As someone who has now spent thousands on gear over the last few years; i could not agree more. My $300 Model: Cycles cannot even begin to create the kind of awesome reactionary sound-fields that the Micro comes with out the box! 😂 (But it's still amazing)
@@sub-jec-tiv yeah it's fun but it barely escapes being a toy. I just hope it's as quality as it seems, and doesn't end up "a Casio on a plastic beach" too soon.
Please note: I was informed this morning by Arturia that this firmware is not being released now until the 30th of May to give them time to fix bugs, but that it's still being announced today. Obviously with a little more notice I would have edited the video, but there was simply no way for me to get that done. Sorry for the disappointment of having to wait, but hopefully this whets your appetite!
Looking forward and the anticipation on its own sometimes brings more joy than the actual thing anyway. We have something to look forward to. This update will fit perfectly in my new workflow. Thanks a lot for the information, as always great content. Much
I am surprised to see this. A typical company would have reserved major upgrades like this for only the most recent product line offerings (e.g. the Minifreak). To see this on the Micro is incredibly satisfying. It feels like Arturia really cares about their customers by continuing to provide additional value long after the purchase has been made. They could have easily just done a cash grab and put all the R&D dollars for this feature in to a Micro 2 version that would require users to buy a whole new unit to get this capability. I keep buying more and more Arturia stuff. Announcements like this make me glad to be a customer. Can't wait for the release.
yeah this vid made me say WTF 5 firmware upgrades, thats some great care for the customer. ive only got a keystep but yeah im gonna be supporting arturia a lot more. their initial usage of mutables logo and branding without permission (they obv didnt need permission for the oscillator code as its open source) but im totally over my beef with the noise engineering oscs added and fucking five firmware updates
I read the "about’ section on the Arturia page while I was doing the update and THESE 2 GUYS are true pioneers… they do this for the love … they get the cash from the software stuff I think… I am officially in love with Arturia …. They are both classically trained musicians AND digital sound design experts. … I can’t wait to see what they come up with next…
Things you didn't know to want in life: Hologram Microfreak Those grains engines would have been more than enough for a proper firmware update, and then there's a different envelope mode, thise crazy key s&h, and samples! The folks @ Arturia really hit that out off the park, once again! "Everyone needs a Microfreak (and an Ms70cdr to go with it)
think this might be my new favourite channel. thanks so much. I am now an intermediate user of this synth now. im using it with the roland j-6 (I cant play chords well) its huge with that combo
I bought one when it came out. Then sold it. And a couple years later, seeing how Arturia improved it, I bought it again, and I couldn't be more happy about it
Was looking for a nice cheap synth and remebered that I had seen this odd little synth in a lot of videos that I hadn't paid attention to and did not know the name of. Now I know that it's name is Arturia Microfreak and it seems to be an incredible piece of gear. I really love the fact that they keep on updating this affordable little music box! Getting mine tomorrow! 🥳❤️
This does the same as my Roland V-SynthXT, yet sounds completely different. MicroFreak is delightfully raw and glitchy, AND the menu system looks less "divey", despite the Roland having a bigger screen. Atruria are amazing value for money and definitely leading the field.
I am blown away. What is happening in the synth world! What other product can you buy where manufacturer actually improves the existing product over time. We live in a throw away society so to see things like this and the updates that elektron is pushing to their devices seems unheard of. This truly fills my heart with joy. I can't wait to get my hands on this update 😍
Synthstrom Audible's Deluge is another shining example of a high quality electronic instrument manufacturer. Frequent firmware updates to an already amazing instrument and they're even doing hardware retrofits for their updated OLED displays - and they just announced open sourcing their firmware. Another incredible company (like Arturia). Totally agree with you about being filled with joy. Real proud of the people in these companies.
This update is brilliant. I am so glad I bought a Microfreak 3 years ago; I still feel like I'm only scratching the surface of what it can do. The only bugbear for me is the keyboard which has become very glitchy, but I can play it with a MIDI controller for a more satisfying feel.
