Excellent, its nice to see some other tutorials popping up for this 😁 Regarding screen flicker, that can be a bit tricky to get rid of completely. I only used a camera phone on my video but it has a 'pro video' mode which the equivalent of a manual mode on a DSLR. I got rid of most of the flicker by lengthening the shutter speed, but on the zoom in i added a tiny bit of motion blur to kill the rest of it. You might be able to do that with a mask on specific areas of the screen during editing too
Hey Chris, I've watched some of your videos before when I was learning the Liven Lofi-12! Yeah it will be the shutter speed. I can adjust it. I need to double check it properly next time. It looked right when I was filming. I use my iPhone so I have limited options but I can do a bit to help!
Hi guys, FYI if you are experiencing issues of flicker, I can suggest that you change any artificial light source you are using. Flicker issues are usually a combination of shutterspeed, gate, and lighting frequency. Cheap artificial light sources will have a low frequency signal speed causing banding and flicker by interference
I second this request. I’m particularly interested in the sample trimming. I don’t like the whole setting “markers” method when I sample. I prefer to trim the start point, then copy/paste to the next pad, trim again, etc. How does that work out on this device?
Would you one day do a proper review of the device since the only other reviews on YT are people that don't make hip hop?? Either way, sending love! Thanks for making this video
Hello, great tutorial. I have a question.. I just got one of these and I am loading an empty project. Then I select PAD 1 and then press the “A”encoder in order to try to load some samples. After I press encoder “A” it takes me to the “SAMPLE POOL” which has some folder names for example: “Chris Lody”, “Christian Laff”, “Dr. YuEndo” and a few others but they are completely empty. There are no samples for me to be able to load. I assume that the “SAMPLE POOL” is not the SAMPLE LIBRARY correct? Another question is How can I get to the preloaded sample library so I can load samples onto one of the pads? I know this seems very basic but I am having a hard time loading samples from the SD card into the PADS. Thank you
I owned the Smpltrek for a brief time but it didn’t work for me, some things simply didn’t make any sense, especially when it came to samples. Would you say this is more ‘straightforward’? Can you load a sample on 1 track, chop it and access the chops on that one track? Or does it need a track per chop? And can you make kits using chops? Say I got kick snare hihat etc in 1 wave (similar to how the op1 works in its drumsampler), can I chop it so that all my drums are under one track?
You can chop and play the chops via one track yes. I will be covering all these different parts of the device over the next few weeks to give more insight.
The second part of your question’s is yes (kinda). You can’t load several samples in 1 track but they have kits in there that are 1 shots played one after the other ( bd sn HH oh) then use them like chops. So you can prepare a kit like that and sample it in like they did.
It can sound pretty grimy when you sample in 12bit and use some filters. This is a lot different to the 202 it’s got sequencing etc. the 202 is more like an fx pedal (a very nice gritty one!) it needs another device to support it
The 202 is legendary for its sample grades and filter but the Lofi-12 has a cool sound and the option of more fx too so they’re a bit different in what they can do even sound wise
An idea that occurs is that it might be good to lay one of those flat magnifying lens on that screen so it appears at least a bit bigger. Apart from the size the navigation seems super intuitive. Now the question is whether to get this or the fun but flawed TE KO II (no resampling, no reverse, no song mode, no lo fi sampling, hardly any space... what???). I like the form factor on KO II but I like the offset buttons on this so I can just play chords directly into the machine without thinking too much. Included sound sets seem very cool on both machines. Would have loved this update in Liven form factor for sure, I don't need it to be that small even for traveling. Btw does anyone know if the Liven LOFi 12 version firmware was updated so it can record unquantized like this one?
@@electrosonicnebula forget the KO if you really want to make music, KO is for 2 3 days fun, it has this tiktok hype train feeling, the things they show in the ass are the things everyone does like the sensitive high pass lowpass thing or flashy screen animations when you use punch ins but man, even a MPC is cooler work with - as a nerd who likes to dive into your beats n steps, the KO is a NO GO. waiting for the XT myself, what did you get in the meantime?
@@stillsbyjann brace for long answer: got the KO a couple of months ago but haven't had time to look into it given a weird stall I experienced right off the bat: Arturia Keystep is not "driving" the onboard preset sounds correctly because of some weird envelope or MIDI issue, some latency exists and sounds are interrupted shortly after they trigger even if you leave the keys pressed. I tried to post something of Reddit about it but no answer so far. Maybe some setting in the KO, certainly not plug and play as I hoped, but the presets sound super useful, all kinds of drums and basses so if it works you could just focus on sampling other elements. Wish it worked... I saw the Roland P6, that looks pretty cool and affordable and has none of the inherent flaws/limitations of KOII. Yeah the Sonicware LoFi XT is the shit for sure in terms of features. The interface is also nicely designed but more expensive and too miniature for all that power for me (that screen is just too small for me). That's also what I liked about the KOII, it's not so damn miniature, I think great/real music can probably be made on it but may give up if I don't solve that MIDI control issue. P6 is also miniature but maybe it'll at least be plug and play when I connect the keyboard, which is the main way I want to use these grooveboxes (wish they all included OP-1 or Liven-style "keyboards"). The P6 is a super nice price for all it does but LoFi XT is obviously very cool, has proper song mode, and is clearly the beefiest of these machines so enjoy yours when you get it.
