Tutorials | MiniFreak - Sequencer & Arpeggiator

Matt Pike explores how MiniFreak blurs the lines between sequencing & arpeggiation, making it easier than ever to craft wildly creative melodies, chord movements, and ever-evolving ideas that you can tweak in real-time.
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00:00 Intro
00:26 Sequence Presets examples
01:56 Step Recording
04:52 Real Time Recording
06:07 Copy, Paste, Erase notes
08:02 Modulation Sequencing
08:59 Spice & Dice
10:13 Arpeggiator
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[@jackcullimore5209]

wow, great demo! what an amazing sequencer! so many improvements on the microfreak sequencer! The gate length and spice feature with those sliders looks incredible! so many great ideas for a live performance

[@heffe4257]

These demos are amazing. I just got this last night and just got time to play with it. Such an amazing synth. Thank you for these!

[@PhilipMurrayDesign]

Great demo and tutorial - thanks guys

[@tobiasphilippen7883]

I already very much enjoyed your Polybrute tutorials ... great work again! Very clear and a great help. Thank you!

[@EvilDead1995]

Thanks for the tutorials. Excellent customer service!

[@peterkadarmusic9728]

I think it would be a great option in the global menu to have the metronome only appear in the headphone out in case someone wants to create a sequence live but not have the audience hear the click. It would be a nice option for the count in to have an option of being two bars in length as well. Really loving the unique sound and functionality of my Minifreak. Bravo, Arturia!

[@NeonShores]

01:40 totally feels like a different person's hand coming there 😂. Getting some Monty Python and the Holy Grail vibes.

[@MarkyMarls]

Man man man man man🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@MarkyMarls]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@MarkyMarls]

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[@MarkyMarls]

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[@freejazzbone]

great video, thanks, can patterns be chained or called up by an external MIDI sequencer with program change messages?

[@govorit_i_pokazivaet]

Big big thanks to author.

[@playeveryday01]

I think the metronome should auto off if you are not recording or overdubbing but it plays if you hit the play button when you just want to play back your sequence to listen. Going back into the menu to turn it off hinders a live performance.

[@bjamminsincebirth3494]

So glad you said this. That’s a bit frustrating

[@cristianocaldas]

Best tutorial

[@iacacch]

Hi, is it possible to have the metronome working when using the sequencer in STEP mode?

[@lukedefeo5407]

Hey this a great sequencer, I wish it would play the notes while transport is off and your are step Editing, it does say what is playing on the screen but a step preview would be so much nicer

[@mjaa1307]

Hello, I have these questions. 1.- Sequencer Play/Stop button on the Hardware doesn't trigger the equivalent on Minifreak V. 2.- Arp notes played on the hardware does not sound on the V version. P.S. Both work well on the Hardware and the V.

[@alexkatz3619]

How can I record an arp to the sequencer?

[@designsinorbit]

Hi. Is it possible, while creating a sequence, to pull in sounds from different recordings I make? So creating a sequence with a harmonica chord, and my voice, and different drum sounds, etc etc?

[@mjaa1307]

Hello. I have my arpeggiator/sequencer working on my synth or MIDI controller, is there a way in which I can plays the keys WITHOUT changing what the arpeggiator/sequencer is playing?

[@palitrokencerebro1327]

Is it possible to send midi notes from the arp to external gear?

[@snaprockandpop]

another question. Some of the patches are called "sequence" yet nearly all patches have a built in sequence. So what sets these apart ?

[@0VRLNDR]

@arturia am I misunderstanding something, or does the Minifreak not (yet?) have the ability to store A/B patterns of sequences? Very useful performance feature for me, so I hope I just haven't discovered it yet, and if not would be in a future firmware update?

[@Doyourememberlove]

this!

[@danielbarbieri8199]

Hello How to copy and paste sequence 1 to duplicate it to 64 steps.

