Idm glitch Ar

Elektron Gear Analog Rytm
1

I am looking for some tips ,techniques in making some crazy idm ish beats with analog Machines on rytm,while i find it quite easy with samples and stuff ,analog engines are still Kind of pain in that field .Cheers

1 Like
2

NEI tracks are cool. Gives you essentially a bernoulli gate type effect.

Eg

  1. Set track 1 and 2 to be different lengths , let’s say 4 and 7.
  2. Now put trigs on EVERY trig.
  3. Now set all trigs on track 2 to /NEI (not neighbour, it will play when track 1 doesnt)
  4. Now set the trig probability on track 1 trigs to whatever u want.
  5. Whenever track 1 plays, track 2 won’t. When track 1 doesn’t play, track 2 will!

I’ve got some cool effects stacking things like this using track 1+2 4+5 8+9.

Try randomizing a page, then plock all the settings on a trig by holding trig and pressing each encoder. Then release and randomize again and p lock a different trig with the random values.

If you then add LFOs to some parameters it can get pretty crazy.

Another big one is sound locks on every trig. Or LFO sample slot.

24 Likes
3

Oh wow this is such a cool tip thanks!

1 Like
4

Just this one is enough to make IDM.

1 Like
5

Some feature requests I’ve put in that would kick this up a notch

  • recording randomization as plocks
    So we don’t need to manually lock each param :smiley:

  • instead of neibour - target a particular track

  • have track “chance” count as a trig condition so you could change an entire track’s feel without having to hold the trigs and change trig probability :smiley:

2 Likes
6

A personal favorite of mine… kick drum, any machine, medium to long decay in the SRC page. Then, in the amp page, set attack to 0 or 1, releases to 1 or 2, longer hold time to taste, and then P lock the bahjeezus out of the hold parameter to shorter lengths. The listener will be expecting a longish kick tail but then nope short and abrupt. Very simple, elegant, and maximum glitch.

5 Likes
7

Treat the pattern select like an instrument.

  • Program a full bank of 1 bar patterns, make them very different with a lot of p-locks, use multiple different kits, even.

  • then, stick a toothpick in the bank select button so that it stays pressed down, leaving all of your other fingers on both hands free.

  • now, with direct jump turned on, play/switch the patterns in realtime

Dennis Stein does this very well:
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CDb77aOBfW6/

10 Likes
8

yea thats the way to do it. introvertmusic does that technique really well too. top stuff.

direct change is great.

2 Likes
9

good stuff…

10

I wish direct change could be controlled via midi :(.

I love the RYTM, best drum machine ever.

2 Likes
11

Cool

12

This technique is real nice! Even with the same pattern but 16 different kits you can get some really cool stuff going on!

1 Like
13

Watching this thread like a hawk. A hawk who’s really into complex beats and has an under-utilised RYTM

1 Like
14

Put in a bug report! I know it’s not officially a bug, but when I first encountered this I thought it was :frowning:
The more people who report “bugs” like this, the more likely Elektron might try to fix it! :slight_smile:

2 Likes
15

Is this interesting technique described specifically in the context of the question about Analog Rytm, or can it also be applied to creating rhythms on the Analog Four? :blush:

16

Yes it should do

1 Like