Elektron Musical Instruments

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "izfunky" <izfunky@a...> wrote:
> Also, are you using song mode with both machines, matching up 
> everything and then recording it? I think I'm going to try that next 
> instead of muting and unmuting tracks.  It's taking a bit more pre-
> planning but I think end result will sound better and more put 
> together for me.  -scott

hey scott,
yeah. song mode certainly has its advantages. my favorite one is that
you can focus more on parameter tweaking and not have to worry about
changing patterns + muting and unmuting tracks. plus if things are
mapped out to specific lengths then its easier to record individual
tracks of a song piece by piece (since I don't have an audio interface
with 24 inputs and thus can't record all individual tracks at once),
which gives you direct control over everything in the song.

sometimes I'll use it and sometimes I won't. it usually just depends
on how complicated the changes are. if they're very basic, then I'll
just use pattern mode. but if there are several changes or several
patterns in the song and I want to incorporate drum fills, several
track transposes, etc. then I will certainly use song mode. but yeah,
you have to do a bit of arithmetic to make sure that the MD and the
MnM match up with eachother (if their step lengths are different, that
is). also the trick (for me at least) seems to be that if you start
with song mode too early in the song's creation then you might have to
re-program different parts of it several times. but if you start later
on (i.e. once you have the structure pretty much set in stone), then
it's a bit easier and less tedious.

Have fun!
Joe.