u/joeyday

I've had my HiChord for a couple days. I love it! I've mostly worked out the user interface —it definitely has some quirks but for the most part I think it does a superb job of having everything close at hand even with such a minimal set of buttons. But I've got some questions that are either not addressed in the manual or I don't know where to find them:

1. I keep accidentally activating the randomizer when I mean to start recording a new loop track. When I do accidentally activate it (mumble grumble), I usually just power cycle the HiChord to start over. (a) How do I avoid accidentally activating it, and (b) is there a more graceful way to “undo” if/when I do? (I promise I’ll be fine if the answer is just "get good at order of operations”.)
2. Is there any way to exit the looper screen? If the first note of a new loop needs to have the joystick held to the right or left, doing that causes the next or previous track to be selected in the looper. Maybe this is only a perceived problem, not an actual one; it has me worried I'm going to accidentally write over a different track, but it does seem to record to the track I selected before the cursor moved.
3. I keep having a whole track go missing when I stop everything in the mixer. Steps to reproduce: record four tracks, open the mixer, turn off two of the tracks by pressing two keys, stop the whole song by pressing in on the joystick, turn the same two tracks back on, start the song by pressing in on the joystick. Most of the time this works fine, but sometimes I just lose one of the tracks. (a) Is this a feature or a bug? If it's a feature, (b) what's it useful for and (c) how am I unwittingly triggering it (i.e. how can I avoid accidentally triggering it)?
4. Lastly, an aesthetic question: What are some good instruments and effects to use for bass guitar sounds?

Should I do more covers like this, or try making something original? Why not both? 🤔