Elektron-Users

Hello peeps,

I just discovered the following little trick on the beloved MnM that has made my night. It might be nothing new to some of you but here it goes:

Enter Grid Recording mode, hold a trigger down in the track/position of your choice, and send a MIDI chord from your DAW to the MnM (i.e., start playback in the DAW): the chord sent from the DAW is automatically inserted on the held trigger.

If you create a chord progression, whilst you're holding the trigger down, you'll see the notes being replaced by the last chord sent.

Very handy for Arp or Poly mode.

Hope this is of some use!

ToS

Cool - did not know that.

Good grief. How have I never heard of this? Dope!

yep, this is exactly the way I enter chords, really well implemented

aaaaahh....

The ever unfurling always expanding ways.

This is the joy of the SFX-6. Trigger buttons with the left hand. Keys with the right. Programming is insanely quick.

What do you mean by sending a MIDI chord from your DAW? How are you doing this?

@ Mononic:
Bah, I had forgotten about that...

@ 214:
In the DAW, create a MIDI track and assign its output so that it sends MIDI data to MnM. It should be connected like this:

DAW MIDI Track Out >> (Sound Interface or Elektron TM-1) >> MonoMachine MIDI In

Then, in the DAW MIDI track write a chord or chord progression.

In the MnM, select the track of your choice (make sure the DAW & MnM MIDI channels match). Press [REC] and hold down a trigger in a position of your choice. As you hold the trigger down, start playback on your DAW - if all goes well, it should appear in the trigger you've been holding.

Same applies with a MIDI keyboard as Mononic said.

Let me know if you encounter any difficulties, I hope I didn't make things confusing!

ToS

cheers! i've not tried this before.

I wish this would work with the ens machines.

It really does hold these beauties back.