A few months ago, I posted here asking about a small footprint synth to replace some of my gear, mostly because of my small apartment. However, a few weeks ago I said “fuck that” and created a very small synth studio in one of my closets, precariously perched upon packages and packing supplies. I then purchased a microfreak.
I gotta say, I really should have bought this thing sooner. It’s been such a blast making patches and messing with the many oscillator types, toying with the matrix in whatever way I can figure out, and the touch sensitive keys with aftertouch are such a game changer.
I got it for what I feel to be a steal at 300 bucks from a local synth shop in my city, and it’s just so worth it.
Lately, I’ve been using it in conjunction with the liven xfm, and I think the pairing is quite nice. Maybe a bit lo-fi, but who doesn’t love a bit of crunch on the drums and bass?
Long live arturia! I am now a fan.
Unfortunately I don’t quite have all of the bits and bobs to record any of my hardware jams, but for now I kind of just make progressive house stuff, dnb and the occasional synth wave/80s inspired beat. Eventually I would love to record some of my ideas and build them out into full tracks, but I just don’t have the scratch for it yet.