Random Jam #30 [lo-fi ambient hip-hop w/ Microcosm, Digitakt & Aeros Loop Studio]

Hologram Electronics sent over their new Microcosm pedal and I absolutely love it! It's responsible for all the crazy/glitchy guitar sounds in this track. More info here : https://www.hologramelectronics.com/m... (Patch note below)

The Digitakt provides most of the sounds : the drums, the bass and the FX/risers. It also plays the sansula samples in the intro, which are looped into the Aeros Loop Studio. The notes from the Keystep are processed by the ZOIA which spreads them across multiple MIDI channels, allowing me to play the Digitakt polyphonically. The Digitakt also sends clock to the Aeros looper as well as the Microcosm. The 0-Coast provides the bass.

So the Microcosm is a pretty crazy little unit, it features multiple algorithms that rearrange your sound using delays, granular processing, pitch-shifting and other stuff. It's wild! Let's break down the 3 sounds I'm using in that jam : in the intro I'm using the Glide preset which creates a quick stuttering and pitches the signal up an octave every now and then. At 1:21 the Strum preset freezes the notes I'm playing by repeating a tiny grain (I think?), which creates that fake and very digital fast strumming effect, I like it a lot. Then during the outro - starting around 3:30 - I used the Mosaic preset which takes bits from my signal and repeats them an octave higher to create a shiny cloud of plucks. There is also the super lush built-in reverb applied on this one. Since the Microcosm receives MIDI clock from the Digitakt, all those crazy FX are perfectly in time with the rest of the setup which is very-very cool.

I'm also having fun with my new Keystep 37 around 2:54. I used the ZOIA to reroute the CC messages in various ways so I could control some super specific stuff on the Digitakt. For example the first knob controls the Tune parameter for the kick, snare and hi-hat but does not affect the other tracks. The last knob controls the Play Mode but only for the kick and hi-hat, that way I can have those crazy reverse effects while keeping the snare untouched. It makes the chaos a bit less chaotic.

Everything was recorded separately then mixed in Logic Pro X where I also added some reverb/delay. I mastered the result with Izotope Ozone.


Thank you all so much for watching, I hope you'll enjoy this oneee,

Aldo


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Here is a list of the gear I used for this video :

Elektron Digitakt [https://bit.ly/3t0R3ss]
Hologram Electronics Microcosm
Singular Sound Aeros Loop Studio
Arturia Keystep 37 [https://bit.ly/3uvjEXu]
Empress Effects ZOIA [https://bit.ly/3mtZMkK]
Make Noise 0-Coast [https://bit.ly/3rYbZiq]
Fender Stratocaster Classic Player 60 w/ Kinman AVn-69 pick-ups
Fancy cables by Loaded For Bear
Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 [https://bit.ly/2Q4CRjO]

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