Arturia MicroFreak from Pad to Arp

In this video, I show how you can easily transform a pad preset into a patch suitable for arpeggiator patterns. In the process, I visit most of the different oscillators on the MicroFreak, and play around with both specific oscillator parameters and the generic envelope, filter and glide parameters.

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The pad preset is from the free Plaisir Pads sound bank from Arturia, available here: https://www.arturia.com/products/hard...

The MicroFreak is naturally the star of the show, but I also use the Zoom MS-70CDR for some external effects, and the Novation Circuit for some drums and bass during the jam that goes through most of the video.

The pad presets in Plaisir Pads are all excellent starting points for more arp-ish sounds, and with dedicated controls for filter and envelope on the MicroFreak, it's really easy to transform sounds between pads and arps.

The MicroFreak is a lot of fun! Highly recommended.

Gear:
- Arturia MicroFreak
- Novation Circuit
- Zoom MS-70CDR
- Ammoon AM-228 mixer
- Korg Mini Kaoss Pad 2S (just for recording)

Connections:
- MicroFreak - Zoom MS-70CDR - Mixer
- Circuit - Mixer
- Mixer - KP2S

MIDI:
- Circuit - MicroFreak

Effects:
- MS-70CDR: Ensemble - AutoPan - Filter Delay (dotted 8ths) - HD Hall

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