Maybe if I'm drunk, it might sound better? : Analog Rytm Mk 2
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Sipping beer, starting from scratch, maybe it sounds better. 31 degrees today, madness.
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Very interesting to see/hear a totally different flow to mine, really enjoyed this even without a beer.
Ah nice one, appreciate it. Yeah beer is totally optional haha. How do you typically do your stuff on the Rytm?
@@ExpectResistance well tbh I had a similar experience with the Rytm to what you explained in your “5 years with Rytm video” or whatever you named it, but out of necessity really started to click with it late last year as I had a lot of gigs coming up.
So I base my kit and patterns solely around how much variation and performance aspects I can squeeze out it, which it turns out is a lot, I’m a heavy user of the performance pads and Quick Performance knob and
Scenes, and often end up tailoring kits to suit the performance aspects.
In an attempt to keep cohesion between track ideas within sets I tend to copy kits over to new ones when writing new patterns and tweak the sounds into something new that suit the vibe of the triggers I set, and it most often becomes a totally different sounding kit with level and similar performance aspects being the only cohesive element. I do like to have the same or similar performance control on the pads in both scene and performance so I generally know what to expect for instance top right performance pad which is usually associated with the Quick Perf Amount is either or Botha reverb wash and high pass filter on all sounds for transitions, and bottom left pad in scenes is a reverse for the kick or all sounds. Hard to describe my flow in a couple of paragraphs but that is for asking.
This is super helpful. I have thought often about how to do longer sets or create variations on sets and your approach of copying kits, even if specific to a track and then tweaking, is a really good idea. I need to try this. Thanks.
I was thinking similar in the past, emulating the Roland R8 flow which the Rytm has some comparisons to, in that you can have separate kits and sequences, although in the R8 the nature of its limits in saving often means previous older sequences get paired up with the newly adjusted kit, which is really great as you find new grooves, yet they are familiar in either the kit or the sequence. I think this has been a key part of the various experiments and key sounds across multiple tracks in early Autechre and Aphex Twin.
@@ExpectResistance I’ve had the A4 for over 10 years and it took me a long time to get my head around the kit architecture, as in I’d often re use a kit for a new pattern and my edits would destroy the feel of past patterns that used the kit…so… to combat that, and because you have 128 patterns and 128 kit slots I started to put a kit per pattern even if I was using the same kit over 4 or 8 consecutive patterns, then if I did do a tweak that I really liked for a single pattern I would save the kit which left the other patterns with their original kit and sounds.
It’s similar to my workflow these days I tend to only resave a kit to a specific pattern if I have made changes to it, because I do like to be able to tweak live and move to another pattern/part without a massive jump in the sound which happens if it’s a new kit, so these days and at least with my Rytm workflow I tend to use the same kit for 4 or 8 pattern slots e.g 1 intro, 2 main,3 main/breakdown, 4 build up or transition and because I don’t tend to use a kit per pattern I can freely tweak any parameters live while switching between the parts without it sounding wack.
I hope that rant made sense.
That rant make perfect sense 👍😁
This is super helpful, gonna try and do something like this over the next few weeks and see how I get on. The audio jump is the killer, but thinking through what you described I can already see it’s manageable if not entirely solved. Sweet, cheers
thanks as always. i both enjoy and learn copiously from your content. Stay true!
Thank you, glad it’s enjoyable and something to learn along the way. Have a decent weekend. 🖤
@@ExpectResistance what if it's more than decent...?
Hehe, that’s pretty good then. 👍
Really cool )
Nice one, glad it’s hitting the spot.
not a bad idea! love the sounds
Cheers. It definitely makes a difference 🍺
@@ExpectResistance :):)
beer does make it sound better :D great video, bd plastic is one of my favorites, the range on that machine is nuts!
Cheers 🍺
Yeah Bd plastic is very fun.
One thing I love about the rytm is just when I think I’ve rinsed it, I watch a few videos and realise I’ve barely scratched the surface.
It was only last week I accidentally discovered the extra lfo in the master section 🤦🏻😃
It’s a slow reveal, and so much around workflow opens things up.
I’ve had kit since I was a teenage and still discovering things.
Great too see u Back
Thank you 🔉🔉
You can't buy that nice looking drink in 'merica man. However, it's hot as balls here too, not a doubt; and, I can't wait until winter to sip on some delicious, England imported, barley wine.
Niiice, sounds good.
Looking forward to the winter also, warm myself up next to the gear.
Have been watching (and enjoying) your stuff a lot. Just found out I wasn't even subscribed 😮 cheers man! 🍻
Ah nice. Glad it’s enjoyable. Cheers for the sub and have a pint on me. 🍺
Always a treat 👍🏼
Definitely. Sleepy after though haha.
