KVR Audio

SHall1000 · Post by **SHall1000** » Wed May 10, 2023 3:19 pm

Firmware 5.0 is again a free update for every existing MicroFreak user. And it will turn the MicroFreak on its head and create a massive plus for users. I didn’t believe it initially, but the developers added a sampler engine and granular synthesis with firmware 5.0. On top, you get internal sample memory for your own samples for up to 3 minutes.

It adds four new engines to the algorithm list. First, you get a more or less traditional 4-voice sampler with the ability to tweak the sample length, etc. Powerful is that you can modulate everything and route it through the Oberheim-style analog filter. So you get a sampler plus an analog filter.

Granular Engines

Next, you get three new granular engines you can explore with the built-in content or your custom samples. It offers a scan grains engine that goes in the direction of vintage time-stretching. Then, the cloud grains is more the classic granular engine with an addition chaos generator. Third and last is the hit grains engine which is made for percussive and clicky sounds. Very unique.

That’s not all. Firmware 5.0 also adds random per-key modulation for super wild sounds and an option to unlock snappy envelopes. Further, they expanded the patch memory to 512 presets slots. And you get 64 new prestes showing the features in action.

https://synthanatomy.com/2023/05/super ... mpler.html

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Wed May 10, 2023 3:26 pm

oh, nice, cheers for the heads-up...

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Wed May 10, 2023 3:35 pm

Ah... it's sample playback, not an actual sampler via the mic port or something like I thought at first. That might have made me regret selling mine. Still a decent update.

elxsound · Post by **elxsound** » Wed May 10, 2023 3:48 pm

That Stellar Edition looks nice!

https://www.arturia.com/products/hardwa ... r/overview

https://cdm.link/2023/05/arturia-microf ... ee-update/

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Wed May 10, 2023 3:58 pm

I like the color scheme, not sure if I like the "quirky space-age graphics" though.

(And I say that even though my artist alias is Starthief, and my modular case has wacky stars and spirals and a tiny UFO that my wife woodburned on the side.)

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Wed May 10, 2023 4:04 pm

I do like the Stellar edition. Not enough to buy another MicroFreak (had one, wasn't for me), but it looks pretty cool!

dumbledog · Post by **dumbledog** » Wed May 10, 2023 8:15 pm

Yeah I like the new faceplate, tho I'd have trouble finding the black keys.

Milkman · Post by **Milkman** » Thu May 11, 2023 8:22 pm

The marketing for the microfreak's 5.0 firmware is actually what caught my attention a few days ago, and I spent some time learning about this synth and bought it yesterday. I cant wait to try this thing!! Im excited about its synth capabilities, but I am equally excited just to have an MPE surface I can use to play things like Plasmonic, Pigments, etc.

Arturia MicroFreak firmware 5.0 with granular and sampler.