Yes, that old thread again,
I remember finding an answer to this many years ago but I’m giving it a second thought now.
In the Monomachine manual (always nice to glance over manuals every once in a while) it says that when the MnM is synced to an External Clock the swing values become 4 fixed ones (50% 60% 70% 80%) this can be quite limiting regarding sequencing synthesizers (if you want different grooves).
The manual for the MD doesn’t state anything similar and it retains it’s full swing values even when it’s synced to an external clock…
I’ve always had my Monomachine as the master and the MD slaved to that,
but the Drum Machines in this world have their own grooves/rhythm and different timing bases (PPQN). The drummer keeps the time (most of the time).
Last night I was using the MD as master at 3/4 speed at 2X time with a low BPM then using the Monomachine as slave at 3/4 normal time (slower sequencer), transposing the arpeggiator (which plays at the same time as the MD).
I couldn’t really tell (without recording) which should be the Master?
The Monomachine maybe because of the loss of “detailed swing” when it’s a slave.
Maybe their output clock is quite similar, if not the same?
Maybe it’s different, who knows? I’d suspect a drum machine to have more of a rhythmic/timing feel instead of a sequencer which is more oriented towards melodies and “sequencing” notes… Maybe it’s similar…
The swing is definitely different on the two.
The MnM being (IMO) a bit more wonky (when it’s the master)
and the MD more smooth. (maybe that’s due to drum hits vs. synths and MIDI latency, I dunno)
Just got a MIDI Merger to merge a controller into the MnM along with the Sync from the M:;D hehe
But I’m thinking about PPQN values,
does anybody know these on the Machinedrum and Monomachine?
I read in an article about the Machinedrum that a 32nd note (in a specific scale mode, probably 2x speed) is 8 PPQN (so 8x4 = 36 PPQN? divide that by 2 = 18 PPQN hmmm)
I like 24 or 48 PPQN (swing becomes more drastic and it’s not so much information compared to say a 4096 PPQN computer sequencer)
It is possible to change the PPQN with Tempo and the Scale Function.
I just want to know what I’m working with so I can do the calculations hehe
-GGG