on the M:S, I would often set a note on, let’s say, trig 1 with a 1/2 trig condition and a second one on trig 16 of the previous page with a 2/2 condition, nudged all the way to the right, to have it play on 1 of the second play through (alternatively: on trig 2 of the same page, nudged all the way to the left).
I remember the offset from the 1 to be pretty much indistinguishable to my ears. Doing the same on the OG DT, I notice the nudged note on trig 16 (/2) to play noticeably early (/late).
I can usually get around this by adjusting the attack / sample start parameters but find this unsatisfying in comparison to just nudging the note ‘all the way’ over.
Does the DT actually have more limited micro timing capabilities compared to the M:S or am I missing something here? I’d check the nudging values but don’t have access to the machines right now, unfortunately.
How do other people approach longer sequences on a single pattern?
It’s indistinguishable to my ears on the DT1. A first thing to double-check: that “Quantize” is all the way to 0. (Not sure whether swing settings might affect your situation, but worth an A/B check.)
It depends, sometimes I can hear it if I’ve listened to it a thousand times already but if I start a loop off that way it’s mostly indistinguishable.
Depending on what the sound is, you could try and resample it with a little bit of silence before the hit and then lock it to the last step and adjust the sample start point until the farthest microtimed step seems properly aligned.
As far as MS vs dt I think that all elektron sequencers have the same resolution.
Ohh, right, I most likely overlooked quantization. Makes sense that all machines would have the same micro timing. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, I’ll check as soon as I can.
Edit: Turning off quantization did indeed ‘fix’ this problem. Seems obvious in hindsight
