I have been playing the Arturia Microfreak with my NuRAD and EWI5000. I used iPAD for midi programming and audio processing. The Focusrite Solo is an excellent tool for preamp & audio interfacing. Here is the tip on how to play the MF with wind controllers.
- Microfreak responds to Aftertouch (Channel Pressure). You need to assign PRESSURE to the filter Cutoff on MF Matrix. Set the amount of modulation : around 90%
Vibrato setup by midi CC #1 ( Mod Wheel / EWI bite sensor)
- midi mapping on DAW to set cc #1 to control cc #93(free) or 94 (sync) on MF in order to control the MF's LFO rate. Assign LFO on MF Matrix to PITCH. Set the amount about 0.3-0.4% (higher amount will bend the pitch of sounds too much)
- Choose LFO shape on MF : either tringle or sine wave
- You need to adjust the bite sensor (midi cc #1) amount for appropriate vibrato effect
Pitch bend range setup : go to UTILITY, then PRESET -> set BAND RANGE to 2 semitones.
** MF firmware update 4.0 or above allows user wavetables to be imported to multifactorial. You can play with them under WAVEUSERS option. I have imported SERUM's wavetables into MF. MF sounds great!
Comments