How to real-time record in Arturia microfreak without metronome
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- In this tutorial, I will show you how to real-time record your sequence into Arturia Microfreak without the built-in metronome.
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There's actually a shortcut to change the sequence length: when in Step Record mode, press Shift + turn Rate encoder
Olivier Delhomme ah! Thanks for that tips! Olivier.
man u saved me a lot of time with this, thank you
Merci Olivier, I read about the Shift+Rate shortcut but without the Step Record notice (it does not work in Realtime Mode).
Press ARP and press a Note. Then hold Shift + Up to save the ARP as a Sequence ....
Thank you for this post, Danbo.
Incidentally, as an educator/tutorer, it impressed me with how well you demonstrated this. I.e., you presented the problem and how this led to your solution in such a way that i was primed to correctly guess that solution as you were leading us viewers to it. Well done, sir!
Thanks for the kind word.
It is really nice that there are actually people demonstrating such tips online nowadays and we can just harvest.
Thanks, Danbo very much appreciated mate!
Thanks for your kind word! Glad I can help!
how about you add 8 steps in your sequencer for 4-4 loop, add it to the END of your 40 step sequence (your 32 and 8 for metronome). step-record metronome in the last 8 slots of your sequencer as 1-4 notes, you will have 2 bars of metronome - then play real time and record, using metronome you programmed. Now, your sequence will alway start at step 1 (we recorded metronome in the last 8 slots). once you are done, simple go to sequencer settings, and make sequence 32 instead 40 steps.
Very good!
dope! thanks
Nice solution. It will be quite challenging though to keep the correct timing throughout the sequence, since you would have to extrapolate the tempo with just _remembering_ the tempo from those 8 metronome beats. So I guess most probably you would end your phrase too early or too late. Unless you have perfect timing of course.
Absolutely brilliant. I think this is the biggest 'problem' with this synth, and it's certainly baffled me from the very first day. You've described exactly the same issue I've been having and provided a great solution! Thanks!
Jack Acid hi Jack, glad that this helps you.
3 years later, here I am struggling on my first day. this video helps so much. thank you
This was super helpful. I just got my Microfreak and it's my first synthesizer so I need well explained help like this. :)
I just got myself a Microfreak and ran into the same issue. Happy to see I am not the only one! :D Personally, I find it easiest to run the metronome externally from my iPad (e.g. via AUM), synced with Microfreak. I use AUM anyway to add some reverb, so it is not too much extra hassle. Anyway, thanks for your excellent detailed video, much appreciated!
Brilliant tutorial and love the comments 👏🏾 very constructive and useful for a newbie like me. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾
Genius! Please bring more videos like this one
Fabian Lazarte Thanks for your kind word Fabian. Will keep on doing!
i always run a drum pattern in the background which is bpm-synched to my masterclock. makes live-recording of my synth-lines (which are bpm-synched as well) much easier....
eChris That’s very true, I did similar thing at home sync with Drumbrute. This trick is only when I took it outside and want to create some ideas quickly
Helps to an extent, but without the preroll it won't necessarily be synced to the first steps of the sequence.
Nice just got my MicroFreak and this is a very useful technique. Thanks for sharing.
Inverted- Popes Glad that helps!
such a simple solution, thanks for sharing
Indeed ,it always fun to play live without opening the daw
Great idea and I like that little patch you made. I liked and subscribed!!
This was sooooo useful to me!!! 🎉thanks 👍🏻
Nice ! Build your own metronome is genius
Thank you for your time and inputs. Commendable 👍👍
Good work around. It reminds of the default quarter note on the Korg IDS10. If you record it and save it as a default pattern you can use it as a starting point on some sounds.
George MiLo exactly! Thanks for the good comments!
Great video, thank you.
Thank you for this.. Nicely explained..
Very good Tutorial 👌
Very helpful tips... Thank you so much for sharing !
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Greetings !
Good video here of what should be a very obvious answer - thank you. I think what is frustrating is how big of a miss this is for Arturia to not include a metronome button and allow for a pre-roll. This 'hack' will get tedious after a while... on the fence about the MicroFreak for a few reasons now, in particular the limited sequencer.
This wasnt what i was looking for but this is a great tutorial and set of instructions! Thanks do you know how to increase the real time recording length?
Great technique! Thanks!
