you prolly dont give a shit but does someone know of a way to get back into an Instagram account..? I somehow forgot the password. I love any help you can give me.
@Francis Cohen thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site through google and Im in the hacking process atm. Seems to take a while so I will reply here later with my results.
I just did the same thing when mine came out of the box yesterday . Damn this little thing cranks out some seriously lush sounds . I can't wait to mess around and maybe run it through a few nasty fx pedals . It doesn't "need" fx , just like I don't "need" a glass of whisky , but I think we'll have both .
It's true. If I had to buy a first hardware synth today it would be this one. My first "polyphonic" was the Korg Mono/Poly. It is considered a classic today and rightly so. I made complete album projects with it as my main synth axe. The Microfreak reminds me a lot of it because it also is 4-voice paraphonic. But still the MicroFreak runs rings around The Mono/Poly and does so for a fraction of the price, especilly if you take about 35 years of inflation into consideration. So buy one. But don't forget to actully make some music with it now and then because you could just as well spend a lifetime only fiddling around on it.
The MonoPoly is one of my favorite synths ever and a dream synth for me. The MicroFreak is amazing, too though. Have you seen the Moog Matriarch? It reminds me of a modern day MonoPoly as well.
I remember when I got the Waldorf Blofeld I felt like I could just tweak forever. I told myself: ok, so let's just use it to make everything in the track as you learn it. IMO that's the best way to learn a synth. Putting it thru it's paces in a whole project. Might get the microfreak to play with my digitone. :P
They are on different levels of paraphonic though. Korg Mono/Poly (which I also owned once upon a time) is reduced to 1 oscillator per voice when in 4 voice mode. Microfreak still reatins all the voices and sound as fast as with one voice. The only way it is "paraphonic" is in that the single filter is shared between all the voices and retriggers. This actually makes it much more like Korg Poly-800 (Also from the 80:s). It was mostly used in 4 voice mode (8 voices meant just one oscillator) and the the filter retriggered. Though it was much more limited, but it had a great chorus (noisy though) built in. The oscillators sounded quite dull and muffled on it too (not generated the normal way as in proper VCO synths, but by some "divide down" where the starting point for all waveforms internally was a square wave.
@@Magnus_Loov Do you mean that one Microfreak oscillator can used to create much more complex tones? On that I agree I mean their conceptyual closeness. Off course the Microfeak is much more versatile. On the other hand: The Poly 800 might in theory be closer but was much less hands on. Putting all the Mono/Poly's oscillators on PWM and sending them through a good set of stereo effects made it sound better then a Poly 800 anyway. Just like one can easily forgive a Polysix its lack of a second oscillator while a Poly 61 still sounds crap with 2 per voice and a chorus! These are however of course personal opinions. :-) Furthermore playing a 3 note chord on the Mono/Poly while having the unison share on somehow made such chords sound fatter. I suspect the 4th oscillator, which only blinked shortly when you hit the keys, then doubled the dominant note in the chord making it almost a 1.5 osc per voice.
I have a microbrute hardly used it it's amazing but never stood out to me to ever use it in a jam. Just ordered a microfreak it sounds so much better for the money and you get more features with the mf. Plus the screen is a bonus.
I know nothing about playing music or synths. But I bought a Yamaha Reface CS in October and a MicroFreak in December. I'm also thinking of buying a second MicroFreak just to thank Arturia for producing their amazing, bizarre instrument from another planet/dimension.
Great choice, you're going to have a lot of fun with it! Lots of them do have sequences, you can of course turn the sequence off for any of the presets so you're not locked into the patch playing as a sequence.
My only complaint with mine is the “random” order of the patches. And then, about 500 in, you can save your new creation (without over-writing a factory patch). The programming software does make it easy to recover, if you do mess something up. I’m “one of Those”, who will be grouping the factory patches “My Way”.
