GitP/A/Session/26/10/20-Tue

• Eonz between two sequencers

  • A Ghost in the Patch session with MicroFreak preset 77 Eonz and the Launchpad Pro: two-way MIDI, competing clocks, shared filter pulses and recording one sequencer into the other.
  • Open recording: Eonz between two sequencers — full recording

  • Recording

    • 1:31:50 · Download the synth-forward MP3
    • Select a chapter timestamp to play from that point in the full recording.

  • Voices

    • codekiln is transcribed from the recording. GitP/Acolyte contributes written AI co-host responses; these appear as “written” in the dialogue and are not spoken in the audio.
    • Commentary is an automatic transcription draft. Timestamps follow the full recording.

  • Presets

    • Microfreak/Preset/075 Saying Goodbye appears briefly before Microfreak/Preset/077 Eonz, the lead used through the session.
    • Eonz digital twin: a September 28 user-bank export using Microfreak/UG/06 Dig Osc/03 Types/02 SuperWave. Download the MCC preset export

  • Chapters

    • 00:00 Four tracks, one MIDI channel

      • Setting all four Launchpad tracks to MIDI channel 1, with different pattern lengths in mind.
      • Launchpad/UG/09 Sequencer/13 Settings/05 MIDI Channel · Launchpad/UG/09 Sequencer/05 Pattern Settings/03 Start End
      • Dialogue

        • codekiln · 00:00:00 — Okay, Ghost in the Patch SD card session. It's Tuesday, October 20th. I've got my launch pad connected to the MicroFreak bi-directionally. I've got the sequencer up.
        • codekiln · 00:00:35 — Right now the sequencer mode is not overwriting it.
        • codekiln · 00:02:12 — I'm looking at the sequencer settings for each track. one two three four. Looks like right now three is outputting on track eight maybe.
        • codekiln · 00:02:51 — I think that the bottom two rows of the sequencer settings is the channel and in track one I see a dim green panel on pad eight of row one and a bright one on pad one of row two. So I think that means that the in is channel one and the out is channel eight. Let me see.
        • codekiln · 00:03:32 — Yeah, see, I can only move the orange one. It's kind of interesting to me that... Okay, now I have each track on the same setting. I think that before I had track three on my updated hypothesis now is that if I go to track three and I press the seventh pad of the first row and then I go to track one, I see the seventh pad of the first row illuminated with the color for track three green dimly.
        • codekiln · 00:04:23 — So I think what that's telling me is it's trying to show me which channel each track is already set to. And I'm going to assume that it sends and receives on the same track. So that means that we have 16 tracks available for set and receive.
        • GitP/Acolyte · written — You've found the shared MIDI channel setting. The Launchpad has four sequencer tracks, and each can transmit on any of sixteen MIDI channels. Keeping the tracks on channel 1 lets them address the same MicroFreak while their pattern lengths differ. Launchpad/UG/09 Sequencer/13 Settings/05 MIDI Channel
        • codekiln · 00:04:49 — And if I set them all to the same, I hadn't even considered what I could do. Instead of setting all the sequencer tracks to one, I could be flipping between the channels on the Microfreak settings. But I think part of the thing that I want out of the sequencer is the ability to have out of sync patterns. I mean they should be in sync in terms of the pulse but they should be out of sync in terms of the beat structure.
        • codekiln · 00:05:31 — So I'm going to make all of them on channel 1.
        • codekiln · 00:05:39 — Then I go to track 1.

    • 05:40 Eonz, scale correction and clock

      • Moving from Saying Goodbye to Eonz, listening to preset octave changes and scale correction, then investigating who controls the clock.
      • Microfreak/Preset/075 Saying Goodbye · Microfreak/Preset/077 Eonz · Microfreak/UG/10 Keyboard/04 Octave Buttons · Launchpad/UG/10 Setup/05 MIDI Settings
      • Dialogue

