Machinedrum UW live tweaking - IDM in a box!

[@maciejlegowicz5834]

2021 - didn't get old a bit. I'm 303% sure this video is why that machine keeps it's value

[@acidgirl.303]

This video just sold me a MD (2024)

[@AdamsOlympia]

@@acidgirl.303 This video and Max Marco's videos sold me mine. (2019) ... (now 2024)

[@acidgirl.303]

@@AdamsOlympia Very happy with it!

[@dfreeman120]

Greatest drum machine on the planet

[@mondedusilence]

This is a youtube classic. Coming back to watch it after 7 years. Thank you man.

[@MIDERA]

Same here - was almost nervous it was gone for a minute, but changed my search words and found it, whew.

[@bentropy]

Heh me too. Whenever I get re-inspired to spend time with my MD, I come back to this tutorial

[@tomhallsonics]

right!!! it's killer

[@usualatoms4868]

Yeah I came across Machinedrum again and I just had to come listen to this. Those sounds! So good

[@tB3o3tR9o9]

me too, but after i sold my MD UW MK1 a couple of years ago for just 550 Euro

[@blindeveloper]

2022 here and I think this is the most creative drum machine nowadays

[@nachtaktiv]

i hoped the modor dr-2 will come close, but... no.

[@barlasovski6723]

16 years later and its still beyond boundaries, thank you for creating and sharing ❤

[@kyudechama]

to this day still the best video with the machinedrum ever made!

[@lightnervejm2664]

Well, 10 years ago I listened to that video and it made me buy the Machinedrum the very next day... and this mature machine is still today part of my studio and gig setups. (EDIT 2024: and still is today ;-). Also, I had to send the machine to Elektron for a revision due to some potentiometers malfunctions and to change the internal battery + overall check. I got my Machinedrum back after 2 weeks and it was fresh as new. Very happy about the support from Elektron.

[@XavierHoshin]

I had exactely the same experience!

[@semi788]

@@XavierHoshin having the same experience today

[@markofthenorth9512]

Still one of the coolest MD videos out there. Inspirational.

[@RetroCAD]

This remains one of the greatest Machinedrum technique videos of all time. Thanks Pix!

[@Kuronoichig01]

First comment of 2024 and just wanted to say this was my introduction to CTRL-AL machines and I appreciate this video! Thank you very much!

[@barlasovski6723]

If you see this thank you so much for this vidoe, its one of my biggest inspirations

[@alltaken0]

2020 anybody? next year machine drum will be 20 years old

[@eddievanheinous666]

....and will jump in price by insane percentages

[@AdamsOlympia]

@@eddievanheinous666 no doubt. It's already almost doubled since I grabbed mine 4-5 years ago.

[@zbqsky]

This is the video that made me (and so many others) buy this device back in the day!

[@CDA43]

Ripping this audio to put in my night time playlist. I love dark electronic scapes when I sleep. Listen to a lot of NIN and Richard D James. This is def so dreamy. Thank you man

[@futureimage]

Pix, this is the video that made me buy my Machinedrum on the first day of the summer floods here in the UK. Thank you so so much, words cannot express my gratefulness.

[@hi2uplz]

I bought the UW MKII a year ago thanks largely in part to this video. And what a fantastic piece of engineering this is! I consider it a piece of art really...the best kind, functional :D

[@NappyHeadedHorse]

hey pix, i am really glad you posted this because i didn't realize how powerful the control-all track was until i saw this. this is a really cool video you have

[@trevor4835]

When he said he prefers less the random approach I was so happy. Glad to hear something more straightforward coming from this machine.

[@mscgr-i7c]

Came back to watch it again in 2024, dope!

[@rydubz7]

I'm a Reaktor guy who wanted a machinedrum because i thought there was nothing that do those kinds of things. I found a Reaktor ensemble called paramdrum that replicates(not a machinedrum emulation) a lot of the MD s functions. Mainly parameter locks. Just thought i'd spread the info for Reaktor users who want a machinedrum but can't justify or afford one. If you own Reaktor it's only $15 and it's freakin dope.

[@jdmmade]

No guys this isn't a sampler this is a real deal synth based drum machine, the machine is priced at the range of 2000 bucks. It can perform glitch type music flawlessly with the amazing analog type sounds and modern if you prefer.

[@somaticjet2717]

Flawless glitches

[@cosmicator]

Honestly, you've got the right dimensional mindsplit that no one seems to be able to replicate. I've just ordered a Machinedrum based on how you work the video! You're a credit to the humanoid species!

