Microfreak Chord Oscillator is Awesome!

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Microfreak Chord Oscillator is Awesome!
Today we're taking a look at the chord oscillator type on the Microfreak! The chord oscillator often gets overlooked, including by myself, which is a real shame because it's awesome! While the wave knob changes the type of chord playing, the timbre and shape knobs modulate the inversion/transposition and waveform shape respectively. This means that we can create some very interesting sounds simply by modulating the two knobs! If you have any other modulation ideas for the chord oscillator, let me know! Enjoy the video :)
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@ebrown3k 2 года назад

The LFO is bipolar, so when you were showing the LFO controlling the inversions you had a plateau at the bottom of the cycle where the LFO went below zero on the knob. If you want a smooth transition all the way through, set the amount of the LFO in the matrix to the same number as your initial Timber knob. That way the bottom of the LFO brings you to exactly zero and you start climbing back up again immediately. Just a tip if anyone besides me found the plateau disconcerting.

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Oh that's a fantastic tip, thank you so much!

@jacksonmanning5477 2 года назад

Whoah very useful

@eyeball226 2 года назад

I love that it fades through the inversions rather than just stepping. Using that in poly mode with the chord set to octaves sounds great.

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Yeah I really like that too, it's surprisingly smooth!

@MentallyDyl 2 года назад

A 6/9 chord refers to the 6th (replacing the Major 7th) and 9th scale degree. In the key of C it would be the notes : C-E-G-A-D.

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Gotcha, I thought so, but I really didn't want to be wrong lol. Curse my drums based music education haha.

@postpunkjustin Год назад

Nice.

@famousoriginal7971 6 месяцев назад

Came here just for this. Thanks.

@dustyaudio 2 года назад

The sequencer also let’s you change “chord” per step. Very fun

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Good to know, thanks!

@jahovahjira 2 года назад

I'm addicted to your videos. Gotta have my Free Beat fix every night now! Thanks!!!

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Hahaha thanks so much, I appreciate it!

@PAAmsterdam 11 месяцев назад

Thank you FB for your videos!

@MWGallaher 2 года назад

Paraphonic mode is useful when you are set to Octave chord type. Since the waveforms (SHAPE parameter) for this oscillator include some organ waves, this is one of the best oscillators for making an easy organ patch.

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Oh that's a good tip, thanks!

@delmeteor717 2 года назад

Once again great video and very understandable.

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Thanks so much for watching :)

@rayderrich 2 года назад

I do not own the MicroFreak but this video was still fun, and I can always try to replicate some of it in Falcon. Thanks for your daily videos.

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

I appreciate that so much, thank you!

@lrkx_ 2 года назад

And yet again, new tricks learned! :)

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Thanks so much for watching!

@RianTrost 2 года назад

Love it!

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@digitalsea9147 2 года назад

Those hand motions are ridiculous man

@GerenM63 2 года назад

The "69" chord is actually 6/9. As an example, a C6/9 would be C E G A D, but often the G is omitted.

@FRMTHREE 2 года назад

You beat me to it 8)

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

And Dylan beat you both to it a few posts down haha. Thanks though!

@GizzyDillespee 2 года назад

In the 1970s, the "69 chord" was a maj7. Now it's a bunch of m9 in a neo-soul progression.

@GerenM63 2 года назад

@@GizzyDillespee maj7 and 6/9 are completely different chords -- unless you're meaning in the "orange is the new black" way. ;)

@wiggesobk 2 года назад

This is cool!

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Yeah! I can't wait to play with it more haha, thanks for watching :)

@pocketrealitty 2 года назад

Once again, the Microfreak proves itself to be such an indispensable piece of gear!

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Absolutely, it's a beast!

@joeblow593 2 года назад

I would think one could make some cool chord progressions using the step sequence function, like a C, Am, Dm7, G etc. Changing chord types as you go.😃🎵🎵🎶🎶

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Oh yeah, absolutely!

@jamesmurry5910 Год назад

Yessss That was dOpe brooo Expended my understanding

@buildingseas 2 года назад

can you activate the arpegiator in combination with the chord osc? I wonder if that would let you play sick arpeg chords going up and down the chords...

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

I believe you can :)

@Joel-re1jz 2 года назад

Great video, I have to spend some time to understand the sequence and arp and how to sync them to midi clock.

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Yeah the sequencer is surprisingly deep on the Microfreak! Well worth exploring :)

@ET2carbon 8 месяцев назад

Did you figure out the clock

@jantuitman 2 года назад

Cool just realized that I have the oscillator too since in my modular box I have a Mutable Instrument Plaits. So I can rewatch your microfreak content. I do find the sounds of this module and also of the microfreak a bit plastic to my tastes.

@magnopere 2 года назад

modulation! plaits sounds so static without modulation but throw some lfos and envelopes into those CV inputs and *chef's kiss*

@notrobb 2 года назад

@@magnopere no kissing.

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Oh that's awesome, thanks for watching!

@technodrone313 2 года назад

i just bought one a few weeks ago. this thing is so intuitive coming form a minimoog lol

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Glad you're liking it! Try to use it alongside the Minimoog :)

@technodrone313 2 года назад

@@FreeBeat oh yeah they are a great couple.

@lucbelaid 2 года назад

Very good. According to you how does this compare to the Model Cycles?

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

I think they're only similar in that you control the chord shape and the inversion as parameters. On the Cycles, you have very limited control over the actual sound, but you have the incredibly powerful sequencer to aid your music. On the Microfreak, it's more about the control you have over the sound. The digital patch bay basically gives you endless ways to change it. Thanks for watching!

@Musicbymagz 2 года назад

Hey man can you please make a playlist for the microfreak ?🙏

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

I plan on making a bunch of playlists pretty soon for a bunch of my videos, Microfreak included :) Thanks for watching!

@Tapepusher Год назад

Can you play chords normally or does "paraphony" mean you can't? As in, can I play chords by sending it MIDI? I'm confused.

@FreeBeat Год назад

You can! This chord oscillator is a completely different part of the machine. You can play up to 4 notes at once as long as the parphony button is lit up. Paraphonic just means that all of those notes share the same filter and envelope :)

@martinallott572 2 года назад

Can you set it to a key so you have C Dm Em F... etc?

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

You pick the type of chord you want (minor, major, etc), pick the inversion, then press the key of whatever you want to root note of the chord to be. Thanks for watching!

@martinallott572 2 года назад

@@FreeBeat OK thanks, it's unusual that so many synths have this chord function but we don't really play all majors or all minors rtc when playing a song

@ET2carbon 8 месяцев назад

There's no reason they can't get more additive harmonics. Midi effects or vertical key position enveloping

@davidegrotto9910 2 года назад

💯

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@user-ly9sg2nj4q Год назад

Here’s what I don’t get about this feature: how often do you use only major or only minor in a melody? It’s always a combo so this seems limiting in that you can’t play a melody with both major and minor chords in it, right? Am I missing something?

@ET2carbon 8 месяцев назад

It's for simple dance heads