SOPHIE's sound design (Digitone or Monomachine?)

That’s awesome. The sounds are so close I’d never know if you’d just played the audio to me.

If you still have it would you mind sharing the sysex please ? Like you did with the Digitone.

I’ve learn’t quite a lot from that sysex and I’d love to get those sounds out of my Monomachine.

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Sure, thanks!

Thank you!

I planned to get .syx out of the MNM, but did not have time to figure out how to do it correctly and already returned the synth to the owner from whom I borrowed it. This old elektron’s snapshot/kit structure is quite confusing for me as a user of the Digi family :new_moon_with_face:

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Yeah I know what you mean :slight_smile: It is quite different.

Thank you anyway I’ll continue to use you excellent DN sysex to learn and model on the MNM. Which in long run is probably better for my learning :slight_smile:

Recently got a Digitone, was wondering if creating sounds like

and

(The lead btw) were possible, and if so how you would go about creating them? Help would be suuuper appreciated, i’m very new to the Digi, and eager to make these sounds. Thanks! :wink:

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@krypt wow I’m surprised I was looking for some insight into wether digitone can produced sounds like sophie (Well MnM, which she uses as we all know), which I was thinking about buying but since I saw ur reply I think it’s possible but still would like to get your opinion and advice as I’m new to this Hyperpop thing and just recently discovered sophie after her death, smh.

After all ur experience with the DT do you think it can produced full fledge tracks and mainly sounds like sophie with a little bit of ableton influence?

And Also 1) can we record out the MIDI arp data out of DT into DAW?
2) can we import waveforms into digitone, I know it does FM synthesis but does it also allow to import user designed waveforms kinda like serum?

I’m eagerly waiting for your reply.

All the best,
Aydin

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I don’t think there’s a midi arp function in DN, and as of now, there’s no way to import your own waves neither.

Just to make it clear, we usually keep DT for Digitakt, and DN for Digitone :tongue:

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@LyingDalai That makes sense, from now onwards I will be aware of that. Thanks for letting me know.

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@Loku5150 But I saw some YT videos where they were discussing that DN has only midi arp or (audio arp I don’t remember clearly tho?!) , but if we cannot import user waves, can we create weird wave shapes (like in serum where we can have the first half square and second half sine etc. you get it) or are we limited to only 4 basic operators (saw, square, sine and triangle) ?

I’m 99% certain DN can’t send arp over midi, if that’s what you mean.

There’s a possibility of creating quite strange wave shapes with “harmonics” factor.

@Loku5150 I initially wanted to buy a monomachine but after I found out it’s rarity and sky rocketing prices, I decided to go with DN but after having a conversation with you thanks to the forum, I’m thinking that DN might not be the right machine for me, can you please suggest a monomachine equivalent from the elektron family or any other in you vicinity, I can only afford 1 machine hence this confusion, so can you tell me one machine thats close to MnM?

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Im in the same boat - would love to get a MnM, but it would be a irresponsible move for me, given it’s prices, and the fact that it’s a 15yo (not sure) machine with growing uncertainty regarding the possibility of repair.

However, I don’t really think there’s anything similar to it in Elektron line up, or in any other company’s line up right now. The specific early 00s idm flavour it has is really something special. However if what you’re after is Sophie-inspired sound design, I think DN can make you pretty happy - it sure worked that way for me. Or You can get Cycles, if you don’t want to invest too much cash.

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If you really want to chase the SOPHIE Monomachine sound without buying a Monomachine, to be honest the only thing that might come close would be software and a lot of time. You can get FM synths, or wavetable synths, but not something that combines the particular character of the synths and FX chained into each other with p-locks and parameter slides.

I don’t think either DN or MC sound very much like the Monomachine, nor are they designed in a similar way (apart from the sequencers). I think the DN has more of the spirit though - more corners to explore freely.

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Well if you start slicing samples of FM+wavetable+FX then you get close again.

I would encourage you to explore FM synthesis in general before making another purchase. It’s a tricky synthesis to learn but it is quite rewarding to design sound with, stay strong and continue your creative journey.

If you decide to sell the DN you can always rely on Operator in Ableton, although it’s interface isn’t nearly as intuitive as the DN.

I think learning how it’s done is one thing but if you use the same methods your music may be labelled ‘sounds like Sophie’

Not necessarily a bad thing unless you want to define your own sound (which is incredibly difficult)

See also’ sounds like aphex / boards of Canada / autechre / Kraftwerk / status quo (or oasis)

I’m guilty of this with Lfo and other acts.‘

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The two extra destinations for key tracking is a big part of the MnM so that alone, in my estimation would make it hard to find a hardwave synth capable of similar stuff, not to even begin with its unique sound and infrastructure.

Nord Modular?
(never tried any but from the looks of it, you gain in flexibility what you loose in intuitivity)

I’ve had good results getting similar sounds out of the Digitone. It’s all about short delays, overdrive, and clever envelope and LFO work. Don’t waste your money on a 2000 dollar instrument trying to sound like another artist. You don’t really need any special gear for her sound, it’s all about attitude. Any FM or additive synth paired with a delay can probably get you close.

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