Me too
Now that’s the kind of input I was expecting !
I have mostly used the unison mode of the Chord machine actually, I find that great for sound design. Layer a few detuned sinewaves and then add some LFO modulation (with noise preferably) to make it sound a bit rougher.
For example this track from the M:C demos/factory uses the chord machine with a random LFO on panning to achieve a sort of pseudo-reverb:
I belive the “snare/clap” sound is also a Chord machine with some LFO noise modulating pitch. It’s a cool trick for weird percussion sounds.
Interesting as I think my favorite “clap” on the MC was a Chord machine doing just that!
It was called Golf, I think.
Yeah, chord machine claps were great on M:C
Syntakt is monophonic
And chord machine makes chords.
The Chord machine sorely lacks a good Chorus effect IMO.
Has the chord machine lost focus as a company?
nooooo … please noooo
sorry
This is lovely!
Re: Chord machine in general. I’m not a huge fan of the actual chords, but I do like it in unison mode, and for claps/ weird pitched percussion. Slow the LFO on a clap-like sound from it and you get some really lovely, wet squelches.
One could also argue that the chord machine sounds “boxy” or “muddy” and ruins a mix with that
As you said, having options would be awesome - since we have two filters and can easily decide what to do with it.
yea good point I’m probably being too generous looking for motivations
They are synthesized chords though right? As far as I know, they don’t actually produce the midi data representing a chord.
Never spoke about midi tho.
The digital machines are merely serviceable when juxtaposed with the analog ones. They need to be dressed up in the FX Block. Which itself is a great addition to the box but for as immediate as Syntakt is, and in classic Elektron fashion, you have to find a workaround, or supplement the problem with additional gear.
Most wrong statement of the year
I found an audio rate random lfo on M:C to the volume/dist gave the chords a little more cutting power but yeah this is possibly an area where the M:C distortion gives it a slight edge.