Generative Ambient Music W/ Microfreak v2.0
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- I have no idea how I slept on this odd little synth for a whole year. It's delicious!
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Now I can't decide if I want a MicroFreak or a furry rug for synth sexxy time.
obviously they go together
buy a sheep's skin...save money...buy a MicroFreak....save more money.....buy another MicroFreak.
Easy, get both 😅❤
Word to your sponsors.. What ever this man suggests I seriously consider
Damn the way you explained changing the game really changes the game
Do you mean that him explaining changing the game really changed the game of explaining changing the game? Then yes, agreed! :)
The thing I love about the Microfreak is you can sequence up to 64 (on each A and B for each preset, 256 presets) and can change to use any of the provided engines per step. Being able to save Arps as sequences was a great addition in the firmware, too.
The MF is absolutely great for generative music. The modulation matrix allows me to create patches that are truly generative and non repeating. It's a great tool.
This synth rocks, i got it hooked to the Strymon Night Sky and boy, the sounds and textures are so rich and amazing. I am gonna hit V3 firmware from Arturia and explore more of this awesome Synth!
Yeah I agreed the night sky and the Big Sky they just do something that nothing else does, I have the Big Sky and that pedal literally changed everything for me
I really like how this little machine makes so many different sounds. Can’t wait for mine to come in, in 2021.
This is literally my favorite youtube channel because you are kind of awesome, in an insane no-filter way.
................. with you
Actually, not literally!
amazing, so good to see you regularly posting content on this channel again. 18:00 extremely beautiful sound...
Great video and cool instrument, thanks Benn!
Honestly man I haven’t watched your videos in a while but I was scrolling through RUclips, saw this and it’s exactly what I needed. I was feeling kind of down and anxious because of college today and finals coming up and this little jam helped me calm down. Thanks a bunch for what you do!
Soy
@@sonicimperium SDE
For some reason I knew me and the Freak would be soulmates. We just need a great reverb and it’s on on.
I have the verb, just waiting on the freak! (Chase Bliss CXM 1978)
A time machine back to when we were barely a month into the pandemic. Were we ever so young? And be-hatted?
Rewatching i really appreciate the work you put into these back then. It was really something to look forward to in lockdown.
Just a random thanks for that, while i revisit for microfreak inspiration!
My interest in Microfreak has suddenly come back. Funny how that happens.
Some experimental, droney type of synthesizers would be cool to see in your hands. Lyra-8, Meng Qi Wing Piper, Landscape Stereo Field, that kind of stuff.
So glad to see the microfreak on your channel! And happy to hear that videos are coming more frequently!
STILL the most fun I've had on a synth for about 20 years… Its DEF not just a floaty noise box, its a Killer for techno jams as well as some really expressive leads due to the expressive keybed.
Best original affordable music instrument of the last decade imo! Bang for the buck, conceptwise, if they only added a metronome of sorts, but damn! IT IS GREAT! so deep, so intriguing. i would pay so much only for the midi controling part of it, or the voices alone. + it.s size of a 13inch imac. LOVE IT!
Same here. The bang per buck is incredible - and the fun per buck.
Wow, talking about Microfreak in 2020, so vintage :)
😂😂😂
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! Exactly what I was looking for.
Big fat subscribe. Thanks for convincing me I need both a Beatstep Pro and a Microfreak that much more
You just sold a microfreak. Watched many microfreak videos to decide if I should buy one or not. This is the one.
18:57 loooove that patch!
If you were to play it on top of a Pool table then it would definitely be a game changer.
for this sick price microfreack is juat the best arturia product weather soft or hardware. i mean there is the polybrute out there, but 1 polybrute costs 8 or 9 microfreacks. i bought it as it came out 3 years ago and it was so buggy and shitty. i was close selling it. but in the mean time it belongs to one of my fav synths. i am very glad i didn't sell it. and now with the 3 new noise engineering osci's the mf is fucking huge. for that price just unbeatable!!!!!
Wow you really make it shine
I subscribed about 15 seconds in-Sold! 😆😄👍 LOVE the Loopop mimicry! 🤣 I’ve had this little gem for about 6 months-now on version 4, which allows you to both edit and upload your own wave tables, among other great twicks and tweaks! The mod matrix, and things like poly-after touch and its endlessly creative potential is just insane for $300 bux.
