Am I the only one? [Machinedrum love]

Elektron Gear Machinedrum
#30

When I got the Rytm, after coming from the MDUW I was a little underwhelmed by the Rytm lack of sampling, lack of good and flexible sounding machine types, BUT really have to say that since the last 2 updates the Rytm now feels “mature” and complete - still needs some more machines to round it out, but I think these will come eventually.

So a lot of the stuff I loved about the MDUW is still absent on Rytm, and always will be, when the announcement came that this will be last MD run it was a no brainer to get another.

I think they compliment eachother well, I’d love for the MD sequencer to be brought up to date, but that is not going to happen, there is very little overlap soundwise and as @void said already you can sds samples across to Rytm (use closed loop, and don’t expect super speed, though still workable)

I honestly can’t say which I prefer, they are both awesome, just as the 808(md) and 909(rytm) are, but if I was forced to choose maybe I’d pick MD.

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#31

i always wanted to get a MD to put next to the MM…then came the AR…but still wanted to put my hands on the OT :grin: …but the MD…mm…that digital sound, together with all the control you can get over the parameters…
wish i could ‘invest’ some $ to get one, i’m sure i would enjoy every bit of it :relaxed:

#32

…you could do something similar with one of this little device: SMD - Small MIDI Device :grin:

#33

Got one on order from Elektron! Been two weeks and still waiting though lol. I’ve owned a Rytm before but I realised its the digital sound I love, been using MD samples in my MPC for ages now and can’t wait to get my hands on the actual machine!

#34

same here! hoping it will ship this week!

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#35

A post was merged into an existing topic: Machinedrum and monomachine gone forever!

#36

Maybe it’s cause I’ve been playing MDs for nearly 10 years now, but I have been constantly astonished at how inspiring this box is. I feel like making electronic music there’s always the hunt for hot new tech, but I think I feel the way about this drum machine that those folks who carry around an acoustic guitar their whole life and just play for the sheer joy of it, without needing to chase anything else. I’m still discovering things about it, and it’s basically a bottomless pit of incredible beats and sounds.

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#37

It’s SO GOOD! I’m in the process of trying to sell mine, but I’m really reluctant to do it because it’s just damn good!

#38

Don’t.
It’s a beast !

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#39

I’m trying to figure a way to not. But money’s tight and it’s not the most convenient thing to control with Pyramid :confused:

We’ll see how things go. <3

#40

The MachineDrum will rise again :rocket:

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#41

Had an MD on and off for around ten years also - a total work of art.

I was just trying out the trigger input trick from various md machines on ouput c into E12 machines. Then locked in crt8 trigless trigs for the E12 retrig, pitch, filter, and all that. With heavy reverb, a couple of input trigs and 64 steps and low bmp, it all turned into this fuzzy granular weird thing that just went into droneeee land.
Freaking nice.

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#42

What trouble are you having with using the Pyramid to control the MD?

#43

The parameters to control midi CC extend between two midi channels(per voice)

#44

I am confused by what you wrote. The MD’s MIDI CC mappings cover four tracks (sounds) per MIDI channel.

#45

I completely understand, there’s nothing wrong with the machine, just for controlling MDUW parameters, per voice it can extend over two midi tracks, I believe

#46

I am straight up thinking about getting a second one​ to keep​ in storage for if/when my first one dies.

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#47

Surprising, i realy like to use MD in conjunction with Pyramid. It confers MD the “nowaday” functions we need, microtiming, numerous Lfo, arpegiator, trigless trigs (by cc control). A real nice drum expander. Futhermore cc are simple to program on MD cause the numbers are incremental organised.

I would say Pyramid is a must have for MD, and contrary :grinning:

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#48

I just spent a few hours programming my Cirklon to get it to work controlling all the CCs for the MDUW and it is a bit challenging as the parameters are spread out over 4 channels, but the nice feature of being able to reassign how the MDUW responds to midi has been a nice work around and I think it will be an absolute beast - esp. since I will be able, in theory, to program all 16 tracks, with (in the near future) 12 auxes per track, and also throw in instant pattern changes. I won’t be as instant or smooth as the OT, but will lead to nearly as much mayhem.

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#49

I’m sure that you’ll appreciate the investment of time. You’ll get some great reward for that. Same with Pyramid : I’ll have to spread the control over 4 chanels. I think, the assignment instrument in Cirklon seems to be more efficient than program each time the cc in Pyramid.

In return, to be able to correctly record MD in Pyramid, I made two specifics kits made of midi engines (16) with correct chanels (4) and notes (one for each engine) assignment. So I’m able to record old patterns from MD to Pyramid, it’s a real pleasure cause then I can play MD on more than 4 bars, just like an expander, tweak MD in live, use cc like trigless trigs. So much fun to have the MD being as capable as black elektron units !

The best, for fun, is pattern mapping from our beloved sequencers, oooh what a cool thing !

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