Vermona DRM1 MKIV

I tweak mine over maybe 64 bars into a BlackBox, as I do for most of my synths. It’s a performance after all and a zillion times easier to do than automation, MIDI CCs and editing.

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love this record and the sound of it, didn’t know that was what Luke uses - thanks for sharing!

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I had the DRM MK2. Best results I got were from sampling it and loading the samples into the OT. I still use the those samples quite a lot. The later models are certainly improved with the Kick channel. I found the envelopes were sloppy and there was no wave retrigger / phase reset on the drum channels oscillators. But those oscillators are very beefy. This is a re-upload: All sounds are from the DRM MK 2

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Nice track, thanks for posting it!

Thanks for the advice you all, I think I am getting somewhere. Using and automating effects seems to be the key to my success so far. I think more than any piece of gear in my studio the DRM1 needs effects. Don’t know if that is a good thing or a bad thing.

I think one day I’ll probably try the perkons too though :stuck_out_tongue:

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Definitely why I’d like to own a DRM1 MKIV + trigs.

Do the trig inputs vary level according to velocity or just on/off?

I’m pretty sure that unlike midi with velocity, the trig inputs have no variance. it’s just a pulse trigger, not a cv value from 1-5 volts or something. the upside is you can fire trigs from a modular, of course.

The mkiv does vary velocity depending on the level of the triggers. It was one of its new features.

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aha! I stand corrected. should’ve shut my mouth! :zipper_mouth_face:

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Nothing else sounds like the Vermona DRM. Even without tweaking, I don’t grow tired of its sounds, especially the kick, snare, and clap. Anyway, now I use the CV triggers (there are 10) on the MkIV controlled by an SQ-64 and all is good. :slight_smile:

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Nice - that will make the analogue triggers more useful. I have a mkiii so MIDI a better fit for my needs.

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Love this, music is great, and sounds really organic.

Makes me really want one ffs :grinning:

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Thanks for the appreciation! I guess that snippet is in equal part a demo of the power / possibilities of Octatrack scenes.

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Yeah, I have an OT so can see the potential of using with the Vermona :+1:t2:

Very interesting video from Hainbach :

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I ordered a DRM-1 last year, and cancelled it after a few weeks of being out of stock. It is seriously under consideration again, as I absolutely love the sound and knob-per-function workflow. While I have several other drum devices, the DRM-1 looks so user friendly and it should pair well with the Hapax.

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