[@JoeChrist34]

Hey, a new user here and having some trouble with the sequencer. I watched this video but it doesn't show you how to delete entire steps/sequences. I was making a 32 step sequence and accidentally added another so now it's 48. I tried clearing all the sounds on the 3rd sequencer option but now it just loops with an empty track. Can someone please tell me how I can edit the length or delete a sequence to shorten it's loop length? And also, how I can change a sound patch to overdub on my current sequence without changing all the sounds on the notes already played on the sequencer? So I can have say 2 or 3 different sound patches playing in one sequence? Thanks for any help!

[@M-Scherbakov]

Can i deactivate steps by buttons while sequence is playing?

[@PatrickRegina-ft6rz]

Bonjour, j'aprécie votre tutoriel. A l'étape 2.47 du pas à pas après l'enregistrement de la séquence, vous relancez le sequenceur et le sequenceur joue les notes enregistrées. Je n'obtiens pas le même résultat avec mon mnifreak. En effet rien ne se passe lorsque j'appuie sur play. Quelque chose m'a peut être échappé ou est ce que mon minifreak a un problème ?. Votre aide serait précieuse. Merci d'avance pour votre réponse.

[@SIXELAUDIO]

Please Please Please make the chords output relevant midi, so I can trigger the same chord notes of my other synths at the same time

[@snaprockandpop]

Great video ! But how do i change the rate of the arpeggiator ? i.e 8th notes, 16th notes etc - sync with internal clock or external DAW ?

[@anzbert_anzio]

Press the tempo knob to switch to time div mode and turn

[@snaprockandpop]

@@anzbert_anzio thanks !

[@mrfeenix1]

Can you chain 64 step patterns together ie song mode?

[@StewenCorvez]

Thank you ! Will the manual contain additional functions for sequencer and arpeggiator?

[@tylon2999]

I think he covered all of functions, but you should download the manual.

[@StewenCorvez]

@@tylon2999 I wrote my comment before the manual came out ;-)

[@pecne]

Hey Arturia! My MiniFreak does not do these animations while doing spice/dice, ARP mode changes. What's the firmware version in this video?

[@j.shelton5147]

Same. I was about to leave pretty much that exact comment. I haven't noticed any firmware updates yet though. Did you find out anything else by chance?

[@pecne]

@@j.shelton5147 no

[@thedinger9339]

FW Update is out and adds the nice animations.

[@kingofdrama3236]

Is it possible to make a beat with only the hardware and then play a melody over it?

[@thedinger9339]

With mutate and spice and dice, the Arp can be an instant song machine.

[@TheBoringLifeCompany]

Could anybody share presets limitations for sequencing? I can't make "Harp" (42 default on v.2.0 firmwares) real-time sequencing As step sequencing doesn't allow to keep single tone through sequencing I'm a bit disappointed with these issues Anyway being newbie is interesting in struggle Btw knobs hardware realization is garbage. They won't last even a month But overall experience is amazing

[@mjaa1307]

I just don't get the Hold/Rest button

[@bjamminsincebirth3494]

I wish the metronome would cut off after recording. I hate having to go into the menu to turn it off and on

[@OmarReboso]

When put this series of minifreak in Spanish? 🤔 Can traduce Leo from support, I know he speaks Spanish!!

[@ianstirton1326]

Is there no way to delete a step? I built out an awesome sequence and had all the modulation built out and accidentally added a third step and couldn't get it to go away

[@Metamerist625]

Did you find out how?

[@calyptratus187]

While the sequence is not playing, enter step recording mode, click on the third step and click the "Hold/Rest" button. I think that's how to do it.

[@EverywhereisHE]

I was really surprised to discover that you(Arturia) don’t have a manual for the MiniFreak. Not even a pdf..... Luckily I have several other products from you.

[@tylon2999]

The MF has a manual. I downloaded it 2 days ago when I got it.

[@heffe4257]

They do now, and it’s probably the best manual I’ve had. Definitely night and day compared to anything Native Instruments.

[@pavlosmacdonald-kosmidis7302]

Am I a fool or does he not show us how to save a sequence?

[@Bozo---]

3 octaves, no thank you.

[@EarlyMist]

16 steps? Really? 64 minimum.

[@flamegrylls8965]

6:43

[@JohnnyMacaw]

can it control the arteries vst ?