listening on cheesy earbuds but man this sounds great from here. right in the pocket with tasty synth and perc lines. i know some tech heads in this town who would groove to this.
cheers, I’m glad you dig it.
enjoyed thanks
Nice one, Adam!
Impressive! Makes me wanna get the MnM (which by the way you inspired me to consider) that bit more
Sounds great! I love that main bass line / sound, super cool and the variations are spot on.
Is that the fm dynamic machine playing the main riff?
So, yea, the track is laid out like this:
12 step, 3/4 time sig. 1 pattern.
Tr1: DPRO-BBOX (heavily p-locked C0 kick and 1/8th note hat)
Tr2 DPRO-BBOX (16th note hat with Amp-Dec LFO + Effx-Dsnd LFO)
Tr3: DPRO DDRW (high pitched synth that comes in once in a while. 2 Oxford Overdrive waveforms
Tr4: FM-STAT (main riff, no automation, just live filtering + FM tweakery)
Tr5: Reverb (I think MnM does a solid HF plate reverb, HP at 12 o’clock, short decay, gate at 1 o’clock)
Tr6: Empty
This is, more or less, a rough live version recorded stereo 2 track. I’ve been composing a new live set, and this is part of it.
I am going to record this again multitrack to my DAW, using the 6 outputs for the final mix version, with variations and a bit longer recording time, to be released on Chroma Recordings with a couple other MnM tracks.
I love the Monomachine. For techno, it can be a do-it-all box, but you have to succumb to it’s timbre, especially if you want to do a lot of drums (and therefore utilize the BBOX somewhat). There’s not a lot happening in the BBOX in the low/mid register. You can p-lock the EQ and filter for some things, but overall there’s not really much there to bring out with EQ or filters in the first place. So, to get a full sound, what works for me is using the synths to synthesize either additional percussion in that register, or riffs that can work with notation down there.
The Rytm+MnM tracks sound completely different, and a bit more polished, but I really like how the MnM points me in a unique direction when I limit myself to using it standalone.
nice. you are milking a fat sound out of the MnM. i’m always impressed by MnM only tracks. the machine just seems to draw unique music out of its operators.