Thanks!
Yeah, using SCW’s and the audio from individual outs as mod sources. I change between the different individual outs constantly to get a better grasp of the way they work for different purposes.
There’s just so much to explore. I really love how the master distortion works, especially when playing with/modulating the symmetry parameter.
Dope!
Thank you!! 
Nice! I thought you were just going to use the headphone audio out as a modulation source for the CV ins (hence my expectation that it would sound garbly), but the way you’ve done this is quite clever and creative!
Thinking out loud about an idea I had with regards to external audio processing on the AR.
Please let me know if I’ve got this wrong.
The idea: On the Machinedrum, you can process a single sound through several tracks in parallell. It can turn the MD into a sort of filter bank, among many things. I was wondering if this would be possible on the AR.
On the MD, several input machines can listen to and process the same input on multiple tracks. It’s been a few years since I had an MD, but iirc this is how you do it:
But it seems the AR doesn’t work like that, since the audio input is only inserted into the signal flow between the master distortion and the compressor.
From the AR MK1 manual:
Wouldn’t it be great if you could use one or several tracks to process audio through the track filter, distortion and VCA?
Then I checked the AR MK2 manual, and lo and behold - you have so much more flexibility with regards to routing of incoming and outgoing USB audio. This is only an excerpt:
I’m still not sure if the idea of a filter bank is possible, but thinking about all the routing options makes the MK2 sound like a lot of fun. I’m guessing more experienced users can chime in.
I have used the headphones out as well. It’s cool to have the reverb and delay on the modulating sound, to bring about all kinds of cool textures but the individual outs just work better in some use cases.
Garbly can be v nice too when the depth is set to just right amount.
I can’t see myself finding a solution that’ll work for everything well so switching the sources seems like the way to go.
Wow! Didn’t know that was possible. So you would have to use a mixer with a USB output or to run the tracks through a DAW to accomplish this?
This is just the kind of dialogue I was hoping to see in this thread when I had gotten the AR!!
Just like the A4 the AR is such a deep machine with lots of hidden possibilities that end up being overlooked by so many users.
A while ago I watched a video about the AR being used as a filterbank but that was focused on using it for samples, as the same sample can be assigned to all of the tracks.
yeah all except one or two jams this month have been rytm mk1 - have had it numerous times and always found fault with it but now realise the faults are with me!!!
haha…boohoo…hah…hmm…ahem
anyway
rock on
It seems to me like the vca’s on the AR are quite prone to saturate when the amp levels are high (normal), which is a great thing as long as you’re aware of that.
I’ve been into quite soft kicks lately and started modulating the sweep depth with a oneshot lfo while messing with its phase. Still it felt like something else must be done and I didn’t want to filter it.
There has been lots of mentions about gain staging with this device but only now I’m really beginning to understand why.
The Silky BD has been my fav so far but with lowering the amp volume and adding some negative oneshot lfo to the sweep depth there is so much to explore with all of them.
Yes I remember reading about this a while ago - there was some talk about using the RYTM as an 8 track analog summing mixer. Lots of creative options for the computer friendly!
Sounding great over here, and fully agree with your thoughts about gain staging on this thing, it can make a big difference. Would love to hear any other thoughts about how you put this clip together, is it all using the synth engines? or any samples in there?
Thanks!
No samples aside from a 0,1 Hz sine wave SCW used for modulating stuff. Not much in this jam actually.
Although I do think that the A4 is ALMOST (not quite tho) as deep and incredible as the AR, I have been missing having different kind of engines for more immediate and varied approach.
The rimshot and cowbell engines can offer so much sonically. Lots of cool textures are to be found there, especially with low tunings and fast modulation. Total “IDM engines”.
That low flapping duggi-type sound was the impulse pinging a filter with some attack and decay on the filter env.
The ratcheting sound was also the impulse engine retriggered with a ramp up lfo in trig mode modulating the impulse decay, to mimic a filter sweep, plus some actual filtering.
The hats were first the open the then the closed which cuts the open off, slightly panned to the opposing sides.
With the bass drums I was utilizing the technique mentioned in the earlier post and stolen from the Expect Resistance guy. Although in his video he was increasing the sweep depth iirc, where as I was decreasing it.
Blasphemy!! 
I like what I hear. You’re doing really great(er) with the AR. 
Hehehe I just couldn’t resist. 
I love the A4 just as much, so glad that they both exist.
Thank you!! 
Sounding excellent! I’m itching to get my AR repaired now.
do you know saint stink ? this guy rips the ar like no one:
Hey, I’m currently in possession of a digitakt 2 that i really love for two things in particular : jamming, and choping longer loops (with the grid machine mostly).
Thought the AR2 would be even more fun jamming with and way better gor sculpting drums, the thing is i mostly do house kind of stuff (old school ravey style, jazzy, deep, etc), and am a bit skeptical about the sound of the AR2 as i usually dont reach for gritty metalic texture.
Also i use my DT2 in a hybrid setup with ableton, i think i saw you can automate performance et scene mode via overbridge, can you do simar things with pattern change modes ?
I’m not sure if i need it but am a bit bored atm of the DT2 even though i really like it.
I had DT 1 for a bit before getting ARMK2 -for me ARMK2 gives me much more fun to be honest - but I cannot speak for DT2.
ARMK2 it is a very versatile machine
Really digging the hh lab engine. Can’t get enough of it.
It’s such a cool sound design tool.
When I got my second AR at first I of course was paying more attention to the bass drums and snare but after messing with it all the time this month I’m so delighted about all of the cymbal and percussion engines.
Probably for those who are v adept with synthesizing drums it’s no big deal but my mind is constantly blown, not only about the sounds those engines make out of the box but also how they react to modulation and what intensive p-locking can achieve.
