🎹 How to get the 130 sounds with wavetables / review & thoughts = sounds-for-synths.com/arturia-microfreak/ 🎹 Also in my collection of custom soundsets: PRO-3 / Hydrasynth / REV-2 / Opsix / OB-6 / Minilogue XD / Sub-37 / Super-6 / (MINIFREAK coming soon!;) 🎹 Different FX / more gnarly & lo-fi patches: soundcloud.com/jexus-wc-olo-garb/arturia-microfreak-soundset-patches-by-jexus-additional-demo-2 🎹 You're watching video #1. My video #2 is here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MQhaQpFcyV8.html - - Support, extras, my story: 😁 FREE patches / presets: sounds-for-synths.com/jexus-synth-patches ▶ Patreon: www.patreon.com/jexus - - Buying gear? 🌍 Thomann (EUROPE): www.thomann.de/intl/index.html?offid=1&affid=1639 🌎 zZounds (USA): www.zzounds.com/a--3985151 🌎 Perfect Circuit (USA): www.pntrac.com/t/TUJGR0tHS0JHSUhMSUZCR0hMRUZL (use these links for shopping, a win-win situation for you & me - full explanation: sounds-for-synths.com/jexus-affiliate-links )
You should include a direct affiliate link to the Microfreak (rather than the store) so people who watch the video can buy the synth with less effort and clicks ;)
@@ascetik Yeah I could do that, on the other hand I don't want to become a supermarket / IT guy, this clickology stuff eats away quite a bit of energy, I want to reserve my energy for the sounds and videos;)
Your sound design skills for all synths on you channel have no equal. Not only refreshing, but deeply useful and astonishingly tasteful and creative. Thank you for sparing us the ‘silky strings’ or ‘punchy brass’ 😅
Microfreak is the synth I'd least likely sell. It takes up very little space, every firmware update so far has added something rewarding. The not exactly 'phat' sound is a blessing ... in the mix. It sits well alongside beefier synths like the Peak; it's top end cuts with some bite. It can do nasty acidic sounds, which is great with the ARP/SEQ and the spice and dice. And that slightly broken fragility in the upper mids and pointiness in the treble is another hidden blessing ... it gives a good reverb something to chew on. Overall, I like the way the MF high end tickles the ears. It has digital circuitbent toy charm. A weird character synth, like a modern MS-20, but where the character is in the oscillator models rather than the filter.
Welcome to a VERY big club, Klappadu. And, Jexus, the more you rant, the better. I have noticed through the years that you rarely rant unjustifiably and that ranting is what makes YOUR reviews of gear the ONLY reviews I pay true attention to.
I've got a passion for hardware synths because of your videos! Been watching you for years. Got myself a Microfreak for my first synth half a year ago. I absolutely love it.
Hi, Jexus! The music clip is spectacular as always! :) I'm here for your VHS-stuff talent and I don't regret after watching your videos. Inspiring pretty much!
when first watched a video of this synth in action i thought its a perfect match for you and wondered how it would sound in your hands! yeah glad its here ;)
Yesssssss! Excellent collection of sounds as usual. This synth has been calling my name for so long and I keep making excuses to not get it. It sits in such a weird spot sonically that I keep saying to myself that maybe it’s either too midrangey or too held back by it’s paraphony. I’m not hearing anything like that here! Only interesting sounds. Maybe I shouldn’t rely on RU-vid demos and take one for a spin myself! Thank you for making my day a bit better!
Thanks! Yeah, you should definitely try synths in person, that applies even more so to the MF (it's not that expensive and there's a huge market for it so you can always get rid of it if u don't like it).
@@lancepage1914 it was announced shortly after I wrote this comment haha! Was pretty excited about.. def waiting with no hurries for the 'big' Arturia Digital Poly:)
One can learn sound design in a week, the question is: how good it will be 👽in my case it took 15 years to appreciate, value & implement some aspects of sound design👌 But in those days there were no tutorials, so now it should be faster.