        • codekiln · 00:05:40 — and let's pick a let's pick a preset let's pick something less than a hundred series, let's pick a pad here's preset 75 saying goodbye. You know, it makes me actually wonder if the presets encode the octave. Like, if I go to preset 77 enons lead, it actually does change the octave. So I think it does save the octave in the preset settings, which is not a bad idea. It's just not really something I've thought about before.
        • GitP/Acolyte · written — Yes—the octave shift is saved with the preset. That gives your switch from Microfreak/Preset/075 Saying Goodbye to Microfreak/Preset/077 Eonz another thing to listen for besides timbre: the keyboard can come back in a different register. Microfreak/UG/10 Keyboard/04 Octave Buttons
        • codekiln · 00:06:42 — This is actually Enaz, the lead. Now I've got the sequencer set to diatonic mode. Yeah, if I press E natural This is a paraphonic lead So if I press E flat I think I'm actually just getting some different articulation because of the pressure modulation in E-naws.
        • codekiln · 00:07:54 — Although it does seem to only be on that E-flat. What I'm trying to figure out is whether we have that same kind of diatonic coercion clash when we have both local input on on the microfreak and the sequence are on on the novation. Yeah, it sounds like we have coercion. By that I mean tonal coercion. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
        • codekiln · 00:08:45 — All right, let's try that. settings we're going to do a six six step pattern and i'm actually seeing here that on the MicroFreak the random slash record button is illuminated I also see that even though the ARP slash sequencer is not on the oct slash mod is set to 2 so that kind of implies There was maybe some recording there.
        • codekiln · 00:09:45 — I would assume that it would be eliminated for 1 and 2 if some modulation had been recorded there. So if I hit record on the Microfreak, well I'm not getting anything because I'm not in sequencer mode. So let's try shift on, sequencer on, on the microfreak. Okay, now if I hit the record button, I'm on step one of 32. And in theory, in the sequencer, if I...
        • codekiln · 00:10:35 — Okay, I'm stepping through, I'm not hitting shift with the rate encoder, I'm just doing the rate encoder which is doing the sequencer step select. Now that I've hit the record button on the microphone, I'm... So I've got C3. I see it's a 32 step recording.
        • codekiln · 00:11:22 — Okay, interesting. I'm gonna turn the record off. I'm just gonna try playing it. Okay, well that's interesting. I think what we're seeing here is that if I try to play the sequencer with the novation there's something weird here where the sequencer is not able to play. So let me look at my... before when I was in my sequencer's shift tempo, I was seeing tempo 50, but now I'm seeing SYN for sync.
        • codekiln · 00:12:16 — So I think that's because we're on auto mode. And I don't completely understand auto mode in terms of the sync. If I go to utility global sync source, my source is MIDI.
        • codekiln · 00:12:44 — Interesting. So if my source is set to MIDI on the Microfreak, then why does the Novation not expose the ability to set the tempo?
        • GitP/Acolyte · written — The return cable can carry clock as well as notes. Launchpad has separate Receive Clock and Transmit Clock switches, both on by default; the MicroFreak can also send clock during sequence playback. Choosing one clock source is a useful next test. Launchpad/UG/10 Setup/05 MIDI Settings · Microfreak/UG/13 Sequencer/01 Use
        • codekiln · 00:13:03 — It's like the novation thinks that it is receiving clock info. If I turn off the sequencer. Oh, interesting. I can't turn off the sequencer. There's a bug.
        • codekiln · 00:13:28 — Yeah, I think there's a total bug here. Oh, hey, if I hit sequencer, then it turns out. Oh, that is interesting. So there's something in the novation where in the device tempo screen, I wasn't able to exit the sequencer mode. Let's try playing here. And now I'm on the arpeggiator.
        • codekiln · 00:14:08 — I'm trying the arpeggiator, but boy is it not doing anything let me try hitting play on the sequencer on the novation nothing okay so i have i'm going to turn the repitiator off so this this is like thoroughly confusing to me

    • 14:42 TRS adapters and input modes

      • Swapping the TRS MIDI adapters, checking clock divisions and comparing Launchpad Note and Sequencer modes.
      • Microfreak/UG/03 Overview/02 Rear Panel/04 MIDI · Launchpad/UG/02 Getting Up and Running/05 Standalone · Launchpad/UG/09 Sequencer/05 Pattern Settings/01 Sync Rate
      • Dialogue

