I’ve got a model:cycles now. Amazing machine. Love it. A real classic. Very immediate. Great form factor. Build quality excellent. Sounds great. I’d pay the asking price for the kick drum/tone machine and sequencer alone.
But the snare… that’s the elephant in the room right ? I mean there just isn’t a usable one… and even the claps are a bit skewiff to say the least.
Seems a shame. I’m jamming on it thinking… it’s shaping up to be a complete track, I’ll just use something else for the snare/clap when it comes to the final mix
I mean I appreciate that with talent and inventiveness (I lack) it’s not a necessity if you’re prepared to step outside of the usual cliched sounds. But for me at least it’s the weak spot of an otherwise flawless design
You may want to check the M:C tips and tricks thread. Pretty sure there are ideas for both claps and snares. (And doubtless some hints will turn up here too).
Yeah I mean I’ve read around it and so on.
But honestly I’ve not heard anything or found anything that is the Sound I’m looking for.
It’s usually the one instrument that a drum machine succeeds or fails on (the snare I mean) so I dunno maybe I’m just too picky/set on a specific sound
I made some ok snares when I was using mine, I guess it does depend though on what type of snare you are aiming for. But yeah it would not be a go-to snare or clap machine for me either.
And here I thought everyone hated the hats the most! I’ve been distracted by other gear and haven’t touched my M:C in months, but I can typically get something I like. Need to fire mine back up again soon
Maybe post some examples of the sounds you’re aiming for but haven’t managed to produce yet. If it can be done, someone on here will know how to do it or get something pretty close.
Have a listen to tracks in this thread, can hear some pretty good snares in quite a few of them, but I do agree they don’t come as easily as the kicks for example.
Yeah, absolutely people are making some amazing music with the cycles… and it’s a box with it’s own sound which is it’s main attraction.
I’m just not sold on the ‘snare machine’ although quite ready to accept that’s as good as it gets with an FM synth (with 4 operators)
Yeah that’s pretty good. better than anything I’ve managed to create so far… I’ll keep digging (only had a few hours on it so far so some digging still to do)
I’m the opposite - I absolutely love the sound of the snare machine and really like how the various parameters interact. More so than a good number of classic snare sounds… then when you add in the gate mode, LFO and plocks for all sorts of nice held and evolving sounds.
Not to quote Tony the tiger, but it’s grrrrrrreeat!
I know this is analogue