Astonishing what they keep coming up with for this little blighter! I love the fact I can sequence my modular with it too. I'm a big fan of the more snappy envelope. Cheers for a great vid Mr OS.
I'm a snappy envelope advocate too - it will be on by default for most of my patches. Even at longer decay times it gives a pleasing "acoustic" response.
loll seriously. i was testing the waters to potentially downscale my setup but NOW?? MicroFreak is going NOWHERE... it's forever GOATED lol. value/quality/feature ratio is just off the charts!
This is incredible!!! this new feature will be an amazing feature to dig in, on my future music releases, thank you Osc Sink for this wide and in depth review about this new update, your content as usual es top notch!!!
Thanks so much for this video, has proved extremely helpful. The new possibilities are so vast as to be almost incomprehensible, appreciate your ability to both comprehend them and explain to those of us a little slower on the uptake. I had no problem with the update using the latest version of Midi Control Center on a Mac, but the Microfreak did start behaving weirdly at one point while playing around with samples - resolved after switching it off and on again. Would be so helpful to have an option to turn off the keyboard pitch entirely to allow a set of samples to be played from multiple keys without pitch shifting, hope that can be added in a future firmware update (unless there's a way I've missed). My compromise has been to pre-shift the pitch of each sample before importing.
wow, do you guys realise, Arturia basically brought an almost entire ensoniq eps 16+ asr 10 wave boy trans waves grain manipulation sampling feature in an update. I was waiting for years for this type of feature to reemerge in a hardware machine. Amazeballs!
Listen to Kayne West unreleased mixtape he did in 1997 it’s in RUclips he did that with a ensoniq, I got a MC707 and if I wanted to do hip hop sampling like Kayne is that possible now? I always wanted a Microfreak , finally gonna get oneb
@@DesiLofi hi, not sure about the mc707s features, but I think what you are referring to is classic sample lifting off records or other sources, i.e. crate digging. This mostly involves straight sampling and rearranging short beats or loops by repitching at lower or higher keys and or rearranging snippets to make new loops and riffs from otherwise known recordings without going into the granular level. Although there are some artist that took it to extremes. I think an Akai MPC would be a suitable modern day device what you would be after. Very quick for chopping rearranging chops and beats.
Amazing. Now Arturia, port it to Mini :) BTW, they are marketing geniuses. Prime example how to make previous generation not obsolete. And they included sample start and loop modulation - which most modern hardware samplers are lacking (unfortunately)
The way they stagger the new firmware features, it seems Arturia is using the micro to help market the mini and vice versa. They're hoping people who have one or the other will buy and keep both.
That sounds at approx 29.34 sounds like John Pauls jones keyboard on the Led Zeppelin song No Quarter. Great breakdown, this micro freak thing is a monster and has so many aspects that seem to be way above value for money. assume the bigger brother of this family does more of the same?!
I bought a second Microfreak for keyboard-split goodness instead of a Minifreak. I know it's not the same... the Microfreaks are MORE! Especially with this update.
thankyou for this walkthrough, everyones making videos blabbing about how great it is and no one is showing how to utilize any of it, so thankyou for taking the time to make something usefull, content creators these days...so excited to have something new to make a video with, so much oversaturation, nice to find something usefull
Thank you! A lot of people don't seem to have the patience for more technical/in depth demos, and I get that, but I try to make videos that I'd want to watch and that I'd find useful.
Plugging in the microfreak and then getting 'no updates' is one of the tragedies of my life. Sounds amazing though!! Thanks for giving it a full walkthrough - can't wait for it to release on the 30th :)
In the top right corner above the save and utility buttons are written the words 'Grain de folie'. Translated from french it means 'Grain of madness'. Quite fitting. (There may be a black sticker mysteriously covering these words.)