It's weird that Arturia didn't put a (at least) simple digital FX section inside! Some good reverb and a delay. The unit is not even warm after hours of work. I have it more like a unique MIDI controller with Poly AT. And I wish it could have 37 "keys". After KS37 it seems to be a "sub-medium size keyboard standard". To fit 37 keys width the knobs' placement could be easily rearranged to a wider panel. Thus it would be compact still! Less size in the "face" axis and more in the width axis. Arturia, it's an idea for a further version ;) Put 12 voices multitembral (polyphonic instead of paraphonic could be much better!) and "Booom!" You're the "year 202* synth market robber" :D
Putting internal FX into the MF would pose at least 3 challenges: the microsize would grow, the price would rise, and... out of laziness we would not be so eager to put the MF through an external FX of our own choice 😉
the more stuff you add, the more the price goes up AND any FX will not suit everyone, so i am glad the freak is packed with synth goodies only and i am not paying for FX i probably dont even like. And, ya, go ahead and design the super freak, but it wont be at a $350 price point either and maybe the more specialized you make it, the less broad appeal it will have. But i would like to have that synth you described haha. I actually want to remove the touch keyboard from my microfreak and make it into a sound module that i play from a large controller
@@jjrusy7438 My guess is that the touch sensitive keyboard is pretty cheap in production. If I'm right thus it cuts the production expenses. Nowdays FX chips (Arturia has own FX chips as far as I know) are not expensive! And actually FX algorythms can be processed on the same chip (CPU) which generates voices. It will cost nothing more than a more power consumption. Added features are not always "take money" from the manufacturer. The good example: DeepMind synths. Do you think that Behringer could pack them with the same large FX set if they've didn't owned these plugins? :) I could pay 450-500$ for the synth that I've described. I think it's a fair price.
Thanks! You need Arturia's official software (MCC) and then you load the project into it (the project comes as a "*.mfprojz" file) and then you send (import) it into the Microfreak.
Yeah, a long time ago I swore to myself I would never use any FX in my demos. But then I bought the SUB-37 and the Microfreak... the listening experience is so much better with some slight FX added. If you're wondering about the dry sound, check out this audio file, the difference is not really that big!: soundcloud.com/jexus-wc-olo-garb/my-microfreak-fx-dry-wet-comparison
Not yet, because Arturia has not released the full firmware for the Minifreak. When they release the right upgrade, then we'll be able to load Microfreak patches into the Minifreak.
Hello, I've just bought your preset pack. It's nice to have and inspiring for one's own experimentation. I've also got some critical words, though. First of all, all the presets in your pack are named "Jexus WCOG XXX" (while XXX == 3-digits seq number). Why that? You've named your sounds so nicely in your video. Wouldn't ist be nice to have the sounds named appropriately in the Microfreak? I mean, "Jexus WCOG 026" says nothing, nada, nichts, nic, niente about what's inside and is hard to memorize, at least for those of us not being Rainmen. Then, all presets in the pack are tagged as "Template". Again: why did you fail to give your fine presets the tags they deserve. I could be fine about this in a freeware preset pack. But we talk about paid stuff here. Don't get me wrong, but seeing such an disorder, I have trouble feeling me taken a customer seriously. Or is it just me and the pack is actually okay? Anyway, I'm looking forward to hear from you. T.i.a. + best regards, Alexander/aljen
Hi Alexander. I'm glad you find the sounds inspiring. Regarding your feedback: the biggest problem with these soundpacks is that customers do not read the FAQ ("read before you buy") section. It's literally the first sentence / link on my website and it's next to the purchase links in the video's description, so it's hard to miss it. The points that you raise are addressed there (14: I bought the pack but all your sounds are named WCOG - is that normal? / 15: Are your patches assigned to a category if the synth allows that?). So as you can see I try to treat the customer seriously, but the customers also have to be cooperative and read the info that is freely available prior to purchase. Unfortunately in today's hectic world a lot of people miss out on that opportunity;(
@@Jexus Names too long to fit on the screen? Think of shorter names. ChatGPT can help. No one wants patches named "Jexus WCOG 423". That is my only complaint as well. You are a genius sound designer and performer, but this thing is a bit lazy.
@@mwarsell Thanks for your opinion! Let's appreciate the fact that there are so many options in the world of sound design. There are weak patches with cool names. There are cool patches with weak names. There are weak patches with weak names. And there are cool patches with cool names! PS. What is ChatGPT?