        • codekiln · 00:14:42 — Let me just double check my MIDI cables here. I've got the in for the Microfreak attached to out one of the novation and then I've got out of the micro freak connected to the end of the novation. So last time I was kind of surprised that the sequencer was working and I think that was because the TRS adapters are different from Novation and for the MicroFreak. So Arteria and innovation went with two different implementations of the TRS MIDI. There's no spec. It's just like they decided to put MIDI into TRS in a way that wasn't compatible with each other.
        • codekiln · 00:16:07 — And I think the thing that was working before, I could have sworn the thing that worked before was using the Novation MIDI to TRS adapters on the Novation and then using...yeah that might be it. I'm gonna try...see I don't think you can just switch these cables around. So right now I have like the NIDI TRS adapters that came with the Novation are black.
        • codekiln · 00:16:52 — Then I have some external white NIDI TRS adapters that I think came with one of my Arturia products. I think it's probably not the Microfreak, but it could have been the Microfreak. So I think I need the two white MIDI cables plugged into the Microfreak and two black adapters plugged into the Novation.
        • GitP/Acolyte · written — Both manuals point you back to the adapters supplied with each instrument. Keeping each pair with its own device is a useful way to remove that uncertainty before testing clock and notes separately. Microfreak/UG/03 Overview/02 Rear Panel/04 MIDI · Launchpad/UG/02 Getting Up and Running/05 Standalone
        • codekiln · 00:17:25 — Let's see if that helps us out a little bit. So now if I hit ARP on, and if I press two notes, I'm not hearing a thing. I am seeing them illuminate on the novation. If I hit play on the novation, I am seeing some stuff.
        • codekiln · 00:18:30 — It's kind of interesting that the key hold slash tie rest button on the MicroFreak doesn't work for arpeggiator mode when the sequencer is playing.
        • codekiln · 00:19:29 — Now, am I still getting coercion? Let's turn the sequence around. Yep, yep, I still am. Okay, so now that I've, you know, it's interesting, I set the tempo much lower earlier. Let me try doing shift tempo. On the novation, sequencer tempo is at 60.
        • codekiln · 00:20:14 — But boy, does that not quite feel like 60.
        • codekiln · 00:20:24 — Feels much faster. Feels like 120. Although, you know, I should probably just do it to something that's not a multiple of 60.
        • GitP/Acolyte · written — A tempo of 60 can still produce a quick stream of notes. The MicroFreak's synced Rate chooses a clock division, and the Launchpad pattern has its own step rate. Hearing double speed is a reason to compare those divisions alongside the BPM. Microfreak/UG/12 Arpeggiator/03 Arpeggio Rate/01 Using Sync · Launchpad/UG/09 Sequencer/05 Pattern Settings/01 Sync Rate
        • codekiln · 00:20:38 — I can't really tell this or determine what's going on. So now I'm on note mode on the novation in chromatic mode. I don't quite remember what the settings are for note mode.
        • codekiln · 00:21:13 — I could have sworn that the first five pads of the first row were the keyboard mode, and then it gives you a little preview of it. I can see that the rows three and four from the bottom give you the mode of note mode, Okay, I see. In shift note, I have to illuminate the top right square to make the different keyboard modes accessible.
        • codekiln · 00:22:33 — If I go to note mode on the novation, I can play at any point. But if I go over to the Microfreak and press down a key, I am not even hearing it. Like, it's not even playing. If I go back to the sequencer, then it's playing. Okay, that's kind of interesting. I didn't realize that before. So if I'm in Note Mode in the Novation, then it's like the MIDI in just isn't working. Unless I have the channel association wrong.
        • codekiln · 00:23:17 — Let me see if that's right. So let me go shift note. It appears that I have it marked on the first channel. Yeah, what? That seems wild to me. That the micro free keyboard wouldn't output to the novation in note mode.
        • codekiln · 00:23:57 — What about chord mode? Yeah, nothing. So on the novation, I have it. But on the microfreak, nothing. But if I go over to the sequencer.

    • 24:18 Can Launchpad capture the MicroFreak sequence?

      • Trying to record the MicroFreak sequence into the Launchpad, then combining a low Launchpad pulse with the internal sequence. The capture question remains open.
      • Microfreak/UG/14 Config/02 MIDI Control Center/01 Device Tab · Launchpad/UG/09 Sequencer/02 Steps View/06 Record · Microfreak/UG/11 Icon Strip/03 Touch Strip/01 Spice and Dice
      • Dialogue

