GitP/A/Session/26/10/09-Fri
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- Person/codekiln
- date-created
- 2026-10-09 Fri
GitP.26.10.09
- A 31-minute MicroFreak session recorded in Ableton Live, played from a Launchpad Pro, with a spoken commentary track.
- Open recording: GitP.26.10.09 — episode recording
Session Notes
Commentary
- Machine transcription of the commentary from the episode MP3; [unclear] marks words that could not be made out.
- 00:00 — Alright, I'm starting off on Microfreak/UG/06 Dig Osc/03 Types/14 BASS. I'm gonna set the Microfreak/UG/13 Sequencer. I already set a slow tempo with the Launchpad/UG/05 Session Mode/06 Production Controls/03 Tap Tempo on the Novation Launchpad.
- 00:49 — Now I want to change the sequence length before I begin. I think it's in the Microfreak/UG/14 Config/01 Utility & MCC/01 Preset. Sequencer, sequence length, I'm going to do five. I'm on sequence A, per Microfreak/UG/13 Sequencer/01 Use/01 Select & Play.
- 02:01 — Alright, let's record that.
- 02:52 — All right, I'm going to save that. And I hit save. It says hold equals quick save, per Microfreak/UG/04 Presets/02 Save Presets. So I'm going to just hold. Okay, that's Microfreak/Preset/398. That's sequence.
- 03:48 — I want it to be a little bit slower. Right now I'm using the rate sync with the time division of one quarter, per Microfreak/UG/12 Arpeggiator/03 Arpeggio Rate.
- 04:15 — Yeah, it is out of sync. Is it? Let me just make sure that the MIDI is receiving the clock. MicroFreak. We're going to turn on Track and Sync for the [unclear] MicroFreak. But it is not syncing up.
- 05:48 — See, that's one of the cool things about MicroFreak, is that you can just play a note and patch in.
- 06:17 — Now I'm going to turn the Microfreak/UG/11 Icon Strip/03 Touch Strip/01 Spice and Dice up.
- 06:36 — Now if I go to Microfreak/UG/14 Config/01 Utility & MCC/02 Global, sync, I have source and clock. Well, the clock says 24 PPQ, whatever that is; see Microfreak/UG/17 Ext Gear/03 Clock Sources and Destinations. For source, I have auto, MIDI, USB, int. Alright, I'm going to use USB. Now let's see if that syncs up.
- 07:47 — And here in the preset menu. Yeah, it's a little unclear to me what the back button is. Whoa, I just hit the Microfreak/UG/04 Presets/04 Panel button? Sound changed. What does the panel button do? Oh, I think the panel button adjusts it to the real-time position of the knobs. So if I reload the preset, it's now kind of relative again. Interesting.
- 08:47 — It's still faster than I want. I want it real chill. Now let's see if I can re-tap it. You know what? I don't actually have any MIDI routing that is going to the MicroFreak. Yeah, that is not quite working.
- 09:40 — Well, I can artificially turn the rate down. Or I can unsync it. Well, now I'm on external USB. Interesting. Okay, it says 119.3 BPM. But I can see that I'm on 60.35 BPM in Ableton. Let me make it exactly 60 in Ableton.
- 10:14 — I know I'm exactly 60, but if I try to adjust the rate, I'm actually not adjusting the tempo. If I'm not in sync… I put on sync, I can adjust the subdivision. So now let's go into Microfreak/UG/14 Config/01 Utility & MCC/02 Global, sync, source, auto.
- 10:44 — Okay, now I'm going to click off rate and go to tempo. Now it says the rate is 122. I can make it exactly 120. That should in theory be the same tempo; it might not be in sync.
- 11:14 — Now I wanted to be able to transpose. So if I Microfreak/UG/03 Overview/01 Front Panel/03 Bottom Row/02 Shift and then click on a key, it transposes it down; see Sequencer in Microfreak/UG/20 Appendix C - Cheat Sheet. If I click on a B♭ beneath C, it's going to transpose it down a whole step. And if I press the key, it just starts playing that key; see Microfreak/UG/13 Sequencer/01 Use/02 Keyboard.
- 12:15 — Let's turn some portamento, using Microfreak/UG/10 Keyboard/03 Glide.
- 12:45 — I'm going to try recording just that little bit.
- 14:45 — Cool. All right, so there I have clip… I have session three. I have recorded a MicroFreak audio clip and MIDI clip in tracks one and two, and then I've armed tracks three and four, which are… I've been marbling audio, MIDI, audio, MIDI, audio, MIDI, so I have three layers of audio and MIDI tracks that I can loop. So there I wasn't recording the tracks in the second group of three, but I was playing the first group of three and kind of improvising over it. That's kind of cool.
- 16:31 — So now I have the pattern playing out of sync with itself.
- 17:17 — All right, I'm turning up the timbre, which is full; see Microfreak/UG/06 Dig Osc/03 Types/14 BASS and Microfreak/UG/06 Dig Osc/02 Param Controls. Let's turn the volume down on that chorded sample.
- 18:14 — Messing with the Microfreak/UG/11 Icon Strip/03 Touch Strip/01 Spice and Dice.
- 18:46 — I like to get a little bit of pressure into here; see Microfreak/UG/10 Keyboard/02 Keyboard Responsiveness. Should it adjust? This is the noise, the third BASS parameter in Microfreak/UG/06 Dig Osc/03 Types/14 BASS.
- 19:25 — Let's see if I can use the Novation Launchpad/UG/05 Session Mode/04 Track Controls/06 Send faders to turn the reverb down on the recorded one. Maybe turn it up on the second channel.
- 19:41 — All right, I'm gonna adjust the shape. So then I go in and assign shape to the first parameter and then go to pressure, assign… See Microfreak/UG/05 Connections/02 Matrix and Encoder/02 Assigning Destinations. And I can just…
- 21:19 — The finger is not touching much of the capacitive sensors, but if I maximize it… See Microfreak/UG/10 Keyboard/02 Keyboard Responsiveness/01 Using Responsiveness.
- 22:19 — I'm gonna go to Microfreak/Preset/399. Quick save. I'm loving that. Quick save. I didn't know about that before.
- 22:39 — Let's modify the timbre with envelope, using Microfreak/UG/05 Connections/02 Matrix and Encoder.
- 22:49 — Alright, now I want to do something a little bit different. I'm gonna go into preset scale in Microfreak/UG/14 Config/01 Utility & MCC/01 Preset. [unclear: "Catatonic"]
- 28:11 — It's a little fuzzy.
- 29:11 — Somehow my recording is not making it through. Or it's like being rendered as mono in my ear. Did I adjust the pan somehow? No. This keeps happening; it might be the delay, I suppose. Let me try and check the sounds.
- 30:28 — I'm on the Mixolydian scale preset; see Microfreak/UG/15 Using Scales/01 Scale Settings.
- 30:59 — That's all I have time for.
Downloads
Recording
- Making/Music/Log/26/10/09 Fri
- Recorded October 9, 2026, in Ableton Live. The 31:04 episode recording is GitP/A/Session/26/10/09-Fri/Asset/Synth/Full/mp3.