can’t choose just any machine on each track… a beautiful thing… creates a certain order and balance to the machine… has focus… but allows samples at the same time which really opens the experience up in a way that makes sense…
this machine just captures the energy of the experience and recycles it so well… so inspiring… ive never felt so content with a machine before
the menu system feels 3 dimensional almost… more than other elektron gear? the menu layout just make sense… a few hiccups but not many
no midi sequence out… don’t need any other gear so whatever
inputs to compressor only? maintains the focus of rytm… rytm really sounds amazing mixed with compressed input signal…
this is seriously the only box i need. ive been slimming my studio down for a while now… this is a god send as far as how much i can use it
this machine is incredible man… feels so warm and just alive… organic
i’m very happy with mine too. i have machinedrum MKII+ and i have some things i don’t like. But with Layering Techniques you can get the sound too. I always (in my research of finding the good sound, especially kick) in touch with the layering techniques. Before AR, i was on VPS Metrum + Jomox MBASE11 and samples from Nathaniel http://www.drivenmachinedrums.com
Also i’m in Deep and Techno so i don’t looking for the same than the other which is not in this kind of music. With the AR i have all i need honestly. Sometimes i want 2 of this to have 16 voices… but with Machinedrum no need. I will learn to use it where the Machinedrum is so special. (FM and LFO)
Again like the Machinedrum i’m not really happy with Cymbal. But i will use sample anyway i prefer acoustic and real ones. Real Metal and Long releases is so beautiful to my ears. I can’t go with Synthesis.
Things i like in the AR, is in FACT you can go anywhere evolving textures with the granular things like Cenk show on a sample (with sample start and end point, pitch etc… + LFO) You can go to very Nice BASSES with get out the TIC of the sound, release a bit the decay.
Distortion and Overdrive can gives all you need, you always low down the master knob on the AR… this machine can really CRUNCH everything.
I really think to a Sherman Filter to see how i can go crazy with Distortion in a JAZZ Way… and Groovy Way…
I’m very happy. it’s a very good investment in my life !
I’m undecided on what my next big instrument purchase is going to be and, for some reason, I’m feeling a groovebox. From what I hear so far, the Rytm is/can be an all-inclusive machine (not JUST for drums).
Am I correct in feeling this way? Please tell me I am.
it’s an Analog Four build for Drums, with Sample Layering Playback. You can mess and do so much more than drums. But i’m not AR experimented to affirm you can do everything. I’m not sure you can do chords per example, but you can add it as a sample and put the fundamental as a Sub Oscillator with the synth one octave lower… I think you can do so much. That’s inspiring for experiment and tweak. As it says before just One LFO per voice + LFO on FX track which is nice because you can tweak with LFO a lot of FX parameters. I think if you want to your drums breathes and living it’s the perfect drum machine.
Just ordered mine from a retailer in the UK - it’s coming on Monday!!
This thing better be as good as you guys say it is as this is the most amount of money I’ve ever spent on anything and it’s my first bit of music gear:slight_smile:
i’m very happy with mine too. i have machinedrum MKII+ and i have some things i don’t like. But with Layering Techniques you can get the sound too. I always (in my research of finding the good sound, especially kick) in touch with the layering techniques. Before AR, i was on VPS Metrum + Jomox MBASE11 and samples from Nathanael http://www.drivenmachinedrums.com
Also i’m in Deep and Techno so i don’t looking for the same than the other which is not in this kind of music. With the AR i have all i need honestly. Sometimes i want 2 of this to have 16 voices… but with Machinedrum no need. I will learn to use it where the Machinedrum is so special. (FM and LFO)
Again like the Machinedrum i’m not really happy with Cymbal. But i will use sample anyway i prefer acoustic and real ones. Real Metal and Long releases is so beautiful to my ears. I can’t go with Synthesis.
Things i like in the AR, is in FACT you can go anywhere evolving textures with the granular things like Cenk show on a sample (with sample start and end point, pitch etc… + LFO) You can go to very Nice BASSES with get out the TIC of the sound, release a bit the decay.
Distortion and Overdrive can gives all you need, you always low down the master knob on the AR… this machine can really CRUNCH everything.
I really think to a Sherman Filter to see how i can go crazy with Distortion in a JAZZ Way… and Groovy Way…
I’m very happy. it’s a very good investment in my life !
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ToneBuilder (Nathaniel)
Did a pure job with 3 sample pack, pure CLASS A samples with crazy techniques for create those packs. There’s 3 packs, DMD 1.5 + DMD Strike back + DMD MD (special Machinedrum)
Not so much known this and it’s a very nice collection (probably one of the best with GoldBaby) if they both do that duplicate with folders for each key of an octave or half octave. I probably not go on a machinedrum. I’m quite happy with this packs and my Analog Rytm
I haven’t received mine yet, but from what I’ve seen and read, your ability to create synth patches is far more limited than, say, on the A4. So it may not be the all-in-one, groovebox solution you’re looking for. But I could be wrong, so keep watching this board and YouTube videos and decide for youself.
