Advanced Breakbeat Science on the Arturia MicroFreak v5.0

[@Tinmar_Isation]

finally some good content on KZbin

[@quietandpeacefulman]

I’m back to say thanks so much for talking the workflow through so excellently. And sharing the patch is so helpful and allowed me to jump right in but understand how it worked. I’ve really enjoyed modifying the samples and messing with synched random LFOs. Your sample choices are classic and perfect and the demo is clearly informed by understanding of the genre. Respect to you and thanks again!

[@DesiLofi]

Omg new update breathes so much life into it

[@SZbooyaka]

About to purchase the microfreak. This little synth does sooo much!

[@Spurgte]

I regret buying it in January, the midi control center app is not intuitive to use. I went back to using my minilab mk2 bc i bought the microfreak to help me produce songs

[@SZbooyaka]

@@Spurgtewhat kind of issues were you experiencing?

[@iamYork_]

Still my favourite digital hardware synth...

[@KiR_3d]

Wow! Really neat tricks! I've didn't thought about having a bass using the self-resonance on the filter! Once I'll have a time I'll re-work my own drum loops and make drum sets for Microfreak! It's the instant jamming machine now!

[@grandmasterjo1]

This is almost magical. The best I’ve seen what the MF ver 5 can do and it does so much Will follow the tutorial and hope to get desired results Thanks again 👍👍

[@3kdayz]

Its 6am Friday, when I get home after work I’m trying this out, thanks you

[@paxson2000]

Yo, thank you for this awesome patch idea!! Feels very intentional, I come up with cool patches but usually in more of a happy accident type way. You are a true master of the Freak!!

[@elidean5287]

absolutely genious, you earned a new sub, will try to learn more from you!

[@Goettel]

Finally pulled the trigger on one, loading the Amen was the first thing I was gonna do with it : - )

[@irenasvetlovska4337]

Very clear instructions. Thank you

[@d..d6201]

I just added a few more details to the video description.

[@g_paim]

THANKS A LOT FOR THIS VIDEO YOU SAVED MY LIFE

[@leebanting6676]

Second Erlangen link cool nice analysis and decomposition

[@aeonikus1]

Great video, informative and enjoyable. You deserve more subscribers, hope to see you with 100k next year if you keep producing quality content.

[@lesynthlofi]

Crazy good!🎉❤

[@BoombapBodega]

Dope video! The Microfreak update looks amazing. Great information on this video. New sub!

[@charliecarrillo9796]

thank you for this

[@alandarcy7949]

Great video, well done and keep putting out videos, very well done.

[@d..d6201]

Thank you! My new video is out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXqvnXmdd6ueb6c

[@Volcaniced]

ok ok ok ... time to sit down again and make a deep dive. WOW. Whole Video awesome. 6:08 Outstanding. WTF? W T F ???

[@d..d6201]

Thanks for your praise. I am on the same mission as you, to squeeze out the maximum from the MicroFreak.

[@danielasebsen787]

Brilliant

[@_floeter]

So good! Been sitting on my MF as just a controller the last many months, going to update asap. Inspiring!

[@shinyisshiny7780]

very cool! i do this in ableton, but sometimes its nice to use something else, + you get the filter

[@denizatalay]

Thanks for the video 🎉

[@Deep_Flux]

Genius!!🔥🔥

[@justinforlorn3679]

Great video

[@i_never_asked_for_an_alias]

Awesome, thats very inspiring.

[@JimSmith-k5p]

That was dope!

[@qwerwerterytrtyutyuiyuiouiop]

Thanks very much!

[@AHO19274]

Incredible! Thanks a lot!

[@jochentrappe3241]

Banger !!!

[@thecreepysilence4290]

I have just load up the first two bars of the Amen Break. Its so much fun

[@d..d6201]

It definitely is! What I do on top of that is demixing the breakbeat into kick, snare and cymbals as shown here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3vJan2mqdZqjLs and then chopping it into single shot drum hits. That gives me the flexibility to completely re-sequence the whole thing and still have the original sound and feel of the breabeat.

[@_Scyber]

NOW I need to get one!

[@GearAddict90210]

Nice, gitta try that asap! Thanks

[@goldenfurniture123]

this is epic

[@bci3937]

omg! thats just awesome =)

[@OpiateClubInc]

MicroFreak has drum samples ?? I have an monologue, in monologue i can sequence some combinations of noise wave and sawtooth to emulate a drum loop, but sooo synthetic. The MicroFreak is polyphonic and has drum samples? I NEED THIS!

[@d..d6201]

The MicroFreak is 4-voice paraphonic, only one analogue filter. The ability to play and manipulate samples was just added few weeks ago with a firmware update.

[@hdsubstance1]

Great!

[@BassFunMusic]

Super ☺♥

[@radiochad5702]

Hello ! Great tutorials but there is something I can't understand :D How do you put CyclEnv as a destination ? I can only add rise fall hold or amound by turning their respective knobs, but I can't figure out how to put the "general" CycleEnv in the dest o_O

[@radiochad5702]

I just figured it out lol for those wondering you have to position the blinking dot in the matrix on CyclEnv>Pitch and then learn it by pressing ASSIGN1 and turning the Matrix knob and do it again with ASSIGN2.

[@neonblack211]

and in the matix editor on the xcree, I cant get thenoption of keyarp>cycling envelop. Cyclin envelope is always on top

[@oddsurfboards]

what sort of arcane magic is this? so glad i just purchased one. not sure i could ever follow this. could you export as a project / profile - i forget what they are called

[@d..d6201]

I can do this, it will still be hard to reproduce since you need to load the samples that I used into the same slot as me. The patches on the MiniFreak are stored independently from the samples.

