_asked_for_an_alias]

This warpstabilisation on the video is kinda trippy. Nice sounds also.

[@reintje58]

Its an amazing music- machine. Thanks !

[@Volcaniced]

yeah it is definately

[@pmc5532]

Brilliant stuff, my next purchase i think.

[@Volcaniced]

thanks man

[@Phoenix_1982_MD]

This is outstanding. Just bought one. Waiting to get in trance :)

[@Volcaniced]

the Microfreak is working I am just sitting there watching him.

[@Roland_Tr909_Swing]

I'm sold I'm getting one of these for dub techno

[@Volcaniced]

Best decision man...definately worth every single euro

[@UncleBoogieRF]

Wish I could download your knowledge and skills into my head so I could master the Microfreak.

[@Volcaniced]

Belive me, I didnt even read the manual ......

[@lucasbrasil4650]

@@Volcaniced hahaha thats the way bro :)

[@chrisliddiard725]

Easily the most musical thing i've heard on the freak..... i'm sure there's more to come.

[@PunguinYoga]

@@chrisliddiard725 That's what I was thinking. I'm happy it can do that because I'm pretty sure I'm buying one next week.

[@Dan_leon]

OMG best video yet

[@Volcaniced]

Omg thank you so much ....

[@jonnyhead]

Brilliant i love this powerful little synth

[@bobwaves2691]

100% Validation.

[@Volcaniced]

Thank you very much

[@jasonchambers6787]

Reminds me of Boris Divider's The Source album. Sounds amazing with that reverb

[@Volcaniced]

Thank you very much

[@TheSoundTestRoom]

I shall have to do more MicroFreak Demos, this is great 👍

[@Volcaniced]

Wow, what an honor for me ..that you Doug for listening to this jam :)

[@dockdrumming]

Wonderful stuff.

[@Volcaniced]

Hey @dockdrumming thank you very much

[@MrJackal43]

How come my Freak won’t do o that? Hmmmm.... broken i think! Lol! Killa man!

[@ajang2005]

feine sache, danke fürs teilen. meiner sollte morgen endlich kommen. freu mich schon wie ein kleines kind :-) ...einmal noch schlafen!

[@Volcaniced]

Kannst du auch ... Oh empfehle das Manual aufmerksam zu lesen. Kannst du auch heute schon .. kann man ja runterladen ..

[@ajang2005]

@@Volcaniced schwierig... da schreibst du schon unten, dass du nicht mal das Manual gelesen hast... 😅😅👍 aber stimmt natürlich, macht immer Sinn!

[@Volcaniced]

@@ajang2005 ja ich bin halt da anders. ich pack das ding aus und arbeite damit, manuals sind mir egal .... aber ist halt nicht jeder so und da stehen sicherlich sinnvolle sachen drin :)

[@chrisliddiard725]

@16:00 Nice...... //grinning from ear to ear// ... nnnnniiiiiicccccccceeeeeee.

[@SisterRose]

there's a lot of stuff that could really help with versatility with the MF I feel, like having access to AMP MOD(and even better, increasing it to values that distort), and having some shift functions on some of the oscillators for things like sync/ring mod. This does make me want to play around with mine more tho.

[@Volcaniced]

.give it a try ...the matrix is magic.

[@henryr506]

Your music is so awesome!

[@Volcaniced]

Wow thank you very much friend

[@master1116]

Genial! Jetzt das ganze bitte mit Erläuterungen, was du da tust :D Habe meinen heute bekommen und mich bisher noch nie mit sythies etc. beschäftigt. Ist doch was anderes als Gitarre spielen :D

[@Volcaniced]

du wirst lachen, aber das einzige was ich hier mache ist, den MF mit Noten füttern in der gleichen Scalierung. Der Sequencer des MF is so genial, dass er dir aus den Noten neue Kombinationen baut und so einen super Basis hast zu musizieren. Das ist im Prinzip wie Gitarre spielen. Du spielst einen Accord in den Reverb und dann einzelne Noten passen dazu, nächster Accord, andere Noten. Nur, dass dich der MF dabei unterstützt.

[@Atoemchen456]

Fantastic! This vid made me buy a microfreak instantly! You should get paid from Arturia, I think you sold a lot of units for them...;-)

[@Sadlive]

Jawoll...wieder ein Treffer😀 🎶

[@mathiase.7096]

WOW! And i think there is only a reverb behind? No feedback delay? What t* f*** would happen to these things if you added an additional delay between the freak and the reverb unit?? Awesome session. This instrument seems 2b extremly inspiring!

[@Volcaniced]

Yeap no delay ...only reverb..thanks for listening.

[@carstenherbst2934]

Extrem Nice, i also LOVE my MicroFreak.... The best Hardware Synth from Arturia so far....

[@Volcaniced]

Definately.

[@AllaMortify]

@@Volcaniced Better than the Microbrute or Minibrute?

[@Volcaniced]

@@AllaMortify aren't they not Analog? MicroFreak ist digital with an Analog Filter

[@AllaMortify]

@@Volcaniced Yeah, the Brutes are analog. Just somewhat surprised to hear someone rank the Freak above those, even if it is comparing apples with oranges. The Virtual analog in the vid sounded pretty good I must say though.

