Thanks for the tips and good to see you here man 
Sometimes I wonder if Elektron’s deeper goal with the MnM was creating an instrument containing as many easter eggs as possible. However – unlike some video games I could mention – no one has made a YouTube vid documenting them cos no one is even remotely confident they’ve found them all. 
Thanks for the tipps!
Always nice to get a new idea to play with the mighty mono. Had some crazy fm-only patch today. glitchy and noisy like hell. so much fun to ride the monomachine!
I just tried your 2-oscillator filter-tracking suggestion and it really works nice! Releases some new character … 
Interesting that I’ve never tried the 2osc synth tip. Thanks!
Oh, and remember, you can always dial-in the amount of filter tracking by using the parameters in the ASSIGN->KEY section. Of course, you should turn off the dedicated tracking functions when you do this.
Another great thing I’ve discovered in the last year or so (when I was stupidly consider selling the Mono), is DIST! Not necessarily for hardcore distortion, but for subtle, wave-shaping type effects.
Use it on FM machines for more of an “organic” sound.
Use it on ENS machines to make them more “analog” sounding.
DIST, when used responsibly, can make the SID machine’s PWM sound less digital and more naturally dirty. Combine this with some EQ (which is just another filter, basically) and you have some serious creativity at your fingertips.
In fact, DIST is a vital part of warming up the MnM’s supposedly “cold” and “digital” tone.
Hey gang,
glad you like it!
Now I’m gonna go work the MnM hehe
Oh wow!
I totally overlooked the adjustable filter-tracking parameters in the Assign menu! (I usually just turned them off, but now I want tracking)
Gotta try HPF = Off and only using the LPF tracking+adjusting amount.
Yeah DIST is a totally underappreciated parameter (at least in my world, hehe)
it can be used to, like you say glitched; shape the waves. Which yields infinitely different sounding waves for say another track which would filter those waves.
In the opposite it gives more headroom (which is nice if you have a compressor on the next track).
My friend who’s got a MnM as well told me something about the reverb/fx:
If you have a synth on one track, put the output BUS to: AB+CD
Reverb/fx on another track with input CD* (Output AB)
then you can mix the reverb “pre-fader” into the AB mix.
(100% wet off course) that’s a pretty cool trick as well!
*instead of neighbour
These busses are really good for routing the sound internally,
this thing keeps getting larger and deeper, I love it!
Knowledge dropped!
Lots of great advice here!
I’ve had the Monomachine for about 3 or 4 years, and it’s amazing how many things you can do with it that I’ve only just started to think of.
There’s so much versatility waiting when you start thinking about the different routings. I used to just stick with a one machine-per-track style and would often be a bit underwhelmed with the sound since I was used to two and three oscillator synths.
Now that I realize you can have a 5 or 6 oscillator monosynth, my appreciation is starting to grow quite a bit! Why I never thought to load up two or three copies of a machine and link & detune them, who knows.
One thing to remember when chaining tracks and using a Thru/Effect track for the ultimate monosynth is that you have those extra three LFO’s on each track to utilize as part of your kit. Not too many synths out there with 18 LFO’s available for one voice! 
Slide + synthesis parameter lock + porta lock + fltr trig + lfo trig = ?beautiful chaos#!
Don’t neglect the slide function. Remember all of your parameter values are absolute on the ‘grid’. Use slide to glide.
Though now i think of it, doesn’t the slide trig affect all parameters? I think it does. If im wrong please let know
Just a huge thanks for having this nice sharing.
It feels warmy and gives honor back to that great Elektron-Users place.
Thanks a lot geri_helgi and all of you guys.
my hug,
-gg-
this thread needs a B U M P ! … serious info in here! … cheers bluewolf7 AND OP
I have a bookmarks folder with around 30+ various Elektron related bookmarks. There’s only a couple from this forum, though, and this thread is one of them.
Great stuff.
When in poly mode, remember all the levels on the individual tracks need to be matched.
Also in poly mode selecting a track, makes what ever sound is on that track play polyphonically
So you have 6 patches at your disposal quite quickly, so make kits specifically for poly mode with 6 sounds that work well with chords
Anybody using Multitrig and Multi ENV? some fun there to be had.
Yoyo,
been a long time since I’ve lurked around this side-of-town hehe
Just moved to Oslo in January, any Elektron heads in Oslo?
