Tutorial: Playing(with) the Sequencer Start to End (+ Secrets)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 พ.ค. 2020
- Hello my dears!
Yes, I have a creative flow.
So you finally get all the videos you always wanted from me.
We start with the very long outstanding Arturia MicroFreak
Sequencer tutorial.
(You find the Base Video here: • Arturia Microfreak (Pl... )
Everything has been said about the MicroFreak, there are 100s if I don't have 1000de videos about it. But unfortunately functions such as the arpeggiator and the sequencer are neglected because most of them simply do not use the MicroFreak in live situations or with a DAW. That's okay too, don't get me wrong. But my workflow is different. And since I really like to work like that, there is a tutorial by me.
Maybe I will do more tutorials for the MircoFreak in the future, gladly also for other devices. I just have to ask.
As long as the time factor is right, I also make these videos.
If you have questions about Sequencer Workflow or about the MicroFreak in general, just ask in the comments. I read every comment and usually answer as well.
Stay healthy and make music. That is good for the soul.
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Most of the Time I am using the Specular Reverb v3 for my jams.
Sometimes the NTS-1 with the Cathedral Preset or just the iPad. - เพลง
Thanks VolcoNiced,
Everyone else just wants to show off what they can do.
You are teaching us how to express our creations.
Great job, and Thanks again!
oh Scott thank you, you are so welcome.
Anxiously awaiting my Microfreak while watching this. Super cool tutorial, I'm definitely putting some of these techniques into practice. Thanks!!!
I like how you say, “I have to take care that I’m not lost too deep inside and lost my mind.” -or something like that. This is a brilliant playful insight. Cheers.
Watching you make cool arps with the MicroFreak is so relaxing and entertaining!
Thank you very much... There is more coming and to be fair the microfreak helps a lot
@@Volcaniced I watched this video again after 10 months and it still sounds so cool and it was generous of you to give us so much information.
This is awesome thank you! I made the mistake of getting a microfreak and a circuit tracks at once... Its been a struggle to learn both with a full time job and kids... but I'm having fun. these tutorials have been most helpful.
I appriciate your feedback very much my friend. Learn one after die other ... learn the MicroFreak first ;)
@@Volcaniced noted!!! I’m going to play around with the sequencer tonight!
Just got my MicroFreak a couple of weeks ago and you are officially my #1 go-to source for inspiration and ideas. Thank you so much!
(And I hope Fatherhood is treating you well and your little girl is doing well!)
Thank you so much for your feedback 😊 I am honoured. And yes fatherhood ( 5th time) is great. I love it. Bit stressful ATM 😀 cause of less sleep... But it gets better... I know it.
... always thought that the freak is a really deep machine. But you really nailed it. Nobody can underrate this thing anymore - after watching this.
What a beauty you created on the fly. Great skills and great taste.
thank you so much
Thank you for this excellent video! This little monster is crazy fun and can actually be a little challenging at times.
For those of you thinking of buying it: Each patch has Two 64 step sequences. And then you can save the sequenced patches side by side for 256, 512 steps etc. AND will also let you add motions for insanely cool sequences. I just added the Elektron Model:Cycles as a two piece setup. I get lost for hours while my other synths sadly watch.
Late to the game here, but this video single-handedly gave me an urge to fire my MicroFreak and run the sequencer. I often play with a live looper, layering tracks upon tracks in my improvised jams, but you made me realise that the sequencer itself can more or less be used as an über-looper, one where you can edit the loop live while it is playing.
I always had trouble using it live, to be frank, because of the lack of a metronome. But using a one-note Arp as a metronome is a great idea ! Thanks for sharing.
Your welcome mate. Have fun making your favourite music 🎵🎶 with the freak.
You can delete notes while in sequence / record on mode by just tapping the hold button when the wrong note plays. Or hold it and delete larger sections... Also, if you hold done the paraphonic mode and play a chord. Single keys then play that chord...not sure if you can play multiple chords at once. Paraphonic is only four notes at a time. Wish it was polyphonic...
Wow. Incredible how useful that is for idea iteration. Thanks for the great demo!