Only has four voices so you'd run past that pretty quick, maybe record the sequence into a DAW then play it back as you record in the hand played sequence
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George Michael Think out of the box... real keys.. with the same surface as the micro freak... and an option to set the surface to react directly on touch or only on keys pressed down (or not at all)
@@lordbachus Hmm, well I think that Arturia thought outside the box with the MicroFreak. It isn't keys, nor is it touch screen, or pads, and doesn't have the Roli material. But I think what you are saying is have the capacitative surface on top of tactile keys. Since this brand renewed (was done in the early 70s) I don't know how that would work . But I am also confused by fingerprint scanner in the screen, a speaker that is actually part of the screen itself, and near future -- having cameras integrated into the screen. But I wonder if we can just add tactile keyboard to MicroFreak. Good Future thinking, I enjoy this ride. Cheers!
Hold does not work with arpeggiated patches. Don't know why because if there is anywhere where you want a hold is with an arpeggio. At least for me anyway. I don't see the point. I mean how hard would it have been for hold to be available on areggiated patches? But don't get me wrong. I love this thing!
It is true. I have synth arsenal of 20 plus years behind me, and my studio currently features stuff from little volcas to Sequential and Moog to very big (too big tbh) modular stuff. Never have I ever saw so much flexibility in one device. So many different syntheiss types - so many nicely done oscillators and waveforms. Great matrix. Great 3 function analogue filter. Amazing buchla - like pressure sensitive keyboard. And for all of you who want to learn how different synthesis work, well, here is an awesome learning tool. Hands down the best budget synth,. AND it just looks beautiful.
Frankenstein's Penguin depending what you need, I would say two things. MicroFreak is probably mini-synth of the decade. Oscillators from Mutable Instruments and much more (14 different types of synthesis, and adding more with each firmware update, that is unmatched so far, some Oscillators are not as deep but still), analogue filter with SEM profile. Now we have input into synth path through Vocoder and a new module in future updates might use external signals, guitars, other synths). Modulation matrix to shame bigger synths. Another thing to bear in mind, if you are not used to pressure sensitive keys like on Buchla synths, you might struggle a little. I would suggest MF over any volca any day. I love Volcas but they are deliberately designed to be limiting in sound source, so ppl would buy more units. MF combines all those into one.
@@PunguinYoga Reface is a beautiful homage to great Yamaha synths. My first keyboard was DX7 - i bought it in 1995 for totally different purpose than FM synthesis - it had nice keys and it was a MIDI controller for my Roland JV 1080 and other rack synths and groove boxes, and i was using it to program drums in Atari-driven Cubase. Then, I got into audio engineering school and first thing I was given, together with my fellow students, was DX7 - with no patches. This was our synthesis class. I thought I knew something about FM synthesis, since I was messing around with DX 7 patches on my own, with no guidance or knowledge resource - it turned out bunch of the stuff i had in my head was wrong, of course. I like how they simplified Reface
Played with it today at musik store.. lots of fun.. still kind of limited (only 1 oscilator, feedbackfrom knobs is minimal, the keybed).. made it feel mor like a toy then a full instrument.. however.. add 3 more oscilators, more oscilator models, full polyphony, a big selection of modulators, sound shapers, filters and what not... and then a normal keybed where the keys have this surface... despite feeling like a toy, i loved toying around with it..
In the initial release videos back around NAMM , it sounded like they plan to add more oscillator models in further firmware updates . We'll see how soon that really happens , fingers crossed .
If you want the classic analogue sound for your first, then the MicroFreak will not satisfy. If you want some thing better than an iPad app, then the Microfreak is a superstar🤯
I would love that but consider the price into this as well. Poly aftertouch is expensive and hard to implement which would lead to more R&D costs. Plus more R&D spent to optimize the engine for more voices. Then you add in extra analog filters, more oscillators, more routing options for those filters and oscillators, more LFOs, etc and the actual larger enclosure. On top of that, if you want real polyphony, you’re now talking about implementing LFOs, envelopes, and analog filters PER VOICE, further adding to the cost. I’d be surprised if something like that would be sold for under $999. I would definitely buy it but it would be at a price point completely out of the market this is aiming for and put it squarely in competition with things like the Prologue, Peak, and Hydrasynth, which are all tough competition. Especially the Hydrasynth, which is similar in theory and spirit to the Microfreak. Also, a normal keybed with this surface on top of the keys doesn’t sound possible. I don’t think you can mount 2 separate keyboards at once to the surface inside the synth and how would that even be implemented? It would give you 2 notes playing per key which wouldn’t be useful and would actually be annoying most of the time. Or you could have to have an option to choose which you’re using at once, negating the need for both anyways. Plus if you have full size keys with poly AT why would you even need this touch surface? And vice versa.