I think I have had the MF from almost the beginning or it belonged to a friend before he gave it to me, but it was well worth the price and would still be today, in my opinion Arturia has perfectly balanced the release of a new product with significant updates to continually add more value. I hope this translates to new sales of the Minifreak and Microfreak and also increases brand loyalty among their many customers. I for one think very highly of their products and approach to software and hardware design. As also, this was a wonderful and inspiring review/demo. I hate to admit but even though I think the Microfreak is amazing I still have considered letting it go, mainly because I like to keep my setup as minimal as possible. The added oscillators and sample playback will be another reason I won’t be getting rid of it anytime soon.
Sounds amazing! Great overview! Dying to get my hands on this, thanks for the deep dive. I’d recently been running MicroFreak thru Syntakt’s effects, and it looks like they’ll be even better friends soon
Really atmospheric tones with this new update! Can imagine this being perfect for ambient and lofi music. The drum samples mangling could be great in dnb and dubstep
Wahou !!! I'm french and i mean..., i'm so proud of ARTURIA ! You can imagine it easily, ... * I Like your videos about Microfreak insider... ...ing, if i could say.. As i'm an intuitive person, sometimes, i was sure Arturia will enhance this "machine"... And it's here, again, just after the MiniFK
Who said Christmas comes once a year 😂 With Arturia and Santa Claus like Osc Sink the gifts keep coming. Thank you Arturia the MF suddenly turns into a better beast. Thank you Osc Sink for the over view of this magical update. ❤❤❤❤
im watching this with my jaw dropped. Anyone who does not have a microfreak is fucking up. I am even considering to buy a second one to stash it away so i can make sure i have a backup in 10 years, should anything happen to my trust microfreak. I have a lot of amazing pieces of gear...OB6, Rytm MK2, Microcosm, etc....but the microfreak BY FAR takes the cake when it comes to versatility and value for money. Incredible, legendary machine! Thanks Arturia (and i am NEVER a brand-fanboy).
I'm a bit late coming to the video but I've been tempted to get one to use the sample & granular modes with some samples from the Entropic Doom. I think a purchase is inevitable
I cannot wait for Arturia to release an update that will allow for sampling internal sounds or external sounds via the microphone making this a true standalone and on-the-go machine.
I’ve wet my pants before you even talked about the sampling…. Snappy percussive random goodness…. Ps are you gonna do a drum kit walkthrough with the synth. Gr8 overview as per usual.
Best sNth I EVER BOUGHT! I was always wishing for samples and now granular on top: OH MY GOODNESS!!! It would be great if we could record samples into it via TRRS...guess it's not possible?
It's not possible in this version, and I would imagine that the re-encoding of the data might be a bit too heavy to be done on the microfreak itself... But then I didn't ever imagine we'd have sample playback so... Who knows?!
I’ve been wanting a MF since it came out but this last update finally compelled me to get one. I’m pretty sure my subconscious just took over for a few minutes and made the purchase without my conscious consent. 😂 I’m not mad though. Can’t wait for it to arrive!🎉
No, but pair it with a relatively cheap multi FX pedal like a Zoom Multistomp and you're cookin'. Because of the physical architecture of the synth it's not really possible for them to add FX in an update so it is what it is in terms of the lack of built in FX.
@@danielfeatherstone674 I never promised to go DAWless!! I like to work having all the controls of the microfreak at hand, routed to any number of countless VST effects in any order I choose. -- It gives me the freedom to create the sound I want. I also like to carefully carve and craft every moment of a song until finished which isn't really the DAWless way. -- and it means I can have multiple Microfreak/outboard synth tracks in the song
Is RUclips using a new voice optimization algorithm? Or is it just the audio processing. Around the 02:35 mark the breathing and talking sounds a bit weird. Might also be an overzealous compression
Merry Christmas, your significant other has excellent taste in gifts! The delay will almost certainly be a TC Flashback 2,but there are many decent stereo digital delay pedals out there - we live in a golden age!
