This MIDI Controller Sped Up My Workflow FAST

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@robberry6204 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, got mine a few weeks ago and it is simply amazing. LOVE it when I get something that I use daily.

@definfected 2 жыл бұрын

That's an awesome device!! Excellent vid!! Much ❤ Nathan!!

@Gongtopia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great explanation and demo. I've been curious about the Monogram and wanted to know what it's all about.

@blokeofkent82 2 жыл бұрын

these are great but I've run out of kidneys to sell

@NathanJamesLarsen 2 жыл бұрын

🤣

@patzumbrunn 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect.Thank you for that.I lost my Zoom.So i did as your in video.The last time it was so harer to do.But you did a great video,to show us, how easy it can be programming.

@forestwhitehead 2 жыл бұрын

The editing on this NEXT LEVEL

@kalelisuperman 2 жыл бұрын

Man this thing is so cool

@SilverWolf941 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Nathan, I bought a monogram core, and 2 monogram orbiters and I really like the quality of the orbiters. However with the core the 2 buttons on the bottom are slightly wobbly, not that they are bad, but I don't think they made it with the same quality as the orbiters. My question is are the essential keys modules wobbly too or is it more durable? The ideal intention would be for marker skipping as it goes with the workflow.

@WalkinonSunshyne 2 жыл бұрын

Great guide to this product. Cool controller. But very, very expensive. Hard to justify that cost at least for now and where I am on my production journey. Can see the arguments for it though and understand why you would invest in it. Other midi controllers offer instrument like capabilities, for a similar price, and only slightly less daw control (sometimes more daw control). You could probably get free software for custom mappings. I definitely think there’s a market for these but I don’t think beginner producers is it. Think this video needs a caveat comparing to other workflows or justifying the cost. However love the content you make, your videos are great. Cheers.

@ShaanSufi 2 жыл бұрын

I like your videos very much sir, i always wish you also give classes on fl studio also, you are the best teacher

@NathanJamesLarsen 2 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks! I don't use FL Studio though - so won't be making any videos on it.

@cameron8619 2 жыл бұрын

I got one of those logitech mouses with the side scrolling so moving around and zooming is really easy. And I much prefer to use my keyboard for most of these. Ive spent too much time learning all the keyboard shortcuts. But I can see how it could be useful for moving the playhead as I always find myself accidentally clicking the cycle bar. I have been looking for some midi cc controllers because the last one i had broke and that was years ago and i do a lot of automation work. This one might be out of my price range though

@kostoglotow Жыл бұрын

no way it's worth the money over keyboard + apple trackpad. plus, these are always with me wherever I bring my macbook. this product literally solves a problem pretty much nobody has for >400GBP lol

@jesseboarman8522 Жыл бұрын

I just bought a Monogram CC, I think with your code. Quick question: I never saw which button you programmed on your Mixing Profile to switch back to your Producing Profile. Did I miss something? Thx for your channel and your response!

@QuickExploreyt 2 жыл бұрын

Hi sir make a tutorial on music balancing at -6 db headroom .

@patzumbrunn 2 жыл бұрын

Nathan.When you do the Playhead, it goes slowly.My Orbiter does take just bars.But not as yours, frames or ticks.How you do that,is this a logic settting ?

@icehamy9628 2 жыл бұрын

i gone buy em rn

@mattduncan5500 Ай бұрын

can you go shortcuts ? to the buttons ?

@jonglaser4468 Жыл бұрын

Hello, Anyone looking to trade or buy an orbital editor and sliders for dials?

@davidshlapak1082 2 жыл бұрын

Ok, how did you did that trick with the low- and high-pass filters? I can’t get that functionality.

@NathanJamesLarsen 2 жыл бұрын

Have to "learn CC controls" a simple Google search will show you how to learn controls in your daw

@davidshlapak1082 2 жыл бұрын

Cool. Figured it out. Turns out it seems to matter where you’re grabbing the filter envelope-different CCs being set. Who knew? Well, you obviously. Me learn. Appreciate the response.

@jgarciao873 2 жыл бұрын

Nathan, what desk do you have?

@NathanJamesLarsen 2 жыл бұрын

I'm using the Buso Audio's Artist 88. I absolutely love it but it did take like two months to get it after ordering which was pretty annoying

@zaylowmandrel5986 2 жыл бұрын

$400 before taxes. That cost more than the DAW itself.. Who are they selling this too, the Rockefellers? Anyways, nice video.

@NathanJamesLarsen 2 жыл бұрын

There a loads of midi controllers worth $$500-1k 🤷‍♂️ My other controller is $1200 Not saying it's cheap - but saying this is for the Rockefeller's is quite the exaggeration.

@cjgoeson 2 жыл бұрын

Faders are not motorized? So every time you use the gain fader on a new channel, instead of being able to do a minor adjustment of a db or two, the gain will leap to where the fader is currently sitting????? That would be unusable.

