Don't Sleep on the Model Samples

Elektron Gear Model:Samples
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looking at picking up a m:s to handle some things that take up a lot of resources in the modular - kicks, rumbles, some 909 stuff, atmospheres, etc. does this seem like a good strategy? are samples played back mono (w panning) and only the reverb/delay gives the stereo width? cheers

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Itā€™s mono samples only yeah, and the reverb gives some stereo width but I think the delay is just mono, no ping pong AFAIK.

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Love using my MS after cooking some loops with my kalimba. Pre editing on ableton with some affects before going to the MS. Still interesting to be lost in this machine and discover the result. Less is more!

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has anyone tried 120 sample sample-chains on the MS? I donā€™t have one atm but it looks like it should work perfectly due to the length parameter being relative to the start parameter, like on the digiā€™s. 120 start points isnā€™t it?

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I abandoned the idea of long sample chains (120 in particular) on the M:S. Mostly because if you try to use the LFO to randomise start point ā€¦ it gets a bit weird. I couldnā€™t figure out exactly what was going on, but it appeared that either

  • sample start point was not exact (e.g. it could have been randomly chosen as 67.34 for instance)
  • sample length wasnā€™t effective
    or both.

Anyway the result that I heard was that you couldnā€™t rely on exactly one of the 120 samples to play.

YMMV. If you experiment successfully with chains of 120 and randomisation, I would be interested to know.

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cheers Bibenu.
the 120 didnā€™t work so great on the rytm for me. itā€™s different parameters made it a bit fiddly. 64 on digitakt is perfect. Iā€™ll give it a spin next time I have an MS in my possession. I tend to p-lock em rather than use the lfo, just personal preference.

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Sample chains of 4 are super convenient for p-locking on M:S ā€¦ FUNC + sample start goes in increments of 30.

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nice :point_up_2:

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so nice what you can get outta the model samples

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My focus has been on DT but I should put some more time into the M:S.
Itā€™s right here and waiting for attention after allā€¦Iā€™m embarrassed to say that I havenā€™t even tried to put em together yetā€¦

Edit: Brown Paper Bag sample on the Flip It video?

ms.dt.6.2024
ms.dt.6.20242848Ɨ4000 1.32 MB

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yeah itā€™s so unassuming lookingā€¦

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you canā€™t fuck with the ModeL SampleLs

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Finally got one of these instead of a Machinedrum or Analog Rytm ā€¦

At first I was amazed at how basic and boring it is ā€¦

But once I loaded it up with samples, that instantly changed ā€¦

The old Elektron mojo is present ā€¦ a thoughtful machine ā€¦

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