r/HiChord

Had a good morning learning how to use the looper. here's how I did it:

1. I set the length of the loop to 1 bar to make things easier and set BPM to 80.

2. I practiced recording a track, selecting another instrument, recording the next track.

3. I practiced selecting a track to record on it specifically.

4. I practiced clearing specific tracks and re-recording.

5. I recorded a mic sample and used it on a track.

6. I figured out how to add drums to different tracks...mostly. the UI is a little glitchy. It's not at all clear what the track symbols on the drum screen mean, or why sometimes two of them appear.

7. I learned that yellow effects chooses different drum sets when drums is selected.

It helped me to simplify and practice the basics. Don't worry about whether or not it's good music at first. Learn to use the thing.

I am having a lot of issues with my Hichord. See below

I bought it end of July and found these issues the first time I hooked it up to my DAW and Interface early September

My Hichord currently uses Beta 2.8. I am reluctant to upgrade to beta 3.0 without Hichord confirming this will be a fix.

I sent an email to Hichord on 9/16 and followed up on 9/22, 9/25, and 9/30. I have had no response, nor other communication from Hichord

Here are some of the problems with my Hichord

1. Some of the instrument sounds crackle through both the 3.5mm jack and usb audio regardless of volume. Other instrument sounds crackle the more I play after selecting them. 

2. V Lead does not to do anything when turned on.

3. The joystick often confuses the noon and 1 O’clock positions for min/maj and the 7th chord 

4. The Joystick position to play the 9th (4 O’clock) is louder than all other chord variations for some instruments usually in lower octaves

5. Playing quarter notes or eighth notes leads to inconsistent sounds. The keys struggle to keep up with the movement. I sometimes get random, deep, bass sounds that are much louder than regular notes 

6. I was not able to get midi to work to over 3.5mm. I tried a 3.5mm midi A to B adapter from the Hichord to the Mellotron but was not successful