More info MonoMachine
2003-09-09 by Ronald
Found on a Synth site, probably intended for "friends only". Well, aren't we all Elektron friends? Introducing 6 tracks of finest mono What the Monomachine is The Monomachine is a new concept for synthesizer, and what makes it great is not separate aspects, but how all the parts work together, as a whole. But as I know you all are eager for the details they will follow here. The Monomachine is: * 6 tracks of monophonic sound synthesis or FX, plus sequencing. * 6 additional tracks for sequencing of external MIDI gear. Each synthesis track offers: * One machine for synthesis or FX. The synthesis is chosen from one of the five Monomachine synths. The FX is chosen from a dedicated machine group. * One Amplitude Envelope engine. * One Filter engine. Offering control over the HQ 24dB resonant filter, that can form high pass, band pass and low pass filters with envelope control. * One Track Effects engine. Offering SRR, 1-band EQ and distortion. * One Delay engine, synchronised to tempo. * Three LFO's. All LFO's are synchronised to tempo, and can be set to a wide range of speeds and forms. * One specialised sequencer for controlling tones and parameters. * One very wild arpeggiator. What the Monomachine is not Here are some points to start with to clear up some common misconceptions: 1) The Monomachine is not a synthesizer with a Machinedrum clinging to its left side. The Monomachine is designed to be the best friend of the Machinedrum, not to duplicate or compete with it. However, the Monomachine shares the same base concept as the Machinedrum. 2) The Monomachine does not have any SID-chip inside it. However, it carries some sounds and features from the SID-chip and the SidStation, for example the SID-6581 machine and the SID-mode in the arpeggiator. So, just to make it clear - we are not discontinuing the Machinedrum. We will continue to support and develop it further. Monomachine is a complementing product designed for a different mission. The MM synths SuperWave - Following the path of the analogue synthesisers, SuperWave offers machines with thick luxurious sounds. Available so far is the SWAVE-SAW machine, which offers no less than six oscillators forming the final sound. The PULS and the ENSEMBLE will follow shortly. SID - The SID-6581 machine offers the corner stone of the SID chip. Each track that you fit with the SID machine will generate convincing SID sounds, complete with choices of triangle, saw, pulse, mixed and pitched noise. Ringmod and sync options are provided as well. The full spirit of the SID can never be captured outside the real SID-chip though. DigiPRO - DigiPRO forms its sound in the digital domain. The DPRO- WAVE machine is based on selected digital waveforms, offering raw electric sounds. The WavePhase modulation can give the sounds untamed life if you prefer. The DPRO-BBOX brings a Beat Box with a handful of drum sounds to allow for self contained Monomachine songs. FM+ - The Monomachine offers three new tastes of FM. The FM+DYN, FM+PAR and FM+STAT all offer the best sides of FM - fantastic shimmering sounds. But what separate the Monomachine incarnation from what is commonly known from FM, is that the FM+ machines are controllable and inspiring. VO - We are very proud to introduce a new concept for oscillators: The singing VO-6 machine! Offering control over vocals and consonants, you can make VO-6 sing those words you never dared to sing yourself! Monomachine Key Trig Modes The Monomachine structure is very flexible. Here follows some examples on how the key trig modes can be set up and used: * Standard mode, 6-track multitimbral synthesizer. Use each track as an individual monophonic sound source. Control it either externally with each track individually accessible by a MIDI track, or by the internal sequencer. Example: Load the SID-6581 machine on each track and get a six-voice SID! * Poly mode, 6-voice polyphonic. Example: Use the VO-6 to sing like a choir! * Multi-trig, All tracks. The six tracks will be trigged simultaneously with their respective settings for the massive mono sound. Example: Put the SWAVE-SAW on all six tracks, detune them slightly, and alter the track effects for each track. You will now have 36 massive oscillators ready under your fingertips. * Multi-trig, Split mode. Split the tracks assign the upper and lower half of the keyboard to each. Example: Great for live use when you can't do without that FM+ bass and the wild DigiPRO arpeggio simultaneously on one keyboard. * Multi-trig, Sequencer. Example: use the sequencer to compose a melody, or rhythmic arrangement. Then use the Multi-trig, and each key plays the sequence, but with a new pitch. This works somewhat like advanced SidStation Wavetable sequencing. The Monomachine Trig Tracks Presenting an innovation in sequencing; Monomachine breaks the barrier of the standard Note On and Note Off concept of sound sequencing. The SFX-6 offers extended easy-to-use control not only through the Parameter locks known from the Machinedrum, but through the Trig Tracks. Building on the Machinedrum concept, but with the possibility to lock parameters on all steps, and individually control pitch updates from envelope and filter retrigs. * All - this is the standard Note On, and is a combination of the Amp, Filter and LFO trigs described below. * Amp, Filter, LFO - individually retrig, or exclude, the amplitude envelop, filter envelop or LFO restart. * Trigless - used to lock a parameter or pitch without trigging any envelopes.