@@OscillatorSink She nailed it! I've only just started getting into having more than just a Masterkey 49 midi keyboard and guitar. I ran it all through Ableton with vst plugins but I wanted to be able to start just grooving live without the latency throwing me off. I got myself a Hologram Microcosm a few weeks back and it's been wicked fun, but I'm really excited to be able to sync with Midi, as it's pretty easy to get lost in ambient washes. Honestly, the wealth of options is a large factor that always prevented me from pulling the trigger on pedals. So feel like I just gotta hear things I like and go from there. I'm thinking of going for a good delay and distortion. Any personal recommendations would be great! Thanks!
No. You have to use the midi control center ( software for your computer ) to import a WAV file from your computer into the control center, then plug in the M.F. to computer & export to the M.F. from the control center.
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As someone who doesn't have thousands to spend on gear, i'm grateful for how much value is getting packed into this little machine!
The continued support of microfreak as a platform is really admirable!
As someone who has now spent thousands on gear over the last few years; i could not agree more. My $300 Model: Cycles cannot even begin to create the kind of awesome reactionary sound-fields that the Micro comes with out the box! 😂
(But it's still amazing)
Agreed
@@nerfytheclown Model:Cycles is excellent for making fm percussion.. but this little bastid is great at so many things!
@@sub-jec-tiv yeah it's fun but it barely escapes being a toy. I just hope it's as quality as it seems, and doesn't end up "a Casio on a plastic beach" too soon.
Please note: I was informed this morning by Arturia that this firmware is not being released now until the 30th of May to give them time to fix bugs, but that it's still being announced today. Obviously with a little more notice I would have edited the video, but there was simply no way for me to get that done. Sorry for the disappointment of having to wait, but hopefully this whets your appetite!
ah! that's why I can't find it on their website!
Thank you
Looking forward and the anticipation on its own sometimes brings more joy than the actual thing anyway. We have something to look forward to.
This update will fit perfectly in my new workflow.
Thanks a lot for the information, as always great content. Much
I saw this and immediately went to update mine, only to find the 'coming soon' banner for the MicroFreak product page. I am much disappoint! Haha.
Hello Jeremy The MF is beginning to sound like the microcosm
Would it be redundant to buy the Microcosm at the moment ?
I love that I can buy a piece of gear and new features are added throughout the life of the device. Cool time to get into synthesis
Arturia treating the Microfreak as a platform for new ideas and features is one of the biggest blessings to the inexpensive end of the synth market.
I am surprised to see this. A typical company would have reserved major upgrades like this for only the most recent product line offerings (e.g. the Minifreak). To see this on the Micro is incredibly satisfying. It feels like Arturia really cares about their customers by continuing to provide additional value long after the purchase has been made. They could have easily just done a cash grab and put all the R&D dollars for this feature in to a Micro 2 version that would require users to buy a whole new unit to get this capability.
I keep buying more and more Arturia stuff. Announcements like this make me glad to be a customer. Can't wait for the release.
yeah this vid made me say WTF 5 firmware upgrades, thats some great care for the customer. ive only got a keystep but yeah im gonna be supporting arturia a lot more. their initial usage of mutables logo and branding without permission (they obv didnt need permission for the oscillator code as its open source) but im totally over my beef with the noise engineering oscs added and fucking five firmware updates
I read the "about’ section on the Arturia page while I was doing the update and THESE 2 GUYS are true pioneers… they do this for the love … they get the cash from the software stuff I think… I am officially in love with Arturia …. They are both classically trained musicians AND digital sound design experts. … I can’t wait to see what they come up with next…
Everytime I think I have reached peak freak, Arturia drops new features. Very excited to give this a spin!
Things you didn't know to want in life: Hologram Microfreak
Those grains engines would have been more than enough for a proper firmware update, and then there's a different envelope mode, thise crazy key s&h, and samples!
The folks @ Arturia really hit that out off the park, once again!