Your welcome my friend 😚
Best MF sequencer video out there. Thank you! 🙏
Wow...very nice of you..
This, and the "42 Min. Arturia MicroFreak Only", videos should come in the MicroFreak box. These are priceless tips.
I took me a while to figure out how you're getting the transitions at the beginning of the 42 min video. It's 16 steps but it almost sounds like it's 64 steps, or you're switching patterns, but you're clearly not. The only matrix mapping you have is LFO to cutoff. I finally figured out it's just the LFO slowly cutting the notes out and in. That's probably obvious to everyone, but it's blowing my mind right now. Haven't had this much fun playing music in a long time. I'm doubly glad I picked the MicroFreak for my first hardware synth now.
Hey Jason. I am so happy for you. The point is: I just playing around with the gear, sometimes I don't even know what I have done. Some days ago a guy in the community asks me to tell him the notes of a 16 steps sequence in one of my jams and it took me about 1 hour to pick it out of the video. So glad that you got a value out of my videos. Thank you mate.
I've had a MicroFreak for a few months, hadn't even realised there was a sequencer. I had it hooked up to my PC via USB, controlling it from Ableton instead. This is really useful - thanks - though I may have to watch it a couple of times to get all the controls down.
There is not just a sequencer but a living soul inside of this synth...
This is brilliant. Thank you so much. It really helps!
Your welcome mate. Hope you have fun with yours.
Thank you that's so great , I'm totally convinced that this is going to be my 2nd synth I could see getting lost in it for hour's ❤
Absolutely. Dont forget to add a proper FX Pedal.
IVE HAD THE MICROFREAK FOR 6 MONTHS AND DIDNT GET THIS FAR WITH THE SEQUENCER. I SUBSCRIBE NOW
Thank you hoopla. Hope I can help you find your freak.
This helped immensely. The Sequencer is Wonderful in general on this. I just built a Modular eurorack to go along with this.
Hey Jeffry. Good to hear that. Hope you have fun with the MicroFreak.
This is an excellent tutorial, but you really need to make it clear that the reverb is not a part of MicroFreak and also explain what the reverb is. Another tutorial on the reverb might help.
Hmmm you might be right ..
Thanks for reminding me why I got this instrument as my intro into manipulating sound!
That is an awesome jam, thank you
Thank you. Your welcome my friend.
Your videos are always so pleasing. Thanks for the content. I have come to love this little board, when I planned on selling it early on. So glad I didn't, especially after the last update!
Great tuturial! Question though... Can you determine/change the length of the sequence that youve copied from the arpeggiator? Thanks
The little Arturia punshes above its weight, great synthesizer.
Since vacation is a non issue due current situation bought a DFAM (GAS).
Sad that Florian Schneider passed away, big loss for electronic music.
Hey this noodle of your sounds actually a bit like Kraftwerk!
Thanks for this incredible tutorial. For a newbie like me is perfect to try to discover the MG and diving in its sounds.
very happy to hear that. welcome to the family ... if you have any questions just ask...
Thanks for your generosity, I shall do.
Excellent tutorial! Thank you!
yout welcome Adam
Wonderful! Great tutorial! Thank you!
Your welcome
very useful thanks
23:58 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 “and we can play the sequence” 🐄😍
This is another of your videos that goes on the save list 👏👏
What would you have thought 3 years ago when recording this about the freak v5?
My freak arrived Sunday, did the firmware update yesterday and battled with MIDI centre to figure out how to load the patches at the same time 😂.
Decorating finished, desk installed, now to figure out how to connect everything together at the same time 😵💫.
Much fun 🍺.
OMG am so happy for you. And did you catch the new style MF?
@@Volcaniced no it’s an original style freak but I don’t care.
It’s took 3 weeks of delays to get this one at its correct price.
Loads of resellers got them, could have got one for for an extra £30-40 over retail straight away.
Can’t get a Stellar without preordering and waiting a month right now in UK.
What matters is it’s here and I can start learning and playing bro 😊👍.
Great tutorial. Very inspiring!
Thank you Hoover
Tolll erklärt. Danke! 😊
So beautiful and extremely informative.
