MicroFreak · Tutorial

From oscillator to output

A first tour: how a note travels through the MicroFreak, and how the Matrix bends it on the way.

Digital oscillatorAnalog filterAmplifierOutModulation bends every stage

Oscillator

TypeWaveTimbreShape

Filter

TypeCutoffResonance

Matrix

Matrix
PitchWaveTimbreCutoffAssign 1Assign 2Assign 3
CycEnv
Env
LFO
Press
Key/Arp

Cycling envelope

ModeRiseFallHold / SustainAmount

LFO

ShapeRate

Envelope

Amp ModAttackDecay / RelSustainFilter Amt

Arp / Seq

Arp | SeqRate / Swing

Keyboard

GlideParaphonicKeyboardTouch strip

Step 1 of 5

It starts at the oscillator

Every sound begins in the digital oscillator. Type picks one of 21 engines; seven come from Mutable Instruments’ open-source Plaits module and three were designed with Noise Engineering.

Wave, Timbre and Shape are the engine’s three parameters. Their meaning changes with the engine, so the screen tells you what each one does as you turn it.