"Everyone needs a Microfreak (and an Ms70cdr to go with it)
Wow, thanks Arturia for continuing to give us these gifts! And thanks Sink for all the demos!
think this might be my new favourite channel. thanks so much. I am now an intermediate user of this synth now. im using it with the roland j-6 (I cant play chords well) its huge with that combo
I bought one when it came out. Then sold it. And a couple years later, seeing how Arturia improved it, I bought it again, and I couldn't be more happy about it
Was looking for a nice cheap synth and remebered that I had seen this odd little synth in a lot of videos that I hadn't paid attention to and did not know the name of. Now I know that it's name is Arturia Microfreak and it seems to be an incredible piece of gear. I really love the fact that they keep on updating this affordable little music box! Getting mine tomorrow! 🥳❤️
I love Arturia!😭🙌 I don't ever say I love a company, but y'all are SO BADASS with these updates! 👏🔥🔥
Oh hell yeah! I was hoping for another update, but was thinking it probably wouldn't happen. Thanks for this!
Fantastic news and an awesome demonstration! This synth is the gift that just keeps giving!
This does the same as my Roland V-SynthXT, yet sounds completely different. MicroFreak is delightfully raw and glitchy, AND the menu system looks less "divey", despite the Roland having a bigger screen. Atruria are amazing value for money and definitely leading the field.
I am blown away. What is happening in the synth world! What other product can you buy where manufacturer actually improves the existing product over time. We live in a throw away society so to see things like this and the updates that elektron is pushing to their devices seems unheard of. This truly fills my heart with joy. I can't wait to get my hands on this update 😍
Synthstrom Audible's Deluge is another shining example of a high quality electronic instrument manufacturer. Frequent firmware updates to an already amazing instrument and they're even doing hardware retrofits for their updated OLED displays - and they just announced open sourcing their firmware. Another incredible company (like Arturia). Totally agree with you about being filled with joy. Real proud of the people in these companies.
@@DonSmiths Let's hope InMusic & Co don't end up buying them out...
I just pre-ordered the Stellar edition of the MicroFreak and look forward to some summer sound exploration. Thanks as always OS.
I hope you enjoy it!
FINALLY!! A relevant vid about the update (vs. "what me and my wife are doing"-bs). Thank you for keeping it clinical.
This thing just keeps getting cooler!
This update is brilliant. I am so glad I bought a Microfreak 3 years ago; I still feel like I'm only scratching the surface of what it can do. The only bugbear for me is the keyboard which has become very glitchy, but I can play it with a MIDI controller for a more satisfying feel.
Astonishing what they keep coming up with for this little blighter! I love the fact I can sequence my modular with it too. I'm a big fan of the more snappy envelope. Cheers for a great vid Mr OS.
I'm a snappy envelope advocate too - it will be on by default for most of my patches. Even at longer decay times it gives a pleasing "acoustic" response.
I appreciate these kind of updates vs a new paint job. Thank for the demo.
Thanks for going in such a detail on everything!
Every time I think I’m going to sell this thing… just wow. Thanks for the walkthrough
Lmao same. Pretty sure it’s never going anywhere at this point.
loll seriously. i was testing the waters to potentially downscale my setup but NOW?? MicroFreak is going NOWHERE... it's forever GOATED lol. value/quality/feature ratio is just off the charts!
Exactly - was assuming I'd dump the Micro for the Mini but at this point the Micro has some legit functionality the Mini doesn't!
Now this is a nice surprise on a Wednesday afternoon.
absolute quality mate. Really clearly explained, top job!
Man! Arturia is killing it!
This is incredible!!! this new feature will be an amazing feature to dig in, on my future music releases, thank you Osc Sink for this wide and in depth review about this new update, your content as usual es top notch!!!
Cheers!
I'm 40 seconds in and I can tell this is a MAJOR update!
Thanks so much for this video, has proved extremely helpful. The new possibilities are so vast as to be almost incomprehensible, appreciate your ability to both comprehend them and explain to those of us a little slower on the uptake. I had no problem with the update using the latest version of Midi Control Center on a Mac, but the Microfreak did start behaving weirdly at one point while playing around with samples - resolved after switching it off and on again. Would be so helpful to have an option to turn off the keyboard pitch entirely to allow a set of samples to be played from multiple keys without pitch shifting, hope that can be added in a future firmware update (unless there's a way I've missed). My compromise has been to pre-shift the pitch of each sample before importing.
