Microfreak/UG/14 Config/01 Utility & MCC
14.1 Utility & MIDI Control Center
- Utility settings fall into Preset and Global categories. The settings below indicate whether they are available on the MicroFreak in Utility and in MIDI Control Center (MCC).
14.1.1 Preset
- These settings are saved with each preset and are available in Utility. They are unavailable in MCC.
Voice
- Bend Range: 0–24 semitones; up to two octaves.
- Glide Mode: Time, Sync, or Rate; controls whether the Glide knob sets glide time, tempo-synced glide, or glide rate.
- Unison Spread: 0.001–12.000; spread between the four voices.
- Unison Count: 2–4 voices in unison mode.
Modulations
- Envelope Legato: Off or On; controls envelope reset on a keyboard trigger.
- Envelope Snap: Off or On; sharpens the envelope decay.
- LFO Retrig: Off, On, or Legato; controls retriggering on keyboard triggers and during legato playing.
- Press Mode: Aftertouch or Velocity; selects the pressure mode.
- Key/Arp Mode: Linear or Random; Random generates a new random value for each key pressed.
- Velo Amp Mod: 0–10; controls how much velocity affects output volume.
Preset Volume
- Preset Volume: −12 to +12; relative preset volume.
Scale
- Scale: Global, Off, Major, Minor, Harmonic Minor, Dorian, Mixolydian, Blues, or Pentatonic.
- Root Note: C, C♯, D, D♯, E, F, F♯, G, G♯, A, A♯, or B.
Seq/Arp
- Seq Length: 4–64 steps.
- Default Gate Length: 10–90; default 50, for sequencer and arpeggiator gates.
- Seq 1–4 Smooth: Off or On for each sequencer modulation track.
Vocoder
- Vocoder Hiss Mode: Off, Switched, or Pass; controls whether vocoder hiss is heard.
- Vocoder Hiss Volume: −20 to 0; sets the vocoder hiss volume.
14.1.2 Global
- Global settings are available in both Utility and MIDI Control Center (MCC), except Reset Setting, which is available only in Utility.
MIDI
- Input Chan: All, 1–16, or None; MIDI receive channel.
- Output Chan: 1–16; MIDI transmit channel.
- Output Dest: None, USB, MIDI, or Both; where MIDI data is transmitted.
- Local: Off or On; enables local editing with the knobs. Default: On.
- Arp/Seq MIDI Out: Off or On; sends arpeggiator and sequencer data over MIDI.
- Thru: Off or On; echoes MIDI In data to MIDI Out when On.
- Knob Send CCs: Off or On; sends knob control-change data to external instruments.
- Merge: USB+KBD, MIDI+KBD, or BOTH+KBD; chooses how keyboard data is merged into the MIDI stream.
Sync
- Source: Internal, USB, MIDI, Clock, or Auto; chooses the tempo source.
- Clock: One Step, 2 PPQ, 24 PPQ, or 48 PPQ; sets the clock standard.
- Global Tempo: Off or On; when On, preset tempos are ignored and the most recently set tempo persists.
CV/Gate
- Pitch Format: 1 V/oct, Hz/V, or 1.2 V/oct; sets pitch CV output format.
- Gate Format: S-Trig, V-Trig 5 V, or V-Trig 12 V; sets gate output format.
- Pressure Range: 1–10 V; sets the Press output voltage range.
- 0 V Reference: C−1 to G8; sets the note that outputs zero volts in 1 V/oct or 1.2 V/oct format.
- 1 V Reference: C−1 to G8; sets the note that outputs one volt in Hz/V format.
Controls
- Knob Catch: Jump, Hook, or Scaled; determines how a physical knob position meets its digital value.
- Click to Load: Off or On; when On, loading a selected preset requires a click.
- Osc Knob Speed: Slow or Fast; sets the response of the Wave, Timbre, and Shape knobs.
- KBD Sensitivity: 10–100%; sets keyboard response for Pressure and Velocity.
- Aftertouch Curve: Linear, Logarithmic, or Exponential.
- Velocity Curve: Linear, Logarithmic, or Exponential.
- Relative Bend: Off or On; when On, bending starts from where you touch the bend strip.
Global Scale
- Scale: Off, Major, Minor, Harmonic Minor, Dorian, Mixolydian, Blues, or Pentatonic.
- Root Note: C, C♯, D, D♯, E, F, F♯, G, G♯, A, A♯, or B.
Master Tuning
- Cent Offset: −50 to +50 cents from global tuning.
- A Reference: 427.47–453.89 Hz; sets the frequency of A. The western tuning standard is 440 Hz.
Mic Setting
- Mic Gain: −12 dB to 59 dB, or Auto Gain; sets microphone gain for the vocoder.
- Noise Gate: Off or −30 to −90 dB; sets the signal threshold.
- Mic Detection: Off or On; when On, active sensing detects whether a microphone is present.
Misc
- Mem Protect: Off permits overwriting all presets; Factory Only protects factory presets; On protects all presets.
- Oct LED Blink: Off or On; sets whether active Octave Shift buttons glow steadily or blink.
- Reset Setting: Cancel or Yes; restores factory settings, erases Utility changes, and erases presets. Available in Utility only.