@NathanJamesLarsen 2 жыл бұрын

No it does not leap - don't think you understood what I said. I said you have to move the fader to "catch" where the gain is. Example: If you have your fader at 0dB and the track you select is at -6 then you would need to move the fader down to minus 6 before it'd adjust anything. It doesn't automatically just switch you gain around - that would be a problem but isn't what I said

@shaneaddison3171 2 жыл бұрын

As expressed by some it is expensive, very expensive in that I did use a $50 off and it does have free shipping but I’m in London Ontario and the company is in Kitchener which is literally up the road an hour and a half away.. however the prices are in USD which I also paid HST on and then it ships from China via DHL and carries another VAT import tax so be for warned it’s a lot when all said and done.. just know this going into the purchase.. my assumption of free shipping from Kitchener was wrong.. however it was free shipping and I did have a discount so… just letting people know.. will do a follow up when I get it hopefully this Friday. Shipping to my work provided no delays and they don’t try to ship it to my work Sat when no one is around… really hope that’s not the case. Looks real neat and can’t wait to try it out.

@MonogramCreativeConsole 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Shane, Brette from our team was in touch to make sure you received a refund for the import charges. If you haven't received it yet, please let her know via our email thread ASAP. There shouldn't have been any import charges since you pre-paid HST, so I want to apologize for the paperwork error that must have happened. Hope you're enjoying the new console :) - Andy @ Monogram

@shaneaddison3171 2 жыл бұрын

@@MonogramCreativeConsole yes I posted that before someone had reached out to me. I have got the refund and super happy with your teams handling of that. Good to see good customer service as it goes a long way! Thank you for the support. I’m looking to upgrade to the 16” M1 Max soon and hoping no software issues arise.

@RickatSonyRed 2 жыл бұрын

If only it could handle cc’s, that would be a game changer for me

@_begopereda 5 ай бұрын

hey there nathan! is your $40 coupon still active? would love to use it

@offenesufer 2 ай бұрын

I suggest to not buying at the moment. Please check some blogs about delivery problems at first.

@MuffinTheMan 2 жыл бұрын

I don't need this, but I want it.

@NathanJamesLarsen 2 жыл бұрын

LOL

@oliverrees9397 2 жыл бұрын

Really interested in these but I believe they are very expensive

@NathanJamesLarsen 2 жыл бұрын

They aren't cheap that is for sure - but in terms of quality and what they can do I'm extremely impressed.

@oliverrees9397 2 жыл бұрын

@@NathanJamesLarsen they look great and will do everything i would want but at 3 / 400 dollars that's alot of money for midi control that's just a click away it's a real shame I think eventually they may come down in price

@oliverrees9397 2 жыл бұрын

Also this was a great review as always dude

@megan8494 Жыл бұрын

But considering we have an easy way to press "stop/play" or "record" right from our keyboards, is this really worth having? Not sure about Logic, but in Ableton (ahem ; p ) you can key map as well. I LOVE the way this console looks but am wondering IF it really does speed up workflow

@NathanJamesLarsen Жыл бұрын

You can set it up a million ways. I have multiple presets for various purposes. Some for producing and some for mixing

@kostoglotow Жыл бұрын

lol, absolutely right. I mean if you're a professional, investing in something that gives you some marginal efficiency boost might be worth it (theoretically: faster work = more money in same amount of working hours). For a hobbyist to think that the crazy amount this costs would be worth it in terms of the diminishing returns compared to just using hotkeys... yeah, right lmao. dude literally mapped it to zoom functionality... I'm good with my multitouch apple trackpad lol for me it's easy: keyboard + trackpad all the way; with the money saved you could buy a dedicated mixing controller like console one. PS: KZfaqrs making $ off of hyping up products is very much a thing.

@Steekideeki 2 жыл бұрын

Nathan, First, love the sans hat look. 👌🏻 Second, excellent review. I’ve used mine for a few months and love it, though it never occurred to me to set up separate mix profile. Is there an easy way to switch between these profiles without having to go into the Monogram editor? Thanks!

@MonogramCreativeConsole 2 жыл бұрын

Hey there, Kevin here @ Monogram. Yes, it's just a matter of assigning 'next profile' or 'previous profile' to buttons. Typically folks assign this to their Core Module (the one with the screen). Hope that helps!

@Steekideeki 2 жыл бұрын

@@MonogramCreativeConsole Excellent! Thanks so much.

@mazokiss_ 2 жыл бұрын

yo i could use that lol

@jorgeneri 2 жыл бұрын

It probably would cost like 10x the monthly minimum wage here in Brazil. Unfortunately.

@ArtemCYOU Жыл бұрын

ппц в описании к видео просто триллион ссылок а как называется девайс который обозревают в видео вообще хрен разберешся

@ShaanSufi 2 жыл бұрын

Can i communicate with you to know some of my confusion

@NathanJamesLarsen 2 жыл бұрын

I respond to comments - so go for it- what's up!

@ShaanSufi 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see your reply sir, I'm confused about how much gain i have to set up on my sound card for good audio and is it necessary to normalisation the audio clip I'm using fl studio

@NathanJamesLarsen 2 жыл бұрын

@@ShaanSufi As far as gain - basically you don't want to be coming in louder than -6dB as a safe threshold. Beyond that - that's basically it. If it's too loud you'll have issues and if you go way below -18dB it will be a bit too quiet. Anywhere in between is good and you don't need to normalize.

@ShaanSufi 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou so much sir ❤️

@fg37 2 жыл бұрын

Christian Henson bet u, lol :)

@kevinanderson519 2 жыл бұрын

My emotional journey…. Watch video… ‘Wow this is cool. Don’t need it. But I want this.’ Checks website… ‘Suppose I could sell one of my kids….’ Seriously, very cool, but the price for what it ultimately is, is waaaaaayyyyy too much. Even with $40 off.