There’s a lot of fuss about wave tables but if I’m honest I’m not keen on the general sound I hear from them , it’s often raw random skillex ( I guess the easiest and laziest reference point ) style noise, the sound of edm … 
I’ll update it cos it’s free.
Lots of open source / other synths have wavetables in firmware and source files… the Medusa wavetables were accessible… and the. Meeblip anode/triode it’s just a matter of all the different formats of data .
I’m personally excited because I do not care for the stock wavetables. I think they are all overly “busy” spectrum wise, often bordering on harsh. In contrast, I love the wavetables in Plaits, for instance – musical, fairly simple. I
t’s a matter of preference, to be sure, but I am happy that this update will open up even more flexibility in terms of sound palette.
Most of my Wavetables consist of waveforms of 64 cycles or more.
So if you import waveforms 1 to 32 as they are, you may end up with a Wavetable that doesn’t change much in sound.
You may get better results by skipping one or two single-cycle waveforms and joining them together.
Vital can be quite useful for creating wavetables for Microfreak, although editing the waveforms is essential.
Thank you for taking the time to respond and for your advice. I might give it a try if and when I find some time. Your wavetables are superb!
I imported Wavetable into the Midi Control Center. It seems that Wavetables with more than 32 cycles are automatically thinned out.
However, it may be better to convert 32bit wavetables to 16bit. Some Wavetables were not resynthesised properly.
I’m surprised they have not made a rack or desktop/module version yet, I often think of getting a Microfreak but it is a bit big given that I doubt I’d use the key section, and space is an issue in my place.
Seems like a nice synth though, and this update looks great.
Nooooooo ! Half of the fun is using the keyboard to modulate various parameters at the same time
Absolutely. The keybed and analog filter are the only things that actually make the MicroFreak anything more than a VST. Remove the capacitive keybed, then you may as well replace the filter and publish it as an app for my iDroid device.
YET, it sounds really really good, i don’t know why or how but i find the raw sound of this synth amazing
I’m more of a sequencer guy, so I’d add modulation via CC when needed.
Yeah the filter is what sets it apart from other similar things I think, I don’t like using apps for music because touchscreens suck from a musical interface perspective IMHO. I tried loads and not found a single one I enjoy using, I always end up thinking they would be so much better if they had physical controls.
Still, might end up getting a Microfreak at some point, despite the key thing.
I use many synth apps on an IOS device, I use a midi controller with knobs, sliders, and keys so that I have physical controls. It’s very pleasing and no different from using my hardware synths.
this was a massive and fun update. I have two awesome wavetables, old computer waves… I was sceptic first but had such a nice jam last night with them… my favorite synth! but i want another one too… i think two is the perfect setup! 
I also generally prefer desktop stuff, as I sequence with digitakt, but the keys are actually very good on the microfreak and with the apreggiatior it lets you improvise in a nice way.
Also it’s a nice keyboard to send midi to something else - the fact that you can modulate the arp rate with pressure is pretty interesting, and it spits out the arp’s notes
I have the Microfreak and sure half the fun is playing with the keyboard, but another half of fun could be a super portable module version without the keyboard. I’d love that too.
Some brave souls have modded their Microfreaks to remove the keyboard but no way I’m doing that.
it’d be a bit short of the expressiveness you can get by having polyphonic expression per finger - each of the four digital ‘voices’ is individual from the other if you like - quite intuitive with the keys - also given it can be easily powered by a power-brick it’s handy to have those keys to hand - it’s a very pleasing synth given its form factor and flexibility and its own sequencer flavours and bountiful updates - but i dare say you have quite a few already (also guilty) - but at least it’s cheap, unique, can get nasty and uses click sync - the keys are a plus point in my book - it forces a new approach
not wowed by the filter but it’s overall a very fun device - looking forward to making some wavetables for this new update - much prefer what Waldorf do with their wavetable selection - the factory ones aren’t quite to my tastes
I heard that a previous firmware update bricked the modded Microfreaks out there
that would hurt. But could that be a sign they would release a module only version in the future? Or just product/brand integrity? 
Or a dependency that was removed via the mod? (firmware may have failed part way through the update)
That’s what happened, the update couldn’t go through because it couldn’t detect the keyboard
