I would like to see something like the clip launch legato mode in Ableton, for patterns-
Say you had a 64 step chord progression with drums and had this saved into a few patterns but each pattern had different beat or drum sounds.
Currently when you change pattern, the pattern starts from the beginning but with the legato mode, it will keep the ‘playhead’ position in the pattern when it transfers to the new pattern so the chord progression is not interrupted.
This may seem pointless but if you have a shorter CHG length in the scale setup (think lower than 16) you could wizz through different beats (either by chaining or changing them live) while keeping the same chords/bass/whatever you might want as a longer progression.
Hope that makes sense. I’ll see if I can find a decent Ableton vid to explain better…
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Not great but hopefully explains it
(when he mentions ‘global quantise’ think CHG value in Scale Set up
I) As the most requested feature BY FAR for both Model products, we would like to have a ATTACK control. This is also, in my opinion, the easiest upgrade to make on both Model:Samples and Model:Cycles as they both share the same layout and therefore have the exact same button combo being devoid of any function.
This combo is: FUNC +MAIN VOLUME, the main volume knob has only one function and does not have macro control when using the FUNC modifier. Which means it is the perfect candidate for the ATTACK parameter.
FUNC + MAIN VOL. = ATTACK control
II) Keyboard Scales/Fold on the TRK MENU, it even has a blank spot for it. Seems pretty straightforward, this is also a parameter that you would be less likely to modify in a LIVE situation which makes it ok to be behind a bit of menu diving.
TRK MENU = Keyboard Scales/Fold
III)PERFORMANCE/SONG MODE. The models are obviously made for jamming, these features make sense for this purpose. They are also available in all other digi boxes right now.
IV)The 7th Machine that Ess hinted on almost making it into the Mode:Cycles with a very different design from all other machines. Was this machine put into the Syntakt? If so can we also get it as it was originally made for the Cycles? The Machine Menu seems to have enough spot to add 2 more dots for 2 machines anyways.
V)Portamento/Slide feature, also hinted by Ess as being discussed but ultimately not included.
That is about all if we want to keep the minimalist One func per knob design.
Damn, you captured all of the features that I think about at night… I really do hope we could see at least some of these in the not too distant future. Keyboard fold and attack time would be the most important for me.
I am dreaming of attack time every night it’s almost haunting me at this point hahaha.
I am hoping for something before the summer hopefully, now that they put so many new things in the syntakt it is only fair its little brother gets a little love aswell!
more flexible chord machine or second version with more spread voices to two octaves, that controls both attack and release so we don’t need to waste LFO for slow attack
Audible trigs: ability to hear note without playing the track
I would like something in between the two current lfo modes of free running and resetting with every note.
I would like the lfo to free run but to reset every time the sequencer is started so you can have long synced sweeps.
Currently free running really is just that and while useful in its own way, the ability to have longer sweeps start and continue consistently, would be fab.
If you’re not actually using velocity on that track, there’s a feature/hack that lets you reset the LFO when you want. I think, anyway. Pretty sure that’s a part of the time-stretch hack that’s used for model:samples. It’s based on using the pad menu to set Dst: MODE (meaning LFO mode)
all of this has likely been mentioned many times but i would honestly be totally satisfied with keyboard fold to scale and an additional melodic/tonally-oriented machine or two.
one of the biggest weaknesses of the m:c sound engine is that it gravitates much more towards being a drum machine than an actual groovebox- some basic measures to balance it out would do a lot to elevate the machine.
I agree wholeheartedly with this. I was initially kind of disappointed with the M:C as a standalone groovebox and almost considered selling it before I “demoted” it to being a drum machine when I got a Digitone.
Something based on Syntakt’s SY Bits would be a great addition and expand the Cycles’ sound palette considerably.
Dovetailing with the above is a common Syntakt feature request that would greatly benefit both ST and M:C (especially with another machine or two) in the melodic department: poly chaining.
The ability to have, say, a plocked drum track, mono bass track, and a 4-voice polysynth would transform the Model:Cycles.
I consider M:C as a drum machine with bonus synth features. In this case, the fact there is only one decay enveloppe makes more sense. Like Presteign, I own a M:C and a Digitone and I think they’re doing a great job together with M:C as a complex FM drum machine and Digitone as a complex FM synth.
I think the most “urgent” improvement could be a new machine focused on clap (it’s actually very very difficult to make a good sounding clap on this machine), maybe another one old school FM (à la OPL3) drum oriented (with really lo fi and crunchy sound, aliasing, etc…) and a way to do trig preview.
100% this. They marketed the M:S as a sample based drum machine but marketed the M:C as a FM groovebox yet it really is 90% about percussive sounds…
Which is why ppl started thinking of it as a drum machine, but in that case ppl would have happily traded the chord/tone machines for noise/clap machines right? So it kinda sits awkwardly in between being a very percussive box and trying to be more of an actual groovebox.
If somehow they could add 2 tonal machines we would end up with 4 drum machines and 4 tonal machines which would create a nicer balance of different sounds for the product.
There are lots of ways to make claps on the M:C involving chords/tone machine…
Why another percussive machine when they already make 80% of the sound palette of the M:C?
