A few Effects I would love to see in MnM
2004-11-20 by tahvenaine2002
Hi, I don't know what is the current situation of MnM OS, wether it's under deveploment still or not. There was a plan of adding flanger, phaser, distortion and filter fx's, when beta MnMs were released. I like the effects which MnM allready has, but I also feel in this price range (a top notch synth price range), it should have some these fx's which seem to be standard in many other synths. It would be nice. As these plans are nice (wether they are real or not), I feel this kind of effects don't occupy the possiablities of integrated sequencer so much. They are more of feed-signal-thru-and-thats-it effects, while MnM has a possiability to have effects that have never seen in any other synths. Here are some examples that I've been thinking: 1. Reverse A simple fx-machine that take audio signal in it's buffer and while note-on would be pressed it would play be buffer backwards. In a common language: when you press any key, it would reverse the current audio signal! Now put all your tracks thru this and sequence some notes with and do parameter locks with hold parameter. a mind bogling synth, that can play its synthesis backwards in time!!! 2. Freeze Freeze works also with audiobuffer. In this fx-machine you would have two knobs: buffer lenght and multiplier. Buffer lenght sets the buffer size which will be repeated to infinity while note-on is received (when note-off, the normal audio signal is led thru). With buffer lenght, you could set some musical lenghts like 1/32th, 1/128th or even 1/256th of one measure. With multiplier you could easily control this lenght; by multiplying it with 32X or 64X. Now feed your tracks throught this and sequence some notes, with parameter locks on buffer lenght and multiplier, instant elecro mayhem, that cannot be made with any other synth! You could also have the reverse fx machine after this, now MnM would become a synth, that have never existed before. This would also be a deluxe version of very popular MD e12-retrigger function, that people have liked so much. While I'm not right person to judge, wether these would be hard to program, I still believe, that they would be easier to do than for example rich-chorus or quality flanger (since they don't need any high quality filtering or such). These kind of machines would also be a benefit for MnM and Elektron: 1. They are the kind of fx-machines that don't make sense to develop for synth that hasn't have a sequencer and since the sequencer is what sets the MnM apart from the rest of the synths, this would be an excellent way to show how MnM is capable of something more than other synths. 2. Developing them, would (again) show the interaction how Elektron listens their customers. They did it with MD OS 1.19 and it's pretty unique in synth developers who actually listens, what people want (rather than doing vintage emulation after vintage emultion (discalimer: nothing wrong with vintage, so dont start..)). Well, these were just some of thoughts. What do you people think? Toni.