Microfreak/UG/14 Config/02 MIDI Control Center/02 Wavetables Tab

• 14.2.2 Wavetables Tab

  • The Wavetables tab appears when MCC detects a connected MicroFreak. It loads custom wavetables for the User Wavetable oscillator type; it does not change other oscillator types, including the factory Wavetable Oscillator.
  • Tab for loading user Wavetables
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  • The left pane shows banks and wavetables on the computer; the right pane shows wavetables in the MicroFreak.
  • Below them, the information area shows the selected Bank and Wavetable names and a 3D animation of the wavetable. Click either name field to rename it.

  • Note/Info Bank and Wavetable names can be at most 21 characters long.
    

  • Microfreak/UG/14 Config/02 MIDI Control Center/02 Wavetables Tab/01 Management

    • 14.2.2.1 Wavetable Management

      • The buttons above the computer and MicroFreak panes move and manage wavetables.
      • Wavetable management buttons
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      • New Bank creates an empty bank on the computer and prompts for its name. Drag a wavetable over the new bank's name to add it; banks can combine wavetables from other banks.
      • New Bank name prompt
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      • Del Bank deletes a bank after confirmation. Factory banks cannot be deleted.
      • Import opens three choices:
        • Replace Wavetable (.mfw) replaces the selected wavetable with a MicroFreak Wavetable file.
        • Replace Wavetable (.wav/.aiff) replaces it with a WAV or AIFF audio file.
        • Import New Bank imports an MFWB bank into the computer pane.
      • Import choices
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      • When importing WAV or AIFF audio, MicroFreak converts it into an MFW wavetable of 32 cycles, each 2,048 samples long:
        • Each group of 2,048 source samples counts as a cycle.
        • The source's first and last cycles become cycles 1 and 32.
        • With more than eight source cycles, MicroFreak distributes them evenly across the wavetable and crossfades between them.
        • With fewer than eight source cycles, it spreads them across the slots so the Wave knob can reach every cycle.
      • An audio file can therefore become a usable wavetable without manually preparing each cycle.
      • Export saves a selected wavetable as MFW or a selected bank as MFWB. Choose a location in the system save dialog.
      • Export choices
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      • Delete removes a selected wavetable after confirmation and replaces it with an init wavetable that morphs between simple waveforms.
      • Delete confirmation
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      • Send to MicroFreak transfers the bank assembled in the computer pane to the MicroFreak for the User Wavetable oscillator.

      • Note/Warning This overwrites every wavetable in the MicroFreak. Do not turn its knobs while the transfer progress bar is visible.
        

      • Wavetable transfer progress
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      • Recall to Computer copies the MicroFreak's current wavetables into a new bank in the computer pane. The bank initially has a date-and-time name, which you can change in the Bank Name field.
  • Microfreak/UG/14 Config/02 MIDI Control Center/02 Wavetables Tab/02 Dragging

    • 14.2.2.2 More on Dragging and Dropping

      • Drag individual wavetables between the computer and MicroFreak in either direction. Shift-click or Command-click to select several before dragging.
      • A destination slot highlights blue when you hover over it. Releasing the wavetable there overwrites that slot.
      • Dragging a wavetable between computer and MicroFreak
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      • Drag a wavetable within either pane to change its order. In the computer pane, drag a wavetable name over another bank's name to move it into that bank.
      • WAV and AIFF files can also be dragged from a file browser into either pane. Select several files with Shift-click or Command-click before dragging them together.