Give me a holler…
I brought my MnM with me (off course, superior sequencer for my future synth-sequencing in Norway hehe)
This weekend I’ve tried a couple of different approaches,
on the Tracking Page (in Assign) you can apply a Tracking modulation to the Pitch (up to 16 OCTs)
It’s very strange, because of the scaling it’s totally retarded haha
The reason I’m talking about that is because I’ve been trying this Hard Sync method above…
Is there any way to adjust the Base Frequency of the Oscillator/Machine that you’re working with?
Like uhm… Besides Key-Tracking (MIDI Note Number)?
I’ve been using a 0 speed LFO (Square) with a Pitch Value, but it’s acting quite strange as well…
It seems the Sync’d Oscillator/Track/Machine is quite hard to control regarding the base pitch freq.
One trick was to put a note of your choosing to set the pitch then the previous track would Sync-control the (Sync’d) second track…
The Ring-Mod is also quite strange (in the manual it states that the external signal is mixed with an internal Modulator signal, what’s the base frequency of that exactly?) I wonder if the Ring-Mod tracks the pitch of the incoming MIDI Note Value?
Crazy thing is making 4x tracks of one Machine, differently transposed and tuned + panned ALL being Trigged by the first track.
All go into Bus CD
CD goes into Track 5 (which is a filter, triggered by Track 4)
and that goes into a Chorus at the end (Track 6) yielding a MASSIVE 4 oscillator mono synth hehe = Wannabe Mono/Poly hehe
Chords or a 4-voice mono, it’s pretty nuts…
LOL a google search for PRCH:
@rattl_e
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10:25 AM - 27 May 2011
@tknbhszm
19 Sep 13
“@rattl_e: すげー MonoMachineのDigiProのSYNC PRCHってどうやって使うんだろ とか思ってたら前のチャンネルのピッチにシンクしてるんだ・・・もう１年は使ってるのにまだまだ発見あるなあ（説明書読んでないだけ”
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@rattl_e
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10:25 AM - 27 May 2011
@tknbhszm
19 Sep 13
"rattl_e: I wish there is still found to soooo … another year I’m sinking to the pitch in front of the channel when I wanted to direct, and they wonder use how do I SYNC PRCH of DigiPro of MonoMachine is using (description only not read book "
Quoted from another thread:
So I guess the Ring-Mod tracks the pitch if trigged??
Ok so gave it some of ye olde’ brain time/power.
So Track 2 (being Sync’d)
In theory it should be possible to Offset the base pitch using the Arpeggiator (Offsetting the First Step, leaving the others unlit/disabled)
That should Fix the pitch (to your choosing) on the Sync’d track, avoid of the base-pitch/Note Value Track 1 is outputting (Track 1 wouldn’t be Trig-ing Track 2 in this case)
2¢?
Yup, the Ring-Mod tracks the incoming pitch from the Track that’s triggering it.
AND YES, the Arp (1-step + Offset) Works to OFFSET the Base-Pitch/Freq of a Track, it has to be triggered by the Track before it to start though
Yay!!!
This is definitely too advanced for me atm but keep dropping your knowledge, the tiny bits I manage to use make me see the machine totally differently !
Thanks guys
I love how this and the other Elektron gear is infinitely deep!
There are so many unexplored areas and so many capabilities
Currently I use my MD as a trigger sequencer/sync box for some older Arps and stuff, the GND-IM machine is really capable…
I had a CS-15 and some people would complain that the Envelopes aren’t too snappy… Actually they’re quite fast as long as you send it the correct trigger type, which you can totally ‘design’ with the GND-IM
I’d never heard the CS series gain such speed with the triggering, it was crazy!
Also, I’ve been testing the MnM more as a Polyphonic synth and that is a new world as well, it can make some beautiful sounds and it’s sometimes a nice way to create a sound in that mode and then switch to the Mono mode…
ps. the Phaser FX machine is IMO the best way to shape the oscillators (0 speed, 0 depth, to keep it still) along with the Ring-Mod, they yield the widest results…
Talking about Poly, I find myself often using the switching between Mono and Poly mode for Soloing the active voice.
I really like how easy it is to switch from Mono to Poly and vice versa.
It’s a very smart feature !
Thanks Helgi,
long time no see.
I went and tired all your new tips today and the mono just stands the test of time. Amazing stuff.
i have always tracked the filter down and up with transpose but the 2 osc synth is amazing.
I am currently working on a jp6 template as i have access to one and the mono can do some jp6 stuff for sure. also working on a tr808 template as i also have access to one.
i might also do some sampling on the arp 2006 for a mono wave pack. or jp6 pack.