Writing better melodies and harmonies (on Elektron machines)

Thats a pretty good video/thread. He has a bunch of chords in a midi, which he uses to sample synths into his OT, which he then slices up and can explore with plocking slices.

This guy is also cool Elektron Octatrack Mk1 🧻🧻 – ManCave he’s an OG of electronic music in Australia and re the OT he writes

Do you like loops? Good. Do you like melodic progressions? Not so good. Even the clever bald dude that demos the unit online tends to get a groove and just fuss that around. It is just a rhythm machine and you will need other toys to provide the actual music.

Obs people will disagree but it does kinda match my own experiences.

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