[@Volcaniced]

@@AllaMortify the absolute magic is the matrix....the matrix makes the microfreak so so good...

[@Pulse2AM]

Love it good video. Great synth better at the price too!

[@HEC9]

Funny Freak Sequencer!!! Nice!!!

[@Futureozone]

Klingt schon geil🤙

[@Volcaniced]

Danke Danke Bernd.

[@brentboudreau4360]

I love the part starting at 15:24 and when you release the keys...sounds like an electric guitar :)

[@EarlyMist]

Its certainly has more apparent character than the Ana 4 and Syntakt which I just finished playing with. I'm keeping the MF and Pro 3 thats for sure.

[@Volcaniced]

That's a good choice. Congratz.

[@dietervoser4425]

Tolle Sequenz. !

[@Volcaniced]

Vielen Dank Dieter. Schön dass es dir gefällt

[@trikOsk]

Greaaat! 19:30

[@Volcaniced]

Thank you very much .... the MF is so ... great .... the Workflow is fluffy..... There is something that's alive inside

[@camlong89]

Really enjoy your videos. Any chance of doing one on evolving drones with the Microfreak?

[@Volcaniced]

Don't lose hope..,

[@maayaa77]

Epic !!

[@TONNELTO]

Great job...Please do a tutorial on it

[@PunguinYoga]

Thanks!

[@Volcaniced]

Your welcome mate

[@seanwintersax]

What do you have the cycling envelope routing? It looks like you don't touch it for the video and all the knobs are turned down. Just wondering what you would have routed there and what effect it has on the sound you're getting.

[@Volcaniced]

Your right...no cycling envelope...everything is handmade.

[@frankramrath8433]

And now you work at a Vocoder Impro? ;-) I yesterday night discovered it . Only the iphone headphone worked. Need a real Microphone adapter now.

[@Volcaniced]

Waiting for the microphone adapter

[@woodswalker88]

Very nice! I wonder if I should trade my Electribe EMX with one of these! what do the zigzags do in the graphics panel to the right, just above the keys?

[@Volcaniced]

it's a glide Pad to use with the finger ..... watch 25:27 ...the spice and dice button is to randomize the sequence :)

[@justFUNdimples]

VolcaNiced it’s for pitch bending... the glide control is on the left by the orange knobs.

[@rudigergellert60]

Specular sound! ; )

[@GoatFelon]

This just blew my mind... was this all done with the v.analog oscillator and the sequencer?? Sounds great man! I'm new to the synth world and just picked up a Microfreak. Do you have any advice for how to start learning to improvise like this?

[@Volcaniced]

Hey Isaac, thank you very much for your Feedback on this jam. Improvising is something that's inside yourself. What you can learn are the scales ... So which notes for together. And the rest is up to you. Your will see that improvised music is like free diving. More risk but also more fun.

[@GoatFelon]

Thanks for the reply! Is there any reason to use the sequencer in monophonic mode instead of paraphonic?

[@hamiltonnunn9602]

@@GoatFelon yes different rhythm and sound

[@martinsara7930]

Nice bro!

[@Volcaniced]

Thank you very much Martin.

[@edwinbrown9951]

What are you using for FX (reverb, etc)? Sounds amazing BTW. Great job

[@Volcaniced]

It's the specular reverb V3 as mentioned in the discription.

[@gaborb6577]

🎹👍🏻👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@maatstampij]

thxalot

[@greg20152015]

Simply beautiful.. Thanks again! Enjoying all of your vids! So I have to ask, which synth would you recommend for starting out? I was looking at this unit, (microfreak), Minilogue XD, Korg Volca, Mininova? Which one do you like the best? Thank you!

[@Volcaniced]

In my opinion its a question of analog and digital .... I would prefer the monologue cause you learn a lot about sound building ..

[@greg20152015]

@@Volcaniced Just bought the Microfreak. I had to! It just seems too cool for $300! Another question, for this video, were you using any external effects processor? If so which one?

[@Volcaniced]

@@greg20152015 here I used the specular reverb 3

[@greg20152015]

@@Volcaniced Ok great! Appreciate the info!

[@Volcaniced]

@Mike Tester this is nothing more then audio out into mixer...the mixer has an FX OUT and return...

[@Mcbenaofficial]

This is the best patch I've heard out of MicroFreak. Is this patch available?

[@Volcaniced]

It's a noodeling around with the V.Analog Patch

[@Volcaniced]

@Mike Tester it's one of the factory oscilators...

[@OddwicMusic]

Is all this music being made with just the arturia synth, or do you have other things going on with it? Like if I just buy this thing with no other equipment or laptop, can I make these sounds? Thanks!

[@Volcaniced]

you need a bit of effect in the backround ... wether it can be a pedal like I use (Specular reverb 3) or an VST Effect in Ableton...

[@epigon1]

Nice jam.. gotta change your nick to MicroFreakNiced ;-)

[@TechTronix01]

Making it scream.. Nice.. can hear that nts1 a mile off lol

[@Volcaniced]

Haha yes...

