Microfreak/UG/03 Overview/01 Front Panel/03 Bottom Row

• 03.01.03 Bottom Row

  • Bottom row of the MicroFreak
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  • Microfreak/UG/03 Overview/01 Front Panel/03 Bottom Row/01 Octave Select

    • 03.01.03.01 Octave select

      • The octave buttons select the active keyboard range.
      • Octave select
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  • Microfreak/UG/03 Overview/01 Front Panel/03 Bottom Row/02 Shift

    • 03.01.03.02 Shift

      • Hold Shift to access functions printed in blue on the panel and other secondary functions. Microfreak/UG/20 Appendix C - Cheat Sheet lists them.
      • The shift button
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      • Shift functions
        • Toggle between Arpeggiator and Sequencer.
        • Set the swing rate.
        • Control the Attack and Fall shapes of the Cycling Envelope.
        • Transpose or reload sequences, or copy an arpeggio to a sequence.
  • Microfreak/UG/03 Overview/01 Front Panel/03 Bottom Row/03 Arp Seq

    • 03.01.03.03 ARP/Seq (Arpeggiator/Sequencer)

      • The Arpeggiator plays notes derived from the held keys. Microfreak/UG/12 Arpeggiator and Microfreak/UG/13 Sequencer share several controls.
      • The Arpeggiator and the Sequencers
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      • Arp | Seq switches between the Arpeggiator and Sequencer. Oct | Mod sets the Arpeggiator range or selects one of four Sequencer modulation tracks.
      • Rate sets the tempo in BPM. Press the knob to enable Sync; with Sync active, the knob changes the time division relative to the set tempo.
  • Microfreak/UG/03 Overview/01 Front Panel/03 Bottom Row/04 LFO

    • 03.01.03.04 LFO

      • The low-frequency oscillator produces modulation at 0.05–100 Hz and offers six waveforms.
      • The LFO
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      • Shape selects a waveform
        • Sine rises and falls smoothly.
        • Triangle rises and falls linearly.
        • Rising sawtooth rises linearly and then drops suddenly.
        • Square switches suddenly between minimum and maximum.
        • Random stepped jumps between randomly generated values.
        • Random gliding moves gradually between randomly generated values.
      • Rate sets LFO speed. Press it to enable Sync, which follows the Sequencer/Arpeggiator tempo clock. With Sync off, Rate sets the speed independently.
  • Microfreak/UG/03 Overview/01 Front Panel/03 Bottom Row/05 Gen Env

    • 03.01.03.05 The General Envelope Generator

      • The Envelope Generator shapes a tone’s loudness or timbre and can be patched to destinations in the Matrix. Attack, Decay/Release, and Sustain affect the filter by default; Filter Amt sets the envelope’s effect on the filter. Microfreak/UG/09 Envelope Gen explains the controls in detail.
      • The Envelope Generator
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      • With Amp Mod active, the envelope also shapes VCA loudness.
  • Microfreak/UG/03 Overview/01 Front Panel/03 Bottom Row/06 Keyboard

    • 03.01.03.06 Keyboard section

      • The 25-key capacitive keyboard generates gate, pitch, and pressure. The octave buttons extend its two-octave range. The section also includes the Icon strip and the Bend, Spice, and Dice touch controls.

      • Note/Info Utility can make the keyboard generate velocity in place of pressure.
        

      • The Keyboard
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      • Utility or MIDI Control Center settings determine whether the keyboard provides aftertouch or velocity. USB and MIDI out can send fully polyphonic MIDI control to other devices.
  • Microfreak/UG/03 Overview/01 Front Panel/03 Bottom Row/07 Icon Strip

    • 03.01.03.07 The Icon strip

      • The eight icons above the keyboard provide Arpeggiator, Pattern Generator, Sequencer, Spice, Dice, and Bend controls.
      • The icon strip
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      • Spice and Dice vary the current arpeggio or sequence; their effects are audible only while the Arpeggiator or Sequencer runs. Dice changes gates and triggers, while Spice sets the amount of variation.
      • Spice & Dice
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      • Microfreak/UG/10 Keyboard explains the Icon strip in detail.