Still great to hear you do this Sink even if early, excitement building
wow, do you guys realise, Arturia basically brought an almost entire ensoniq eps 16+ asr 10 wave boy trans waves grain manipulation sampling feature in an update. I was waiting for years for this type of feature to reemerge in a hardware machine. Amazeballs!
Listen to Kayne West unreleased mixtape he did in 1997 it’s in RUclips he did that with a ensoniq, I got a MC707 and if I wanted to do hip hop sampling like Kayne is that possible now? I always wanted a Microfreak , finally gonna get oneb
@@DesiLofi hi, not sure about the mc707s features, but I think what you are referring to is classic sample lifting off records or other sources, i.e. crate digging. This mostly involves straight sampling and rearranging short beats or loops by repitching at lower or higher keys and or rearranging snippets to make new loops and riffs from otherwise known recordings without going into the granular level. Although there are some artist that took it to extremes. I think an Akai MPC would be a suitable modern day device what you would be after. Very quick for chopping rearranging chops and beats.
Thank you for your tutorials ❤🤟
Can’t wait for the Mini Freak port for us Mini guys! 🎉
Amazing. Now Arturia, port it to Mini :) BTW, they are marketing geniuses. Prime example how to make previous generation not obsolete. And they included sample start and loop modulation - which most modern hardware samplers are lacking (unfortunately)
The way they stagger the new firmware features, it seems Arturia is using the micro to help market the mini and vice versa. They're hoping people who have one or the other will buy and keep both.
@@anonymoushuman8344 exactly. Marketing masterclass.
That sounds at approx 29.34 sounds like John Pauls jones keyboard on the Led Zeppelin song No Quarter.
Great breakdown, this micro freak thing is a monster and has so many aspects that seem to be way above value for money. assume the bigger brother of this family does more of the same?!
I've been wantin a sampler with an analog filter, especially a granular one. this is so cool
The visualization of the loop parameter was very handy.
First amazing update on any machine this year!!
I bought a second Microfreak for keyboard-split goodness instead of a Minifreak. I know it's not the same... the Microfreaks are MORE! Especially with this update.
Thanks for making this video! Love your channel, keep up the great work!
thankyou for this walkthrough, everyones making videos blabbing about how great it is and no one is showing how to utilize any of it, so thankyou for taking the time to make something usefull, content creators these days...so excited to have something new to make a video with, so much oversaturation, nice to find something usefull
Thank you! A lot of people don't seem to have the patience for more technical/in depth demos, and I get that, but I try to make videos that I'd want to watch and that I'd find useful.
Brilliant walk-through! Thank you!
Wow. So its a sampler now? What a gift!!
It sure does!
its a sample player, not a sampler
youve got a voice as soothing as mylar melodies. so relaxing. great video. need a freak
Great sound at the end there!
Thank you! It was essentially a variation of the patch I showed in the Cloud Grains section - sounds like this just fall out of these new modes.
Thanks a lot for going through the new things
You're welcome!
ooph! oh, hell yeah! am so excited about this. thanks, as always, for such a thorough walk-through. 🖤
You're welcome!
❤ Wow! This is such an awesome update! And awesome demo! Micro freak is the best investment I’ve ever made :)
So awesome! But no fair not dropping it today... happy to work through the bugs and have a 5.1 come out May 30th! 😆
Plugging in the microfreak and then getting 'no updates' is one of the tragedies of my life. Sounds amazing though!! Thanks for giving it a full walkthrough - can't wait for it to release on the 30th :)
Haha! Same!!!
Released on the 30th and not today.
Omg wow sooo cool! Can't wait until this update is released.
In the top right corner above the save and utility buttons are written the words 'Grain de folie'. Translated from french it means 'Grain of madness'. Quite fitting. (There may be a black sticker mysteriously covering these words.)
