Machinedrum Sound Packs

[mofateam]

With those new features now available, I rediscovered my MD.
Íd like to see how more experienced (or more talented) users create their sounds and learn from them.
As much as I love the MD for its sequencer and its ability to do quirky stuff I never managed to get really slamming and punchy sounds out of it.

So - do you know if there are any soundpacks for the MD available?

[korpinen]

I haven’t come across any new sound packs as such but there are two sysex files for my two MD-only livesets (ambient/glitch/IDM, so these aren’t the punchiest sounds the MD can offer) that I made from April 2022 and November 2021. Each liveset was a little over 20 minutes long and the sysex includes all song, pattern and kit data. The first one was all done on the GND machines but in the second one I used some other machines as well, also a bit of internal sampling with the RAM machines.

So if you’re interested, the sysex files are free and can be found at the bottom of the opening posts in the threads below.

My new Machinedrum-only album and liveset

This album came together in the past seven months or so. Everything you hear on the album comes from the Elektron Machinedrum, and I only used GND machines. The unofficial X.04 and X.05 firmware updates served as a HUGE inspiration for this album. To the devs (@JustinValer, @v-yadli), you’re the best! Also big up to @waftlord for MD inspiration and @phaelam for letting me use an awesome photo of his as cover art! The last track on the album is a 22-minute liveset I performed at a small private …

My SECOND Machinedrum-only album and liveset

“where we go you must follow” is a sequel to last year’s ”in the gnd scheme of things” and includes 14 tracks written in the past six months. Everything you hear on the album is coming from the Elektron Machinedrum mk2 UW. On this album I’m expanding the sonic palette by using various MD machines as well as internal sampling. The main focus is still on GND machines with EFM machines also getting a fair share of use. About a year ago I really started digging into my Machinedrum, lar…

[mofateam]

i will definetly check these out. thank you so much!

[Prophane]

Oh that sounds good!! Are these sysex files for use with UW models only?

[korpinen]

Thank you! The first album/liveset only used GND machines (firmware X.04 at the time), no sampling was involved. In the second liveset (X.05) I used internal sampling a little bit but I believe you can load the sysex into a non-UW Machinedrum to get hold of the synthesised sounds. In the second liveset I also used a variety of MD machines, not just GND.

So both livesets were done with the unofficial firmware.

[Prophane]

Niiice!! Thanks a lot. I had tried to load the old 909 sysex but for some reasons nothing happens when I try to send the sysex to the MD… Hopefully this will work