Drums - Elektron Monomachine SFX-6 Using Manual

Dubstep bass:
The wobble= Sine, Distortion, LFO to pitch and/or filter, parameter lock LFO speed.
You could also try that on the fm machines.

DRUMS

Note: before drum programming with mono read this:
MNM oscillator properties:
When VA appears in 1995 this was the ultimate feature to have ina synth, because "each
notes sounds different than the other, like in a real analog"
I checked it and found that even true the change isn´t that bad as you can´t use the mono for
drums...I hate my kicks phasing and loosing attack but having a good and stable kick out of
the GND-SIN machine isn´t big deal.
Other synths like the nord modular (G1) has free running oscillators too and is very difficult to
make a solid kick that don´t oscillates and loose attack in a cyclic way. In this synth I use the
LFOz as oscillators because you got note.on retrigger as an option in some of the LFOs
In the MD you can hear some little oscillation (phasing) in some kicks too (TRX-B2),It isn´t
that bad because the heavy and pronounce ramp and the "tick" attack mask the phasing. Try
a 4x4 kick on that machine and remove all but the basic tone and you could hear what I´m
talking about
808 style:
You can get a reasonable result by using the GND-SIN machine :trig a low note, set the hold /
decay parameters suitably & I think I've also used an LFO on PITCH set up several octaves,
to be trigged on each hit to get the MD-type 'ramp'. Its a fairly 'soft' kick,but nice & low &
boomy.
I didn't mention the GND sin but I tried it too, the most simple way to make that sound, but the
main "problem" is that the kick is quite soft.
I've tried to use the envelopes and the filter to make it more punchy but it get "clicky", a click
made by the env.
I'm trying to do it with FM but I think the main problem is caused by the env section that is
good for synth sounds but not for percussive synthesis, so even with FM will be quite
problematic, I should understand how to set the envs right...to be punchy but not clicky.
Even the snares ( made with the gnd-noise) are not so snappy, that's caused by the env.
I Try a light dose of exponential curve on EQG and/or vol for added punch.
The filter page is key with drums, tweak the attack, decay, BOFS and WOFS.
I agree with you that FM machines are very good at percussive synthesis...
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