Machinedrum SPS1-UW X.04 Released [ Unofficial ]

Thanks for the suggestions. Might try scoping the output just for educational and entertainment purposes.
Tried taking pics of the md screens some time ago but had a hard time getting the angle exactly the same each time.

Anyway, had another go at Inkscape after posting and did a bit more rtfming (as I should have to start with but they mostly seemed to come in yt video format and I want text, dammit!) and got all the shapes now plus learned a basic skill :tada:
My brain is stupid.

On the gnd sn if I use the 2nd or 3nd voice and modulate the voices pitch with an lfo Im getting quite a bit of noise but only if the note is low enough. Doesn’t make a difference of I turn the track down.

Hello friends!
Excited to hear about the new X.04 Firmware here.
Installed a few days ago and am really enjoying the new machines with multi-pitch capabilities.

I am wondering if there is a way to globally transpose all pitches within a machine.
Is there a way to shift all 3 pitches together so I can quickly transpose the full chord?

Cheers!

Pretty sure everything is relative to PTCH1, no?

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the aching user of the monomachine is very much dreaming of new functions. e.g. trigger probabilities. :))))

Digitakt can do that for ya. The x. 04 doesn’t have trig probabilities for the MD. But there is a way to create random probability inside both tbe MD and MnM with a midi loop trick. I’ve seen it posted here and there.

thanks, but this is not what I want.

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Looks like it’s possible to download stream video with youtube-dl, which I’m doing at the moment.

Very inspiring!

Can you borrow a Monomachine and play around the same way?

  • Take the coords of the 4 corners of the MD screen in your pic, put them in a matrix X={(x0,y0);(x1,y1);(x2,y2);(x3,y3)}.
  • Put the desired coords of the 4 corners of the MD screen into a matrix, ideally Y={(0,0); (127,0); (0,63); (127,63)}
  • Find the transformation matrix by solvingX * T = Y
  • Now, apply the transformation to every coordinate in your picture
  • Boom, you get a 128x64 image that maps to the MD screen! :stuck_out_tongue:

Or alternatively, use something like Microsoft Onenote which does the conversion automatically

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:scream_cat:

Thanks for doing that, I really enjoyed. It seemed like after the 1 hour 20 mark that everything you did turned out golden!

There was a bass sound you created that I didn’t realise the MD was capable of. I tried to recreate without joy last night.

But your video motivated me to try using the same machine type to create all the different sounds for a song, and that turned out pretty successful.

I’d love to have more of these streamed events.

I missed the stream but I just got done working on an MD song and I gotta tell you. The tonal efm hihat and bass drum have hours of exploration of them alone.

I’ve gotten clean & distorted guitar sounds, wurly sounds, brass sounds, and electric piano sounds from them so far.

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Couldn’t agree more, although I haven’t got to the EFM machines yet! :rofl: I’ve probably messed around with just the GND machines more than 20 hours.

Inspired by the X GND Squadron challenge, I’ve pushed myself a little bit to create whole tracks with those sounds alone. Then again, the GND sounds are plenty! Probably my favourite thing is how easy it is to create pads / chords with the sine and saw sounds!

The new firmware totally rekindled my love for the MD. I’m paraphrasing but I agree with what Ess said in his livestream that the MD is still unrivalled in the field of complex drum machines.

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So for pads are you using just one since gnd and putting an lfo on tbe volume with ramp shape to have a long attack?

Weirdly enough I’ve been using the gnd-im for a lot. It’s a good addition to background percussion. Also the Gnd machines have been really interesting in producing my own one shots. Drum synthesis is rewarding.

It really is one of a kind.

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Exactly, fairly slow lfo. And then drench it in reverb. :slightly_smiling_face:

The MD reverb is a spacey one.

Perhaps you can help me with this.

How are you doing the X squad thing? I’m unable to transfer Sysex files from the MD to my computer or vice versa. Can’t send or receive samples either. C6 freezes on my PC every time. Only thing it worked for oddly is the firmware update (thank goodness)

Sorry, I haven’t transferred sysex myself yet for my X GND tracks, so I’m not sure if I can help you with that. The sounds and patterns I’ve come up with so far are also very basic so I’m not sure if there’s a point sharing the sysex.

The C6 has worked ok for me with the firmware update and the one time I transferred the Autechre sysex to the Monomachine. I did have some weird behaviour at first with the C6 but that could’ve been just my inexperience with the program. (I’m using the Elektron TM-1 to connect my computer (macbook pro) to the Machinedrum.)

Since it worked for you with the firmware update, would think it’ll eventually let you transfer other sysex as well!

Okay, thanks. I’ll look more into it.

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:thinking: Do you mean: Different offset of an octave for the DIFFERENT SN GND machines 1-4?
Or do you mean: Other machines (for example toms) to have a different offset?

Does anyone of you use the SN Gnd machines for chords or chord stabs?

Cheers

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