        • codekiln · 00:24:18 — Okay. Still getting used to this weirdness. Alright, now let me see if I can... now that I think things are a little bit more understandable here. Let me try doing stuff with the sequencer again on the Microfreak. Ooh, okay. So this is really funky. I'm on track one of the Novation sequencer and I've got a 32 step pattern playing on the MicroFreak.
        • codekiln · 00:25:17 — It's in paraphonic mode and if I hit record Huh, it is not recording. That's interesting. So if I turn that sequencer off and just hit play. See now I turn the sequencer and that sequence was not recorded into the micro or into the launchpad. That's kind of wacky. Does that mean that the sequencer somehow exists before the audio unit but after the MIDI that somehow it's like taking the clock from the launch pad I would expect that if I had a sequence playing on the sequence around the Microfreak and I recorded it on the launch pad it would actually record into the sequence on the launchpad. What if I step through?
        • codekiln · 00:26:45 — I'm going to hit record on the launchpad and then use the rate key to step through. Yeah, it's not doing anything. Let me go into utility and just see. Input channel is 1, output channel is 1 on the MicroFreak. Now in the sequencer, I am not sure, but I assume I'm not allowed to put the input and output channel to anything else.
        • codekiln · 00:27:30 — Other than, you know, I think they have to be the same.
        • codekiln · 00:27:43 — Output dest. I have output dest both. I also have output dest MIDI. I also have output dest USB and then output dest none. Okay, well, I don't have USB, so that doesn't really matter. Let's try. Oh, ARP Seek MIDI Out in the Utility MIDI menu. Right now, ARP Seek MIDI Out, it says it's on.
        • codekiln · 00:28:26 — There's only two settings on and off. Well I would have expected it to be off if it wasn't recording. Well, let's try it off, maybe.
        • codekiln · 00:29:03 — If I press a note, it does record it. But if I step through a note, it does not output MIDI on-off. That's what I would expect. Okay, now let's go back. I'm going to turn, go back to utility global midi, ARP seek midi out on. Okay, now I have the ARP sequencer activated.
        • codekiln · 00:29:44 — It's not outputting in a way that can be captured by the novation. and if I turn off recording mode and hit play, I can hear it, but it's not recording.
        • GitP/Acolyte · written — You've already checked Arp/Seq MIDI Out and turned it back on. The guide says that switch covers both the arpeggiator and sequencer, and Launchpad can record incoming MIDI. This result leaves a routing or behavior question open; it doesn't establish that sequencer notes can never be sent. Microfreak/UG/14 Config/02 MIDI Control Center/01 Device Tab · Launchpad/UG/09 Sequencer/02 Steps View/06 Record
        • codekiln · 00:30:02 — Okay. Well, what does that mean? Is there any advantage to that? I mean, it means that I can have two sequences playing at once, kind of. like let's let's just record a really low pulse and now let's hit play Okay, really interesting.
        • codekiln · 00:32:17 — I'm going to turn the novation sequencer off and then turn the microfreak sequencer on. and nothing okay so it's like the novation is a little bit like whoa dang no idea what was going on there i just hit the play button on the micro freak and it went nuts and the play so yeah so there's just there's something kind of buggy about the Okay I think I think there was just a mini panic because now that now the ARP sequencer is also like frozen. Like I can't even turn it off.
        • codekiln · 00:33:17 — Um, yeah. Um, so.
        • codekiln · 00:33:25 — I think the lesson here is that if I mix the sequencer on the Microfreak with the Novation, then the recipe for a MIDI panic is halfway sufficient. I don't know what the other half is.
        • codekiln · 00:33:48 — See, there. If I hit play on the novation, I think this might be because I'm in auto mode. I think that might be part of it. Let me go into utility. Sink. Source. Well, no, I have MIDI mode for the sync. Oh, maybe it's because of the... That other setting. Global.
        • codekiln · 00:34:20 — MIDI. ARP seek MIDI out. What if I turn that off?
        • codekiln · 00:35:33 — Another interesting thing, spice doesn't work. So the sequence is playing, but spice doesn't work.
        • GitP/Acolyte · written — Spice and Dice reshape the MicroFreak's own arpeggio or sequence gates. They need an active internal pattern, and Dice stays silent until Spice is added. If the notes you're hearing come straight from the Launchpad, that gives you a useful distinction to test. Microfreak/UG/11 Icon Strip/03 Touch Strip/01 Spice and Dice

    • 35:50 Markers, Spice, Dice and doubling

      • A recorder marker introduces a new take. A seven-step Launchpad pattern meets a 32-step MicroFreak sequence, with experiments in Spice, Dice, step recording and Local Off.
      • Microfreak/Preset/077 Eonz · Microfreak/UG/13 Sequencer/01 Use/03 Record/01 Step Time · Microfreak/UG/17 Ext Gear/05 Local Control
      • Dialogue

