The spec thing is always so silly, because on that basic level, a mid-range laptop with a modern DAW so far exceeds the ability of any piece of hardware that it’s not even funny.
If we’re talking hardware ‘how does it sound?’, ‘how does it play?’ and ‘how does it feel?’ are much more useful questions.
yep - first things I started doing… pushing it. Not really my style but that’s where I always start with Elektron sequencers.
I don’t necessarily enjoy creating or listening to particularly complex, flashy and busy sound. I prefer things to be relatively minimal and refined. Whatever that means…
If MOUT is checked the following functions also sends MIDI data :
• PADS The [T1–6] pads sends MIDI note data.
• TRIGKEYS The [TRIG] keys sends MIDI note data in CHROMATIC mode.
• MUTE, activating/deactivating mutes sends MIDI.
• TRACKPARAMETER and FX knobs sends MIDI data on their set channels.
Each knob sends MIDI data but we can’t choose on which MIDI CC (Refer to manual p.51 APPENDIX A : MIDI SPECIFICATIONS). So it is best suited for a DAW where you have a MIDI learn function. I tried in Ableton Live and it worked fine. Be aware that it’s not all the knobs that have full range (e.g. Pitch).
I actually meant it in the opposite way; I’ve been using Nanoloop 2 for 5 years and am still finding new things. If anyone’s gone super deep with NL2, they know that it’s possible to get very far away from the “chiptune sound”. I think the M:C is the same. People complaining about it not having enough parameters are kinda not getting the point imo. It starts to really shine when you start using things in weird ways, like making kicks from the chord machine, or melodies with the snare, or using LFOs at the highest rates to make strange buzzy/broken sounds. Don’t just turn all the parameters to their extremes and think “is that it?”. Play, experiment, try to break it (not physically).
This morning in the M:C I dunno what I hit but i was in a mute mode… I wasn’t sure how I got in or out of it. But each track button became mute unmute without hitting function