Elektron A4 sequencing Korg Monotribe using my cable

Published on Mar 8, 2013 darenager·117 videos

"I made a cable for connecting the Monotribe CV and Gate to the A4, the Monotribe is going into the A4 external input for fx processing (reverb and delay) all the other sounds are from the A4 except the bass/acid which is the Monotribe. If you want to buy a cable send me a PM."

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Roland TB-303 sequencing Korg Monotribe using CV Gate breakout box

Published on Mar 6, 2013 darenager·116 videos

"A quick demo of the 303 sequencing the Monotribe using my breakout box, the box gives a separate socket for CV and Gate, making connection a lot easier, available to buy for £15, send me a message if interested. Shot using iPhone and Fostex Ar4i, sorry for the wonky camera work!"

Monotribe CV breakout box test with modular

Published on Mar 1, 2013 darenager·115 videos

"I made a little breakout box to easily connect the Monotribe to my modular, after setting the CV scaling (see my other video) I tried a little acid session, good fun. The Monotribe CV connector is a 4 pole 3.5mm jack that carries both the CV and the Gate signals, so not really ideal for connecting to other gear, the breakout box solves this, if you can't make your own and want to buy one, send me a message."

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Elektron Analog Four - House sounds of Chicago

Published on Dec 13, 2012 by darenager

"I was messing around with the A4 and stumbled across the arpeggio sound from Frankie Knuckles seminal 1987 track 'Your Love' so here it is, I did not spend a great deal of time getting the other sounds correct, and this is just a basic demo, the original track can be found on youtube, if you are not familiar with it do check it out, it is one of my favourite classic house cuts."

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Elektron Analog Four space dub techno delay demo

Published on Dec 9, 2012 by darenager

"Playing around with the delay on the A4."

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Elektron Analog Four TB-303 SH-101 emulation 80's acid house

Published on Dec 9, 2012 by darenager

"Dig out your smiley t-shirt, cos it's right back to 1988 for this one :) I thought I'd have a try at emulating the TB-303 and SH-101 for some cheeky acid house fun!"

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Elektron Analog Four drum machine sounds - Sound Locks

Published on Dec 8, 2012 by darenager

"A quick demo of using sound locks, by holding a step and turning the level encoder you can select a different saved sound for a step, only found out about this today."

Elektron Analog Four meets Anushri Basic CV demo

Published on Dec 8, 2012 by darenager

"A few people asked for a CV demo, so here it is, all the info is in the scrolling banner, but if you have a question put it in the comments and I'll try to answer."

Elektron Analog Four 2nd test - with Monotribe

Published on Dec 7, 2012 by darenager
"Second test, this time I tried syncing with the midi equipped Monotribe. The Monotribe is just doing the snare and hihat, the A4 is doing the kick and synth sounds, I tried to give a bit of a demo of the filters in the A4 by adjusting them on the various sounds. Again this is a first day demo so I am not fully au fait with the machine yet."

Elektron AnalogFour first test - Acid, drums, A4

Published on Dec 7, 2012 by darenager
"Quick first test demo of the new Elektron Analog4, I wanted to see what it was like for making drum sounds and also some acid, this was done within about 90 minutes of getting it, so by no means a thorough run through. I have not yet tested most of the features so that is why this is just a basic demo. There are more comprehensive demos from guys that have had them a bit longer so check those out for some of the advanced stuff. First impressions are that it is very well suited to making analog drum sounds, as per usual with Elektron gear you can radically change the sound on each step, so with just a couple of tracks you can make some nice drum patterns, I will be exploring this further in a future video, right now I'm back off to play with it :)"

Korg Monotribe VCO mod - FM, ringmod, sync type sounds possible

Published on Dec 4, 2012 by darenager
"New mod for the Monotribe, this one adds a lot of sound making potential, it is still in the prototype stage but hopefully the video will give an idea of the kinds of sounds you can make, from sub osc to FM, ringmod and sync type sounds. Final features may change on kits.

The first pot controls pitch, the first switch controls range low/normal/mid, the second pot controls level, and the second switch controls mode1/off/mode2. Great for drones, and weird techno sounds, you can also coax some semi realistic instrument sounds such as bass guitar and trumpet if you want. This is by no means an exhaustive demo, more and better demos will follow later. Sub to my channel if interested.

I hope to have these available as an easy DIY fit kit in early 2013, you will need to drill holes and solder 4 wires to install, check out my other Monotribe mod kits, more are coming soon and check out my blog monotribemods.blogspot.co.uk"

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Distant Drums - Make a track with wilhelm scream sample on Octatrack

Published on Nov 25, 2012 by darenager

"Octatrack Science Lab 4 entry - Make a track using just the Octatrack and the wilhem scream foley sample. Good fun, if you have an Octatrack head over to the Elektron Users forum and take part. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream"

Korg Monotribe Drum Mods Kit

Published on Nov 23, 2012 by darenager
"You will need to listen on headphones or half decent speakers to hear properly.
A new pre-built mod kit for the Monotribe, this adds 4 switches to change the drum sounds, decay for BD, tone for snare, decay for snare noise, decay for hi hat. The switches have 3 positions, when set to centre the default sounds are heard, when up or down the mod sounds are heard.

