Microfreak/UG/10 Keyboard/02 Keyboard Responsiveness/01 Using Responsiveness

• 10.2.1 Using Keyboard Responsiveness

  • The small variations of a capacitive keyboard make timbre and pitch useful modulation targets. Modulating the Cycling Envelope's rise and fall times can also produce interesting results.
  • The Matrix Assign buttons open up several options:
    • Modulate Oscillator Type with pressure.
    • Modulate Wave, Timbre, and Shape together with pressure to make abrupt timbre changes.
    • Modulate Glide with pressure or velocity.
    • Modulate envelope attack and decay times with pressure for a natural response.
  • Keyboard Pressure or Velocity can control modular gear. Set the keyboard's output voltage at Utility → CV/Gate → Pressure Range, from 0V to 10V. The signal is available at the MicroFreak's rear Pressure output and can open an external filter, change a sequencer's speed, or alter a resonator's damping.

  • Note/Warning Some Eurorack modules cannot accept 10V input and may clip above their maximum input voltage.