Arturia used in some form Mutable Instruments' Plaits' Code (which is open source) in the creation of this synth, so partly in a sense. It's definitely an excellent pick if you're after a digital synth and want a lot for your money!
Also for the price, consider the Modal Skulpt. I think I prefer the Microfreak, but the Skulpt is a fantastic option as well and is also super powerful. Same price, too!
"going to take over" not unless Arturia fixes all the software bugs! If you're thinking about buying one you should know that Arturia recently released one update that fixed alot of unintentional adjustments with the pots, however there are still a lot of issues with the software making unintentional / unwanted changes and Arturia has not made any mention of another update to fix the additional bugs. With these bugs it's very difficult to use with external clock sources and custom patches. Just fyi.
@@French_Canadian_Pea_Soup whats the point having it. Its bigger than laptop, yet providing the same as some better vst. I can see kids buying it for fashionable digital dubstep preset wobbles. It even looks like female shoes from skateshop. The filter is farter and it whole typically lacks some serious bottom.
Lame trolling. The notion that any synth with digital oscillators is a VST in a box is straight up idiotic. Some of the best, most innovative synth in music history like the DX7 are digital. News flash for bedroom "producers", there is such a thing as performing live, and working outside of the cold, sterile, uninspiring box.
Pick up a MicroFreak here: www.getinthemix.com/studio-equipment/samplers-synthesizers/arturia-microfreak-synthesiser.htm
you prolly dont give a shit but does someone know of a way to get back into an Instagram account..?
I somehow forgot the password. I love any help you can give me.
@Francis Cohen thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site through google and Im in the hacking process atm.
Seems to take a while so I will reply here later with my results.
@Francis Cohen it worked and I now got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D
Thank you so much you really help me out !
@Daxton Lukas Glad I could help :)
I just did the same thing when mine came out of the box yesterday . Damn this little thing cranks out some seriously lush sounds . I can't wait to mess around and maybe run it through a few nasty fx pedals . It doesn't "need" fx , just like I don't "need" a glass of whisky , but I think we'll have both .
That's definitely the spirit!
@KC 100%
Got some pedals to go with mine, even without though it's a joy to tinker on, I'm sitting at work just itching to test more sounds
The dog when you cranked the resonance at 10:12 fucking got me 🤣
Lol I clicked this timestamp and my sleeping dog on the couch violently woke up 😅 Can't say I wasn't warned.
Best piece of art I've seen in quite
a while - and demo of the freak.
Great !
Im definitely getting one of these so much positive remarks with this
It's true. If I had to buy a first hardware synth today it would be this one. My first "polyphonic" was the Korg Mono/Poly. It is considered a classic today and rightly so. I made complete album projects with it as my main synth axe. The Microfreak reminds me a lot of it because it also is 4-voice paraphonic. But still the MicroFreak runs rings around The Mono/Poly and does so for a fraction of the price, especilly if you take about 35 years of inflation into consideration. So buy one. But don't forget to actully make some music with it now and then because you could just as well spend a lifetime only fiddling around on it.
Same. Got this as a substitute for my long lost Mono/Poly. Cool noises and a step seq. Very fun.
The MonoPoly is one of my favorite synths ever and a dream synth for me. The MicroFreak is amazing, too though. Have you seen the Moog Matriarch? It reminds me of a modern day MonoPoly as well.
I remember when I got the Waldorf Blofeld I felt like I could just tweak forever. I told myself: ok, so let's just use it to make everything in the track as you learn it.
IMO that's the best way to learn a synth. Putting it thru it's paces in a whole project.
Might get the microfreak to play with my digitone. :P
They are on different levels of paraphonic though. Korg Mono/Poly (which I also owned once upon a time) is reduced to 1 oscillator per voice when in 4 voice mode. Microfreak still reatins all the voices and sound as fast as with one voice. The only way it is "paraphonic" is in that the single filter is shared between all the voices and retriggers.
