I'm just starting with synths, and I'm blown away by my MF. This gave me even more stuff to try, thanks.
@FreeBeat2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked the video!
@S.tebban2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear you are still learning too. I'm in this game for 1 year and a half now and all I do is create sounds. Every now and then a tune comes up but mostely a song does not yet pop up. And that is ok I guess. I have fun and I discover. I think that's the point here. It's like Lego.
@FreeBeat2 жыл бұрын
The Lego analogy is great! There's always fun in following the instructions, but it's also a blast to ignore them and do your own thing :)
@DonaldNatale2 жыл бұрын
A classic key tracking trick is to set it to 100% and modulate the center frequency of a bandpass or cutoff frequency of a LP with resonance jacked up. You can set the oscillator to a noise source and play the resonant filter peak chromatically.
@annother33502 жыл бұрын
good tip
@squishmallowfan0252 жыл бұрын
I like this a lot....this thing has enormous potential. To coin a term I basically never leave the house because going down the rabbit hole with something that's basically cheap as chips is so rewarding.......
@FreeBeat2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! Thanks for watching :)
@jantuitman2 жыл бұрын
Cool trick, since I don’t have a microfreak I checked if this is also working on the Deluge, and happy to report it is. It’s called “Note” there and it is the 4rd button counted from the bottom in the right column.The right column and some buttons in the column next to it are the Deluge mod sources. To make a modulation first shift press the thing you want to modulate, for example “frequency” (which is filter cutoff, located in the top row in the middle) and then shift press the mod source. Both lights should be blinking and then you can adjust modulation amount.
@FreeBeat2 жыл бұрын
Yeah haha I stumbled onto it on the Deluge first, that's actually what made me think to go back and try it on the Microfreak!
@siniquezu2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for convincing me to get the micro freak. Just need to wait for it to get back in stock. It randomly runs out. Great videos man!
@FreeBeat2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Hopefully you don't have to wait too long haha. Thanks for watching :)
@fredodeep2 жыл бұрын
Merci, je viens de découvrir encore des choses sur ce merveilleux synthétiseur !
@FreeBeat2 жыл бұрын
Merci beaucoup d'avoir regardé !
@unclemick-synths2 жыл бұрын
I don't think there's any synth that offers the value of the MicroFreak. It has so many features for such a great price.
@FreeBeat2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it really is, thanks for watching!
@rayderrich2 жыл бұрын
Why do I keep watching your videos about gear I do not own? Well, it turns out that what you can do on for example the MicroFreak is also very easy to replicate in my software synths, so your modulation examples are nice inspirations for my next sound designs.
@FreeBeat2 жыл бұрын
Haha glad you got some inspiration, I appreciate you watching!
@Stadsjaap2 жыл бұрын
Bottom row, eh...? It occurs to me that this should actually be where modulation of patches should start.
@FreeBeat2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@technodrone3132 жыл бұрын
i own and have owned even more synths mostly analog. i tried an fm synth and was frustrated. this thing has been a treat to learn. and saving patches is pretty nifty lol
@dustyaudio2 жыл бұрын
I add key arp to sustain on my plucky patches, nice touch to let high notes ring a bit
@FreeBeat2 жыл бұрын
I hadn't even thought of tying it to anything amp envelope related, thanks!
@dustyaudio2 жыл бұрын
@@FreeBeat rereading that I probably meant decay but go wild!
@FreeBeat2 жыл бұрын
@@dustyaudio Hey it's all part of the envelope haha
@felixlindman4092 жыл бұрын
I hope they add a custom voice oscilator!! Omg
@FreeBeat2 жыл бұрын
That would be awesome! We got custom wavetables so who knows :D
@psider32392 жыл бұрын
the Key/ARP mod doesn’t work the way it supposed to. I’m using the numbers on the speech osc, because they are great indicator of where is the modulation. Key/ARP on 100% modulating Shape at 0 position, the highest key on the highest octave says “4”. If it was modulating 100% of the Shape it should say “10” This modulation is awesome for making sequences of different words with the speech osc, but it’s not modulating 100% of the value unfortunately.
@FreeBeat2 жыл бұрын
Interesting, any idea why that's happening?
@romi9485 Жыл бұрын
Yes, when you set the modulation on 100% it's never actually 100%, anywhere on the matrix, which is kind of a bummer, i hope they change it in future updates
@scottherzog93592 жыл бұрын
Very Very Cool .. thank you !
@sennstrato72812 жыл бұрын
The microfreak is a super fun unit hours and hours of entertainment of just fucking around with the thing
@FreeBeat2 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's so much fun to see what you can come up with!
@eightcoins440113 күн бұрын
It sucks the manual never properly explains what the key source does
@evankeal2 жыл бұрын
The other half of that button is ARP, I tried that on Pitch. Excellent video as always.
@FreeBeat2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I'm definitely gonna try it out on the arp (and sequencer) soon. Thanks for watching!
@wiggesobk2 жыл бұрын
That's cool👍
@FreeBeat2 жыл бұрын
Super cool! After reading some comments I've got a lot more ideas to try haha.
@rexcellencemagee67292 жыл бұрын
I almost bought one of these recently and I will eventually, I’ve got three synth’s I know relatively little about so I came across a really great deal on a Korg kaos pad KP2 used, obviously, and with the Behringer announcement of the under $100 synths, there’s 4 of them coming out. Those will be first, I am interested in your opinion on that if you have one!
@happyjessus2 жыл бұрын
My guess is you ll have to wait a lot for the berhinger synths.. this announcement was way too premature unfortunately
@FreeBeat2 жыл бұрын
I'm actually super interested in the new Behringer synths, but I think we'll be waiting quite a while for them :( Thanks for watching!
@MWGallaher2 жыл бұрын
I notice you didn't try modulating pitch with the Key/Arp row. When you do that, you can microtune to less or more than 12 notes per octave!
@FreeBeat2 жыл бұрын
Great tip, thanks!
@Paulmccarthy68012 жыл бұрын
Does this do regular piano sounds or only synth sounds
@FreeBeat2 жыл бұрын
The Microfreak is just a synthesizer :) You can probably get some pretty solid electric piano sounds, but no sampled piano or anything like that. Thanks for watching!
@romi9485 Жыл бұрын
If you use the stringpluck engine with bow and pluck to 0 and decay to 90, and set the envelope to 100ms attack and 100ms decay you get a nice piano sound You can also dive into the mod matrix to set up the velocity of the keys and get a nicer feel
@traildoggy2 жыл бұрын
Does this work the same way with the sequencer?
@FreeBeat2 жыл бұрын
I know it works with the arp, I'd imagine it works with the sequencer too :)
@tomster2 жыл бұрын
Really tried to like the MF (Vocoder Ed.) but returned it after a month - it just does try to do many things at a mediocre, toyish satisfaction level, low-vol output and plasticky look & feel.
@FreeBeat2 жыл бұрын
It's definitely not for everyone. Thanks for watching!
@annother33502 жыл бұрын
All it needs is a bit of reverb and it transforms into a monster