"We all go a little mad sometimes." - Norman Bates
Jeeez I'm gonna check the Midi Control Center every day hoping they release it earlier than 30th May :D
I think I have had the MF from almost the beginning or it belonged to a friend before he gave it to me, but it was well worth the price and would still be today, in my opinion Arturia has perfectly balanced the release of a new product with significant updates to continually add more value. I hope this translates to new sales of the Minifreak and Microfreak and also increases brand loyalty among their many customers. I for one think very highly of their products and approach to software and hardware design. As also, this was a wonderful and inspiring review/demo. I hate to admit but even though I think the Microfreak is amazing I still have considered letting it go, mainly because I like to keep my setup as minimal as possible. The added oscillators and sample playback will be another reason I won’t be getting rid of it anytime soon.
Was already awesome gets marvelous now!
It's one of my favorite gear.....
Sounds amazing! Great overview! Dying to get my hands on this, thanks for the deep dive. I’d recently been running MicroFreak thru Syntakt’s effects, and it looks like they’ll be even better friends soon
Very good friends, especially when you start midi sequencing all of the CV on the microfreak!
Great video...thanks!
(This video is probably getting tons of plays right about now!)
Such nice explanation, thank you
Just an awesome update. Looking forward to release date
Might finally buy it after this update!
freaking hell you released the video faster than Arturia . by 25 minutes :)))) amzing stuff !
What an exciting news. Can’t wait for the 30th❤
Really atmospheric tones with this new update! Can imagine this being perfect for ambient and lofi music. The drum samples mangling could be great in dnb and dubstep
I will be going predictably ambient with this update for sure!
Incredible !!
Oh My Krishna this is too crazy good I can't even THANK YOU ARTURIA ❤
Wahou !!! I'm french and i mean..., i'm so proud of ARTURIA ! You can imagine it easily, ... *
I Like your videos about Microfreak insider... ...ing, if i could say.. As i'm an intuitive person, sometimes, i was sure Arturia will enhance this "machine"... And it's here, again, just after the MiniFK
This is the very best news
Who said Christmas comes once a year 😂
With Arturia and Santa Claus like Osc Sink the gifts keep coming.
Thank you Arturia the MF suddenly turns into a better beast.
Thank you Osc Sink for the over view of this magical update.
❤❤❤❤
More slap! By far my favorite music machine.
im watching this with my jaw dropped. Anyone who does not have a microfreak is fucking up. I am even considering to buy a second one to stash it away so i can make sure i have a backup in 10 years, should anything happen to my trust microfreak. I have a lot of amazing pieces of gear...OB6, Rytm MK2, Microcosm, etc....but the microfreak BY FAR takes the cake when it comes to versatility and value for money. Incredible, legendary machine! Thanks Arturia (and i am NEVER a brand-fanboy).
I’m very much enjoying your mf videos, thank you!
Thanks so much for your videos. Respect to the NIN
I had to do it (badly, and incorrectly).
That manual is gonna be a monster after this update :D
I hope this makes it to Minifreak!
Yea! Just bought one.
I am crossing all of my fingers. The possibilities with layering oscillators with samples + the built in effects are mouth-watering!
@@OscillatorSink Mouth watering indeed!
I'm a bit late coming to the video but I've been tempted to get one to use the sample & granular modes with some samples from the Entropic Doom. I think a purchase is inevitable
I cannot wait for Arturia to release an update that will allow for sampling internal sounds or external sounds via the microphone making this a true standalone and on-the-go machine.
eeeeeeep!!
I'm so excited
& I just can't hide it!!
I'ma keep my microfreak
'cause I bleep I likey!!
ooooh, yeeeaah!!
I am so excited for this. What in the world could be better than new free toys for my favorite toy 🤣👋
Thank you very much!**
I’ve wet my pants before you even talked about the sampling…. Snappy percussive random goodness…. Ps are you gonna do a drum kit walkthrough with the synth. Gr8 overview as per usual.
(check my newest video 😉)
@@OscillatorSink you DON! Topman much thanks in advance, gonna check it now 👾🎹
Wow that's awesome. So now it basically has AFX mode like the Bass Station II in a roundabout way. Or sample flip on the Circuit.