This actually makes it much more like Korg Poly-800 (Also from the 80:s). It was mostly used in 4 voice mode (8 voices meant just one oscillator) and the the filter retriggered.
Though it was much more limited, but it had a great chorus (noisy though) built in. The oscillators sounded quite dull and muffled on it too (not generated the normal way as in proper VCO synths, but by some "divide down" where the starting point for all waveforms internally was a square wave.
@@Magnus_Loov Do you mean that one Microfreak oscillator can used to create much more complex tones? On that I agree I mean their conceptyual closeness. Off course the Microfeak is much more versatile. On the other hand: The Poly 800 might in theory be closer but was much less hands on. Putting all the Mono/Poly's oscillators on PWM and sending them through a good set of stereo effects made it sound better then a Poly 800 anyway. Just like one can easily forgive a Polysix its lack of a second oscillator while a Poly 61 still sounds crap with 2 per voice and a chorus! These are however of course personal opinions. :-) Furthermore playing a 3 note chord on the Mono/Poly while having the unison share on somehow made such chords sound fatter. I suspect the 4th oscillator, which only blinked shortly when you hit the keys, then doubled the dominant note in the chord making it almost a 1.5 osc per voice.
After having watched tons of tutorials on this, that was by far the best.. An honest down to earth review. Thanks.
I would like to link the freak to a zoom pedal.
1:15 WOW that is one of the most badass supersaw I have heard
wow go fuck yourself, homophobic mouthbreather
@@zoned7609 "wow go fuck yourself, homophobic mouthbreather"
thanks for proving my point
Every time I watch a video I want one of these bad boys more and more!
its worth it, oh my god its so worth it.
I'm dead keen.
Is it possible to sequence more than one sound at a time??
yes, i believe so, but you should look it up just to make sure
I dont think this one is multitimbral
Can't seem to decide between this and the microbrute..
I have a microbrute hardly used it it's amazing but never stood out to me to ever use it in a jam. Just ordered a microfreak it sounds so much better for the money and you get more features with the mf. Plus the screen is a bonus.
Sounds so nice, I bought it twice.
Just got my second MicroFreak, so I can pan one to the left, and one the right, and get some great stereo fun.
I know nothing about playing music or synths. But I bought a Yamaha Reface CS in October and a MicroFreak in December. I'm also thinking of buying a second MicroFreak just to thank Arturia for producing their amazing, bizarre instrument from another planet/dimension.
Being able to quickly copy over presets from one to the other would certainly be handy, neat
Kudos for being the first content creator I've seen actually ask for a thumbs-down if I didn't like it. (I'm not giving you a thumbs-down, though.)
Have one ordered. Looking forward to it. Seems like the presets are heavy with sequences. I'll be interested in customizing lead sounds.
Great choice, you're going to have a lot of fun with it! Lots of them do have sequences, you can of course turn the sequence off for any of the presets so you're not locked into the patch playing as a sequence.
@@GetintheMix Good to know, thanks. So then I guess I'll also be interested in hearing how the preset sequences sound as one shot notes.
My only complaint with mine is the “random” order of the patches. And then, about 500 in, you can save your new creation (without over-writing a factory patch). The programming software does make it easy to recover, if you do mess something up. I’m “one of Those”, who will be grouping the factory patches “My Way”.
at 10:28 reminds me a bit of the sound on Rush's "The Camera Eye"
I think it uses the SEM filter which would be similar to the Oberheim Rush used on that...
I would definitely buy a macrofreak :) if Arturia ever make one.
"MacroFreak" love it - that would be great to see!
bro @EZ Assegai what the fuck is up with your icon? homophobe much
Minifreak is now about to be available, and it's huge !
Very nice video. Beginners question, Can you add presets on it?
Thanks! Purchased!
Nice exploration. Cool synth!
So, what kind of sounds can you make?
Microfreak: YES
Can it sequence an arp & then let you also play another section over the top
Only has four voices so you'd run past that pretty quick, maybe record the sequence into a DAW then play it back as you record in the hand played sequence
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They need a polyphonic freak with 37 real keys an poly aftertouch... and more filters..and even more oscilators..