Brilliant!
very nice explanation..thanks!!!
MartinMobeMusic Thanks mate! Hope that helps.
That was awesome. Thank you!
Haha. Thanks mate
Very helpful!
What about sync out to an LED or piezo buzzer?
thats a fricken great idea, how easy would that be. your a genius mate, i don't need it because i have drum machines but your idea would probably work, top man
@@valley_robot the sync out is probably +5v. You could probably get away with just attaching an led directly or put a resistor inline to drop the voltage a bit. Same for piezo. Alligator clips from the legs of led to the end of your sync cable will give proof of concept
Very nice, thanks!
Really useful! Thank you!
You are very welcome! Glad it helped!
Looks like the light on the record button is the timer maybe 🤷🏽♀️🤔 which is no better if so.
Thank you brother😊
No worries mate
Great video, thanks for sharing!
This is smart! Thanks :)
Thank you man!
You are welcome mate
Nice approach!
Thanks mate
I only have the MicroBrute but this makes my want to have a MicroFreak as well! Good and clear breakdown of how you use it.
I wonder are the sequences stored to the different presets? As in, I can step program and record something on one preset - do something else on another - go back to the initial and just press play for the sequence.
Alpha Mound Thanks mate. I think the sequences get stored in each preset. But you can copy one patch to another slot and press panel key to kind of use previous sequence on another sound
how do you do this?
I guess now you have one. If not shame on you😃. This machine is a beast! But 3 years later still a beast without a metronome 🤷♂️
great tip mate, thank you!
Thanks buddy
You are welcome mate
Great video! Thanks!
Thanx!
How to overdub in live record, and as long as I dont hit paraphony count (4) it wont erase previous note on same step?
thank you!
FlyingKarsten You are very welcome!
i play a single long note and listen for the change in tone as the sequence restarts, then i record over that , but yeah ATURIA give us a metronome FFS
So I’m trying to do what you were doing. But I cannot. I tried to press the record and pattern button at the same time but they do not light up at the same time it’s either one or the other. What am I doing wrong?
Hi Enslaved, do you use USB cable for power, or the delicated power source? I found sometimes the Microfreak keys are not responding correctly with only the USB power.
Nice video. I'm thinking about buying one of these to use as a "bass" synth with my minilogue xd. Would you recommend it for that?
it's way more than a "bass " synth all of its parameters can be automated, it has polyphonic aftertouch, etc, it's an amazing synth, imagine only increasing the LFO or filter cutoff or pitch to only one note while you play the others normally, its such an expressive instrument, I have semi-modular stuff and VA synths, this is by far my favourite sound creation tool. that said though if you want a bass synth, this will do the job no problem.
@@valley_robot Yeah I bought one. Thanks
Something I can't figure out with this sequencer is why when you start realtime recording and play your first note, that note always starts on step 2, not step 1. Doesn't make sense. Bug or what?
I found the same, human delay? If I was too quick, sometimes it doesn’t record. Then I have to be a little bit late to record in. Then it became step 1+ :(
Great way too ,but I use my daw to fix every mistakes I do ,of course if you wanna play stand alone with microfreak your way is good
Thanks Attaboymix, I did sometimes miss the flexibility DAW gives you, but in the meantime, jamming live also gives me such satisfaction on the other hand. :)
why the step sequencer does not synchronize properly with the Artutia drumbrute, 16 steps, I put a note on step 1, but it only comes at step 4, I run everything via midi .
FlyingKarsten Strange. Have you check the midi center configuration for both? If midi doesn’t work well, maybe you can try sync cable?
hello! nice video!
when i do the same and then i connect my volca beats and playing 120bpm for example, my pad sounds infinitely more fast. do you know why? thanks!
Hello David, I think it might to do with different sync modes kind of mess up the tempo. You might need to check with Volca beats sync signal spec and within Arturia software, or Sync option inside Microfreak, choose the right sync signal format matching the Volcas. Let me know if that works.
clever
christdolphin69 thanks mate!
Great idea! Now for the next problem: Key Transpose! If I record along with a song on a different synth, let's say in the key of D.
Later I might want to play this sequence in a different key, let's say A? Nope, that doesn't work.
Laura Woodswalker I don’t seems to understand the issue. Did you mean that how to record a sequence in such key and later play it back with a different key?
