Microcosm + Digitakt is a DREAM - MIDI Mapping, Modulation, & Routing Tutorial
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 เม.ย. 2021
- The Hologram Microcosm makes a stellar effects engine for the Elektron Digitakt. Each device fulfills needs the other has, and the resulting sum is greater than its parts. In this video I discuss MIDI mapping the Microcosm's parameters to the Digitakt's 8 MIDI channels and using LFOs to add motion and randomization. Also, I talk about my somewhat strange signal chain.
Shout out to Hologram for sending the Microcosm for me to try. You can find them (and the manual) at: www.hologramelectronics.com/m...
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You and Jeremy (Red Means Recording) are absolutely nailing the Digitakt into Microcosm vibe rn.
To be honest your digitakt tutorials are some of the best on youtube. Would love to see how you're working with it in the 1.30 update and if you've found any new tricks with the extra LFO.
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truly inspirational. I have both of these and didn't know you could do half the stuff you said. I only just changed the microcosm settings to stereo. Thansk! more more more please
This is great! Please do more digitakt microcosm videos :)
Really glad I discovered your channel recently! We must be on the same wavelength because your videos are always super applicable to what I'm thinking about/working on at the moment. Keep it up man!
Absolutely! Thanks for following. Much more to come 🙏🏻
Absolute gold. 🏆
thanks friend, much appreciated
I should be receiving my microcosm in the next week or so. I can't wait to start experimenting with that magic box !
Great video and very informative.
So how is it? Mine is coming in the December batch
It can really do A LOT and was slightly overwhelming at first, although I'm not super familiar with sampler/looper pedals. Having 16 memory slots that you can either use to save samples or effect profiles to is really handy. Everything that you play through it just sounds super clear and not overly processed. Being able to infinitely add layers and over-dubs to what's looping and then have the option to undo the last thing you added if your off-time or don't like the sound is incredibly useful.
There's options to add an expression pedal if you want, to easily manipulate any of the control knobs with your foot. Personally I've mostly been using it with my keyboards on electronic music, but honestly it'll make just about anything that you put through it sound good. It's also a pedal that can be updated through firmware downloads from Hologram. The build quality is very nice, everything is solid and feels like it should last through many years and quite a bit of abuse if need be.
I only have a couple complaints and their not major. 1) I understand why it needs to be plugged in, but having the option to use batteries or to recharge it would have been nice. 2) The lights on the face are too bright in my opinion. They're borderline distracting in a low light setting, to me at least. I couldn't find any option to dim them. Maybe it'll be addressed in an update, but for now I had to find some dark tape to cover the middle display. I can still see what I need to, but it's not so bright. 3) The main display can easily show many different colors, you'll see them when you scroll through the user memory files. Unfortunately, the main sound profiles and presets all use the exact same orange color. It would have been nice to have them different colors if you wanted, or to mark your favorite presets with a different color. You may get lost searching for that sound or effect that you wanted again. Nothing deal breaking by any means though.
Congrats on getting yours! This pedal has easily replaced two of my older pedals and now I don't need to get a sampler/looper. Post an update if you remember down the road and tell me how you're liking your Microcosm. Well worth the purchase if you ask me. Cheers!
@@feintcircles awesome little review. Thank you for taking the time.
Mine will be used almost exclusively with guitar. And in my case an effect like this is almost totally new ground for me. I'm anxious to take a crack at it.
I'll try and remember to come back and update after I had it for a few weeks.
Do you use a midi controller with it? I almost feel like it's something I'd really need to fully utilize this pedal...not required obviously but a nice addition to
@@MrKadidle51 I don't use midi controller though I can see how it would be useful. There's lots of ways to play with the sounds. This pedal could easily help someone start a "1-man-band" project. Especially if you have it at the end of your pedal board. You could easily loop drums and bass lines and improvise guitar over the top of it. There's just so many possibilities.
One of my favorite features is to use the knob to make the output a 100% 'wet' signal, meaning you don't actually hear the strings being plucked only the modified sound as it gets manipulated through the pedal. I've made some really interesting sounds through that.
You'll just have to experiment, it's a super fun box with lots of potential will probably inspire some of your future music writing.
@@feintcircles it's almost like an instrument unto itself. I can't wait to get it. I dont use midi either, but this one has me thinking about trying it
Lovely, lovely....thx!!!
Looks and sounds like a perfect pair! I got a trick for you for the start thing on the Digitakt. I was working with some external gear from the Digitakt (Korg Monologue) and a play wouldn’t kick it off. Even double stop from Digitakt and play didn’t work. When I pressed the midi track, like you did, it started. I needed it to start immediately so my solution was a trigless trig on 1st step, change something or leave it. Boom off it goes.