Just wow!
hey there! in the last patch 42:44 what did you assign the LFO to?
This is very cool, thanks for demo, can't wait to dig in - at the end of the month! 😀☹😆😩😂
Very cool! Hoping one day we might also be able to sample direct through the mic, or with a line in adapter of some kind?
Line in would be better quality.
It has no line in. But sampling via the mic would still be dope for granular synthesis
Well this is exciting! excited for the release!!
>>>THANK YOU AURTURIA!
I was just about to sell my microfreak. now im gonna have to get it back out of its the box !
Random feature ❤
Yeah, i really don't want folks yo overlook how cool this actually is!
Best sNth I EVER BOUGHT! I was always wishing for samples and now granular on top: OH MY GOODNESS!!! It would be great if we could record samples into it via TRRS...guess it's not possible?
It's not possible in this version, and I would imagine that the re-encoding of the data might be a bit too heavy to be done on the microfreak itself... But then I didn't ever imagine we'd have sample playback so... Who knows?!
I’ve been wanting a MF since it came out but this last update finally compelled me to get one. I’m pretty sure my subconscious just took over for a few minutes and made the purchase without my conscious consent. 😂 I’m not mad though. Can’t wait for it to arrive!🎉
Be prepared for extensive troubleshooting because the microfreak is far from a plug and play device
The only synth I own , sold my room full of gear , I have the freak and an MPC one , more than enough for me
Love the Cloud Grains part. Great sound design. Does the MicroFreak have FX?
No, but pair it with a relatively cheap multi FX pedal like a Zoom Multistomp and you're cookin'.
Because of the physical architecture of the synth it's not really possible for them to add FX in an update so it is what it is in terms of the lack of built in FX.
@@eyeball226 Or I just monitor it through my DAW and the microfreak can go through any VST effect
@@annother3350 Doesn't that defeat the purpose of having a dawless set up though?
@@annother3350 Sure! My point was it will definitely never get built-in effects, but that's hardly an issue.
@@danielfeatherstone674 I never promised to go DAWless!! I like to work having all the controls of the microfreak at hand, routed to any number of countless VST effects in any order I choose.
-- It gives me the freedom to create the sound I want.
I also like to carefully carve and craft every moment of a song until finished which isn't really the DAWless way.
-- and it means I can have multiple Microfreak/outboard synth tracks in the song
Amazing...🚀
gotta love the freak!
Is RUclips using a new voice optimization algorithm? Or is it just the audio processing. Around the 02:35 mark the breathing and talking sounds a bit weird. Might also be an overzealous compression
12:15 radio scanner sequence ::)
Thank you for this video. Gf got me a Microfreak for xmas and i'm so excited to use it. What delay pedal are you using in this video?
Merry Christmas, your significant other has excellent taste in gifts! The delay will almost certainly be a TC Flashback 2,but there are many decent stereo digital delay pedals out there - we live in a golden age!
@@OscillatorSink
She nailed it!
I've only just started getting into having more than just a Masterkey 49 midi keyboard and guitar.
I ran it all through Ableton with vst plugins but I wanted to be able to start just grooving live without the latency throwing me off.
I got myself a Hologram Microcosm a few weeks back and it's been wicked fun, but I'm really excited to be able to sync with Midi, as it's pretty easy to get lost in ambient washes.
Honestly, the wealth of options is a large factor that always prevented me from pulling the trigger on pedals. So feel like I just gotta hear things I like and go from there.
I'm thinking of going for a good delay and distortion. Any personal recommendations would be great!
Thanks!
Lordy!
Isn't it?
Can you use the gooseneck mic for the vocoder and sample in directly? If so, I might have to pick one up.
No. You have to use the midi control center ( software for your computer ) to import a WAV file from your computer into the control center, then plug in the M.F. to computer & export to the M.F. from the control center.
its not a sampler, its a sample player, and granular engine. no direct sampling.