I’ve had my MnM for about four months now and have been more than happy using it with my MD and nothing else. Anyway, I finally got around to plugging my dusty old JUNO-60 into the MnM. I knew it would be cool, but I had no idea it was going to be this mind blowing!
The MnM has given this old JUNO-60 new life! Don’t get me wrong, the JUNO has always sounded great (I"ve had the JUNO for like 15 years), and it’s fun to play with, but I’m no keyboardist, and the thing doesn’t even have MIDI. Plus, I’ve been working with a DAW for years, up til recently. So the JUNO has been collecting dust for a long damn time.
The best part is being able to sequence the JUNO via the MnM (input as a ‘THRU’ machine). Of course being able to filter and fx the sound within the MnM is also quite awesome as well, but I think the real magic is with the sequencing (maybe just because I’ve never been able to sequence the JUNO before).
One of the coolest things ever is to set the JUNO with an arp running and then make an assymetrical pattern for the JUNO on the MnM sequencer and mess with the HOLD and DECAY for the JUNO, within the MnM. Choppy arp madness is the result! Then I tweak the JUNO while the MnM sequence is breaking up the arp pattern …and with the right sound …things get very very interesting!
Anyway, this is all probably old hat for a lot of you guys. But I’m over here gettin’ silly happy with this, and thought maybe it would be inspiration for somebody else, and maybe be a thread that wouldn’t turn into fighting and shit talking.