yes exactly. also when switching to other patterns, whatever was recorded in for example the ram r1 buffer will sit there until it’s triggered again, so the new pattern can play a ‘remix’ of the previous pattern, and can sound different nit just from how you place the ram p1 trigs but also the ram p1 instrument settings can be different on the new pattern (or another track in the same pattern)
i pretty much always have a couple variations of these on every pattern.
if programmed cleverly you can throw just about anything at the ram r1 buffer (either resample md master or send something from a mixer) and it can sound good played back “remixed” on the ram p1 track(s).
just be careful to have the playback (ram p) muted while it’s recording a new pass to the ram r buffer, to avoid feedback.
Thanks - I think, I got it!
So - new looping points can just be defined by / muting / unmuting while keeping the first trig being activated on Ram Rec(?)
Super cool straight forward sampling approach.
Feels so much more easy than live sampling on the OT.
(Also looking forward to install the latest X-firmware )
i would only set a record trig on step 1. only unmute that track when you want to grab a new loop, it will start recording when the patten starts over, thenyou can mute that track again (i do as soon as the record trig is triggered). once the record buffer (based on length of ram r, i isually do 2 bars sometimes 1) is full you can unmute the playback/remix track.
yes you can get weird by setting record trigs wherever but it’s more experimental and less likely to get usable results when you throw something at it.
Welcome to the MD fam.
Yes, snapshots are the original Elektron projects.
Note Samplebank is saved with the Snapshot.
You can, for fun, change the Samplebank in the Snapshot.
Similar with kits. Kits are not saved automatically. You need to save it. Kits are saved to your patten automatically, and if you copy a pattern it will copy the kit from the copied pattern, which is handy if you want to chain, but if you want a new pattern to sound different, save a new kit for the copied pattern.
Yep, everything seems to have been said, however please allow me these precisions and example.
RAM R and RAM P machines are tied to a buffer.
A RAM R1 machine, wherever it is loaded, will record the buffer 1.
A RAP P1 machine, wherever it is loaded, will play the content of buffer 1.
The same goes for the other couples, RAM R2 / RAM P2, RAM R3 / RAM P3 and RAM R4 / RAM P4.
So that’s basically 4 buffers you can use, read 4 samples slots.
Here is a concrete example I have used often.
Track M1: RAM R1 with:
LENGTH set to 100% to record the whole bar length
CUE1/CUE2 set to 0 to avoid feedback
MLEVEL set to max to sample the output of the MDUW
A trig set on the first step
Mute the track for now
Track M2: RAM P1 with, for example:
PITCH=-36 for a double length/one octave lower than original.
Only one trig set on step 1 too.
Track M3: RAM P1 with the following parameter values:
PITCH=36 to play the audio twice as fast / one octave higher than the original.
LENGTH=4 to play just a short extract, and adjust START to select what part of the original loop this track should play.
Set several trigs.
On some others tracks, load various machines and compose a beat with them.
Now, hit PLAY and, at some point, unmute the M1 track, just the time that the trig is played.
As soon as the buffer 1 will be written, tracks with RAM P1 machines will start to play the buffer content with their respective parameters.
Shazam
Now… that is only the start of the fun. Consider this for even more:
You can add as many tracks with a RAM P1 machine, with different parameters.
You can do the same with the other 3 buffers.
I haven’t yet talked about P-locking: you can obviously P-lock anything, like for example the START parameter value on the M3 track… to “recompose” a beat on track M3 only.
Same story with the LFOs; you can use the LFOs to modulate any parameter, like the START parameter on M3… or even the END parameter, to alternate between normal and reverse play modes.
For more “spontaneous” recording, you can set no trig on M1, unmute this track and just hit the M1 button whenever you want to record audio. I did that to sample a phrase of the singer at times, in a former band I had. FX, time stretchs, live manipulation… sky is the limit.
This very raw approach of sampling (which I love) was the starting point of the OT development, for the record (pun half intended…)
This is absolutely awesome - and (at least for me) a so much more straightforward approach compared to the OT (which I also own - but almost never use).
Does anyone know if it’s possible to quantize pattern changes to 128 steps?
I have X firmware and MCL but since MCL can’t receive PC without delay I’ve been using the MD+MCL as PC master, but can’t seem to get it to work reliably.
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