Tutorials | MiniFreak - Sequencer & Arpeggiator

Matt Pike explores how MiniFreak blurs the lines between sequencing & arpeggiation, making it easier than ever to craft wildly creative melodies, chord movements, and ever-evolving ideas that you can tweak in real-time.

_CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:26 Sequence Presets examples
01:56 Step Recording
04:52 Real Time Recording
06:07 Copy, Paste, Erase notes
08:02 Modulation Sequencing
08:59 Spice & Dice
10:13 Arpeggiator

_DISCOVER

MiniFreak is a polyphonic hybrid keyboard that unites dual digital sound engines with analog filters, playful modulation, instinctive sequencing, and rich stereo effects for sounds that are immediately curious, beautiful, and chaotic in equal measure.

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Arturia is one of the world’s leading developers of music software, studio controllers, hardware synthesizers and audio interfaces. Creating gear for pro and amateur musicians alike, we create equipment that is both easy to use, enhances your workflow, and sounds amazing.

[heffe]

These demos are amazing. I just got this last night and just got time to play with it. Such an amazing synth. Thank you for these!

[peterkadarmusic]

I think it would be a great option in the global menu to have the metronome only appear in the headphone out in case someone wants to create a sequence live but not have the audience hear the click. It would be a nice option for the count in to have an option of being two bars in length as well. Really loving the unique sound and functionality of my Minifreak. Bravo, Arturia!

[jackcullimore]

wow, great demo! what an amazing sequencer! so many improvements on the microfreak sequencer! The gate length and spice feature with those sliders looks incredible! so many great ideas for a live performance

[tobiasphilippen]

I already very much enjoyed your Polybrute tutorials ... great work again! Very clear and a great help. Thank you!

[EvilDead]

Thanks for the tutorials. Excellent customer service!

[playeveryday]

I think the metronome should auto off if you are not recording or overdubbing but it plays if you hit the play button when you just want to play back your sequence to listen. Going back into the menu to turn it off hinders a live performance.

[StewenCorvez]

Thank you ! Will the manual contain additional functions for sequencer and arpeggiator?

[alexkatz]

How can I record an arp to the sequencer?

[NeonShores]

01:40 totally feels like a different person's hand coming there 😂. Getting some Monty Python and the Holy Grail vibes.

[palitrokencerebro]

Is it possible to send midi notes from the arp to external gear?

[VRLNDR]

@arturia am I misunderstanding something, or does the Minifreak not (yet?) have the ability to store A/B patterns of sequences? Very useful performance feature for me, so I hope I just haven't discovered it yet, and if not would be in a future firmware update?

[snaprockandpop]

another question. Some of the patches are called "sequence" yet nearly all patches have a built in sequence. So what sets these apart ?

[Vince-lm]

great video! is there a way to manually nudge the start time of notes on the step sequencer? rather than have to play them in perfect non-quantised timing. I guess the other option could be to edit synth parameters for each individual note but not entirely sure how that would work. Thanks!

[designsinorbit]

Hi. Is it possible, while creating a sequence, to pull in sounds from different recordings I make? So creating a sequence with a harmonica chord, and my voice, and different drum sounds, etc etc?

[snaprockandpop]

Great video ! But how do i change the rate of the arpeggiator ? i.e 8th notes, 16th notes etc - sync with internal clock or external DAW ?

[PatrickRegina-ftrz]

Bonjour, j'aprécie votre tutoriel. A l'étape 2.47 du pas à pas après l'enregistrement de la séquence, vous relancez le sequenceur et le sequenceur joue les notes enregistrées. Je n'obtiens pas le même résultat avec mon mnifreak. En effet rien ne se passe lorsque j'appuie sur play. Quelque chose m'a peut être échappé ou est ce que mon minifreak a un problème ?. Votre aide serait précieuse. Merci d'avance pour votre réponse.

[danielbarbieri]

Hello
How to copy and paste sequence 1 to duplicate it to 64 steps.

[vinylselektaz]

Can this multitrack record? Record different presets on top of each other ?

[xavierb]

Can you record modulations to the sequencer without notes recorded? Sort of using it like a recorded lfo.

[pecne]

Hey Arturia! My MiniFreak does not do these animations while doing spice/dice, ARP mode changes. What's the firmware version in this video?