Turning the Arturia MicroFreak into a Drum Machine | Tutorial

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Published 2022-07-19
I walk you through the technique I used to morph the Arturia MicroFreak into a drum machine for one of my Backroom Beats performances (   • Backroom Beats - Arturia MicroFreak +...  )

Download my original performance patch and a patch containing 2 new patters from here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/11PWusU1vsRPH3hxyIN…

Provide feedback, ask questions and post your own performances in the comments!

0:00 Intro
0:38 Init Preset
1:45 Pitch Tracking
2:50 Kick using envelope
4:53 Snare
5:45 Hi-hats
6:38 Sequencing
11:07 Final Result
12:09 Other oscillator types
12:50 Final notes

All Comments (21)
  • @BTB88
    You can also introduce spice!
  • @presDev
    thanks man! really a great explanation, and you open a world for me with this!
  • Really concise and helpful tutorial! I knew this was possible but wasn't quite sure how to go about it. Thanks!
  • @TheCheesebomber
    That was so cool, you're really good at explaining this stuff man keep it up!
  • @WaveTV1973
    thank you for info - Your idea can be applied to other external samplers/synth with sequencers functions with CC Midi mapping and Parameter Locking - Connecting Microfreak to external to these external gear could mean you program the internal filter / effect also dynamic per 'step' for even more new drum sounds - example: On a Elektron Octatrack it means instant 256 drum sounds variations ' ( 64 drum steps X 4 variations ) on just one microfreak preset + adding filter / effects parameter changes for each Drum Step...
  • @jedmarsillo
    This is a great tutorial. I was gonna get a beat step or something to create drum patterns but this should work nicely. Thank you.
  • Thank you for the explantion, and the downloads. Cheers from Belgium
  • @0z33y
    Excellent that you worked out all the tweaks , and shared how to do , thx
  • @semyonboyk0
    Brilliant tutorial, thank you for sharing! Love my Microfreak :3
  • Thanks for this! Very well explained and very usefull to drift away in soundscaping!👍👏
  • @heathbrady8510
    Great video! Hello noise oscillator . Love the way the kick in your sequence remains unaffected by the later oscillator type change-outs . I would have liked to hear what the spice or dice automatic sequence editing buttons would have done with creating rests etc