Making/Music/Log/26/10/12 Mon
- 2026-10-12 Mon
- I messed about with Microfreak/Preset/Factory for the microfreak this morning; it was fun. I haven't done that much, actually; I prefer to make my own, usually.
- Spent the most time on this preset
- with octave -1 d, f, g, c, coupling (d,f), (f, g), (g, c), (c, d) where a descant sang out.
- While this was happening, the microfreak paraphonic / unison button was blinking. I'm I'm not sure what that was about.
- This preset has several items that are modulated by pressure in the matrix: Microfreak/UI/Oscillator/Knob/Timbre, Microfreak/Filter/Cutoff, Microfreak/Matrix/Assn/1. I realized that it's easier to make quiet sounds on the capacitive touch keyboard using the "bones" of the white keys, since there are fewer sensors up there. Effective example: I recorded a clip with (d), (d,f), (f,c), (c,e) and some cool interference patterns emerged.
Compelling Launchpad Microfreak Workflow for Scales and Sequences
Questions
- Launchpad/UG/09 Sequencer/11 Print to Clip
- This morning the internet was out, and I realized that I didn't have easy access to the images in this page! Not ideal.
- I wish there was an easy way I could make a local fallback.
- I suppose I could make a localhost server which resolved from local if available, then resolved from backblaze if local wasn't available. Then that address could be replaced upon publish. Sounds complex; lots of moving parts.
- I could also
Issues - Microfreak with No Sound
- I had some weird issues with the microfreak not emitting any signals this morning. I had to turn it off and back on. Not sure what that was about ...