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A 8-Step Analog Sequencer Using the audio output on MD.

For so long I've used the pulse machine on the MD for sending gate/trigger to my analog synth. But I also want it be able to control in a more various way.

The 1st Page:
A 8 step sequencer is layed out here. A note in the grid will make the sequencer play as one-shot. And you can p-lock various steps to change the sequence on the fly.

The 2nd Page:
Parameter lock-able playing orders like normal, reverse, etc... Also global offset of the CV, glide and such.

Anyone finds my idea interesting?

Regards,
/M.Q.

In the super wave, have the ability to usee it as a 3 voice synth wehich can take each voices pitch from a keyboard input, so it's more like a usable polysynth.

Seems daft you have to go in and setup chords with plocks when you could just use a keyboard.

Almost backwards in my mind.

And...

Tempo locked to pattern
Poly drums, at least 2 or 3

and the ability to downlaod and pay for new machines would be the be something special.

For the md live use, i was thinking of a command Funtion+encoder+a button of pattern selection, to limit the function+encoder to 4 track, for exemple, Funtion+encoder+A/E will only apply the command to track 1-4, B/F to 5-8 ...

i 've got some difficult in fact when i do function + encoder on the decay, the kick is often too much present and i'm looking for a fast method to avoid it.

Xiaodaner wrote:
A 8-Step Analog Sequencer Using the audio output on MD.

For so long I've used the pulse machine on the MD for sending gate/trigger to my analog synth. But I also want it be able to control in a more various way.

Anyone finds my idea interesting?

Regards,
/M.Q.

Interesting take, because you're putting a sequencer into the each step of the already existing sequence. It might give you a bunch of cool side effects (like much higher time resolution in the MD), but for "plain jane" step sequencing of an analog synth, I would imagine it would be a lot easier to use the MIDI machines with a MIDI-CV convertor. Then you get 32 or 64 steps, many more controllable parameters on each step, and avoid potential challenges like switch triggers, Hz/V scaling etc, because the convertor will deal with these issues.

Maybe, instead of putting out CV/gate, your sequencer will work like a normal internal MD step (with its own lock programmable functions), giving you all of the same functionality, and still useable on external synths via the MIDI machines. In some ways this will work like the arp on Mono, giving multiple steps and notes on one single "main sequencer" step. This "sequencer machine" should have functions like timing (a function of the internal tempo on the MD), reverse like you say, gate time, and a destination parameter, for acting on other machines. Maybe? I'm having a little trouble seeing all the consequences of this, but it's an interesting idea.

It would be great if the SFX-60 blinked the TRIG leds off to signify trigs in mute mode, and also blinked off the TRACK leds to signify trigs as well.. I'm loving the monomachine but after using the MD I miss them flashing lights.. even though there's only 6 channels and I should really be able to remember what each part is, it's awesome having that visual feedback. Seems weird it wasn't included - maybe something to do with the keyboard version having the leds above the keys?

swiv wrote:
I'm loving the monomachine but after using the MD I miss them flashing lights.. even though there's only 6 channels and I should really be able to remember what each part is, it's awesome having that visual feedback. Seems weird it wasn't included - maybe something to do with the keyboard version having the leds above the keys?
I have Sfx-6 and nevertheless I would love to have this visual feedback. I often have wonder which track play which sounds and this would remedy that perfectly.

yeah it would be really useful playing live when switching kits all the time too.

I was looking at some videos for delay pedals a while ago and decided to look over the manual for both the MD and MnM.

It would be interesting to have "reverse" delay on both. I liked what I heard and I could use it for sure. Doubt it will happen but it would be a welcome edition to either machine.

I'll probably be looking into a pedal anyway but the one I liked cost a pretty penny. C'mon Elektron read this for I wish to experiment. Do it for science!

I have two feature-fantasies for your MD-UW:

1. ROM-SLOT-machine
This machine would work very much like BeatBox-machine in MnM. You could parameter lock the rom-slot it uses for sample and that way switch the samples within one machine very quickly. So in essence, this would be same as BeatBox-machine on MnM, but instead of playing MnM samples, it would use UWs Rom-slots. I like this idea, because I've noticed that I seem to come up different style of stuff when doing it with MnM BeatBox. Allthough, in theory I could do same kind of stuff easily on MD-UW, I never tend to do that. In a way, BeatBox guides creativity in different ways. I would like to see this ability in MD-UW also. It would make a great addition to creative Ram-machines and CTRL-machines.

2. ROM-ALL-machine
This is in some ways the opposite of Rom-Slot-machine. Rom-ALL would handle all your UW sample storage as a one sample, where you could use start and end -parameters to change sample-material dramatically in realtime. Creative machine for sure. For example using LFOs on start and end -parameters would create nice microsound-style collages of your sample-memory.

For the Rom slot machine, you can just dump a file made of a bunch of different samples, seperated by short pauses into slots 25-32, and P-lock the start and end points.