Midicake UNA Tutorial

video upload by midicake

See the announcement post here.

"Midicake UNA: the complete tutorial. Everything UNA does, from plugging in to patch chains, in one sitting.

UNA is a hands-on hardware composer for keyboard players. Hold a chord and the band starts: three tracks, Rhythm, Melody and Bass, follow the chords you play in real time, while your other hand stays free to solo. In this video Chris, founder of Midicake, walks through every part of the instrument with a keyboard plugged in: the controls and views, keyboard split and LISTEN, the Melody, Rhythm and Bass tracks, capturing what you play, chord chains, Modulators and patches.

Use the chapters below to jump straight to a topic, and come back to this video as a reference.

Midicake UNA is on sale from 15 October 2026. Early bird launch offer: £399 / $519 / €479 for the first 150 units, taxes included, free shipping. https://www.midicake.com"

CHAPTERS
0:00 Introducing Midicake UNA
1:28 Plugging in
2:38 Select Mode at Startup
4:44 UI and Controls
5:25 Control Buttons
6:00 Easy & Advanced Views
6:53 The Common Menu, Help & Navigation
8:07 Parameter Controls
9:39 Selecting Tracks
10:41 Performing with Parameters
12:01 Keyboard & Chord Basics
12:44 Keyboard Split
14:15 Live Play & Sustain Pedals
15:10 The LISTEN Toggle
15:47 The SOLO/THRU Track
17:29 Keyboard Thru Channel
18:49 The Metronome
19:21 Keyboard Pitch Quantize
20:38 Tracks and the Melody Track
21:49 Steps Parameter
23:22 Rotation Parameter
24:01 Melody Parameters
26:27 Layers Parameter
26:52 Delay Parameter
27:46 Jump Parameter
28:08 Melody Step Sequencing
29:09 Stepper Patterns Suggestions
29:57 Slice Parameter
32:25 More Steppers
33:21 Advanced Features
34:49 Step Sequence Morphing
38:28 Advanced Editing
39:04 Undo and Redo
39:31 Saving Your Patterns
40:00 Capturing a Melody
41:27 Real Time Recording
43:56 Rhythm Track
44:25 Capturing Rhythms
45:39 Editing Rhythms
49:06 Bass Track
50:11 Bass Improv
53:03 Chord Mode
53:54 Chord Suggest
56:29 Chord Select
57:51 Scale and Root Note Selection
1:01:00 Chord Chains
1:02:46 Chord Chain Suggestions
1:03:23 Chord Chain Editing
1:05:03 Chord Mode Advanced
1:07:01 Modulation
1:08:17 Modulation Edit
1:10:07 Modulation Range
1:11:24 Modulation Sequencing
1:12:12 Layering Modulators
1:13:24 Modulation Modes - Loop vs 1-Shot
1:14:41 Modulation Shapes
1:16:05 Random Sequence Modulation
1:17:07 Modulation Targets
1:19:02 Time & Step Sequence Modulation
1:20:51 Modulation Macros & MIDI CC
1:22:34 Patches
1:23:27 Patch Suggest & Reset
1:24:23 Patch Templates and Copy
1:25:08 Naming Patches
1:25:34 Patch Chains
1:27:03 Chord Chain Sharing