You can do it, but you need to use an external sequencer which is capable of recording in finer resolution. Elektron sequencers are not linear in that sense, they only store data in the sequencer steps, microtiming being the only exception to its rigid time grid
Basically all the big machines that came before the Digi series: Machinedrum, Monomachine, Octatrack, Analog Four and Analog Rytm. The implementation is very similar between them, but not entirely identical. I think there’s a thread discussing it somewhere…
On the Rytm and Four you have parameter slides. These configure a ramp from one trig to another. It does give you smooth transitions, yes. But you can’t manually record knob turns and get the smooth ramps, unless you modify all the recorded p-locks to also use param slides. Whatever box you’re on, you have to accept and work with the step sequencer.
I don’t know how MM and MnM work. I’ve forgotten whether Octatrack has slides.
Whichever ones have parameter slides, off the top of my head it’s the Machine Drum, Monomachine, Octatrack, Analog Rytm, and Analog 4.
It’s been a while since I played an MnM/MD, but the way you describe it it sounds very similar to the the AR/A4 implementation. First record knob movements which are recorded as p-locks on-trig, then apply slide trigs in the slide trig track.
The OT is the same iirc.
Edit: The main difference I remember with the MD is that it doesn’t have trigless trigs or trigless locks, so you can’t have slide trigs between main trigs. But someone with more fresh experience with MD/MnM should chime in.
Edit 2: Here’s the post detailing the differences in the MnM slide trig implementation:
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Not to derail this thread, but I’m curious;
Does the Tonverk have slide trigs?
If not, it feels like this is a closed chapter in the book of Elektron.
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no slide trigs on TV… yet. But who knows what gets added, its still a very much WIP device IMO
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