Arturia Microfreak V4.0 // 400 PPG wavetables
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This is a quick demo of how to use the Arturia MIDI control centre to upload wavetables in .wav format to the synth. It's really simple, but I have done it for all 400! Patrons get free access to my Arturia formatted files.
*These aren't the factory wavetables* - they're copyrighted. These are from the Waveterm which was an additional unit to hook to your PPG to add user waves.
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Wavetables weren't called waveterm. The Waveterm is a special computer you could connect to the PPG Wave. The Waveterm used the Analog circuitry and you could sample with it, make your wavetables and do things like fast Fourier transformation...
Aaah thanks... I thought something like that may have been the case. I'd seen couple of things re Waveterm A, B and C. I was too excited to load the wavetables than to fully research :)
Waveterm is a CRT and keyboard interface with a AD converter and mic/line for sampling, sample/multisample editing and creation of user wavetablews to be used in PPG Wave 2.2/2.3 which contain the 512k RAM for this.
its a pure digital device no analog circuitry. only analog is found in back end of PPG Wave voice arhitecture: a vcf and vca per voice and analog sum of voices into stereo mix.
Waveterm A worked with PPG 2.2 and only supported 8bit sampling
Waveterm B worked with PPG 2.3 and supported 8/16bit (tho DAC on 2.3 is 12bit),
Waveterm C isn't a PPG product. its an unfinished/unreleased software solution to replace real Waveterm, that has been shelved for past ten yrs or more.
@@clusterchord1 Cool...nice info cheers.
@@StarskyCarr Waveterm A was an 8 bit sampler, usually with 8" floppy disks and worked with the PPG Wave 2.2 (could only playback 8 bit samples)
Waveterm B was a 12 bit sampler, with 5.25" disks and worked with the PPG Wave 2.3 (which could play back 12 bit or 8 bit samples)
(both the A and B *do* have analogue hardware for sampling).
Waveterm C was a a hardware product created by myself and two colleagues to try and emulate the waveterm functionality on a PC, it did have a standalone USB -> PPG Bus interface for this.
(the C does NOT have any analogue hardware)
@@PaulasTechStuff thanks for clarifying and thanks for uploading the files. Very cool. I guess I should’ve researched a bit more before describing what they were so inaccurately!! 🤦♂️ but I was having too much fun with it… It does explain why they don’t change that much through the sample!
I’ve always found uploading user waves to my XT as a real pain and with this being so simple I was keen to share… thanks again, and I hope you don’t mind me referencing your site.
I always overlooked the Microfreak because I’m more drawn to analog poly sounds, but I finally bought one last week and man, is this a fun creative little synth. There’s so much weird stuff packed in there it feels like it came from the same universe as the OP-1. I can definitely see why everyone loves it.
I think u should te people about that via u tube comments....lol
I picked one up two days ago and I'm not kicking myself for getting one sooner. I friggin' love this little thing.
For about a third of the price of an OP-1, mind you! 😀
Well, this is cool. PPG at my fingertips, yay! The MicroFreak is a mighty freak 😃
Thanks for sharing, and best wishes for your continued success.
Thanks for this, man! I've just played with a few, and they can sound absolutely gorgeous, even without adding outboard effects. I guess I won't be getting much else done today....
Great resource ! Great idea ! Kind of a little heart transplant to keep a little History at hand. Well done sir !
Love arturia for doing these updates & thanks for pointing towards this cool resource :) btw 16 bit is just twice the amount of bits (and hence twice the kilobytes) as 8 bits, but you're right 8 more bits is 2^8 times more possible values (a lot more than double)
Yeah its twice the bits but 16 bit is 64k states and 8 bit is 256 states. I didn't have time to think it through while waffling on.. but yeah I suppose in terms of bits its twice as many... just each of those bits is capable of holding much more info.
Great tip, thanks. I’ll grab those PPG tables today. First thing I tried post update was loading Serum tables into my Freak. Worked like a dream for most of them.
cool nice idea.
Holy smokes thank you so much for this! This Microfreak has become my fav piece of gear and it just gets better and better!
Great to hear!
OMG Thank you soooo much!!! Now im off to play with a load of waveterms!!!!!
One day we will move beyond wave tables to wave shelves, then wave storage units, and finally wave warehouses.
And what about the ocean?
nice one starsky - i am surprised it went for them tbh so well done arturia #shib ftw
Hey... Clever idea !!