What is a trigless trig?
@@Josh-kn7lf a trig that doesn't trigger the sound of the track, it only serves as a placeholder for a parameter lock. To set one, hold Func when adding a step to a sequence.
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Yo this is dope.
Bro, yo that’s dope. Dope AF. Bro.
The left/right split for different Fx chains is a brilliant idea, I feel like an ass for not thinking of that one before! ahahah Are the sounds from your recent sample pack?
The melodic sounds are from Tape Haze 4. The percussion samples are from Bea.ts. 👍🏻🙏🏻
This is terrific. Really helped me learn more of both my tools here.
Your tempo light is green under TIME, why is that? also, can you make the loops line up with the clock in from the Digitakt? trying to make loops from the Microcosm sync up with the beats from the Digitakt.. Any thoughts?
did you ever figure this out?
you ever use the DT ro operate the Looper setting on the Microcosm? I have some questions with that.
Nice sounds!!! Could you explain the routing? Specifically, where does the output of microcosm is connected? I can't figure out how to maintain the stereo image of microcosm while my interface have two inputs :(
I was thinking about this as well. It looks like:
Mixer > speakers/headphones
Audio interface > laptop
I have these both and the panning between tracks to send different DT outputs is very cool idea.
Hi, Thanks for the video, it inspired the following question - why delegate a whole track per parameter instead of keeping all parameters controlled from the same track, but with corresponding data entry knobs? I ask with all due respect, just in case there is a performance efficiency I could learn from in your kind response. Thanks!
Ahhh..I think one reason could be that its because there's only 1 LFO per track. So if automated animation is required, then it has to be 1 track on Digitakt per parameter on Microcosm ;-)
Great video! Thanks for posting it!
You are using a different midi channel for each CC modulation, is it that how Digitakt works, one CC modulation per channel?
I’m using midi channel one for all of the midi tracks, but sending to different cc numbers from each. Hope that makes sense...
@@BlankFor_ms Totally makes sense. I’m just learning about Digitakt and your videos are gold mine.
@@Milosh416 glad to hear it 🙏🏻
@@BlankFor_ms but why not put all the CC numbers onto the same MIDI track on the DT (e.g. Track 9)? You can control up to 8 CCs from each such track.
wanna test the same setup but with OP-z instead
great video! would you say this is good for complete beginners? or would this be too complex to begin with? would love to hear your thoughts
There will definitely be a learning curve, but if you are willing to watch a few videos and be patient it is very doable👍🏻
Where are the cables from? Can you leave links?
One question for my understanding: The Microcosm modulates all tracks, so also the drums right?
Ok, im sold...me with affliliate link and ill buy one right now.
Im curious as to why you didn’t just midi map all the parameters of the microcosm to just say midi track 9. Aren’t there 8 knobs there and 8 knobs on the digitakt? Am I missing something with putting each parameter on a separate midi track?
Thanks, great tutorial.
I was wondering that too. I think you could put all the CCs on one MIDI track, there are 8 per track as you say.
@@Hakucho64Because like that you get 2 LFOs per CC (instead of 2 LFOs in total), plus the sequencer can be used for CC automation without complicated parameter locking.
When I hit stop on my Digitakt, my microcosm jumps to user preset. Any ideas?
Showing what can be done with two devices (at breakneck speeds), without any detailed information as to how to do any of it, hardly deserves to be called a tutorial. Imagine taking a history class for the WWII period where the instructor gives an 18-minute lecture listing the countries Hitler seized; in addition, they add a few videos of only tank battles without discussing how the battles took place. For those that know much about WWII's battles would get the overall concept of the short lecture, but those new to WWII would walk away with barely a concept.
Considering most of the comments below are from people that already know how to do most everything you talked about (aside from not knowing it could be done), I really don't see who this 'tutorial' is meant for. Out of the 10 or so comments i read, not one is from an absolute beginner (which is who tutorials are for). It's more like a video of you boasting about a small example on how you use the two pieces. I don't mind if it's meant for an advanced user, but at least you could state as much in the title, thus saving a lot of time for the beginner. Going through eight videos, that do as you have done with this video, becomes a bit of a pain in the ass while trying to find a real tutorial. Being a professor myself, that knows a bit about pedagogy, it's becoming a bit silly how the quickly growing number of 'How-to/tutorial' videos posted on YT, that describe nothing (with little to no instruction) only show someone playing music or showing a brief example of how the hardware in the video sounds. All one has to do is take a look at all the "Music Theory in 10 Minute" videos to see how sad things are becoming regarding the fear of making something (videos) too long.
Some real detailed tutorials, for the beginner looking to get a grasp of electronic instruments, would be greatly appreciated.