[@JyotiMishra]

This is awesome. Should be an official Elektron video.

[@drum-computer]

Still rocks in 2019!

[@patrizio7]

Very informative video for an MD noob like me. Glad this is still here

[@rtofvnt]

This is one of the best presentation of any electronic instrument on YT. This one wan't me to give up doing music for money and instead just play with this all day long.

[@vonzo55]

Still sounds like a futuristic machine

[@CDA43]

You really need to make an album. I would buy it in a second! I keep coming back for more! Need a vinyl for the analog goodness!

[@NappyHeadedHorse]

this is really fun! i was fooling around with this and i came up with an idea for expanding on it that's sounding really cool. if you put slide on all of the notes for the ctrl-al track then when it's unmuted it has a very different mutating effect

[@Bruce73X]

Fascinating demonstration of a fascinating device!

[@speedkleaver]

Good jamming mate! Im not sure if you know but if you press the [FUNCTION] + [CLASSIC/EXTENDED] keys together the kit will revert to the state it was when you saved it. Very useful if its all gone a bit too wobbly. Also the new update adds ctrl machines which let you do all that with the master effects section. Keep it up ;)

[@ArthurElectric]

One of the best MACHINEDRUM demos !

[@hipnova]

Nice man. You got some skills with that thing. Some real fresh sounds. Much more pleasing to the eyes than someone just sitting behind a laptop too.

[@plcasper]

Out of all the machinedrum videos on-line this one may be the best. I've been watching it for four years. . . I finally broke down and bought one! It should be here in a few days. thermalmaximum is right, Elektron really should send you a cut.

[@gabbyomassi]

Been trying to look for this video for years, found it! thanks dude

[@jamiewilson1828]

Brilliant and very cool advice on sound manipulation in the MDUW, love it, thanks

[@GainingOne]

You've 100% convinced me to buy this beast!! First rate job this video is! best on youtube.

[@quantum470]

Still the best Machinedrum session on youtube...

[@rhampton1914]

Indeed the best demo i seen using this Analog Drum Machine. Thumbs up!!!!!!!

[@ukbloke28]

It's not analogue, it's very digital.

[@bleekzaXXX]

Best video on the MD ever made

[@LFOVCF]

I love this! I hope you take this as a compliment, but I can almost hear Phil Oakey (Human League) singing to this, like early HL. Inspirational!

[@MetaRinka]

now that's an IDM groove for 10 mins, nice!

[@SailfishSoundSystem]

Just what I've been looking for! Amazing. Reason is getting old, even with new refills. Bravo!

[@ovuori]

I should have seen this video, when I got my MD. Thank you for posting this!

[@mechanikerlarsen]

Sehr schön! Da sich ja jemand richtig Mühe gegeben. GANZ WEIT VORN!!! Danke!

[@rabiimessaed6634]

You've been makin the sounds i want to make in today (2017)

[@rtofvnt]

This video makes me want this machine very badly ... great stuff ...

[@DustyChalk]

I wish I had a Machinedrum and understood half of what you were talking about, because what you really captured was the absolute _glee_ of making music, which is the part that I could relate to. Plus, I really dig the music.

[@DJillogick]

this is a real inspiration man...really dig it. Will def add a machinedrum to my setup in the near future...

[@ma_ximil]

One of the oldest and best videos ever

[@stylinghead]

Nice to see you again old friend.

[@thediep9146]

Thanks for these tips, tricks and the inspiration, will get my Machinedrum out for sure!! : )

[@vestisaudio]

Thx for sharing your ideas! I've been looking for this type of 'real time tweaking' from a long time.

[@goodiemonster]

This is awesome.

[@schnappskevlar4632]

wonderful tutorial and a great track at the same time - impressive work, thank you.

[@ambientguitarsounds502]

Awesome Machine. Cool tweaking!

[@am5790]

great mangling...its like you are dataline's darker twin

[@rooksnook3178]

Really cool demonstration of the sound-sprectrum of the MD ! My favourite Sounds are at 6:26 !! grtz fnz

[@Mondriantestpattern]

This is the video that made me get a MD!

[@undklang]

this is amazing beautiful sounding!!!

[@larslyd1627]

does this trick only appeal for the UW verison of the MachineDrum, or it is something also can do with the Mk1 version?

[@acidroll]

j'ai pas tres bien compris , mais je vais quand meme essayer ce soir :) ! c'est a dir on peut affecter un CTR-ALL sur un temps en particulier???? Can we affect a CTR-ALL on a precise moment of the pattern and not on the other? for example a CTR-ALL on the 1ST note??? Nice... Looks cool!