        • codekiln · 00:35:50 — So I think I just learned something about the Zoom H5. I pressed the play pause button and it actually made a marker. And I'm not really sure where that marker goes. But that might be useful for when I'm saving tracks or keeping track of things that happened or chapters in the recording.
        • GitP/Acolyte · written — That mark gives you a place to jump back to. The H5 manual says Play/Pause pauses the recording and adds a mark; pressing it again resumes. Pressing the side scroll wheel adds a mark while recording continues. H5 Operation Manual, p24
        • codekiln · 00:36:23 — Let's see. Where are we at? With all this stuff.
        • codekiln · 00:36:33 — I've got this 7 beat pattern. I'm on preset 77 E-N-O-Z. It's a lead.
        • GitP/Acolyte · written — The September 28 Eonz export gives us a digital twin to explore alongside Microfreak/Preset/077 Eonz. It uses SuperWave: Timbre controls detuning and Shape blends the detuned voices. That gives us something specific to listen for as the sequences play. Microfreak/UG/06 Dig Osc/03 Types/02 SuperWave
        • codekiln · 00:36:46 — I have the sequencer on on the Microfreak. On the Novation, I have device tempo set to 60.
        • codekiln · 00:36:59 — And then if I press the play button on the Microfreak, I'm already playing on the Novation, as you can hear.
        • codekiln · 00:37:16 — So before I was mentioning that spice doesn't do anything. When I am taking the seek when I'm playing a sequencer on the micro freak and I have novation, presumably in control The spice doesn't do anything, but dice... Let's see if that does something because I do see the dice dialogue go up on the OLED for the Microfreak. I'm gonna hit play and then mess with the dice.
        • codekiln · 00:38:06 — Dice is up all the way. Yeah, I don't think it does a thing. Spice doesn't even go up and down in terms of the OLED, but... do you hear that doubling? That is... now the doubling has gone away. That's funky. Okay, so I can combine the sequencer with the sequencer on the microfreak with the sequencer on the innovation. I just disabled the sequencer MIDI out because it wasn't doing anything. It was just... I mean it wasn't like...
        • codekiln · 00:39:05 — it was playing the notes but it wasn't actually recording into the sequence. I wonder if... It was actually getting transposed though. I'm gonna go to sequence B. Let me try hitting record. How interesting.
        • codekiln · 00:39:44 — I didn't expect to see this. I went to sequence B on the Microfreak and now I have a seven-step sequence on the Novation and each first beat... what is... okay so I activated the sequence B on the Microfreak and then I hit the record button and it's got a 32 step sequence and every time the downbeat of the novation sequencer hits whoa it um went all the way through or it it advanced the recording by one Now, honestly, I have no idea what's going on right now.
        • codekiln · 00:40:44 — That sound just changed when it got to the end of the 32-step sequencer.
        • GitP/Acolyte · written — Those loops have different lengths, so their meeting point keeps moving. The MicroFreak's step recorder also advances when a note is released and replaces that step's contents. Keeping step recording and real-time recording distinct may help explain what you're seeing as the Launchpad feeds it notes. Microfreak/UG/13 Sequencer/01 Use/03 Record/01 Step Time
        • codekiln · 00:40:55 — I like it. I just don't know how it works.
        • codekiln · 00:41:11 — Wow.
        • codekiln · 00:41:18 — I have local off. Really?
        • codekiln · 00:41:26 — Yeah, I have local off. Oh, I wonder if that is why the sequencer wasn't outputting.
        • GitP/Acolyte · written — Local Off means the MicroFreak keyboard needs a MIDI return path to play its own sound engine. It's useful for avoiding doubled notes when a sequencer sends your playing back. Arp/Seq MIDI Out is a separate setting, so Local Off alone doesn't explain the missing sequence capture. Microfreak/UG/17 Ext Gear/05 Local Control · Microfreak/UG/14 Config/02 MIDI Control Center/01 Device Tab
        • codekiln · 00:41:39 — Now if I hit play, Huh, that is pretty cool.
        • codekiln · 00:43:11 — Whoa, I stopped the novation sequencer and I think it's still playing on the microfreak. Can I transpose it? Yeah. Do I have...
        • codekiln · 00:43:47 — What is going on? It sounds like there is some... What's it called? What's it called? If I do shift rate... I have swing at 50%. And it doesn't go lower than that. I don't think that's doing anything. Okay. I just caused this panic again. Yeah.
        • codekiln · 00:44:20 — I just turned off the sequencer.
        • codekiln · 00:44:25 — So that time the panic was caused when I hit a key on the micro freak with the novation paused.
        • codekiln · 00:44:44 — If I that is so funky.
        • codekiln · 00:44:55 — So that time it happened when I hit the play button on the sequencer. Alright, luckily I can get out of it by

    • 45:01 Finding a clock setup that plays

      • Working through stopped playback and sync settings until both sequencers play again, then comparing the arpeggiator with the internal sequence.
      • Microfreak/UG/17 Ext Gear/03 Clock Sources and Destinations · Launchpad/UG/10 Setup/05 MIDI Settings · Microfreak/UG/13 Sequencer/01 Use
      • Dialogue

