Midicake UNA explained: how He built a live track on a Roland JUNO-X

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"How the UNA Performance Demo was put together, step by step. Every sound is the Roland JUNO-X. Every note comes from Midicake UNA and ARP, with the solo played live over the top.

Watch the performance first: • Midicake UNA: building a track live on a R... [posted here]

In this video:
The four JUNO-X parts, and why Local Control is off
How UNA sits in the middle of the MIDI chain, and how ARP joins in on clock
Capturing a melody with step record and DERIVE
The Bass track's mute pattern and a touch of velocity IMPROV
How a captured melody follows every chord you play
Recording a chord chain
Drums from ARP's arpeggiators
The key split: chords to UNA on one side, a live solo on the other
One-shot Modulators for a hands-free ending

UNA is a hands-on hardware composer for keyboards, synths, and the people who play. Hold a chord and the band starts. Change the chord and everything follows. Every pattern is parametric and playback is deterministic, so a pattern you like is a pattern you can repeat.

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:24 The sounds: four JUNO-X parts
0:54 MIDI setup: Local Control off, UNA in the middle
1:25 Adding ARP: clock, drums and a MIDI splitter
2:27 Capturing the melody (step record, DERIVE)
4:17 Bass track: mute pattern and velocity IMPROV
5:17 The melody follows the chords
6:33 Recording a chord chain
7:35 Bringing in ARP drums
8:25 Key split and the live solo
9:49 One-shot Modulators for the ending
11:16 Wrap-up"