[@TechTronix01]

@@Volcaniced really nice though man. You move around that thing with ease.. and the way you use the record function reminds me of your other jams.. I like the workflow..good work

[@Volcaniced]

@@TechTronix01 I am so honoured my friend. Thank you very much.

[@krokus5714]

Hi bro, one cuestion...the sequencer is the same as that of volca bass?

[@Volcaniced]

no it isnt ... the microfreak has a tone more of possibilities

[@dampferschrauber3149]

Fun , Chillout ,👍

[@consciouscoma85]

like a Brian Eno show or tangerine dream.

[@Volcaniced]

what an honor thank you

[@technofications3686]

Add microtuning arturia this is not fair

[@alaeifR]

+1

[@informationsuperhighway100]

Is. It the same patch being played constantly ,that's being manipulated!?sounds like it is,same keyboard sound!🤔cause Thiers a huge variation of effect,tone,oscillation, etc,etc!am I wrong?

[@Volcaniced]

Yeap it's always the same v.analog patch

[@57muzic]

Too much reverb, for me, but apparently this is what some listeners like, cause you have quite a lot of views my friend. It's kinda funny because I use to do stuff very similar, many, many years ago. I'm finally coming back on the scene. But all-in-all it's a good video. This is one of many videos I viewed before making my purchase. Thanks an continue to have fun, my friend!

[@Volcaniced]

Yeah you are right ...I better delete this video

[@gabemusicofficial5448]

Merrick Mitchell 1 just the right amount of reverb...

[@57muzic]

@@gabemusicofficial5448 I'm opened minded, thanks for your rebuttal.

[@metmain5]

Too much reverb? Is that a thing?

[@Flying_Karsten]

Noch 9 Tage, dann hab ich ihn :)

[@Volcaniced]

Du wirst das Ding lieben..

[@Flying_Karsten]

@@Volcaniced jetzt steigt meine Vorfreude umso mehr. Wie sieht es mit dem Crave aus, oder soll ich ihn wieder aus dem Warenkorb packen? :) Hab etwas gelesen, der Step Sequenzer soll nicht so toll sein, zu viel Shift meinte jemand, aber wenn es so ähnlich ist wie bei Artutia, find ich es okay.

[@Flying_Karsten]

@@Volcaniced fuck, ist der Microfreak krank, ebenso der Crave!

[@bibochou4750]

a Moog Voyager for 277 euros

[@ivanbaridon-noordic]

I ask you , did You add a reverb outside The microfreak?

[@Volcaniced]

yeap the specular reverb v3 (as mentioned in the Discription)

[@TheSteventodd71]

What preset are you using?

[@Volcaniced]

This is only v Analog and noodling around

[@TheSteventodd71]

@@Volcaniced really! I dloaded the free presets from arturia, u should check them out.

[@Volcaniced]

@@TheSteventodd71 the Plaisir Patches? .... I dif a video about the whole set ... Check my channel :)

[@Volcaniced]

@@TheSteventodd71 kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3aTgoWon9RgaJo

[@noodlingaround2023]

VolcaNiced Very nice.. Great sound.. When you say the v Analog preset, which preset do you actually mean. From which preset pack is it..? Many thanks..

[@lucasbrasil4650]

sprichst du deutsch?

[@Volcaniced]

Aber sicher

[@lucasbrasil4650]

@@Volcaniced das freut mich, denn mein englisch ist recht dürftig... vielen dank für deine Inspiration, ich freue mich schon auf mehr... 😊 kennst du den korg minilogue xd? ich denke über eine Anschaffung nach + gutes Reverb, hättest da einen Tipp für mich?

[@Volcaniced]

@@lucasbrasil4650 ich habe aktuell Kontakt zu korg aufgenommen für weitere Projekte.. Mal sehen .. denke aber dass ich erstmal um Volca Bereich weitermache .... Volca modular ...vielleicht ...und reverb ... Mein erster Effekt war der Zoom ms 70 cdr mittlerweile habe ich noch den specular reverb 3 Aber ich arbeite nach wie vor unheimlich gerne mit dem particle reverb des Zoom ms 70 cdr ... Mit dem habe ich auch das Volca Bass Video gemacht

[@lucasbrasil4650]

@@Volcaniced herzlichen Dank für die Info mein Bester, was den korg minilogue xd angeht, der bietet schon sehr leckere Möglichkeiten, hab da mal ein wenig geyoutubed ... LG

[@Volcaniced]

@@lucasbrasil4650 schon richtig aber der spielt auch in einer Preisklasse wo ich mich eigentlich nicht bewegen. Mein Motto ist "mit wenig viel machen " ... Und da passt der XD irgendwie nicht . Aber geil ist der allemal... Genauso wie der hydrasynth der im November kommt ... Aber 1300 eur ...aua. achte Mal noch auf den Behringer Crave ... Der ist mit seinen 149 eur ein Schnäppchen ... Aber schau dir Mal an was das.ding kann und wie geil der klingt .... Hoffe nächste Woche einen in die Hände zu kriegen ...