        • codekiln · 00:45:01 — clicking that ARP Sequencer button this time. Let's hit record. Well now it says real-time recording.
        • codekiln · 00:45:43 — It is really confusing using the... You know, if I turn... Right now I have the pattern button eliminated and the arp arpeggiator on. and I'm not quite I think that it's just supposed to play it in pattern mode but let me just try up okay so now I'm going to just like Let's see if I press play on the C on the novation I don't I'm not getting anything now.
        • codekiln · 00:46:30 — Okay yeah I think this is just completely kind of a bogus setup to combine the sequencers. I mean it was so cool though for a little bit.
        • codekiln · 00:46:47 — Like, what is going on? Why can't I not play on the novation note? What if I go to another track and hit play? No.
        • codekiln · 00:47:08 — Well, what is the way to get back to the point where I can play? play. I don't know. I mean I could turn it off and on I guess. I don't have the sequence run.
        • codekiln · 00:47:32 — I mean I am able to play the keys on the MicroBreak and on the Novation in Sequencer Mode. But if I hit play, nothing. And if I go to Shift Device Tempo, I'm in SYN Sync Mode.
        • codekiln · 00:48:08 — So I think if I go into preset seek ARP, seek length, I can see it's 32. If I go into global sync source, MIDI clock auto. Huh. So I'm taking it from MIDI. What happens if I use auto? I don't even remember what the default is here, honestly. I think there might be a keyboard shortcut for this, like where you hold it down a long way and a long time and it ends up giving even a default output, but if I go to global controls, lots of cool things there, but nothing really. If I go to utility global sync source auto. Now let's try play. Okay, well now it's working with auto. Okay, now if I do, let's try ARP. I turn the arpeggiator on and it's like the novation just goes off. But if I hold down C and E flat, so now the arpeggiator is working. I turn the sequencer off on the microfreak. Sorry, arpeggiator off on the microfreak. Then I'm getting the sequencer from the novation again. Okay, so I think that in auto mode it kind of switch. Auto global, MIDI. I still have ARP seek MIDI out set off. If I go into utility global sync source, I have it set to auto. So I'm Now if I go to shift device tempo I'm on 60 in the innovation and if I hit the rate I I have a local off on the MicroFreak.
        • codekiln · 00:50:57 — Now if I hit the ARP button, then I am able to do an arpeggiation on the MicroFreak. But, and then if I go to shift device tempo, I'm still at 60. Now if I, can I increase it on the Launchpad? I'm gonna increase it to 80. Yeah. And then I'm gonna turn the ARP off. Yeah, and it's got the new tempo. Okay, that's kind of cool. Now let's try the sequencer. I'm on pattern B which has a lot of the same notes. I'm going to go back to pattern A.
        • codekiln · 00:52:06 — So far so good. so i just paused the innovation And the sequencer is still playing on the Microfreak.
        • codekiln · 00:53:14 — But if I press play again on the sequencer of the Novation launchpad, everything stops, but the sequencer is still eliminated blue. However, it doesn't seem like it's playing. Let me see if I can hit play now. Okay, I can. Now I have play eliminated on the MicroFreak sequencer. Let me hit unplay. Okay, well that seems to be pretty logical.
        • codekiln · 00:53:51 — So I can kind of like mix two sequences together. I wish I understood what caused it to panic before. Was it because I was just not having auto for utility global sync source or utility global yeah I think that's the only auto that I was

    • 54:21 A shared filter and four voices

      • Listening to the shared analog filter, envelope pulses and the four-voice paraphonic limit, with another look at MIDI input and output channels.
      • Microfreak/UG/03 Overview/01 Front Panel/01 Top Row/02 Paraphonic · Microfreak/UG/09 Envelope Gen/05 Amp Mod Button
      • Dialogue

        • codekiln · 00:54:21 — thinking of so I just wanted to mention that I think the way this works is that the filter is an analog filter on the microfreak, and it's shared by all the oscillators. That's one of the reasons why they call it paraphonic rather than polyphonic. And the envelope with amplitude modulation modulates the filter. So that means that whenever a key hits the whenever a new key hits it restarts that envelope which adjusts the cutoff so that's why if I hold down a key then every pulse re I don't know, I can't quite if I hold down a key it's like it's still playing but it's like I hear it almost as though it's being struck again because it's like the cutoff is getting pulsed up so let me hit play I'm gonna turn the pattern off so now I just have a single note coming from the launch pad every seven beads. And if I hit a G on the keyboard, well, see, that is what's so weird. Do you hear how it, like, gradually, it's like, it's like it still plays a little bit after I hold it down. So let me turn the sequencer off and hit that same G.
        • GitP/Acolyte · written — The voices do share one analog filter. One useful distinction: Amp Mod adds envelope control of volume; the envelope's filter connection is already there, with Filter Amount setting its strength. That shared filter gives your pulsing-cutoff explanation somewhere to start. Microfreak/UG/03 Overview/01 Front Panel/01 Top Row/02 Paraphonic · Microfreak/UG/09 Envelope Gen/05 Amp Mod Button
        • codekiln · 00:56:44 — Once I hit four keys, then it overwhelms the paraphonic limit.
        • codekiln · 00:57:04 — I wonder if I could put this in a sequence, another sequence of like maybe track two of the launchpad sequencer.
        • codekiln · 00:58:34 — I'm going to go.
        • codekiln · 00:59:34 — You know in the utility menu, global, MIDI, input channel, see I can separately adjust the input and output channel on the MicroFreak. so that actually does mean I could potentially record into different tracks although you know I think the record is just like limited to whatever one is active I don't think if you record you're recording into all tracks at once alright I think we've explored

    • 01:00:23 Recording Launchpad notes into MicroFreak

      • Recording incoming Launchpad notes into the MicroFreak, muting the source to listen back, and distinguishing step recording from real-time recording.
      • Microfreak/UG/13 Sequencer/01 Use/03 Record/01 Step Time · Microfreak/UG/13 Sequencer/01 Use/03 Record/03 Real Time
      • Dialogue