OMG, technoid stuff, so nice! Proket and Machine Code vibes here! Vegan ice cream, huh?
Cheers. Yeah Vegan ice cream is great! Not as heavy and it doesn’t feel like you sucked on a cows teet after 🐮
Lots of sweet spots! I would have pressed save a couple of times already, specially if I'm drinking ;) It'd be interesting to see how you would go from here to recording a track really. What would be the next step?
Cheers.
Generally I’d hit record and then maybe tidy it up after in the master or it would just be a file on the computer. I tend to like doing things in a take and then documenting that, doing another take, documenting that. A track that gets released ends up being the better captures, but I would consider them all tracks, no matter how raw or simple.
Wonderful insights! Top value video, of someone who knows what he is talking about (the beer, of course)
Haha! It definitely went down quick that’s for sure. Might have to revisit this approach again actually.
Cheers for watching 👍
@@ExpectResistance I really enjoyed the format… as a Rytm owner… but also sound designer. You had an excellent point about the delays that should not per perfectly in sync, for messing witj frequencies. It makes me help realize, we need a sync delay with random offsets as a sort of hybrid between the two worlds.
Cool.
Yeah agree, it seems like a simple implementation that adds so much to Rytm adding a human-like quality to timing. Missed in the Rytm for sure
29:00 all of this sounds like a crazy machine working with steam and electricity.
Absolutely great video. I will definitely dive more into the FX
Do you use the snare engines on the rytm ? I have a hard time liking them, I think the noise source for them is really bad and seems to be filtered / lacking high end somehow. Half of the time I end up using samples of my other drum machine, which is a bit of a shame.
I have to try harder in order to create a bound with the Rytm
Haha! I like your description there. Steam and electricity seems like a dangerous combo, but perfect at the same time. Might use that for a track title.
I do use the snare occasionally, and did get a good snare once, I think you really need to distort it and high-pass to get the snap i would expect. I totally agree though it’s a weak noise as just sounds kinda like they didn’t put much into that part. Often you hear on synth demos the review glaze over the noise like it’s not important…it’s so f**king important. If i’m away from the Rytm i use a synth noise, or if using the Rytm then it needs work, which is crazy given it is noise.
Nice! did you try the Syntakt? what do you think about that one? should i get rytm again ?
@@burger659 cheers. I’ve never tried the Syntakt yet unfortunately. Id like to though. What do you have now?
@@ExpectResistance i had rytm & cycles..sold them for syntakt.. but still asking myself if rytm is better for underground industrial improvisation live setup
@@ExpectResistance i don't really need the pads,individual outs and sampling engine.. so i don't know..
Cool
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@@ExpectResistance 🍻
just take a look at it
Hahaha! Beer finally brought you here. Hope you’re good mate.
Try mescaline 👍
Ha! Maybe.
@@ExpectResistance the rytm will become your spirt animal 😂
😂
Are you teaching music production? I didn’t get what you said in the beginning
Yeah, i teach Music Production and Sound Design so far at Point Blank Music School.
@@ExpectResistance nice!!! Quite a good place to learn as far as I know! I just checked the non-BSc length courses. Prices are a bit steep but as Im in academia myself, I cannot believe the level of fees my students have to pay too! :( Thanks for the cool material you post
vegan ice cream
Haha! It’s pretty damn good, and you don’t feel like something died in your mouth after 🍦
Do we have a place that I can share Riddim presets? (Free) for your subs
You mean you have some sounds you want to share via this channel? Sorry confused. Happy to do something though if i can.
@@ExpectResistance Yes. I want to give back a bit.
Sure, if you want to send them over i can put them up on the GitHub and share them in a video or something?
Another cool video and “Neck Oil” is a fine tipple indeed!
I find Rytm sounds pretty good but needs work per track and even per step to create a nice overall sound…but yeah an EQ seems a rather obvious oversight!?
My new Rytm arrives today its been a while since my last one 😂
I think it was you on my thread about Rytm on Elektronauts…good little community!
Im looking to try the Analog Four mkii its so deep and shares some rytm features but more geared to synthesis with two lfo’s each with 2 destinations !
Thanks for your time on the video always very informative.🫠🙏
Neck Oil is great, such a good name for a beer too.
Totally agree. I almost started going into a per step approach in this video but held off. It’s definitely something i do a huge amount and really dials in the Rytm. It’s a similar technique to like classic velocity mapped parameters in old hardware, just to reach a specific groove, sound or sense of movement.
I am occasionally on Elektronauts, my username is pokk.
Rytm today huh! Nice! Perfect timing then. You gonna rock a beer and risk the spill as well?
A4 would be very cool to try.
@@ExpectResistance haha always good to have a beer on the go man helps lubricate the mental cogs a bit 🫠