In the making...
MinimalWave1982 lets hope so..
"real keys" then that wouldnt be a freak, try using a microbrute or matrixbrute
George Michael Think out of the box... real keys.. with the same surface as the micro freak... and an option to set the surface to react directly on touch or only on keys pressed down (or not at all)
@@lordbachus Hmm, well I think that Arturia thought outside the box with the MicroFreak. It isn't keys, nor is it touch screen, or pads, and doesn't have the Roli material.
But I think what you are saying is have the capacitative surface on top of tactile keys. Since this brand renewed (was done in the early 70s) I don't know how that would work . But I am also confused by fingerprint scanner in the screen, a speaker that is actually part of the screen itself, and near future -- having cameras integrated into the screen.
But I wonder if we can just add tactile keyboard to MicroFreak. Good Future thinking, I enjoy this ride. Cheers!
Good intuitive demo. I think the hold button won't work if arp is on while synced to an external source.
Hold does not work with arpeggiated patches. Don't know why because if there is anywhere where you want a hold is with an arpeggio. At least for me anyway. I don't see the point. I mean how hard would it have been for hold to be available on areggiated patches? But don't get me wrong. I love this thing!
Jeff Strichart It definitely works for the arpeggiator. I’ve done it.
@@HotStrange Thanks HS I will try again now that I know it will. Cheers
Jeff Strichart No problem! Good luck :)
Can this double as a midi controller, for software or analog synthesizer's?
It can as it does have a 'midi out' and USB connectivity!
Im so gonna get one of these
Wait is there a not a global tune option on this??
This guy is pretty cool
Getting big Chembros vibes from this!
Yepp, gonna buy, amazing price, gonna be fun to play with + all connections... just have to get some cash inflow!
It is true. I have synth arsenal of 20 plus years behind me, and my studio currently features stuff from little volcas to Sequential and Moog to very big (too big tbh) modular stuff. Never have I ever saw so much flexibility in one device. So many different syntheiss types - so many nicely done oscillators and waveforms. Great matrix. Great 3 function analogue filter. Amazing buchla - like pressure sensitive keyboard. And for all of you who want to learn how different synthesis work, well, here is an awesome learning tool. Hands down the best budget synth,. AND it just looks beautiful.
Thanks. I know nothing about playing music or synths. I was thinking about buying a Volca FM or Keys. Maybe I'll try this one.
Frankenstein's Penguin depending what you need, I would say two things. MicroFreak is probably mini-synth of the decade. Oscillators from Mutable Instruments and much more (14 different types of synthesis, and adding more with each firmware update, that is unmatched so far, some Oscillators are not as deep but still), analogue filter with SEM profile. Now we have input into synth path through Vocoder and a new module in future updates might use external signals, guitars, other synths). Modulation matrix to shame bigger synths. Another thing to bear in mind, if you are not used to pressure sensitive keys like on Buchla synths, you might struggle a little. I would suggest MF over any volca any day. I love Volcas but they are deliberately designed to be limiting in sound source, so ppl would buy more units. MF combines all those into one.
@@earlsfield Yes, i was imagining people buying several Volcas instead of just buying a larger synth. Thanks so much for taking the time to answer.
I bought a Yamaha Reface CS. I'm sure I will buy other synths.
@@PunguinYoga Reface is a beautiful homage to great Yamaha synths. My first keyboard was DX7 - i bought it in 1995 for totally different purpose than FM synthesis - it had nice keys and it was a MIDI controller for my Roland JV 1080 and other rack synths and groove boxes, and i was using it to program drums in Atari-driven Cubase.
Then, I got into audio engineering school and first thing I was given, together with my fellow students, was DX7 - with no patches. This was our synthesis class. I thought I knew something about FM synthesis, since I was messing around with DX 7 patches on my own, with no guidance or knowledge resource - it turned out bunch of the stuff i had in my head was wrong, of course. I like how they simplified Reface
Played with it today at musik store.. lots of fun.. still kind of limited (only 1 oscilator, feedbackfrom knobs is minimal, the keybed).. made it feel mor like a toy then a full instrument.. however.. add 3 more oscilators, more oscilator models, full polyphony, a big selection of modulators, sound shapers, filters and what not... and then a normal keybed where the keys have this surface... despite feeling like a toy, i loved toying around with it..