Great stuff! And from a man that wears many hats!!
Excellent video,thanks.I just bought the white version which arrives tomorrow,can't wait to get started with it!
You are so funny and intelligent. Good company, in other words.
If the Microfreak is bundled with that rug then I'm all in!
I just noticed you have a 5 pin midi cable there with adapters on each end (I think). You can just use a TRS cable all the way. Thanks for the fun vid!
That is true if connecting two devices via the newfangdangledminismall MIDI ports - Bring back DIN FFS :D
@@squishmusic Also important to note- there are two standards for TRS midi. Depending on what you're connecting it to, you may want to make a custom cable to switch which lead connects to tip/ring.
@@kriskeyser6691 yes I call them the 'korg one' and the 'arturia one' :D
Beautiful sounds. Though the reverb is the star here I guess 🎶
I’m new to effects with microfreak - what is the ‘best buy’ reverb/delay/chorus pedal for around £100/$150?
I am a simple man, i see Benn's notification i stop whatever i was doing click and enjoy.
Damn it Benn! Your video made me buy a Polybrute and now this one just made me order a microfreak! but seriously thanks, loving the Polybrute and this looks like a lot of fun too
Sample and hold assigned to hats.
Yes, this is on my next to buy list!
Excellent. Love your channel.
“I’m going to try and update this channel a little more frequently while we are all living in a f#cking horror movie” you are f#cking hilarious 😂🤣
also, just realized that i can use standard 3.5 mm aux cable for midi between microfreak and beatstep pro. i just got a micro freak, really enjoyed this video!
Instant sub. I need all 3 of these now... Thanks, I guess haha
I love my Microfreak!! Arturia fanboy right here
So nice of Falkor to let you play music on his furry back
21:08 around this part.... When you started playing in that bassline. Wow, dude. Beautiful stuff.
I wonder, since you're more or less the reverb guy and I'm sure you've been asked this many times, but are there any free or very affordable software/vst reverbs that you'd recommend? I've been struggling to get anything good from Ableton's built in reverb or from the plugins I currently use.
Tal Reverbs are all good
Valhalla Massive
Great video man ! So musical, thanks !
Benn your killing' me man, your way to funny.
Great presentation, very fun!
You're way too ignorant of the English language!
so beautiful
Dang! 17:40 can you please explain how you're getting all those chords and other notes by pressing one key? randomizer of beatstep? chord mode on one of them? arp played seperate notes?
I think it might be a slow arpeggio, with the ‘chord’ oscillator. With a lot reverb.
I'm using the korg nst-1 as a filter and wow the microfreak is a beast
I don't think the filter applies to outside audio, just the internal synth engine. Mod/Delay/Reverb should though
Amazing jam.... hope someday i can get a performance out of the microfreak like that
... and I'm late to your party. I want you to know that your demonstration of the instrument was outstanding. Peace ✌️ ☮️ 🕊 😄
Update the channel while we're living in a fucking horror movie......totally cracked me up! Best one-liner so far!
I know, this is not the right place maybe, but i wanted to make my humble compliments for your music works in general but in a very special way for your Dormant album...very very very touchy and great music 🙂
so how did you programmed that beatstep? awesome randomness
My dream hair..... haha.... just got eh Mini Freak and the BS Pro.
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With you!
that was hypnotizing
Great video :) made me happy!
That's pretty beautiful sounds you got from this.
What's your opinion on choosing between Microfreak and Minilogue XD?
I cannot decide which one to purchase. Both of them sound great but and i cannot decide which one is better.
I was torn in this same thing. XD is a lovely instrument, and sounds beautiful. But the voices were too same-y for me - not a wide enough range of sounds for such a deep instrument. I went with the uFreak, and have not given it another thought. Truly a remarkable synth.
Just do what I did and get both 😀
19:56 reminded me of lorenzo senni
nice to see another Senni fan out in the wild
Play by play would've been awesome 😎 you got me at the end there so nice
Nice one, thanks mate!
Nice one buddy, I LOVE 💘 JAMMING WITH microfreak TOO...