        • codekiln · 01:00:25 — quite a bit but I do want to try... I want to maybe consolidate something, consolidate some lesson from this. I did figure out that if I'm on utility global sync source auto Then I can press play on the launchpad and then I can hit the sequencer.
        • codekiln · 01:01:01 — And it completely overrides the sequencer from the launchpad. If it's, if I patch into the sequencer on, sorry, if I patch into the ARP. Well, you know, I think it's at least possible that's because we're at the paraphonic limit that we're not hearing that low note. If I release, no, see, I'm not hearing that low note until I turn the ARP off on the Microfreak, which is so different than if I press the sequencer on the Microfreak.
        • codekiln · 01:01:47 — Now I can hear both.
        • codekiln · 01:01:56 — On the sequencer, does the spice work? No. Does the dice work? No. Okay, so the Microfreak sequencer. It's like, if I play the Microfreak sequencer and the Launchpad sequencer at the same time, I can hear them both. but if I use the launchpad sequencer and the microfreak arpeggiator the arpeggiator completely mutes the sequencer however presumably it's taking its tempo from it you know and we actually demonstrated that earlier. I did see that one weird thing earlier where I went into the sequencer, if I hit play on the launchpad and then I do... I'm gonna hit the record button slash random button and then I'm gonna go to the sequencer Well, actually it didn't keep that activated.
        • codekiln · 01:03:11 — I'm going to hit record. Now it says real-time recording.
        • codekiln · 01:03:22 — So strange. My question is, is it recording the notes from the launchpad into the sequence on the MicroFreak? I think there's at least a chance it is. so let me actually mute the launch pad track one yeah and i am hearing that low note if i turn the pattern off and i hit just the record button now if i there's that c2 Wow.
        • codekiln · 01:04:05 — Wow. But for some reason, we don't have any more than, I'm just manually stepping through it here, but we actually don't have any more than one note per step, even though presumably when I was in real-time recording, it should have overlapped at least once. I really like manually stepping through like that.
        • codekiln · 01:04:55 — I think it's cool. Now I can't understand it. So now what if I... How did I get it so that each pulse was advancing the step by one? That's what I don't quite understand. If I unmute the launchpad...
        • codekiln · 01:05:19 — I'm gonna hit record again. Yeah, so now I'm seeing it step through, but I'm not hearing any of the other notes that are being, that are like present in those steps, which is kind of wild to me. it's as though each note is advancing the step by one as though you know almost as though I were hitting those notes on the microfreak but it's not overriding them as far as I can tell if I hit if I oh nope I take it back it actually was overriding them. They're all C1 now. Except for the very end where I interrupted it. Wow. Okay. Man, I haven't even started using tracks 2 through 4 on the launchpad.
        • codekiln · 01:06:33 — there's just so much funky stuff okay so i can record from the launch pad into the sequencer in real time mode well i know actually it's not is in real time mode though i mean i was actually recording in step mode just then and every note was adding one
        • GitP/Acolyte · written — That fits the step-recording rule: a new note replaces the current step, and releasing it advances the recorder. It explains why those steps became C rather than keeping their earlier pitches underneath. Microfreak/UG/13 Sequencer/01 Use/03 Record/01 Step Time
        • codekiln · 01:07:03 — So now I need, I have this second pattern here. I'm going to turn off recording mode on the micro fake and then go to the second pattern of the first track on the launchpad. Hit play.

    • 01:08:33 Ties, overdubs and a return to scales

      • Filling pattern B with ties and testing real-time MIDI recording, then returning to the question of which notes pass through the Launchpad scale.
      • Microfreak/UG/13 Sequencer/01 Use/03 Record/03 Real Time · Microfreak/UG/14 Config/02 MIDI Control Center/01 Device Tab
      • Dialogue