In the initial release videos back around NAMM , it sounded like they plan to add more oscillator models in further firmware updates . We'll see how soon that really happens , fingers crossed .
If you want the classic analogue sound for your first, then the MicroFreak will not satisfy. If you want some thing better than an iPad app, then the Microfreak is a superstar🤯
I would love that but consider the price into this as well. Poly aftertouch is expensive and hard to implement which would lead to more R&D costs. Plus more R&D spent to optimize the engine for more voices. Then you add in extra analog filters, more oscillators, more routing options for those filters and oscillators, more LFOs, etc and the actual larger enclosure. On top of that, if you want real polyphony, you’re now talking about implementing LFOs, envelopes, and analog filters PER VOICE, further adding to the cost. I’d be surprised if something like that would be sold for under $999. I would definitely buy it but it would be at a price point completely out of the market this is aiming for and put it squarely in competition with things like the Prologue, Peak, and Hydrasynth, which are all tough competition. Especially the Hydrasynth, which is similar in theory and spirit to the Microfreak.
Also, a normal keybed with this surface on top of the keys doesn’t sound possible. I don’t think you can mount 2 separate keyboards at once to the surface inside the synth and how would that even be implemented? It would give you 2 notes playing per key which wouldn’t be useful and would actually be annoying most of the time. Or you could have to have an option to choose which you’re using at once, negating the need for both anyways. Plus if you have full size keys with poly AT why would you even need this touch surface? And vice versa.
2 years later it's acting as my "gateway" Synth, simple enough to learn, varied enough to enjoy, and it's making me want more Synths to pair with it
damn it arturia release it already!
It's out!
It was out when you made this comment lol 🤦🏻♂️
@9:46 Nice dry heaves :P
Awesome! Will get one too, thank you!
But i also really need to know where i can get this awesome Colorful Painting! 😍
Please! :)
@13:49 rotflmao that sound at 14:15 though, pretty amazing.
I do need a good digital synth! Heard they put the mutable instruments engine in there ?
Arturia used in some form Mutable Instruments' Plaits' Code (which is open source) in the creation of this synth, so partly in a sense.
It's definitely an excellent pick if you're after a digital synth and want a lot for your money!
Also for the price, consider the Modal Skulpt. I think I prefer the Microfreak, but the Skulpt is a fantastic option as well and is also super powerful. Same price, too!
Haut Strange oh for sure their filter is much better . I want modal new 4 voice that looks like my minilogue
The dog at 10:20 is epic. 😂😂🤣
"going to take over" not unless Arturia fixes all the software bugs! If you're thinking about buying one you should know that Arturia recently released one update that fixed alot of unintentional adjustments with the pots, however there are still a lot of issues with the software making unintentional / unwanted changes and Arturia has not made any mention of another update to fix the additional bugs. With these bugs it's very difficult to use with external clock sources and custom patches. Just fyi.
Intro ID?
Alex & Digby - Handlines :)
make a desktop module for a little cheaper.. do it Autria
@Edward Godsall I don't like the keyboard. it's priced fair, but without the keys it could be less
1. Don't do drugs.
2. Read the bloody manual!
Hahaha good shit
aftertouch lol..:)
Lol? How is that funny?
I dont want this oversized plugin taking space on my desk.
Lol
You could always glue it to your monitor as a sort of hands on, faux plug-in ;-) You CAN hug the plug after all :D
You can click and drag from the corner to resize it.
@@French_Canadian_Pea_Soup whats the point having it. Its bigger than laptop, yet providing the same as some better vst. I can see kids buying it for fashionable digital dubstep preset wobbles. It even looks like female shoes from skateshop. The filter is farter and it whole typically lacks some serious bottom.
Lame trolling. The notion that any synth with digital oscillators is a VST in a box is straight up idiotic. Some of the best, most innovative synth in music history like the DX7 are digital. News flash for bedroom "producers", there is such a thing as performing live, and working outside of the cold, sterile, uninspiring box.