Best way to make a full song

Elektron Gear Machinedrum
#1

hey all, I’m kind of a MD noob, but I’ve been spending a lot more time with it recently. I’ve made some patterns I really like & I’d to make them into full songs. I’ve tried song mode but find it a little limiting. I’m thinking of bringing the MIDI notes into Logic & doing automation/sequencing in there. What do you all think? What’s worked best for you? I definitely want to do some mangling/tweaking of parameters for build up/break down purposes

#2

You’ve got to be doing it wrong. Song mode on the MD is one of the most powerful features I’ve ever used…I’m sure many others would agree.

I wouldn’t mess too much with recording the notes in logic because then you will lose the power of P-Locks.

Try recording audio into logic and cutting up / arranging there.

#3

I get song mode, but I might be missing something. for example, if I want a filter sweep that slowly filters up over a long period (longer than 64 steps) how would you do that? I’ve looked into LFOs but that didn’t seem to work too great for me

#4

youtube “machinedrum superslow lfo” by catabolicdj / veets

#5

youtube “machinedrum superslow lfo” by catabolicdj / veets[/quote]
THANKS!

#6

There are many ways to do this, and none of them have anything to do with song mode.

One way is to play it live - you can do this in pattern or song mode.

Another way is to use slides and a CTRL machine. You’d put one lock on the first note, lock the cutoff, then put another lock later on in the pattern and lock the cutoff higher.

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