No such thing with the M:C and it’s notoriously difficult to get good high-pitched hi-hat with it, the Metal machine being no match for such sounds. This is how I approximate it with mine:
yup, I understand that. Actually that’s part of my motivation for buying an Erica Synth LXR-02. Maybe you can look this one. It’s a bit more pricey but it does it very well. Also, you could get a model:samples and load any basic noise/waveform you want in it.
I looked for the LXR-02 too, before, but then I would miss the Elektron sequencer (that I love). I already have a M:S but with samples I miss the opportunity to “sculpt” the sound. My idea was to sell the M:S then to buy a M:C. But I will maybe consider to keep both.
Why not! But sometimes workarounds don’t sound “right”, and need a lot of tweaking (why buy a very immediate machine like the M:C if it’s to lose immediacy?).
I think one thing people miss with the Metal engine is that the Pitch knob (which is more or less universal…) doesn’t encompass the whole possible range of the engines. If you change the Track Note to something much higher you’ll get a whole new range of timbres out of it due to aliasing etc, which is very useful for these kind of sounds.
You can get ‘classic’ FM noise (which is pretty far from white noise!) out of the Tone engine though.
This is why it s so useful to connect a midi keyboard to the M:C: much easier to explore the whole range. The change in timbres is often dramatic across the pitch range. Far from a linear progression!
yes i tried all the tricks here but it is not satisfying to create the high pitched hithat i’m looking for, the metal engine is good to make fancy cymbals and crash, but i think this Model:Cycles really deserves a dedicated HitHat machine as there is a dedicated, and so good, Kick and Snare machine, (and perhaps a Clap one too…) … i mean that would be kind of basic feature for a gear i found in the Drums Machine section of the shop…