Now I can't decide if I want a MicroFreak or a furry rug for synth sexxy time.

@karlideal5339

2 жыл бұрын

obviously they go together

@nomdeplore7604

Жыл бұрын

buy a sheep's skin...save money...buy a MicroFreak....save more money.....buy another MicroFreak.

@voreshbo7031

10 ай бұрын

Easy, get both 😅❤

Word to your sponsors.. What ever this man suggests I seriously consider

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.

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!

@LoVeAmBiEnT

3 жыл бұрын

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

Damn the way you explained changing the game really changes the game

@maglim97

3 жыл бұрын

Do you mean that him explaining changing the game really changed the game of explaining changing the game? Then yes, agreed! :)

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 is literally my favorite youtube channel because you are kind of awesome, in an insane no-filter way.

@pthomas36

3 жыл бұрын

................. with you

@SpeccyMan

2 ай бұрын

Actually, not literally!

I really like how this little machine makes so many different sounds. Can’t wait for mine to come in, in 2021.

Great video and cool instrument, thanks Benn!

Honestly man I haven’t watched your videos in a while but I was scrolling through KZread, 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!

@sonicimperium

4 жыл бұрын

Soy

@monzerel-hachem2196

Жыл бұрын

@@sonicimperium SDE

amazing, so good to see you regularly posting content on this channel again. 18:00 extremely beautiful sound...

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!

Big fat subscribe. Thanks for convincing me I need both a Beatstep Pro and a Microfreak that much more

A time machine back to when we were barely a month into the pandemic. Were we ever so young? And be-hatted?

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!

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! Exactly what I was looking for.

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.

For some reason I knew me and the Freak would be soulmates. We just need a great reverb and it’s on on.

@HyperBlueZYZ

3 жыл бұрын

I have the verb, just waiting on the freak! (Chase Bliss CXM 1978)

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!

@ckbarlow

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. The bang per buck is incredible - and the fun per buck.

“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 😂🤣

You just sold a microfreak. Watched many microfreak videos to decide if I should buy one or not. This is the one.

Wow, talking about Microfreak in 2020, so vintage :)

@amazeus1980

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

Excellent video,thanks.I just bought the white version which arrives tomorrow,can't wait to get started with it!

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!!!!!

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

If you were to play it on top of a Pool table then it would definitely be a game changer.

Great stuff! And from a man that wears many hats!!

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!

@squishmusic

2 жыл бұрын

That is true if connecting two devices via the newfangdangledminismall MIDI ports - Bring back DIN FFS :D

@kriskeyser6691

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@squishmusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@kriskeyser6691 yes I call them the 'korg one' and the 'arturia one' :D

Instant sub. I need all 3 of these now... Thanks, I guess haha

You are so funny and intelligent. Good company, in other words.

Benn your killing' me man, your way to funny. Great presentation, very fun!

@SpeccyMan

2 ай бұрын

You're way too ignorant of the English language!

I am a simple man, i see Benn's notification i stop whatever i was doing click and enjoy.

If the Microfreak is bundled with that rug then I'm all in!

18:57 loooove that patch!

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!

... and I'm late to your party. I want you to know that your demonstration of the instrument was outstanding. Peace ✌️ ☮️ 🕊 😄

Sample and hold assigned to hats.

Nice one buddy, I LOVE 💘 JAMMING WITH microfreak TOO... KEEP ON JAMMING POSITIVE 👌 vibrations 💛❤💚✌✌✌

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.

@NZsaltz

4 жыл бұрын

Tal Reverbs are all good

@ErinIsBlueBlue

2 жыл бұрын

Valhalla Massive

Wow you really make it shine

Beautiful sounds. Though the reverb is the star here I guess 🎶

@mrjohnnytoobad

2 жыл бұрын

I’m new to effects with microfreak - what is the ‘best buy’ reverb/delay/chorus pedal for around £100/$150?