KEEP ON JAMMING POSITIVE 👌 vibrations 💛❤💚✌✌✌
what software were you using to just let the midi controllers play the sound instead of using some sort of software like velvet or Hybrid 3?
CAnt believe i never picked up in that "shotcut" for the mod matrix goddamn
Крутая бейсболка :)
Hast wunderschöne Stimme!
You had a like within the first 30s for the Isaak impression.
Nice vid, I have a MicroFreak, and love it! This was a good vid, nice jam.
I hope Falcore didn’t mind you recording this jam on his back?
oh sweet, tbh I haven't seen a lot of other channels' microfreak videos so
Haha me too dude
Ay, youre here as well?
The Bitwig community will take over the power! ^^
Hi Ben, being the technical wizard that you are, I’m hoping you could help me get around a known issues with the microfreak - When i power it off the output jack create a lot of noise (If I use the headphone jack there’s not a problem but it’s a little quieter than the output jack). I’ve read about this problem from others in Arturia’s forums. It’s not a big deal except that when I turn my Canyon delay on or off it triggers that noise for a split second. Very annoying. Getting a three prong adapter make any difference? Any other suggestions? Thank you
i shat myself
All the hat changes 🫡
This is beautiful, it got me itching for a Microfreak... are you using default patches on this video, or your own custom ones?
Hat game king
the only synth i will never sell.
Nice! Sounding very 'Stranger Things'esque.
Hello. I have a noob question. Can those chords (and new features in the update) be played and sequenced using an external midi controller/sequencer? Or are they limited to using the onboard keyboard? Thanks.
They can. He is pressing one button for those chords on the mf so you can set it up like him, or you can just turn paraphonic mode on and use your midi controller for chords (the keystep 37 for example)
this is my favorite synth , got mine for free , (tax return )
That was already your money in the first place, they just withheld more than was necessary. Just wanted to point that out.
@@freefinancialadvice yeah but it was money I didnt know was owed to me so it was a nice surprise
It is Plaits as in hair something, because Braids.
Another great video by Benn and Gear, if those who read this would like to see Benn make more modulair video's please give a thumbs up!
my favourite synth , and I own many
This is pretty cool but it was kinda hard to understand exactly what you did and how those play together.
Yeah.. MicroFreak has a sequencer, why he used a separate sequencer?
Coooraallllll! I lost all my stuff and thaangs. Where's my Microfreak?
video starts at 5:55
Maybe this is a silly question, but... you hooked up the microfreak with the beatstep pro. Where does the sound come out of? Did you hook it up to a computer,...?
Sound comes from the microfeak through the empress reverb into speaker monitors
@@visisydandthevoid and probably splits off into a mixer/recorder before the speakers too for actually saving the audio, even good camera mics don't seem to record speakers well
Beautiful sounds, thanks for sharing. Anyone have any VST/Plug-in Recommendations for reverbs remotely similar to the empress reverb?
Maybe Valhalla vintage verb..
OMG Red hat! Just crazy!!!
Oh... "man of many hats"! I get it, because you're *smoothed out*, right?
What is the purpose of the beatstep? I don't see it doing anything...am I missing something 🙁
It is sequencing the uFreak.
Microfreak is my first gear.. looking for suggestions for an analog/ semi modular piece...
Hey, hi Ben. Didn't you recently praise Specular Tempus as the best reverb ever ? You were the reason for me buying this pedal ;) anyway....nice channel, good work.. stay safe!
Nah, I still said Empress was king, but the Specular has both reverb and echo and is a bit cheaper. Also the Empress has new firmware with a looper, spectral freeze, new algos, etc.
@@BennJordan OK, Ok...I'll get Empress reverb too....at some point...
I like your hat
Pl-ats!
I hope that isn't the pelt of Harry the Monster from Sesame Street that you're presentation is setting on!
Dude your hat keeps changing shape and color!
holy cats, thats a lot of hats!
Sweet
Benn, you have 25+ years of experience of making music and started your channel only 2 years ago? C'mon, i think you have stories to tell for next 10 years :)
Whereeeee did you purchase that hat at 5:14?
that empress pedal costs more than the microfreak, haaa.