Thanks fo that nice video !
Hi. I really like that idea! PPG is a legendary synth! I will also share that video with my Facebook Group dedicated to MicroFreak (I’m an admin of that group). Thx for sharing! 🍀
What’s the group name I think I’m in it but just to be sure
Thanks for sharing 👏🏾👏🏾
I've bought this little machine about a week ago locally. The price was very sweet and actually I've wanted it as a MIDI controller :) But now I'm looking toward this wavetable import feature because I have few ideas. Will update the firmware soon...
I don't own it yet, but it's my next purchase... .. glad to hear you lauding it's virtue; which means it's been tested and proven by someone I consider an experienced Synth Explorer..... I know I have a "valid wishlist"....
Besides, I own a boatload of Arturia gear, and won't mind being a "gigging advertisement" for Arturia.
The others in my nest are the Blofeld and Streichfett......
It's got an awful lot going for it. It's a very clever use of a single analog filter with the 4 voices. So many different oscillators types and the mod matrix is really simple to use and very useful for feedback when trying to decipher a patch. Great fun little synth.
@@StarskyCarr looking forward to incorporating it into my rig !!!!
THNX! I honestly didn't even know you can load custom wavetables to freak... Dunno how I managed to miss that completely...
Sounds like you've missed the latest OS upgrade. Arturia recently released V4 which adds this functionality plus a few more handy bits.
@@StarskyCarr I'm moving so the Freak is now in its box. Nice bonus when I get to fire it up again!
Those files are not the PPG's internal wavetables, they are samples of various synths which could be transferred into the PPG via the "wave terminal" to expand the palate.
Yeah the internal ones are Waldorf IP. They’re included in the new M. I might get in trouble for sharing those 😂
@@StarskyCarr I am sure..!! ;)
Thanks for CCW, I have tons since I got Digitakt and Oktatrack...I usually make my own wavetables for Pro 3's digital oscillator.
do you think it's worth having a microfreak if i own already a pro 3 ?
@@burger659 Well to be honest - If I bought PRO 3 first I probably wouldnt get MF. However, MF is by far the most versatile synth out there for the buck. Constant updates, almost entire Mutable Instruments Plaits oscillator (that alone is 300 quid osc), and mostly these latest Noise Engineering West Coast folding oscillators are worth having it all under one hub, whih also has a decent filter, mod matrix and few nice mod sources. One disclamer - not all features from Mutable or Noise Enginnering is in those oscillators, so its not really 1/1. OFC MF cant compare with PRO 3 on any level, but it does have these few things that PRO 3 doesn't, namely these more obscure oscillators. That being said, if you are into modular and already have Plaits, or any of the West Coast modules, I dont think you would need MF. But again..... so versatile for so little money. I wish Arturia has added MF engine to Polybrute, as one digital oscillator, that would make it probably the strongest new poli on the market. ATM for me, its Super 6.
@@earlsfield thanks !! i love how fm sounds in the MF.. but for fm i also have the Elektron syntakt... i also feel that the enveloppes in the MF are very "fast& snappy" ..
@@burger659 now, if you like fm, there are other solutions. Try Twisted Electrons - they make synths and beat machines that use fm chips from gaming consoles, and are way more complex than just a single operator fm on MF - their machines are 4 operator fm. Also, if you like that wobbly, crisp Boards of Canada pad sound, that moves pitch and has a little grit, I recon you would love it. Try Mega FM. Or Digitone for that matter, they are both 4 operator fm but so different. Yeah syntakt can make some gnarly fm but you want more operators in there for pads and more complex fm than just linear or exponential fm on single osc. Microfreak sets automatic ratio though, allowing for easy tweak on single fm operator.
@@earlsfield i just sold a dx200 which has 6 operators.. liked it but i got 530€ for it !! Will check those you mentionned, thanks 😉
Where’d you get the mic? Great video as always. Cheers!
Great video! I just have to say, that there are a dozen of faulty samples in that library. Cheers
I'd imagine there would be given theres so many. Thanks.
The wav files in lib_14_march_2001.zip are not actually wavetables. The Waveterm was capable of sample playback as well as mangaing wavetables, and these appear to be samples for the Waveterm. Would be great to get the PPG wavetables but they seem to be hard to find
WAUVS! 😁
😂😂 of course it’s a WAUV … it’s a file containing a digital representation of soundWAVES which is named a .WAV. It’s not actually a wave ✋🌊 haha not annoyed btw I realise there are some weirdos that call them WAVES 🤣🤣 🤡🤪😜
I just got the stellar edition micro version and I figure out why everyone struggles with the keyboard in the beginning, you have to set the sensitivity very low and for me 10 percent and exp on velocity and aftertouch and fixed it for me.
