Wave = 74
Type = min (or try madd9)
Bal = 80+ (120+ obviously get’s you bright results because of higher notes in the chord)
FENV = 127
OVER = 8
That’s pretty bright. Just have to use the higher balance settings to get those high frequency notes in the chord. Now to add more brightness on top of that use the multimode filter in EQ1 or EQ2 mode and boost the higher frequency range. Additonally you can use the base of the b/w filter to carve a bit of the low range to lower the “warmth”.
In any case I actually like the ‘moodyness’ of the chord machine.
It’s like a LoFi chord generator without the classic LoFi arpeggiation that I described on the feature request thread.
I think since it’s a “monophonic” polyphonic chord, it could be interesting if they treated the tone production like a sample instead of like a sound being manipulated.
It’s easy to justify something because you like it. It’s harder to accept that critics often want the best for whatever they’re criticizing, want it to succeed and hopefully grow.
i think it’s great for dub techno music or for anything that can use short low-end stabs covered in delay/reverb. i’ve been enjoying layering a longer chord with more low end and then having a short chord of the same type with more high end occurring less frequently to add some “shimmer”. also throwing on the fx track for a bit more movement heh…
i like how it’s possible to modulate the inversions with the LFOs, helps add some variation if that is what you need for the pattern at hand
From a sound design standpoint, it makes more sense to start with sounds rich in overtones, then filter them down as necessary. I bet this is something Elektron can fix in future updates.
Old school additive synthesis only used sine waves to add harmonics. I’ve not dug deep, but I have read people mention both “wavetables” and “additive” when discussing the Chord machine. If it’s pure sine waves, then the brightness will be limited by processor power and interface real-estate. If it’s wavetables or SCWFs as the oscillator sources for the addictive process, I guess there’s a chance Elektron can add noisier waveforms.
(I don’t own an ST. I’m just wasting time when I should be working and day-dreaming a bit)
It’s a wavetable created using additive synthesis. Read @Ess’s post, it’s quite informative if you want to know more about the Chord machine.
I love it, by the way. In my view it’s a unique way of adding some harmony to my songs.
EDIT:
Couldn’t find the actual post of @Ess I was referring to, but here’s one instance where he talks about it. I might find the more comprehensive post later.
If that’s true, then we’d still ‘just’ need a second set of wavetables, and it’s up to the dear people at Elektron to either use additive synthesis again to create the wavetable or something different right away
Imagine having an actual saw, and with the Unison × 4 we could have supersaw just like that!
I’d really love to hear some experimental stuff in there.
So I was watching this monomachine video. So the syntakt chord machine possibly comes from the monomachine then? Start at like 18:30 and listen. The chords there sound like syntakt stuff.
I like it for what it is. A nice little chord machine. Nothing more.
