tonight
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another thread already running on this topic
all MnM
https://soundcloud.com/user7296796/group2
guga
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i really like the way both machines fit together and the sounds that come out of them. all nicely done. once more, the MnM is a great piece of synth/esis! 
TiB gave a great tip years ago, to get all tweaked out: set a track to be a BBox machine ā¦ play with retrig settings musically while an LFO effects the Pitch parameter of the BBox in a random fashion. (i think set to run āfreeā)
Very nice work! The MnM and A4 actually make excellent partners in sonic surrealistic journeys of vast possibilities. Still learning as am primarily a classically trained keyboardist and although will never cease using my various synths and DAW, have been venturing outside the DAW as far as Elektron and new to me Spectralis, to act as supporting layers in ambience.
Very nice work!
Very well done. I like the percussion very much.
This is a good demonstration of the sounds Iāve been looking for when I bought MnM.
Still finding my way around it but immensely enjoying it so far.
Thanks for the inspiration!
COOL![/quote]
thanks, was a 1 mth adventure into song mode with a brutal sometimes guttural digital sound and patterns
pretty disorganized tho, had to do maths to get the arrangement tight
Thanks everyone 
Sorry for not responding sooner, I hadnāt been visiting this site very often.
Iāve been wondering whether there were good āFMā based drum machines out there (perhaps the machinedrum can do a great job of this), but I think you can do great things with the Monomachine on this front. The last piece I wrote was pretty slow, but shows you can do decent drum kicks and snares using FM+
I made a new piece using this same setup, but included more BBox along with the FM+ and Noise and I really think you can do awesome things with the monomachine as a drum machine. It might not be as complete as other drum machines, and I wish you could do retriggering with other synth parts like you can with the BBox, but if you mix the different modes, you can really come up with neat drum sounds and beats.
By the way, be sure to use the Arps to add to the drum parts you do create, youāll be surprised with what you can do!!!
The video below is the latest in the line of utilizing the monomachine for drums (there is a thread on this piece on the music section already, but for those who are interested in the drums, here it is):
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guga and acemonvw,
why donāt you use a machinedrum for drums instead of a monomachine ?
why 2 monomachine ?
xmit
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'cos the Mnm = incredible
therefore 2 x MnM = incredible squared 
loving your MIDERA stuff btw acemonvw - just followed you on Soundcloud 
alep
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canĀ“t stop thinking about buying a second MnMā¦
i had wished the new machine was NOT the AR, but somekind of improved MnM with two more/new machines, OTĀ“s sequencer and MD-UWĀ“s samplesection, CTL-ALL on top plus double MIDI-Outā¦overbridgeā¦
drooling and daydreaming.
still i LOVE my MnM for what it is and for me itĀ“s a real keeper, while the MDuw MkI had to go. never looked back.
Mind blowingly awesome. Absolutely love it.
Made one myself with MnM as drum machine. Not as good but check it out.
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@dekalboy, I got a ābrokenā monomachine for less than $300, got it working again, but had also bought a working monomachineā¦ Really, I use it for that mostly for the novelty, to show that I can do it, to show what anyone can do with the monomachine.
I would like to get a machinedrum, but theyāre expensive and out of my price-range currently, soā¦ I have fun with my two monomachines. And I donāt think it does a bad job of doing drums either. Iāve had quite a lot of fun experimenting to create percussive sounds with the monomachine!
But good point.
@xmit Thank you very much
@nedavine: I checked out your video, subscribed to your channel. Great stuff!!!
Accent
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Started playing with using the FM machines for drums last nightā¦wicked sounds out of this beast. Makes me want a second one :).
Awesome! I think Iād caution getting a second one, unless itās for a great price. I think itās doable to get it to be a drum machine, but since Iāve never used the machinedrum, I canāt say how much BETTER it might be (and probably is). Itās more designed for the processā¦ But if you stumble across a good deal for the monomachine, I guess I wouldnāt hesitate then!
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Awesome! I think Iād caution getting a second one, unless itās for a great price. I think itās doable to get it to be a drum machine, but since Iāve never used the machinedrum, I canāt say how much BETTER it might be (and probably is). Itās more designed for the processā¦ But if you stumble across a good deal for the monomachine, I guess I wouldnāt hesitate then![/quote]
If I found a MkII at a good used price, Iād be tempted to jump on it, but Iām in no great rush. I have the MDUW as well and it is excellent, but some of the features on the MNM like the arp and different trig modes can lend themselves to some unique sonic territory. I would probably use more of the effects if I had another 6 tracks of Mono goodness to work with :).
guga
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yep, exactly 
with the MnM you can get from simple to really complex drum beats if you tweak it good. it also depends on what youāre looking for when you create rytms 
ā¦ now, if i only had a MD it would be even better 
edit: i usually tend to experiment with synth engines which are not designed to make drum beats. the vocoder can be pretty good in doing rythmic sequences so is the superwave
Does the machinedrum work more similarly to the monomachine when using the BBox? Where you can retrigger the sound? I might just have to do some more research on the machinedrum, though I suspect it would be better for creating drums!
Iāll have to try out the vocoder and the superwave for rhythmic sequences on the MnM. I really like using the Arp on the parts I do have, plus parameter locking, of courseā¦
Accent
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You can retrigger certain machines, and samples can be retriggered as well. Great for drums, but also great for bass and lead sounds.
