GitP/A/Session/26/10/29-Thu

• Hallowed Speaking

  • The ghost made a hot appearance here for a live fall fest. Speech patches caught the vibe, gave way to swelling pads, unstable tones and filtered noise, with phrases captured and returned as overlapping audio loops.
  • Open recording: Episode recording

  • Recording and Prep

    • 46:39 · GitP/A/Session/26/10/29-Thu/Asset/Audio/Halloween/mp3 · Download the MP3
    • Recorded on October 29, 2026 in Ableton/Live at 120 BPM in 4/4. The mix keeps the recorded layer changes, volume rides, reverb and delay. The opening wait and silent end are trimmed; the closing fade remains.
    • Music/Making/Log/26/10/29 Thu - GitP Halloween event prep · Music/Making/Log/26/10/29 Thu - GitP Halloween event prep/Discussion/Analysis/Opus/26/10/29/0956 ET MicroFreak presets for a Halloween party

    • Presets

      • The performance followed the opening part of the Halloween list, in roughly this order, through Digital Sea. The descriptions below explain the saved factory starting sounds. Recorded controller changes describe the departures from those settings.
      • Microfreak/Preset/016 Voidom — Speech with stepped changes in formants and words; expression strongly opens the filter.
        • Microfreak/UG/06 Dig Osc/03 Types/11 Speech · Download the saved 016 Voidom export
      • Microfreak/Preset/029 Number Station — Speech whose filtered random LFO changes the word selection; expression lowers cutoff and raises resonance.
        • Microfreak/UG/06 Dig Osc/03 Types/11 Speech · Download the saved 029 Number Station export
      • Microfreak/Preset/138 Metallic Talk — Speech with an envelope moving the formants and a random LFO changing words and filter brightness.
        • Microfreak/UG/06 Dig Osc/03 Types/11 Speech · Download the saved 138 Metallic Talk export
      • Microfreak/Preset/093 Blind — Speech with key position mapped to Word, so different keys select different spoken material.
        • Microfreak/UG/06 Dig Osc/03 Types/11 Speech · Download the saved 093 Blind export
      • Microfreak/Preset/012 Darkstream — A detuned, paraphonic SuperWave pad with a slow attack and cycling-envelope filter movement.
        • Microfreak/UG/06 Dig Osc/03 Types/02 SuperWave · Download the saved 012 Darkstream export
      • Microfreak/Preset/105 SlowBurn — A resonant high-pass Wavetable pad with a slow attack, long release and LFO movement through the wavetable.
        • Microfreak/UG/06 Dig Osc/03 Types/03 Wavetable · Download the saved 105 SlowBurn export
      • Microfreak/Preset/151 The Unstable — A V.Analog pad with a stepped-random oscillator morph, pressure-controlled pulse shape and cycling-envelope resonance movement.
        • Microfreak/UG/06 Dig Osc/03 Types/06 VAnalog · Download the saved 151 The Unstable export
      • Microfreak/Preset/141 Digital Sea — Noise with a slow attack and cycling-envelope movement of its character, sample-rate reduction and band-pass cutoff.
        • Microfreak/UG/06 Dig Osc/03 Types/13 Noise · Download the saved 141 Digital Sea export

    • MIDI

      • Download the aligned session MIDI · GitP/A/Session/26/10/29-Thu/Asset/MIDI/Halloween/mid
      • The MIDI retains the Launchpad-to-MicroFreak and MicroFreak-to-Launchpad input streams, including note pressure, pitch bend and controller changes. Audio loops can continue while the captured input is quiet, so the MIDI describes the playing and control gestures rather than every repeated sound in the mix.
      • The MIDI contains no preset-program, bank-selection or oscillator-type messages. The preset order comes from the performance account; the chapter boundaries follow captures and gestures rather than verified preset switches. Microfreak/UG/21 Appendix D - CC Values gives the controller names.

  • Chapters

    • 00:00 enter Microfreak/Preset/016 Voidom

      • tentative invocation

        • Low, warbled establishment. mostly checking sound.

      • 03:07 secondo strato

        • layer B enters while layer A loops.
        • The incoming Launchpad phrases become shorter and reach farther up the keyboard.

