Microfreak Chord Oscillator is Awesome!

[@ebrown3k]

The LFO is bipolar, so when you were showing the LFO controlling the inversions you had a plateau at the bottom of the cycle where the LFO went below zero on the knob. If you want a smooth transition all the way through, set the amount of the LFO in the matrix to the same number as your initial Timber knob. That way the bottom of the LFO brings you to exactly zero and you start climbing back up again immediately. Just a tip if anyone besides me found the plateau disconcerting.

[@FreeBeat]

Oh that's a fantastic tip, thank you so much!

[@jacksonmanning5477]

Whoah very useful

[@MentallyDyl]

A 6/9 chord refers to the 6th (replacing the Major 7th) and 9th scale degree. In the key of C it would be the notes : C-E-G-A-D.

[@FreeBeat]

Gotcha, I thought so, but I really didn't want to be wrong lol. Curse my drums based music education haha.

[@postpunkjustin]

Nice.

[@famousoriginal7971]

Came here just for this. Thanks.

[@Tapepusher]

Can you play chords normally or does "paraphony" mean you can't? As in, can I play chords by sending it MIDI? I'm confused.

[@FreeBeat]

You can! This chord oscillator is a completely different part of the machine. You can play up to 4 notes at once as long as the parphony button is lit up. Paraphonic just means that all of those notes share the same filter and envelope :)

[@jahovahjira]

I'm addicted to your videos. Gotta have my Free Beat fix every night now! Thanks!!!

[@FreeBeat]

Hahaha thanks so much, I appreciate it!

[@dustyaudio]

The sequencer also let’s you change “chord” per step. Very fun

[@FreeBeat]

Good to know, thanks!

[@stevehart175]

Just picked up a 2H MF and looking forward to exploring whilst holding your hand! I’ve noticed the white ARP & LFO pots on my unit are a slightly discoloured and that yours appear to be as well. Is this just a ‘thing’ with Arturia pots (first bit of Arturia gear)? Great vids by the way 👏👍

[@FreeBeat]

Yeah mine are pretty funky looking at this point haha. No changes in performance though! Thanks for watching :)

[@digitalsea9147]

Those hand motions are ridiculous man

[@GerenM63]

The "69" chord is actually 6/9. As an example, a C6/9 would be C E G A D, but often the G is omitted.

[@FRMTHREE]

You beat me to it 8)

[@FreeBeat]

And Dylan beat you both to it a few posts down haha. Thanks though!

[@GizzyDillespee]

In the 1970s, the "69 chord" was a maj7. Now it's a bunch of m9 in a neo-soul progression.

[@GerenM63]

@@GizzyDillespee maj7 and 6/9 are completely different chords -- unless you're meaning in the "orange is the new black" way. ;)

[@eyeball226]

I love that it fades through the inversions rather than just stepping. Using that in poly mode with the chord set to octaves sounds great.

[@FreeBeat]

Yeah I really like that too, it's surprisingly smooth!

[@MWGallaher]

Paraphonic mode is useful when you are set to Octave chord type. Since the waveforms (SHAPE parameter) for this oscillator include some organ waves, this is one of the best oscillators for making an easy organ patch.

[@FreeBeat]

Oh that's a good tip, thanks!

[@buildingseas]

can you activate the arpegiator in combination with the chord osc? I wonder if that would let you play sick arpeg chords going up and down the chords...

[@FreeBeat]

I believe you can :)

[@ET2carbon]

There's no reason they can't get more additive harmonics. Midi effects or vertical key position enveloping

[@joeblow593]

I would think one could make some cool chord progressions using the step sequence function, like a C, Am, Dm7, G etc. Changing chord types as you go.😃🎵🎵🎶🎶

[@FreeBeat]

Oh yeah, absolutely!

[@HalfGodHalfBeast]

69 - is root 6th and 9th sometimes with 5th included too

[@jamesmurry5910]

Yessss That was dOpe brooo Expended my understanding

[@rayderrich]

I do not own the MicroFreak but this video was still fun, and I can always try to replicate some of it in Falcon. Thanks for your daily videos.

[@FreeBeat]

I appreciate that so much, thank you!

[@jantuitman]

Cool just realized that I have the oscillator too since in my modular box I have a Mutable Instrument Plaits. So I can rewatch your microfreak content. I do find the sounds of this module and also of the microfreak a bit plastic to my tastes.

[@magnopere]

modulation! plaits sounds so static without modulation but throw some lfos and envelopes into those CV inputs and *chef's kiss*

[@notrobb]

@@magnopere no kissing.

[@FreeBeat]

Oh that's awesome, thanks for watching!

[@Musicbymagz]

Hey man can you please make a playlist for the microfreak ?🙏

[@FreeBeat]

I plan on making a bunch of playlists pretty soon for a bunch of my videos, Microfreak included :) Thanks for watching!

[@lucbelaid]

Very good. According to you how does this compare to the Model Cycles?

[@FreeBeat]

I think they're only similar in that you control the chord shape and the inversion as parameters. On the Cycles, you have very limited control over the actual sound, but you have the incredibly powerful sequencer to aid your music. On the Microfreak, it's more about the control you have over the sound. The digital patch bay basically gives you endless ways to change it. Thanks for watching!

[@Joel-re1jz]

Great video, I have to spend some time to understand the sequence and arp and how to sync them to midi clock.

[@FreeBeat]

Yeah the sequencer is surprisingly deep on the Microfreak! Well worth exploring :)

[@ET2carbon]

Did you figure out the clock

[@technodrone313]

i just bought one a few weeks ago. this thing is so intuitive coming form a minimoog lol

[@FreeBeat]

Glad you're liking it! Try to use it alongside the Minimoog :)

[@technodrone313]

@@FreeBeat oh yeah they are a great couple.

[@delmeteor717]

Once again great video and very understandable.

[@FreeBeat]

Thanks so much for watching :)

[@lrkx_]

And yet again, new tricks learned! :)

[@FreeBeat]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@martinallott572]

Can you set it to a key so you have C Dm Em F... etc?

[@FreeBeat]

You pick the type of chord you want (minor, major, etc), pick the inversion, then press the key of whatever you want to root note of the chord to be. Thanks for watching!

[@martinallott572]

@@FreeBeat OK thanks, it's unusual that so many synths have this chord function but we don't really play all majors or all minors rtc when playing a song

[@pocketrealitty]

Once again, the Microfreak proves itself to be such an indispensable piece of gear!

[@FreeBeat]

Absolutely, it's a beast!

[@JosephKaessner]

Here’s what I don’t get about this feature: how often do you use only major or only minor in a melody? It’s always a combo so this seems limiting in that you can’t play a melody with both major and minor chords in it, right? Am I missing something?

[@ET2carbon]

It's for simple dance heads

[@eightcoins4401]

It can be set to octave mode to be used simialir to old e organs and string machines

[@PAAmsterdam]

Thank you FB for your videos!

[@wiggesobk]

This is cool!

[@FreeBeat]

Yeah! I can't wait to play with it more haha, thanks for watching :)

[@RianTrost]

Love it!

[@FreeBeat]

Thanks for watching!

[@davidegrotto9910]

💯

[@FreeBeat]

Thanks for watching!