Personally, if you’re looking for an all-in-one solution, I think the Tempest is terrific. It can do everything. The sequencer isn’t as good as Elektron’s, that’s for sure. But it really does do everything, from drums to basses to pads to leads, and you can sequence it all up on one machine and play it.
But again, before you invest the $1,500 on an AR, do the research to make sure it meets your needs.
Chromatic mode works fine, but it would really benefit from using scales. You can easily switch octaves with the arrow keys and the pad colors indicate the octaves. The bass tom plays very nice for making those sub basslines and playing samples (single cycle or complete chords) is great fun. I’d like the rytm alot more as an all-in-one groovebox as opposed to the tempest, because of the built-in fx, more voices, the ability to load samples, the better sequencer and better compressor/distortion. I felt the tempest always needed alot more gear like a mixing desk and external fx to make it shine.
Chromatic mode works fine, but it would really benefit from using scales. You can easily switch octaves with the arrow keys and the pad colors indicate the octaves. The bass tom plays very nice for making those sub basslines and playing samples (single cycle or complete chords) is great fun. I’d like the rytm alot more as an all-in-one groovebox as opposed to the tempest, because of the built-in fx, more voices, the ability to load samples, the better sequencer and better compressor/distortion. I felt the tempest always needed alot more gear like a mixing desk and external fx to make it shine.[/quote]
I agree with most of what you’re saying. The Tempest allows the 16 pads to be assigned to notes of a scale, which is very handy. One thing is certain: The Tempest and AR are not interchangeable. So there’s only one solution – buy both!
Chromatic mode works fine, but it would really benefit from using scales. You can easily switch octaves with the arrow keys and the pad colors indicate the octaves. The bass tom plays very nice for making those sub basslines and playing samples (single cycle or complete chords) is great fun. I’d like the rytm alot more as an all-in-one groovebox as opposed to the tempest, because of the built-in fx, more voices, the ability to load samples, the better sequencer and better compressor/distortion. I felt the tempest always needed alot more gear like a mixing desk and external fx to make it shine.[/quote]
I agree with most of what you’re saying. The Tempest allows the 16 pads to be assigned to notes of a scale, which is very handy. One thing is certain: The Tempest and AR are not interchangeable. So there’s only one solution – buy both! [/quote]
Personally I prefer the tempest as a synth but the AR as an all in one groovebox. DSI really missed a trick with not allowing users to load their own samples like the AR.
Chromatic mode works fine, but it would really benefit from using scales. You can easily switch octaves with the arrow keys and the pad colors indicate the octaves. The bass tom plays very nice for making those sub basslines and playing samples (single cycle or complete chords) is great fun. I’d like the rytm alot more as an all-in-one groovebox as opposed to the tempest, because of the built-in fx, more voices, the ability to load samples, the better sequencer and better compressor/distortion. I felt the tempest always needed alot more gear like a mixing desk and external fx to make it shine.[/quote]
I agree with most of what you’re saying. The Tempest allows the 16 pads to be assigned to notes of a scale, which is very handy. One thing is certain: The Tempest and AR are not interchangeable. So there’s only one solution – buy both! [/quote]
Personally I prefer the tempest as a synth but the AR as an all in one groovebox. DSI really missed a trick with not allowing users to load their own samples like the AR.[/quote]
Totally agree. That’s probably the only thing that keeps the Tempest from being perfect. I’d love to be able to load in some vocal or instrumental samples into the Tempest and sequence and tweak those. Oh well, I guess I’ll have to use my RYTM for that. (Remember what I said? Get both! )
I wonder if DSI will ever write an OS update that will allow users to do that? Probably not considering it’s already a three-year-old machine. But we can dream, right?
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it’s an Analog Four build for Drums,
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I dont think thats accurate actually - from what I understand the analog circuitry that drives the synthesis in AR is quite different from the A4, as in a different design. Maybe they share some filter circuits but probably not much else, because drum synths need to be super snappy and also have ultra low bass response.
Yeah, also preferring the Tempest as a synth, although I do like to bang out drum patterns on those pads from time to time. To my surprise I’m thinking about selling the A4 and keeping the Tempest as a synth. Not sure yet as there are many things I love about the A4, but the unavoidable menu diving for a synth with so many parameters takes away some of the spontaneity.
Strangely this doesn’t bug me at all on the OT, and I don’t feel like t would be an issue on the AR either…I think my brain thinks differently about sample tweaking and drum programming than it does about synthesis, where I want a more free form interface. The lack of free-running LFOs on the Tempest is still killing me though, along with the ‘so what’ attitude about ongoing development
Back on topic though, I’m more and more impressed by the AR demos I’ve been hearing, for both drums and bass duties, everything on the machine seems to be working in perfect harmony…
Yeah sure, AR is hardly a medolic synth compared to the tempest.
Funny thing is, one of the main reasons of me ditching the tempest is the menu diving on it. Even simple things like adsr envelopes required shift combinations, selecting modes and selecting which screen to display. With the AR/A4 its much more direct, only 1 action away most of the time. Only the performance macros are a bitch to setup on a4
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