Rytm as a groovebox?

[pokk]

No worries, happy to help.

Indeed the 101 is probably my favourite synth, Robert Hood normally rocks it pretty hard, but Sleeparchive and Regis are

I’ll sort out some 101 raw waveform files to use in the Rytm soon, as it make it sound pretty nice, although the internal DUAL VCO is pretty good.

[uNAQ]

@pokk

The other thing is although the AR has one LFO internal per track, you can set it up to use a track as an LFO or modulator and then use one or both of the Control In’s for more LFO’s. You can even modulate the modulator. This make it sound similar from your standard LFO to env follower style or audio modulation.

That sounds like something i havent thought about! Could you elaborate?

[alechko]

send individual out to CV in and set the CV control to Expression mode, then hit Learn and you’ll have a modulation you can send up to 4 tracks and their params

[uNAQ]

Does that work on the mk1 too?

[alechko]

I don’t think it works on mk1 as afaik there are no CV ins on mk1, but can’t confirm as I only have mk2

[pokk]

Yeah totally, it’s something that slipped by many of us it seems.

[alechko]

I tried it once but couldn’t figure out that I need to switch to Expression mode, I didn’t think that it mattered so it didn’t work obviously on CV, once I’ve seen your video it occurred to me that you need to switch to Expression for it to work. It’s really something Elektron maybe can add to the docs as a tip, it’s such an expressive modulation, very cool

[monquixote]

Literally just came here to say this…

[pokk]

Yeah totally agree, it’s a few hoops that aren’t immediately obvious. I think also it’s not something you typically think of to plug a machine into itself, unless you’ve done it before and even then it’s not immediately obvious.

Elektron has so many people starting out with these perhaps as their first hardware, so it’s good to share the learning. As is seemingly the case, selling the product is the focus and presumably the end point for manufacturers, but it’s very much the starting point for everyone else. Not a criticism of Elektron or anyone.

It reminds me a little of computer games, you get the thing and now to try and work it out and get the platinum

[alechko]

@pokk

I think also it’s not something you typically think of to plug a machine into itself, unless you’ve done it before and even then it’s not immediately obvious.

actually I thought about it as soon as I got the rytm because I knew the midi feedback from the digitone, so looping elektron into itself is the first thing came to my mind

[pokk]

Nice, thats it, if you have the previous experience it’s an easier leap for sure.

I used to do audio feedback on the Nord G1 and Lucia does mixer feedback, the midi feedback came to me when looking through the midi menus, which are pretty amazing, hoping to do arpeggios.

I vaguely remember the Digitone has some work around for chords or something? I don’t have one.

[alechko]

DN has scales and chords built in after the latest song mode update so you don’t need to work hard for that, what you can use the midi loopback for is adding midi tracks with lfos as additional trigs/modulation to itself, you can also use the midi lfos to control macros of ModWheel/Aftertouch/BreatController for the tracks or FX parameters, DN does not have FX track so using midi channels you can sort of add FX track with the sequencer and everything. very cool stuff for experimentation, and unlike the AR the midi tracks on DN are very flexible and you have 4 of them totally independent, all you need is a short midi cable OUT > IN and that’s it.