      • 04:12 in the high note

        • a 2nd thing appears above the forest

      • 05:50 exploring cyclical Microfreak/UG/06 Dig Osc/03 Types/11 Speech

        • Microfreak/UG/09 Envelope Gen/06 Cycling Envelope Rise starts moving, followed by Fall and Amount.
        • Further modulations of Microfreak/UI/Oscillator/Knob/Timbre, Microfreak/UI/Oscillator/Knob/Shape and Microfreak/UI/Oscillator/Knob/Wave
          • On the Speech presets, the panel controls select the formant or library, shift formants and scan words
          • Microfreak/UI/Oscillator/Knob/Type/Speech/Type

      • 06:01 Layer B - Double Beeper

        • What is this? not sure. I kind of like it. Still the same preset - could be some kind of double trigger with the launchpad sequencer

      • 08:27 Strange Word Emergence

        • After adjusting the oscillator parameters in Microfreak/UG/06 Dig Osc/03 Types/11 Speech, different words start to emerge. I think this was mostly caused by Microfreak/UI/Oscillator/Knob/Shape adjustments.

    • 09:22 enter Microfreak/Preset/029 Number Station

      • Layer C capture - "8, 6, 1, 2 ..."

        • A short layer C take is captured here. One low MicroFreak key is held for nearly ten seconds; the earlier loops continue around it.

    • 10:32 enter Microfreak/Preset/138 Metallic Talk

      • New layer A - speech-based Instrument/Didgeridoo.

        • The new layer A material becomes audible. Incoming notes are much shorter than in the opening, with both the MicroFreak keys and Launchpad active. Main-envelope Attack and cycling-envelope Rise change briefly near 10:43–10:45. Microfreak/UG/09 Envelope Gen/03 Envelope Stages

      • 12:04 the jiggling growls

        • Layer A begins a rhythmic growling pattern

      • 12:47 lighting the ritual flanger

        • Layer A fills in the growl texture with a hooting declaration G3, G3, F3 G3 Ab4 G3, F3 C3
        • Layer B still has tentative little calls for attention

    • 14:51 pierced resonance

      • more of the fluty vibe continues.
      • Another layer C take enters. Filter cutoff and resonance move together around 15:18, followed by cycling-envelope Rise and Amount and the oscillator controls. Filter-envelope Amount, attack, decay and LFO rate change later in the passage. Microfreak/UG/07 Filter/01 Modifying Sound/04 Cutoff Frequency · Microfreak/UG/07 Filter/01 Modifying Sound/05 Resonance

    • 16:04 UF Orb whacky ziggurat

      • Layer A - fluty vibe
      • Layer B - Dropped out; silent
      • Layer C - high reverb footsteps in the mall.

    • 21:26 Layer B develops

      • Sustained Launchpad notes overlap shorter MicroFreak-key gestures and pitch bends. Wave, Shape and cycling-envelope Amount change first. Around 24:32 the envelope Rise, Fall and Hold are reshaped, with cutoff and resonance sweeps soon afterward. Microfreak/UG/09 Envelope Gen/06 Cycling Envelope

    • 26:35 Sustained notes

      • A new layer A take returns to longer notes in a narrower pitch range. A brief filter-envelope Amount change around 27:49 is the only captured knob edit in this passage.

    • 29:13 Cycling-envelope development

      • Layer C changes again while the Launchpad carries long notes. Cycling-envelope Rise moves from 29:27, then Wave, Timbre and Shape sweep through broad ranges around 30:11–30:18. Hold and Fall changes continue the envelope reshaping. Microfreak/UG/09 Envelope Gen/06 Cycling Envelope

    • 31:43 Short notes and pitch bends

      • The playing turns toward shorter notes from both keyboards, with frequent pitch bends. Filter-envelope Amount moves repeatedly, oscillator controls change, and cutoff and resonance return near the end of the passage.

    • 38:39 High notes in layer B

      • A new layer B take introduces higher, short notes. Cycling-envelope Amount, Rise, Fall and Hold change around 41:01–41:09; Timbre and Shape move together later.

    • 42:33 Final layer C

      • High, short Launchpad phrases continue over the retained loops. Timbre and Shape change early; Wave, the main-envelope attack and decay, filter-envelope Amount and free LFO rate follow. Pitch bends become prominent again before the close. Microfreak/UG/08 LFO/02 LFO Rate

    • 46:19 Closing fade

      • The layers recede through the recorded volume fade, leaving the effect tails to settle.