Elektron Musical Instruments

Hello guys,

I've got two question I'd like u expert to answer: one for the MD and the other for the MnM.

For the MD, I'd like somehow to trigger some/all drums from an audio signal. I've seen reference in the manual to the external trigs on channels a&b but absolutley nothing about how to use those... has anybody experience with it ?

For the MnM, I'd like to know if the parameters locks can be desynchronised from the main sequencer... for example; I'd love them to go about 6 times faster and restart everytime a new note is started.. does the MnM do that at all ?

Thanks !
M-.-n
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On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 06:58:21PM +0200, M-.-n wrote:

> For the MnM, I'd like to know if the parameters locks can be desynchronised from the main sequencer... for example; I'd love them to go about 6 times faster and restart everytime a new note is started.. does the MnM do that at all ?

i reckon you could do this with careful application of the
LFOs.

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>
> For the MnM, I'd like to know if the parameters locks can be  
> desynchronised from the main sequencer... for example; I'd love  
> them to go about 6 times faster and restart everytime a new note is  
> started.. does the MnM do that at all ?
>

I'm pretty certain that you have to sync the parameter locks with the  
main  sequencer.  You could probably get some similar effects with  
LFO set to Trig, running at a speed which is a multiple of the main  
tempo.

/Scott

On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 06:58:21PM +0200, M-.-n wrote:
> 
> For the MnM, I'd like to know if the parameters locks can be desynchronised from the main sequencer... for example; I'd love them to go about 6 times faster and restart everytime a new note is started.. does the MnM do that at all ?

...but, if you're looking for parameter lock sequences
running at different speeds and lengths a la the quasimidi
polymorph, that's a no-go.

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yours,
niall.
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On 5/13/05 1:01 PM, "niall munnelly" wrote:

> On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 06:58:21PM +0200, M-.-n wrote:
>> 
>> For the MnM, I'd like to know if the parameters locks can be desynchronised
>> from the main sequencer... for example; I'd love them to go about 6 times
>> faster and restart everytime a new note is started.. does the MnM do that at
>> all ?
> 
> ...but, if you're looking for parameter lock sequences
> running at different speeds and lengths a la the quasimidi
> polymorph, that's a no-go.

Unless you buy two :)  I'm so tempted to get another...

I think M-.-n's going after kinda like what you can do with the arpeggiator
when you want to make really gamey sounds with the sid section, that sort of
idea.

On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 01:09:14PM -0400, Andy Tarpinian wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On 5/13/05 1:01 PM, "niall munnelly" wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 06:58:21PM +0200, M-.-n wrote:
> >> 
> >> For the MnM, I'd like to know if the parameters locks can be desynchronised
> >> from the main sequencer... for example; I'd love them to go about 6 times
> >> faster and restart everytime a new note is started.. does the MnM do that at
> >> all ?
> > 
> > ...but, if you're looking for parameter lock sequences
> > running at different speeds and lengths a la the quasimidi
> > polymorph, that's a no-go.
> 
> Unless you buy two :)  I'm so tempted to get another...

one option i've meant to play with for awhile is to feed the
midi outs into the midi ins, and modulate parameter locks
via CC from the MD itself.  i do the bulk of my sequecing in
digital performer, though, so it hasn't been a priority.

-- 
yours,
niall.
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aleph null.                             a simple insinuation around silence.
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> I think M-.-n's going after kinda like what you can do with the 
arpeggiator
> when you want to make really gamey sounds with the sid section, that 
sort of
> idea.

Yes totally.. the thing is that LFO's are nice but u don't have 
the 'stepped' ability to modulate quickly and *precisely* parameters.
Since all the UI for what I'd like to do is there in the locks, the 
only thing I am really missing is the speed and the ability to re-
trigger the lock sequences for each note. I think it would enhance 
greatly the sonic possibilities of the MnM and would then totally do it 
for me::::

> one option i've meant to play with for awhile is to feed the
> midi outs into the midi ins, and modulate parameter locks
> via CC from the MD itself.  i do the bulk of my sequecing in
> digital performer, though, so it hasn't been a priority.

Yeah..my other option is to couple MnM & a nord G2. I could trigger 
step sequencers in the G2 from the note triggers of the MnM and output 
the sequencers as CC back into the MnM;;

But that's a pretty pricey combo....

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> But that's a pretty pricey combo....

But oh so lovely!

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