It’s SampleChain Saturday where we share a free SampleChain for grid slicing Sampler of choice.  These files are optimized for slicing with the Elektron Analog RYTM and Octatrack.

Today’s featured Sample Chain is the SQ TransWave Percussion Kit.  Featuring 24 percussive hits from a vintage Ensoniq SQ1 Synthesizer.  Grab the SampleChain here:

SQTransWavePercKit

A few details on the SampleChains:

24 Slices –
24 Bit Depth
Mono Channel
48k Sample Rate

To maintain compatibility between the RYTM and Octatrack all of the SampleChains will be 24 Slices.  This makes it easy to share between these two samplers.  If you need to figure out your Slice Points for the RYTM use the wonderful RYTM Slice Calculator:
http://bl.ocks.org/NickDimmock/raw/3e8dd44a8e777129d332/

For Octatrack users you’ll want to use a 24 Sample Slice Grid within your Sample Editor.  Also See:

The samples are in Mono to conserve on project sample space, as well as providing better stereo panning control for your kit once you have it loaded in your sampler.  Use the built in Effects to get a sweet stereo sound.

The individual slices have been normalized at -3 dB to give you some head room with overdrive, filtering, and effects. 

Enjoy!

Elektron OS 1.22 Features and FM Patches

A quick look at the new features for the Elektron RYTM and Analog Four.  Including new FM patches for the A4 and Analog Keyboards. The free FM patches can be downloaded via this link:

https://www.elektron.se/accessories/mini-fm/

SDS Drop for Mac is a better way to get samples into your Rytm.

Drag & Drop your samples directly to the pads, and that’s it.
It’s twice as fast as c6.
View on App Store

current version: 1.0.3

non-obvious features:
– Works with non-audio files, produces all kinds of noise. definitely try this, and experiment with different file types!
– Interface colors can be tweaked. Check out the Preferences (CMD+,)
– There are options for transforming the sample name, also in Preferences.

limitations:
currently only supports one sample transfer at a time.

known issues:
Preferences are wonky on Mavericks

follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sdsdrop

Support Page

Also check out the thread on Elektronauts.com forum:

http://www.elektronauts.com/topics/view/18371

This video shows an xfer of a single sample to the Elektron Analog RYTM

Modular Ambient With Analog Four. Javier Lara uploaded this ambient jam using the Analog Four with his modular setup.  Excellent build up!  Chill ambient noise and percussive waves.

Jam ambient.
Fuentes de sonido:
– Sistema eurorack
– Elektron Analog Four
– Analogue Solutions Vostok (solo para duplicar y octavar algunas voices)

Elektron Overbridge 1.10 Update and A4 RYTM OS Updates! Sonicstate presents a new video featuring the latest news from Elektron.  Skip ahead to 13 mins into the video to see all of the new OS update features. 

Even if you don’t use Overbridge there are some great new features being added to each device’s Operating System.  Great news for A4 and RYTM sound design.

Some interesting notes about the new features:

Trig Conditions
Key Track LFOs
Record the Retrig in RYTM
Fill In Mode – Page button turns the pattern around, allows trigs to be enabled On/Off, useful for fills, live improvisations, effects and more.

Trigs can be set in Fill Mode and only triggered when hitting the page button.

Trig Conditions work in percentage, and also trigger ratios.

LFOs used to be connected to the device BPM only.  The new LFOs can have independent speeds as well as being tracked by the pitches of the two oscillators.

LFO 1 follows pitch of OSC 1
LFO 2 follows pitch of OSC 2

Super interesting results with FM styled programming.  Especially using LFO envelope fades.

Elektron has posted a new workflow video series.  The videos show how to make music with Elektron machines, with a video featuring each Elektron device. They include easy to follow real world examples, fun to watch.  You can easily follow along with the videos as well, or learn something about an Elektron machine you didn’t know before.  They released a new video each day last week.  Here are all of the videos:

Elektron RYTM Workflow

Real world beat making with the Analog Rytm.

Elektron Analog Keys/Four Workflow

Create a song from scratch with Analog Keys / Four.

Elektron Monomachine Workflow

How to create a beat on the Monomachine.

Elektron Machinedrum UW Workflow

Sampling and beat making with the Machinedrum UW.

Elektron Octatrack Workflow

Sampling, slicing, and beat making with the Octatrack. Sample taken from Ferdi Özbeğen’s ‘Altin Mikrofon’ vinyl.

You can follow the Elektron Workflow playlist here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO__gEHTQhjUk4QPpCDDreRzxmYUyHCu7

Rob from Seen From Space has shared his third Elektron Analog Four tutorial.  Analog Four How To Make A Space Drone. This video covers a few ideas on different ways to create sustained notes and sustained tones on the Analog Four.  Using Envelope Length or Note Length with the sequencer. 

Find more videos from Rob on his YouTube Channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsTQv300fV5UVxwTkXEBHgQ

Also check out the previous posts highlighting the first two Analog Four Tutorials:

Elektron Analog Four Effects Tutorial

Eleketron Analog Four Performance Controls Tutorial

Elektron Analog Four Effects Tutorial

Rob has shared a new Effects tutorial. 

Rob of Seen From Space gives a quick tour of how Effects are used in the Analog 4, and how to make best use of the effects in a mix.

Check out his first Analog Four Tutorial Here:

Performance Controls Tutorial

As well as Rob’s website:
http://seenfromspace.uk

Seen From Space has shared an excellent Analog Four Tutorial covering Performance Controls and Setup.  Very nice tutorial and well filmed and covered.  Rob also shows some nice suggestions on parameters to modulate with the Performance Controls.

The Analog Four and Analog Keys just received an OS update to OS 1.12B last week.  The update covered some new Control Voltage updates and enhancements.  The update also allows CV and FX control modulation on Aftertouch and PitchBend, a very nice little update for sound programming options. 

Rob of Seen From Space shows how to programme the performance controls on the Elektron Analog 4.

Elektron Analog Rytm Played As A Polysynth.  Pierre Jean shared this interesting video.  Using a custom app to handle the MIDI messages, he is able trigger the Analog Rytm with a keyboard in a straight forward manner.  All 3 voices are pure analog, no samples.

It’s very very rough and the ‘music’ is terrible. I am just showing that you can play the Elektron Analog Rytm as a poly synth. It’s fun! I had to write a little app to make it happen though…

You can find out more details on the app via the Elektronauts forum:

The Analog Rytm played as a polysynth