Update the channel while we're living in a fucking horror movie......totally cracked me up! Best one-liner so far!

Play by play would've been awesome 😎 you got me at the end there so nice

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 🙂

Amazing jam.... hope someday i can get a performance out of the microfreak like that

So nice of Falkor to let you play music on his furry back

Excellent. Love your channel.

Great video man ! So musical, thanks !

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?

@josephriddlestone4684

3 жыл бұрын

I think it might be a slow arpeggio, with the ‘chord’ oscillator. With a lot reverb.

My dream hair..... haha.... just got eh Mini Freak and the BS Pro.

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.

@bradroma

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@stopmikeandjim3196

2 жыл бұрын

Just do what I did and get both 😀

I'm using the korg nst-1 as a filter and wow the microfreak is a beast

@d3tuned378

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think the filter applies to outside audio, just the internal synth engine. Mod/Delay/Reverb should though

so how did you programmed that beatstep? awesome randomness

I love my Microfreak!! Arturia fanboy right here

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?

CAnt believe i never picked up in that "shotcut" for the mod matrix goddamn

All the hat changes 🫡

Nice one, thanks mate!

Coooraallllll! I lost all my stuff and thaangs. Where's my Microfreak?

..................................... With you!

Hast wunderschöne Stimme!

i shat myself

Yes, this is on my next to buy list!

the only synth i will never sell.

so beautiful

oh sweet, tbh I haven't seen a lot of other channels' microfreak videos so

@simondanielssonmusic

4 жыл бұрын

Haha me too dude

@lwgl_xyz

4 жыл бұрын

Ay, youre here as well? The Bitwig community will take over the power! ^^

Hat game king

Nice! Sounding very 'Stranger Things'esque.

Крутая бейсболка :)

This is beautiful, it got me itching for a Microfreak... are you using default patches on this video, or your own custom ones?

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

It is Plaits as in hair something, because Braids.

that was hypnotizing

this is my favorite synth , got mine for free , (tax return )

@freefinancialadvice

3 жыл бұрын

That was already your money in the first place, they just withheld more than was necessary. Just wanted to point that out.

@valley_robot

3 жыл бұрын

@@freefinancialadvice yeah but it was money I didnt know was owed to me so it was a nice surprise

that empress pedal costs more than the microfreak, haaa.

video starts at 5:55

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!

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?

Pl-ats!

19:56 reminded me of lorenzo senni

@greentoaster

3 жыл бұрын

nice to see another Senni fan out in the wild

OMG Red hat! Just crazy!!!

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!

@BennJordan

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@veselintenev4195

4 жыл бұрын

@@BennJordan OK, Ok...I'll get Empress reverb too....at some point...

Oh... "man of many hats"! I get it, because you're *smoothed out*, right?

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.

@zoned7609

3 жыл бұрын

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)

Dude your hat keeps changing shape and color!

I like your hat

my favourite synth , and I own many

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 :)

I hope that isn't the pelt of Harry the Monster from Sesame Street that you're presentation is setting on!

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,...?

@visisydandthevoid

2 жыл бұрын

Sound comes from the microfeak through the empress reverb into speaker monitors

@UNSCPILOT

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

Microfreak is my first gear.. looking for suggestions for an analog/ semi modular piece...

Beautiful sounds, thanks for sharing. Anyone have any VST/Plug-in Recommendations for reverbs remotely similar to the empress reverb?

@LukezyM

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe Valhalla vintage verb..

Please hit the like button if that cowboy hat disturbed your concentration during this video

This is pretty cool but it was kinda hard to understand exactly what you did and how those play together.

@seek4truth

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah.. MicroFreak has a sequencer, why he used a separate sequencer?

What is the purpose of the beatstep? I don't see it doing anything...am I missing something 🙁

@bradroma

4 жыл бұрын

It is sequencing the uFreak.

holy cats, thats a lot of hats!

Whereeeee did you purchase that hat at 5:14?