I find the MicroFreak to be a joy to program individual patches, and handy enough to compose w/ individual patches at a time.
HOWEVER, I gather the only onboard means of selecting patches is with the single
rotary/push-encoder, viewing names/icons of presets down, according to a list which may be chunked or disordered arbitrarily.
DIRECT PRESET RECALLI hope we can find/implement some way to register my favorite N presets for quick recall.
Here is what I'd suggest/request, given these buttons aren't already registered.
The 1-to-1 Oxford Approach.hold some
"voice" button, press onboard keyboard note.
The MicroFreak could save a simple list of 25 presets; one-per
key.
- HOLD Panel button OR push Preset encoder OR
- PUSH a white or black key to recall FIRST presets 1-25 or some separate/additional "favorites" list (good for storing Template...)
A Hierarchical Bank / Register approachAs above, HOLD
some panel control to enter
Recall, but get access to up to 10, where.
- the 10 black the 0'th to 9'th Specific Preset in banks of 10
- the white keys could point to Banks/Decades of 10
I know we'd be used to seeing "bank/group" buttons above "preset" buttons...but there's 10 black keys !
WHY this matters...Every time I pull my MicroFreak off the DAW Desk toward jam spaces or even the stage, I find myself wishing for this kind of meta-organization/navigation.
In fact, I'd be happy to lend my time/energy/experience toward the development of this feature request.
I listen forward to what developers and/or other users think of this idea for the MicroFreak.
cheers for now.