I love sampling on the Rytm, it seems to add a little magic to whatever passes through it. I’ve heard others talk about the Machinedrum being similar to an SP1200 in how it adds grit and degrades samples, being a 12 bit unit. Can anybody chime in on differences here? I’m curious to know how samples on each machine differ when you add more processing to them, like pitching them down or continually resampling.
I cannot speak for Rytm because I would like one but still not the moment. I have MD UW though and I can confirm degradation on his monophonic (not stereo) sampling.
Sound is somehow crunchier but still not harsh. Resampling on a first pass acts as a onepole low pass filter. With less details on global sound.
Pitching instead does what a read buffer does: slows down with pitch down and speeds up on pitch up. There is not timestretch.
If you then would like to listen to something specific, I have some spare times in the next four days and I can process some sound if you like
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Man that would be awesome - just about to pull the trigger on a mk2
Even if it’s just fucking with loads of parameters on 1 kick drum
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I have both, Machinedrum SPS-1UW MK2 and Analog Rythm MK2.
I can confirm that there is significant difference in MD sampling vs AR. AR is way more subtle in changing the sound, while I do find MD sampling to have quite a crunch. I still have old Akai S3200 and use it extensively as there is no machine that can match that particular sound when stretching and pitching, but I can say MD has some of that quality. AR is way more pristine, but it does have its own character too.
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I really am torn between the machinedrum and the rythm but the price of the machine drum is pushing me in the other direction
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