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Hmm I don’t know sorry! I don’t use multi mode. Seems to be different experiences for people. Perhaps it’s to do with particular MIDI setups different people have. Next time I’m messing with the arp on the Blofeld I’ll report back anything I notice

Hey! Many thanks and glad you like it! It is great machine - very solid and dependable. I enjoy its general simplicity and manual muting and Song mode is very powerful and fast to work with. I also dig its industrial design and form factor

@@quietandpeacefulman same, I bought an RK-008 and now I rarely use my mmt-8, glad that the workflow still lives on

@Ancaja123 yes well I now own a Digitone, Beatstep Pro and a Keystep 37 and other sequencers but it sits at the centre of my setup and is almost always used in every track - love the thing

Thanks! Glad you like it

Thanks! That clap sound is very house, and the kick drum too, and various other 808 and 909 kit elements. It’s all shuffling at 56% which also gives a housey feel.

Hah! Yes wonder why? It is a very dim LCD screen so wouldn’t expect to be able to read it from this video. But would have expected the red LEDs to be visible and they’re not. It was very bright that day. Who knows. You’ll need to take my word for it that it is live and real-time! I’m too busy to fake videos unlike many others out there it seems

@@quietandpeacefulman Clear answer, I understand, it is accepted. Thank you!

Glad you enjoyed it!

They were an unusual part-toy/part musical instrument and due to their limitations and unusual workflow are of interest to electronic musicians today. The only missing link is the ability to sync with other instruments - beyond its scope and price point. But I really like the analogue raw sounds it makes and the hihats accent programming is something special and particular to its sound. Sampling instruments and phrases from it is the only way to implement it in a modern setup. I guess something like the Arturia Drumbrute is a modern sonic equivalent or a Nord Drum - or of course any modern drum pad system with the ability to speak to a DAW. Personally I try to avoid DAW workflows and don’t even use the pads on the unit and just enjoy its intrinsic quirks, limitations and ways of working.

Thanks! Glad you like it. It’s basically an Ableton drum kit being triggered by a random arpeggiator from an Akai MIDI controller. Creates endless variation within a drum kit if known sounds

Sounds good!

Glad you like it - thanks!

There is no up without down

Thanks! Glad it moves you

Nice one! Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks! In a parallel universe I didn’t have to work full-time in design to support myself and instead made music with much of the same gear

Nice one Ian! Glad you like it. Performance in summer hopefully

Many thanks!

Very kind words thanks! Glad you like it. I’m developing in Processing which is open source so at some point I may be able to share. It’s a personal project and a work on progress

Glad you liked it! I also remade and developed it and uploaded to Soundcloud

No greater accolade

Seems a lot of us did!

Thanks man!

Wicked

Sound

Thanks! Glad you like it

The Cupboard in the House

Nice one! Say “my pleasure” to your ears

Glad you feel it!

I tried translating this and no luck! Any clues?! Hope you liked it

OK! Got it - "hit it hard". Yessssss!

You know what? I’ve had an epiphany. I’m going to make harder tracks. I’ve been a bit polite so far. In the mood

Only got 2 hands!

Very kind words. Thanks!

Hah! Glad you enjoyed it as much as I did making it. I love an analogue scope - I have 6 heh! I will be uploading an expanded mix of this track to Soundcloud soon and will post link in the video description. Thanks again!

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it

Yes Andrew. Yes to it all

Thanks

Hi. Yes that Digitone is great for kicks. I often use the Esi to simply sample a stereo input then trim and filter etc. it’s possible to set it up as an 8 separate out beast with the Turbo (many early jungle records made this way). I have also done midi sample dump to it after prepping samples on a computer (mono only). However I like using the pitch bend wheel to scrub back and forth over the sample when editing to audition a bit like a DJ scrubbing back a record - takes a little getting used to but fast and hands on and away from the damn computer. The Esi workflow is initially quirky but you soon memorise key presses to avoid using the jog wheel too much. Good luck!

I guess the chords are typical BOC style with less wow and flutter and Wagon Christ more the sparse percussive bits here. I’m not deliberately emulating or whatever - just comes out this way

Thanks!

Thanks for your kind words. Glad you like it!

Hi - glad you like it! I have a restricted palette (although it’s not really restricted with some of these synths as they are so flexible). I like it that way! So the DrumStation is almost always involved just because it is an 808 and 909 with extra editing features and 6 separate outs which go into my Mackie desk! I have various drum maps set up on the Beatstep Pro for kits. This means I can eq and add send effects to discreet parts which allows me to expand these classic sounds. It’s a great unit. It doesn’t do any side chain or anything like that - no effects out of the box. I ramp up input gain on the kick input on the mixer and cut the slider to compensate and makes the kick thicker. I often send hihats and cymbals to the QuadraVerb or SE-50 effects. I no longer have the Model:Cycles but have a Digitone in its place. This is an amazing FM box of tricks with great external MIDI control tracks. I use this to set up conditional trigs and complex detailed percussion bits. I use a send from my desk to send to the stereo (or dual mono) audio input of the Digitone and can sequence and apply effects. The Circuit tracks is great for mono sample sequencing (drums and breaks) random/probabilistic sequencing of external instruments and 2 polyphonic Nova synth instruments. It also has stereo audio in and does side-chain and effects (used in this track on pad). RD-6 snare and clap are nice as are hihats. Another key instrument I use is the Nord Lead 2X. And Blofeld. Fact is I try to avoid using them all in every track but some are staples now. Hope this is useful info!

hm, no, not Born Slippy ... damn ... I have some of that in a crate. What is it?

Isn’t that the Underworld ‘lager lager’ track? I don’t know

@@quietandpeacefulman yep. They have that rolling kick in it

Thank you - kind words! Fun fact - I was born in Winnipeg so I’m a fellow Canuck - sort of (I was 4 when we moved back to Scotland)

@@quietandpeacefulman Absolutely my pleasure. I actually live in Phoenix Arizona, I'm not a good cold weather person. Lol