[@par5417]

Subscribed...Nice tutorial

[@d..d6201]

I have another one in preparation. Stay tuned.

[@MindMana-jz5pm]

Fresh as a lettuce

[@KPsTboy]

Kewl!

[@neonblack211]

when I set the keyu/arp pitchmatrix to -100 my samples still get pitched chromatically?? what am I mising??

[@oddsurfboards]

its taken me two hours to manage to get key/arp settings for assign1 & 2 but can only seem to play one sample. could you go into more detail of how this section operates please

[@d..d6201]

To make things easier, you can download this patch and the bank of samples from my GitHub page: github.com/dmr-songquito/MicroFreak-Patches/blob/main/Drumbreakz.mfpz github.com/dmr-songquito/MicroFreak-Patches/blob/main/BreakbeatsSeparatedDrumHits.mfsbz

[@oddsurfboards]

Would it be possible to split the keyboard with any engine? Say have an octave for a preset and another for the vocoder? I used the circuit tracks to trigger and this would if possible be awesome

[@d..d6201]

What you can do is to assign the Key / Arp in the mod matrix to the Type knob. You'll get different engines across different zones on the keyboard. But it is kind of hard to adjust the right modulation amount to get a precise split, it's kind of trial and error.

[@radiochad5702]

Ok I still have a question tho :D I really worked on that and can get the loop working on C3 which is in the middle of the keyboard for me (not like you) but also if I push another key it will mix the drum samples with the other sounds I have in the samples table, so indeed when I use the LFO it gives me very unpleasant results. I really can't find out the reason since I did exactly everything you said I THINK. The only thing I could see is if the 2 CyclEnv dest are different like -100 on pitch and -66.6 on something else, otherwise I don't know ^^

[@d..d6201]

Did you set the mod-matrix assignment of keyboard to sample selection to 100 percent?

[@samkarugu666]

damn

[@jimmy_jamesjams_a_lot4171]

And suddenly, when I went to go fetch my MicroFreak to update it to this awesome new firmware, suddenly it occurred to me that someone has stolen my microFreak😖… now comes tough decision. Whether to buy MicroFreak again…

[@neonblack211]

Stolen??? Damn

[@bodie-5295]

I really want to play breakbeats on the MF, but I can't figure out how you put the samples onto the keys. The website linked shows a bunch of code that I don't really know how to turn into audio and then to put it on the MF.

[@d..d6201]

Below you'll find some direct download links. You can open these separated drum stems in Audacity and cut out single drum hits to upload on the MicroFreak. Amen Break: www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/content/resources/MIR/00-2016-IEEE-TASLP-DrumSeparation/AmenBreak/Amen_KD.wav (Kick) www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/content/resources/MIR/00-2016-IEEE-TASLP-DrumSeparation/AmenBreak/Amen_SD.wav (Snare) www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/content/resources/MIR/00-2016-IEEE-TASLP-DrumSeparation/AmenBreak/Amen_RC.wav (Ride Cymbal) Funky Drummer: www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/content/resources/MIR/00-2016-IEEE-TASLP-DrumSeparation/FunkyDrummer/FunkyDrummer_1__0__0_.wav (Kick) www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/content/resources/MIR/00-2016-IEEE-TASLP-DrumSeparation/FunkyDrummer/FunkyDrummer_0__1__0_.wav (Snare) www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/content/resources/MIR/00-2016-IEEE-TASLP-DrumSeparation/FunkyDrummer/FunkyDrummer_0__0__1_.wav (Hihat) Apache Break: www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/content/resources/MIR/00-2016-IEEE-TASLP-DrumSeparation/BongoBand/BongoBand_1__0__0_.wav (Kick) www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/content/resources/MIR/00-2016-IEEE-TASLP-DrumSeparation/BongoBand/BongoBand_0__1__0_.wav (Snare + Percussion) www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/content/resources/MIR/00-2016-IEEE-TASLP-DrumSeparation/BongoBand/BongoBand_0__0__1_.wav (Hihat)

[@damiendelga]

Your video is fascinating, but I can't get your result at all, even after several tries. How do you assign a sample to C3 (around 5:00)? I can't do it at all, even though I've loaded my samples. In fact, I'm having trouble using the Assign keys on the matrix because in Key/Arp I only have "Type" or "Vcopar1" "Vcopar2" "Vcopar3". I'm going round in circles... Could you help me? Thanks a lot

[@d..d6201]

You need to press shift + type to get to the sample assignment mode. Then, the sample you select with the type knob will be the one mapped to C3. In my case, it is the first kick drum sample, I loaded all the other drum hits into to following slots, so they will be mapped to the keys above. Once the sample selection is on, you can also use it as an assignable slot in the mod matrix (called sample). Pressing shift + type again brings you back to the normal mode, where you can select different oscillator types. The sample selection will stay the same.

[@damiendelga]

@@d..d6201 Merci merci Merci !!

[@OCEANSINSPACE]

sick man! Just updated. Gotta figure out how to put samples in, the manager right?

[@d..d6201]

You need to use the MIDI control center. You can import samples there and then drag and drop them to any of the slots on the MicroFreak, you can even overwrite the factory samples if needed.

[@Spurgte]

I have the vocoder edition but it's such a headache to get audio out of the external soeaker and the sampler doesnt appear while scrolling the type knob after updating to 5.0 I hate this synth i litterally never use it its such a headache to configure Especially because im using a audio interface and a aux speaker :/

[@thestarlitwilds]

💀💀💀

[@ricardogovela5239]

Thanks !! ...can you do it in the plug in version >?