Thank you 😊 mate
Muito bom obrigado. Très bien Merci. Bravo
That's pretty cool tips, I've not try jamming along live with the sequencer while modifying it.
yeah give it a try
love this, very helpful! thank you!
thank you so much
This instructional demo was extremely helpful to me. Thanks! I dont own a MicroFreak but was looking for a polyphonic synth to add pad sounds to my small eurorack skiff. Was looking at the Korg minilogue module which is a 4 voice chainable hybrid also but I like the versatility of this keyboard and expansive matrix options shown here. This tutorial has swayed me significantly. Much appreciated 😊🙏
I heared the MicroFreak is the best friend of a modular system ... but be careful its not poly its paraphonic
@@Volcaniced I can see why. The ability to play chords is what I'm after so hoping the paraphonic option would suffice in this instance (I hope anyways).
you will not be disappointed
Amazing sounds !!!!
Thank you very much Francis.
Hello fellow synth-head! This synth is next on my list, these tips will be useful for sure, thanks!
your welcome mate
very helpful video, thank you very much
thank you for watching Andreas
Hey!
Good job 👍☝️🙏
Merci bro super vidéo 🙏🙏🙏😎👊
awesome
Arturia Microfreak - this is my best digital synthesizer. It is small but powerful.
correct ... new upload in the pipeline
thank u very much, it cleared my mind. I was confused cause i thought that u actually can have more than 1 note recorded, but turns out u cannot. Only by overplaying the second note live, not recording it.
you can but only in paraphonic mode
@@Volcaniced noo, at 5:13 u re recording in real-time and the sound is overrecording even in paraphonic mode. U cannot hear 2 sounds at once
U' re Awesome..Grazie !!!
Thank you very much... you are welcome
Thank you 👍
Your welcome 😘
Awesome thanks
Your welcome 😘
Thanks g
Wow....There is so much you can do with the freak ITS AMAZING....I have just got the Nts-1 and I am blone away with what it can also do for such a small devise. I think there will be another update soon for the freak with updated screen graphics...
Have you seen the minifreak? ,it looks too big for my desk and the price is high..
Take care Jim .
yes I have seen the MiniFreak and for me the MicroFreak is the true freak and will be forever. Nevertheless I try to get e MiniFreak in hands.
Sehr cool
danke Kalle
This is exactly the video I was looking for !!! thank you sooo much 🙏🏽
Also I love the template sound, is there a video that shows how to reproduce it?
The Patch is Part of my MicroFreak Patch Pack "From the Heart". Its calles "Marsch ab". You can get it here: gum.co/KqyQnr
@@Volcaniced Thank youuuu I love them
So interesting and didactic. Thank you very much !!!!👍👏 😉
I thought in polymode you can add voices, but unfortunately no, you can just replace what's played. Maybe Arturia will have it done with some later update.. I wish. And thank you very very much for the video, of course!!!
Master of the Microfreak
hmmm ... no .. common :)
You just sold it to me. Amazing man. Which reverb are you using here?
its my beloved specular reverb v3
@@Volcaniced thanks mate!
Excellent video, thank you for all the work you put into these. One frustration I've had is that when I live record a sequence, it seems to start the moment I hit record and not wait for me to actually start playing like it does when recording live on a volca. So while it sounds fine while I'm jamming, if I stop and start the sequencer, it doesn't usually fall neatly on the first beat of the first measure. Do you have a good work around for this? Is it just hitting record on the down beat and waiting for the sequence to run through all steps before playing, or is there a setting I can't seem to find?
Press the first note with the record button together ... Or ... Set 1 note on position 1 with the step sequencer and you got a kind of metronome. You can record an easy 4 steps arpeggio as well
Thank you @@Volcaniced for the quick reply! Please keep doing what you do -- very much appreciated!
What reverb are you using.?
Great video - thank you..
It's the specular reverb v3
Hi. Can you save sequences on this and come back to them later? I'm looking for a synth that can do that for live performances.
