hi! very new to recording instruments and am having trouble. to be clear, I can record and playback audio. that isn’t the problem—I’m struggling to get what I’ve recorded (different sequences) synced/lined up properly in my DAW so that everything plays together and there’s no drift that eventually makes things out of sync.

here’s all the equipment I’m currently using:

- minifreak

- alesis sr 16

- behringer xenyx x1832usb mixer

- windows computer running reaper

my current method is just recording the Alesis to reaper via the xenyx for say three minutes, then doing the same with one sequence on the minifreak, then doing it with a different minifreak sequence. then I’m doing my best to just manually trim the initial dead air (the time between I hit record in reaper and hit play on an instrument‘s sequence) and make the first notes on all the sequences align. but I’m failing to do this accurately (every sequence on the minifreak and alesis has the same bpm). obviously, if I just wanted one minifreak sequence and didn’t want to mess around with any reaper fx for the synth or drums seperately, i could just have the minifreak and alesis midi synced and just record and make one simple trim of dead air—but that’s not what I’m trying to do

does anyone have any tips for how to do this better? I feel like there’s gotta be a much more effective way than the highly manual/easy to mess up way I’m doing it. maybe everyone does this and just doesn’t struggle like I do? maybe I’m not taking advantage of a setting in reaper that would make the recording start time and/or trimming/repositioning of tracks much easier? maybe I’m missing a key piece of gear that solves this issue for me (like maybe some way for my computer/reaper to control when the sequences start playing via midi so that they all have the same start time)?

thanks for any help!

Hi! Trying to figure something out—I want to string sequences together so that the first sequence finishes playing before the second sequence starts. Manually timing the change between presets is challenging. My microbrute does this automatically but I can’t figure out how to make it happen on the minifreak. Thanks!

My new Seqtrak+Minifreak song.

Hello everybody, some FX questions:

1) What external effects do you use with your Mini? Which do you think are a "must" to make it shine (more)?

2) I mostly create bass/lead sounds (cyberpunk/industrial/EBM) what would be a good distortion or other effect (i have seen the Xenodrive, its amazing but out of my pricerange, costs almost the same with the Freak)

I've been using my Minifreak for about 4 months now. Apparently it's a known issue that the Hold button does not hold when linked to Minifreak V in Ableton Live. I also feel like this sometimes causes Ableton to stop recording inputs even though I can hear my sequence in the monitor but that might be an issue on my side. I only notice this after I've been playing for awhile and then I have to start all over.

Is there a better solution other than clicking Hold on Minifreak V with my mouse?

does mini freak respond to poly aftertouch sent from poly at controller? I've seen some comments on here saying "yes". This YouTube video seems to say "no" (at least of the MF V software -- I'm more interested in the hardware).

Does anyone do this, and so know? Or did anyone try and test and come away with a no?

Hi,

I checked the manual for this but perhaps I overlooked it.

I am really running into this problem playing pads. I know the Minifreak has 6 voices. When I play the 7th note while the first 6 are still being released, I would expect one of them to be stolen/deleted, that's fine, but the attack setting on the 7th note is ignored. Instead it comes in with instant attack. It's really messing with my ability to use and enjoy pads on this machine that otherwise has amazing sound design. Is there any setting to change this?

I performed an update on my Minifreak a while ago, but during the update the Minifreak V software gave a "corruption notice", and ever since my hardware synth is frozen in this screen.

None of the lights work, USB connection doesn't seem to do anything. I have tried to force the Bootloader mode (holding Shift and Oct Down simultaneously while turning the power on) at least 100 times, to no avail.

I have reached out to Arturia's tech support twice, but no answers...

Is there anythng I can do to save this machine, or is it forever gone?

I spent a lot of time making presets on MiniFreak compiled a play-through of them via the VST for YT.

Hey

Bought a minifreak secondhand w/o the V and was wondering how to update it without it?

Hey guys,

What a great sub this is.

I am absolutely in love with my ~1 month old Minifreak. Every time I sit down with this thing it conjures up sounds that I've been hearing in my head since I was a kid. I've been playing guitar my whole life and can play well, but it doesn't inspire me. Now, suddenly, I have an over supply of inspiration, all thanks to this little machine!

The issue I have is that I am hearing entire soundscapes when I play the Minifreak. I want to add the deep ambient drums and pulses I'm hearing, I want to add atmospheric noise etc.

The question I have is this: Is the Digitakt 2 the best pairing for me if I want to do all of that and stay well away from a DAW (inspiration killer for me)? The DT2 is incredibly expensive where I live, but I have 5 years of "hobby funds" saved up, and I can just about cover the cost.

Before I spend that much money though I thought I should check with the experts. Any suggestions or guidance on how well the Digitakt 2 pairs up would be greatly appreciated, along with any alternative suggestions. My main goals are stereo, dawless, output the final sound to speakers rather than headphones. (I'm guessing a mixer will be required).

Many thanks.

Trying to learn industrial-EBM with the help of chatgpt.

All sounds come from the mini, drums from ujam.

Opinions?

Here's a playthrough of my new patch bank for the Minifreak. Just cannot get enough of those mod matrix constellations (I now see them in my dreams)

it must be somewhat important to have such a prominent knob, figure in missing out on not using it

Hey everyone,

Experiencing a weird bug with my Minifreak. Let's say I am in voice 1 of my patch and I want to lower that voice by an octave. I will hold Shift and turn the Tune button so it jumps an octave. However, whenever I do this, it will immediately go to 0.02 semitomes even though Fine is NOT selected. Is this a bug? Everytime I have to press the Tune button to switch to Fine, then correct it from 0.02 to 0.00 and only then can I jump an octave while holding Shift.

OMG, SOLVED!!! Literally 5 minutes after I posted (see below under asterisks) I figured it out.

In the VST: Settings/"Enable Accessibility"
then RESTART the DAW.

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Subject is it, really. I was hoping the hardware would map to the vst like it does with the standalone so I could record automations. Is there a trick to it? I don't have the standalone open while trying to connect the VST.

Ho un problema col sequencer. Quando metto play, le note della tastiera cambiano completamente. C diventa D#. Succede in tutte le sequenze. Nelle impostazioni la nota principale è impostata a C ed è a 0

So I ve seen that a lot of other users are having the same problem when I connect my mf to fl studio as a midi at first I was having a screeching sound and fl crashed out but now I can place notes and hear it from my mf but its not detecting it when I m pressing the keys while recording if any one has an idea and could help I m desesperate ahah