Bongo / conga sounds on Rytm MKII

Elektron Gear Analog Rytm
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Hey guys,

I’m looking to create somewhat realistic-ish “good vibe” bongo rhythms on my Rytm MKII (for some beach house music). There are two parts to this — arrangement and sound design. And I’m interested if you have any suggestions on the sound design: which engines to use to design somewhat realistic bongo sounds?

As an option I can, of course use the samples, but I’m curious if synth engines are a viable option before I go to create samples.

Thanks,
Nikita

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Hi,
You could buy that unexpensive soundpack and analyze it:

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Maybe use the FM snare machine without noise?

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That’s an excellent idea. For someone who never bought and installed packs on Rytm — is there anything I should know? Does it work on Rytm 2 as well as the first?

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You will have to use Elektron’s Transfer 1.4. and the latest OS on your AR.

Basically there are 3 steps:

  1. AR has to be switched to USB MIDI Mode not Overbridge Mode
  2. Choose the desired Bank of the +Drive (sub menu of Sysex Dump Receive) where the sounds shall be received and let the AR wait for receiving them.
    3 Start Transfer and send the sounds (or sysex) files to your AR …

Details => Transfer manual.

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Thank you so much! Doing it now!

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Good luck, I’m just diving into that topic as well. After some trial and errors I’ve learned how to handle these transfers.

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For conga sounds, the basic xt xlassic machine (on lt/mt/ht) is not bad at all…

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I found that Transfer didn’t install the kits/ patterns properly (I’m on MacOS) and after speaking to Support I ended up needing to use a SysEx utility. I used SysExLibrarian but I think you can use C6 as well if you need to.

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I haven’t unpacked the sounds yet, but myself I found good results with RS algo (rimshot). It’s pretty close, but needs some tweaking. I think I need to decide for myself if I want it realistic, or should I just embrace the synth part of it. Will play around with it a bit more.

I’m also wondering if I will be able to create tambourine or a shaker with repeats. Will explore next week.

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Yes, I wasn’t able as well, but didn’t get to SysEx yet. Will try today. Thank you for suggestion.

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Wow these demos sound great. Thanks for the shout (and thanks @taro for the great sounds)

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That’s annoyig but great that you’ve solved the issue.

I’m on Win 10. There Transfer works so far as documented in the manual.

@cuba1956 BTW: If you want to import a project and patterns imho it’s “best” first to create a new empty project and redo/check MIDI config (these settings are bound to their project) and then do the import.

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I don’t know if you have an A4, but their A4 percussion pack is amazing as well.

I can’t believe the sounds they were able to make.

5 dollars for each is quite the bargain

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I’ve heard that Elektron will be releasing the Bongotakt before the end of the year.

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Thanks for the introduction!!

The best machine for percussion sound design is the Rimshot.
I will update this pack in the near future.

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Thank you for making this pack available, bought it yesterday, but haven’t installed it yet. Appreciate your effort. I also found rimshot the closest engine to what I’m looking for.

Have you tried to get something close to tambourine or shaker?

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Shaker and shekere sounds are really easy to make by playing with the noise engine and amp envelope on any of the tracks.

Same for Tambourine sounds: noise engine with HP filter around 110, max resonance, very short amp envelope…

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Fantastic, I’ll try that! Thank you so much!

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Short video (taken with my phone) demonstrating the transformation of a noise engine sound from shaker to tambourine just by increasing filter resonance and shortening the amp envelope…

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