Hey Anthony... thanks for your question. Yes, you cann save 2 sequences per patch.
wow so nice,
just ordered Microfreak and this is very impressive ! how do u delete sounds u added not just the whole seq
Hey Kundalini, thanks for listening and for your visit on my channel. You can delete steps in the sequence with press + hold "Hold"-Button. You can also copy the sequence to B and noddle around and then change to original on A and start from beginning .... seemless.
nice thanks ! and how do you copy A to B ?
Hi! First of all, thanks for your videos. I have a question. I'm using the v4 firmware update and I can't play the sequence with the keys while recording because as soon as I press the key, sequence and and arpeggiator dissapear and becomes a single note. If I do without recording, I can play the sequence in all the notes. Any thoughts about this?
Hey Javier, thanks for your Feedback and your Question. They changed a lot in Firmware 4.0 ...things they tought that this are bugs. I knoe this cause I have one MF with FW 3.0 und one with 4.0. But what I am showing in the video does still work, I tested it a few minutes ago. Keep a eye on the paraphonic mode, it doesnt work in monophonic.
@@Volcaniced thank you so much for your quick answer! I was suspecting this could be a firmware issue. Definitely, I'll downgrade to v.3 to practice this sequence compositing technique!
😍
I really wish there was a display that said how long the current sequence is and what step you're on currently so you can time it better.
yeah I know what you mean ... even KORG with its small Display at the OPSIX found a solution for this.
very helpful :) so you can play over top of a sequence, paraphonically, and the sequence still sounds.. but when you record new notes into a sequence, the new notes will replace the existing sequence notes? (if those notes fall in the same space, e.g.)
the MF is 4 times paraphonic so you can play 4 note at the same time ....
@@Volcaniced thanks, i understand but when you record single notes overtop of a sequence that is playing, the new notes replace the existing notes. i assumed due to paraphony that shouldn't happen, or am i missing something?
@@seniorbeatbox ok if you habe a sequence of accords ... then you are right ...imagine there is a 16 step sequence and you put a 4 tone accord on 1 on 5 on 9 and 13 and you are playing another tone on that position one of the 4 notes gets overwritten. but if you use a 3 tone accord you can play on this accord as a 4th tone
@@Volcaniced i'm following your tutorial but something i'm doing wrong or maybe I don't undertand the seq behaviour. I have the seq where each step has only one note, the seq is running and I activate the real-time recording to add a new note in several steps but instrad of adding a new note is replacing the exiting one. This is not what I expected.
@@crusterzan mono or polyphone?
when you click one button to trigger the sequence, could you also play 2 at the same time? or is this not possible?
Unfortunately this is only possible with a 2. MicroFreak.
"So you finally get all the videos I always wanted from you."
xD
Damn ...your right ...I corrected it
@@Volcaniced lol I thought it was a little sarcastic - but NOT wrong. "If you don't deliver I have to do it mahself, bitches" xD
When I do real time recording it deletes the notes that are already in the sequence, do you know why?
Let me guess.... Monophonic? Try paraphonic . ..
@@Volcaniced nope, problem happens in both actually
@@Strange_Logik wired... Don't know what's the problem ...
And I fully plan on diving "too deep inside" and losing my mind ! ;-)
Oh yes... first you Fall in love ....then you learn to love this thing and never want to miss it again.
Hallo volcaniced, finde den einstieg irgendwie nicht. Du hast plötzlich eine Melodie, aber mir fehlt noch die Grundlage z.B. Zum löschenbestehender Sequencen. Ich komme später wieder, wenn ich mehr Grundlagen hab . 🙂
es ist gar nicht so schwer. merk dir einfach: ARP anmachen ... Random einstellen (je nach Geschmack Oct/MOD so lange drücken bis wie du Octaven adden willst) HOLD drücken damit die Noten bleiben... dann wenn du die Sequenz hörst die dir gefällt einfach Shift + Up|A oder Order|B drücken um das Arp als Sequenz zu speichern ( A oder B) wenn du Sequenzen löschen willst dann halte UP|A oder Up|B gedrückt und halt zusätzlich HOLD ... danach ist die Sequenz weg.
Schon mal über den NDLR nachgedacht? conductivelabs.com
Hab ich tatsächlich...der Preis schreckt mich ein bisschen ...bis ich mir den leisten kann bin ich mein Eigener NDLR