@@truedanbo Yes. Any sequencer should be able to transpose to a different key.
Laura Woodswalker Right. Let me search for it
They added this function in the 2.0 update!
@@woodswalker88 I just got the freak but playing with it and intuitively looking for this option I think holding "shift" button and pressing the root note of the key you want the sequence to be played. Might have figured it out already lol :)
I bought this synth cause it just looks like an out of space synth and I still don't know .5% of what it can do...and I am fine with it I guess
Has anyone figured out how to play unquantized? I like to play rhythmically for a natural feel and this sequencer makes everything sound very machine-like. Love so many of the patches but the sequencer may equate to a return. Bummer.
not a direct answer, but i've had success imposing a more fluid rhythm on the sequencer by tying the rate to another variable (like LFO, cyclic envelope, or key/arp, or even a combination of them) using the matrix.
another way i'd approach "unquantized" myself is by using a faster rate, long sequence where you can barely perceive the difference between say 5 and 6 beats. but, i find imposing a fluid rhythm on something static to be easier conceptually.
Paul Sutherland yeah, I sold MF months ago as it wasn’t seeing much use in my rig. But hope everyone is enjoying theirs!
I got my MF this month and when I live record a sequence it just won't replay my initial playing : it will start with a silence or with the lasts notes of my sequence. it presents also some swing when I make more rythmic patterns.
Also I found an arpeggiator bug : when I trigger notes on the keyboard the arpeggiator will start with a silence and the note note played = more obvious at low tempo and low rate.
Discussing it with Arturia's support and they'll look into it for next firmware upgrade
Anyone has these issues?
be all well!
Hi if anyone watching this can help I want to this as my first ever synth but what do I need other than the Microfreak and a laptop to record and playback I downloaded the manual but it was unclear to me . I really hope some one can help as I,m clueless.
I wouldn't recommend you start with a MicroFreak, you will be overwhelmed by the features and some of its flaws. Get a cheap USB/MIDI keyboard and use some free apps to start learning first. Even some groovebox and synth apps on your phone - android or IOS. Good luck, have fun.
if this is the first synth your going to buy, your in luck my friend, it will give you years of sound design, I recommend as the other guy said, messing around with "soft" synths first to get a feel for it, its really not that hard once you get to understand the basics, good luck on your journey
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Just use another synth that does have a metronome, or use the metronome in your DAW..... There are plenty of easier work arounds rather than complicating yourself like this.... Even a cheap guitar tuner has a metronome built in....
just use a metranome phone app
WARNING: this keyboard malfunctions. Getting a hold of Arturia support
is very difficult and they have left me hanging for weeks after sending
it in to be fixed. I really wish I had bought something that worked
instead of this thing. It really seems like a cool keyboard, but don't
be fooled by the video and marketing...it is a barely functioning toy
that will not hold up in any kind of professional environment.
Hi Oliver. I might say it too late. But did you experience random malfunction? I have simular experience when connecting only through the external USB powerbank. When I use power cable directly, it's much stable that way.
no problems with my microfreak, definitely not a toy and definitely holds up professionally. sorry you had a bad experience
Sorry but you're not addressing the issue. I thought your goal was to record something live, which is not what you do by choosing the step recording as an alternative.
Yes you right, Without metronome, it's almost impossible to record EVERYTHING live. I kind of use step recording to the most obviously and easiest part of my sequence to be the "metronome" if you like, then use the real-time recording to record the majority of the sequence on top of that which is the tricky part to program in step recording. Does that make sense?
@@truedanboyeah I know they should at least make something flash... have you tried to send in a clock that is accompanied by a sound or a flashing light?
@@aken2348 Yes, totally agreed, it might not be too hard to add a flashing light in the rate button to indicate timing in the firmware update. I am pretty sure if Arturia support is as good as novation, they must have done that. Anyway, to answer your question regards to the clock, yes, I did manage to use clock to sync with my drumbrute impact, and with that, I can easily record with the beat from drumbrute. The original pain for me was that when I was on the go and use Microfreak solely, when I tried to record some idea quickly, I won't be able to leverage the real-time recording. Now I have to say, this solution is not perfect in that it's highly relying on the sequence you are recording, but at least for me, I can kind of do that on the go now. Hope that makes sense. :)
@@aken2348 the record button does flash to the tempo