To install it you need to drill 6 holes and solder 5 wires, the circuit board and switches are pre-built.

I also do midi mods for the Monotribe, and I have some other mod kits coming soon so stay tuned.

Send me a message if you are interested. Pricing is reasonable but not as cheap as DIY as it has to be worth my while. There are lots of good DIY resources for mods if you google for them."


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Teenage Engineering OP-1 timestretching how to

YouTube Uploaded by darenager on Apr 11, 2012

"A quick tutorial how to timestretch a loop on the OP-1, it is a bit of a hack but works quite well in a lo-fi way, here is how it works, the value LFO is assigned to loop direction, with a fast speed the tempo will change without affecting the pitch, seems to work best with vocals or beats. Enjoy!"

Korg Monomania Sound Contest Monotribe Music UK - Acidwerks

YouTube Uploaded by darenager on Dec 31, 2011

"3 Monotribes live jam, my son (he is 11) did the video fx on the Kaoss Entrancer in realtime - Track is called Acidwerks. All sound from the 3 Monotribes only as in all my entries, one of the Monotribes has modded drums for longer decays."

Update: There are 7 parts total to darenager's series. You can find them here.

Korg Monomania Sound Contest Monotribe music UK - Technology & Science

YouTube Uploaded by darenager on Dec 30, 2011

"Another attempt at a live 3 monotribe jam for the Korg Monomania contest, just used some fx and the 3 monotribes, running them at half speed allows longer patterns as seen here, the track is called "Technology & Science" and is a homage to Kraftwerk, I might do a full version with lyrics as it was hard to fit everything in 2 minutes ;) No multitracking or other tricks!"

Korg Monomania Sound Contest Monotribe Music UK - Poly Acid

Uploaded by darenager on Dec 30, 2011

"3rd entry to Korg Monomania Sound Contest, this time using different step lengths, 3 monotribes used, the middle one has been overdriven to give a nice acidic crunch, all done in realtime, no DAW or other trickery."

All parts here.
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Korg Monomania Sound Contest UK monotribe music

YouTube Uploaded by darenager on Dec 28, 2011

"My entry to the Korg Monomania contest monotribe music category. 3 Monotribes used. It is called "Hi-ya" listen out for the robotic lyrics at about 1.26 :) All done live with no multitracking."

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Korg Monomania Sound Contest UK monotribe music Electro City

Uploaded by darenager on Dec 29, 2011

"My 2nd entry to the Korg Monomania contest, 3 monotribes used, all done in realtime in 1 take, track is called Electro-City. I used a slower tempo and used the drum roll function to get 2 bars instead of just 1 ;)"

Korg Monomania Sound Contest Monotribe music UK - Technology & Science

Uploaded by darenager on Dec 30, 2011

"Another attempt at a live 3 monotribe jam for the Korg Monomania contest, just used some fx and the 3 monotribes, running them at half speed allows longer patterns as seen here, the track is called "Technology & Science" and is a homage to Kraftwerk, I might do a full version with lyrics as it was hard to fit everything in 2 minutes ;) No multitracking or other tricks!"

Korg Monomania Sound Contest Monotribe Music UK - Poly Acid

Uploaded by darenager on Dec 30, 2011

"3rd entry to Korg Monomania Sound Contest, this time using different step lengths, 3 monotribes used, the middle one has been overdriven to give a nice acidic crunch, all done in realtime, no DAW or other trickery."

Korg Monomania Sound Contest Monotribe Music UK - Acidwerks

YouTube Uploaded by darenager on Dec 31, 2011

"3 Monotribes live jam, my son (he is 11) did the video fx on the Kaoss Entrancer in realtime - Track is called Acidwerks. All sound from the 3 Monotribes only as in all my entries, one of the Monotribes has modded drums for longer decays."

Korg Monomania Sound Contest Monotribe Music - Time Machine

Uploaded by darenager on Dec 31, 2011

"Live jam with 3 monotribes, set to different speeds, I tried to get a 50's sci-fi theremin type sound."

Korg Monomania Sound Contest Monotribe Music - Don't step on my budpets

Uploaded by darenager on Dec 31, 2011

"3 montribes synced up, on this one I tried to make a string type sound on the slow running monotribe. Kind of dubstep-ish hence the name."



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Syncing Korg monotribes to TR-606

YouTube Uploaded by darenager on Jul 20, 2011

"Fun jam using the 606 to clock the 2 monotribes, I set it up so that the first 8 steps of the 606 trig the first monotribe, the last 8 steps trig the second, but you can do it whichever way you want for some off kilter stuff, a nice little combo!"

Monotribe tips #1 Arpeggios

YouTube Uploaded by darenager on Jul 18, 2011

"A few simple Monotribe tips, in this video I show how to make arpeggio type fx using the square wave LFO, and how to use a slower tempo to get 1 or 2 bar patterns. More tips next time, if you have not already seen my DS-10 to Monotribe sync video check that out too."

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How to sync Korg Monotribe to Nintendo DS-10

YouTube Uploaded by darenager on Jul 17, 2011

"See video for how to, this would also work with iMS-20 app or most other drum machines, just remember to create a short pulse and pan it hard opposite to any audio, have fun!"