I have had the Microcosm for about a year and despite returning again and again trying to use it in my studio, I have done nothing other than shout at it. All those YT videos that called me like a moth to the flame…
Last night I put my lab coat on and spent an hour listening to a 909 closed hat and a Poly D, using it as on an AUX send on my mixer. Naturally, the shouting continued as it turned everything I sent to it into the predictable and embarrassing mush.
So I midi clocked to my most stable clock - an ERM Multiclock using Ableton to stop start. I realised the following, which I thought may be helpful to anyone who like me has it gripped by the throat, inches from throwing it off a towerblock roof.
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The number one rule is whenever you change preset, midi clock goes completely out and does not resync. Don’t cycle through presets without stopping and starting your clock source. I found that it ‘may / may not’ stay synced after you change preset with the sequencer running, but most of the time it won’t.
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Midi Clock may / may not start on time when it receives transport commands. Most of the time it does, but often misses it completely, which catches you out.
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Midi Clock will stay in sync ‘most of the the time’, but often drifts. Alerted by chaos, I then notice the pulsing light has started flashing on the off beat.
That’s it. I hope that’s of use to someone. Mine experience remains truly awful. I am constantly nannying it to get its shit together, but I am certain they must be all the same.