[@bowdewine]

Man, this stuff is really good! Enjoyed it! :-) Just got my MD, so this was pretty inspiring, thanks!

[@groovesleuth]

absolutely amazing!

[@lying-dalai]

Nov. 2015 : this sound is 8+ and not getting older ! :D

[@lying-dalai]

02.02.2022: still banging

[@OcelottMaster]

I have watch this video since 2008!

[@RodrigoEtchebarne]

Very nice sounds man, congratulations

[@darrengriffiths9737]

Best MD demo

[@samtune9987]

Best Elektron Produkt Ever !

[@pixmusic]

if you like these kind of digital sounds then it's the best machine out there. The interface is simply the best invented so far (imo). Sometimes I get a bit bored of the sound though.

[@jjitter]

hey nice one!! loved the stuff between 2-3mins...

[@danielraiche9462]

UW definitly worth the extra cash!! orderin one tomorrow fuck it!!!

[@darrengriffiths9737]

Just popped back! Still ace :)

[@beathaven303]

Great work dude! Time to get a machinedrum...

[@spacepirate1]

This is so awesome!

[@pedropratt]

Super cool!! I'm gonna try it right now!!

[@halation777]

Not sure how you are doing it, but it sounds mindblowing! I have to get one!

[@el_dani]

thanks so much for sharing this tricks with us! so amazing sound I get out of my machinedrum now :-)

[@angelodomino]

i will buy my one tomorrow...thanks to you!

[@sleepingundrtree]

you are damn good with that thing

[@xigronaus]

Very useful trick man! Thanks very much for sharing it!

[@SharedVision333]

@ThePhillips85 There is a lot of gear out there and this is something that I saved all summer for and it was worth every pennny. I just got a Monomachine to go with it and holy @#$% am I blown away. Endless possibilities..... I look forward to you getting one of these badboys!

[@locomotionstudios6495]

Richard D James, is that you?

[@vexx44]

steezy stuff at 2:40. very nice man.

[@porilaud]

Dude , yea, thats the bestest IDM video on youtube. And you should make some more videos WITH "subtitels" Then it wount get so bored too, some of ppl think its all the same if they dun' know what IDM is

[@usernameunavoidable]

@xpressunith the machinedrum and reaktor are both just software running on a microprocessor. There's nothing inherently better about a digital synth running on a processor stuck inside some little box over one running inside your computer. Now a real analogue synth, that's a lot harder to match with software.

[@monkem]

I really like those bloopy slushy sounds that appear 1:54 what is it actually? Did you use your own smples or intern sounds? Above the md I can see a jomox am I right?thx

[@maximiliandigregorio]

awesome machine ,,, great again

[@laetitia3348]

2023en force

[@ericld11]

what patch is the "bubbling" or sputtering that happens at about :34 and continues intermittently throughout? At 1:30 you begin to tweak it's parameter lock filter or rate a little. Is this a factory patch? Is there a delay on it?

[@rhampton1914]

just have a question. what is your opinion on that new to be released Dave Smith tempest. i am thinking on getting either the one you have used or that Dave Smith. it's quite costly tho. You think the drum machine part will be similar to yours?

[@Claidheambmor]

Gorgeous

[@pixmusic]

yeah, that's a good tip. It helps a lot when you start to lose grip.

[@deijavoo82]

My (sorta new) one of these is sat only two streets away but i can't break into my post office tonight! or can i........? top video sir.

[@chuckbilly907]

good job. love the MD

[@theapc]

Oh man... How much do these go for? I've wanted one for so long (I'm tired of using my computer alone for electronic music. Also, trying to mix my guitar with computer music doesnt work out often for me - I want something hands-on), and this video only adds to that.

[@rc2576]

compliments a lot

[@iv0luti0n]

@klikk0 To get good quality recordings your audio interface has to have good quality inputs. Are your levels good, do you have proper gain-staging? Also, if you don't set your sample rate and buffer sizer properly in Ableton, you may get lots of clicks or distortion when recording.

[@sweepstakes]

@ddaynyc cool, got any samples of the stuff you've done on the ESX?

[@skyskraberen]

Looking for pointers: I've been oogling this machine for a while. Is it really worth cash? I mean this sounds fantastic. Would it be better to go with an Electribe and maybe an extra synth like the Mopho, or perhaps a cheap drum machine and a couple of synths like the Blofeld? Any help appreciated.