Will the minilouge xd read these ppg waves sir
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Can you show us how to do this with the Waldorf M?
sorry to ask a dumb question, but I thought all original PPG wavetables would be inside the M already by default?
@@tihinter I think so, but I didn't think 400.
Why does it still sound exactly like a Microfreak? Bzaaaaargh!!!
Haha
As a long time fan of PPGs and wavetable synthesis. I'd like to add the Txxx disks you found on my site are actually samples.
the PPG 2.2 and 2.3 could both playback either wavetables (128cycles per wave) or samples by "gluing" the wavetable ram together.
So what you're hearing is a snippet of a sample rather than a wavetable.. T040 is a very well know bass sample (think Frankie goes to hollywood) and T400 is an incredible choir sample (Propaganda used it, a lot).
you can hear T400 in this noodle of mine on TH-cam - th-cam.com/video/0K70fa_MC_4/w-d-xo.html (at the start)
Thanks.. this was held for review as it’s got a link - so only just noticed it. I’m now off to play with T040 ;)
can you also make ABBAs gimmi gimmi flute?
@2:00 16bit audio has always produced twice the filesize of the same audio in 8bit and always will ;)
OK OK ... no time to think when chatting away.
That makes no sense since 16 bit contains 256 times more data than 8 bit!
@@SpeccyMan you can prove yourself wrong by simply loading a 16bit audio file and saving it as 8bit audio in order to observe the savings in file size. it's written all over the internet: audio file size (in bit) = bit depth x sample rate x duration of audio x number of channels. hence, if you half the bit depth, you'll also half the filesize.
sonic academy's node can interpolate between non interpolated files to create tables, does other things too related to building wavetables, it is a very usefull wavetable creation tool. Just thought it might help. cheers
Thanks.
@@StarskyCarr no worries 🙂
Never mind the synth...tell us about the wall....thats v nice! Lol. :)
hah.. not a bad bit of DIY.. I put that together myself and very proud I was too!!
Can't you modulate between the waveforms? sounds like you're just playing one wavetable from a sequence?
Yes you can, by modulating the "wave" parameter on the MF.
Yes you can… I’m doing it manually in the video - but as mentioned above (or below) you can modulate through them.
Starsky, no 16 bits takes exactly double the storage of 8 bits.
Nice. Do you live on Merseyside?
Thanks, and yes I’m in Liverpool.
Starsky 16 bit data takes exactly twice as much storage as 8 bit data.
Yeah … was thinking out loud, shows what goes on in my head 😂🐠
It looks (and sounds) to me like the Arturia software is misinterpreting the wavetables and treating multiple consecutive cycles as a single cycle. This causes them to sound a lot thinner than intended.
The owner of the files (Paula Maddox previously of Modal now Dove Electronics) has commented in the pinned post. Lots of these should be treated as samples not wavetables. So set the modulation to run through the waveforms. There’s lots of famous ones in there like Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s bass tone.
@@StarskyCarr Oh of course, but that won't help for the ones it's misinterpreting. IIRC the Microfreak only supports 32 cycles per wavetable, so if you give it one with more cycles it sometimes groups them. e.g. if there are 64 cycles in the wavetable there's a chance it'll misinterpret every pair of cycles as one. This will make some of the sounds thinner than they're meant to be.
@@StarskyCarr See the waveform view in the control centre at 2:41 - there are 8 consecutive cycles of the original sample crammed into each cycle being shown. Apart from jumping the sound up by 3 octaves this will also make it sound a bit thinner than it should (even if you jump it down 3 octaves on the keyboard).
'wauhhv' WAVE. IT'S WAVE. . WAVE
its definitely wauhhv. especially on halloween wauh ha ha ha hav
period time
@@luismp8548 tmi
Are you seriously telling an Englishman how to pronounce an English word? Such impertinence! 😁
I hate crapturia and Behringer and modern Roland. I am a hater and love to hate modern crap. I live forever in 1996
Well that's insane.. Everyone knows 1991 was the year :)
@@StarskyCarr I started producing in 1994. Never used midi
@@StarskyCarrActually the year was 1977. 😁