        • codekiln · 01:08:33 — Alright, let's try something. I am going to record nothing but ties into sequence B with the Microfreak.
        • codekiln · 01:09:12 — Okay, now I have 32 ties. If I hit play, I'm just getting nothing. Now, I'm going to hit record. And it's going to go into real-time recording on the Microfreak. Now, I'm gonna press a few keys that are different than the ones that are on the launch pad. I'm gonna make them really high so we can hear them. And we'll wait until it goes all the way around.
        • codekiln · 01:09:56 — It takes a while because it's only, like, you know, 80 beats per minute, and it's a 32-step sequence. But now, I'm still recording. If I unmute track one...
        • codekiln · 01:10:14 — Okay, now I muted it again. Now let's wait until we get all the way around.
        • codekiln · 01:10:34 — Okay, I'm gonna... Okay, I think that solves it. My question was, does real-time recording work from the sequence on the launchpad to the sequence in the MicroFreak? And the answer is yes. It actually does kind of like skip notes. At least if you have tie or hold pre-recorded.
        • GitP/Acolyte · written — You've made the direction clear: Launchpad notes can be recorded into the MicroFreak. The manual describes incoming MIDI note recording in real time, with notes replacing what was at each step on the previous pass. Your mute-and-listen test makes that easier to hear. Microfreak/UG/13 Sequencer/01 Use/03 Record/03 Real Time
        • codekiln · 01:11:07 — pretty cool. Okay, so now I'm going to reload sequence B. Let's see, because I remember it sounded really cool before.
        • codekiln · 01:11:30 — Whoops, I think I was recording there. so as you can hear there are some pitches in the sequence on the microfiche that are out of sync with the mode on the sequencer so if I hit play that does not match and I think that's because it's playing those sequences directly on the microfreak instead of passing them through the launchpad where they would have been transposed.
        • codekiln · 01:12:20 — And I think that kind of makes sense because sequencer MIDI out is off. I don't think this is going to matter one bit but if I go into MIDI ARP seek MIDI out and turn it on and then hit play.
        • codekiln · 01:13:01 — yeah so utility global midi ARP seek midi out well you know there's this other thing too where I don't have channel one activated What if I go to channel 2 and have ARP seek MIDI out?
        • codekiln · 01:13:41 — Yeah, still doesn't impact it. I don't understand what ARP seek MIDI out does and why it doesn't interact with innovation. It could be kind of cool, I guess, but look, it's like my mental model is that it's applied later. It's like this, it just, it doesn't, it's not the same. What about the sequencer? Or the, sorry, the arpeggiator.
        • codekiln · 01:14:17 — If I go to the arpeggiator. So I'm going to play, like, some major notes. And it is getting transposed.
        • codekiln · 01:14:40 — That is so odd. So the arpeggiator, if I turn it on, on the Microfreak, it completely drowns out or obliviates anything that's playing on the launchpad sequencer. However, it does pass through the Launchpad's mode. Like, if I go to Shift Sequencer, change the mode.
        • codekiln · 01:15:08 — Wait, is that working?
        • codekiln · 01:15:30 — All right, what I'm doing, I'm holding down a C major seventh triad. And I'm in the sequencer settings. And I have the first scale activated, which I think is natural minor, if I'm not mistaken.

    • 01:15:59 Arpeggios follow the Launchpad scale

      • Comparing played notes, arpeggios and stored sequences while changing the Launchpad scale and root note.
      • Launchpad/UG/09 Sequencer/13 Settings/03 Root and Scale · Launchpad/UG/09 Sequencer/13 Settings/04 Select Scale
      • Dialogue

        • codekiln · 01:15:59 — Okay, here's the actual mode. That's on the launchpad. Now if I turn on the sequencer, or if I turn on the arpeggiator on the Microfreak and play... Well first of all, let's turn off the arpeggiator. on the Microfreak I'll just play a C major scale and you'll hear it transposed. Yep, okay. Now let's turn on the sequencer and play a C major seven. Sorry, arpeggiator.
        • codekiln · 01:16:52 — Yeah, so the arpeggiator on the Microfreak passes through the sequencer mode on the launch pad.
        • codekiln · 01:17:08 — However, if I turn on the sequencer on the Microfreak, it does not.
        • codekiln · 01:17:19 — How do I think about this? But what happens if I'm not playing the sequencer? If the sequencer is not playing, I still get keys that are passed through the launchpad. That was a C major scale that got transposed to C natural minor.
        • codekiln · 01:17:52 — So there I'm starting different root notes on the sequencer.
        • GitP/Acolyte · written — You've got a useful contrast now: your played notes and arpeggio change with the Launchpad setting, while the stored sequence stays put. Root and scale apply across Launchpad's Note, Chord and Sequencer modes. Following which notes return to the MicroFreak is the next piece to investigate. Launchpad/UG/09 Sequencer/13 Settings/03 Root and Scale · Launchpad/UG/09 Sequencer/13 Settings/04 Select Scale
        • codekiln · 01:18:11 — It's cool to know that that still works.
        • codekiln · 01:18:28 — I think it's interesting how many of these presets that aren't sequences actually do have sequences recorded in them in the factory presets.
        • GitP/Acolyte · written — A lead or pad can carry a sequence too. Each MicroFreak preset has pattern A and pattern B available, so the sound category doesn't tell you whether those patterns are empty. Listening to them adds another way to explore a factory sound. Microfreak/UG/13 Sequencer/01 Use/01 Select & Play

    • 01:18:36 Eonz coda

      • An extended instrumental closing passage with Eonz.
      • Microfreak/Preset/077 Eonz · Microfreak/UG/13 Sequencer/01 Use/01 Select & Play
      • Dialogue

        • codekiln · 01:18:36 — Okay, what's the last thing I want to do?