Switched on Kraftwerk - The Mono Machine

A short cover version of "The Man Machine" album originally made by Kraftwerk. All instruments and robot voices are created on an Elektron Monomachine and the simple drums on the Elektron Machinedrum. I added a little Lexicon MX200 reverb. Both machines are running in song mode. The Monomachine is synced to the Machinedrum via MIDI.
Note the artifacts when switching from one kit to another, especially where the delay settings are very different between the kits.
This is highly experimental! Here's a download link with sysex files for both Monomachine II and Machinedrum UW II:
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I haven't been able to test these myself so I'm not sure they will work. Please don't ask me how to import them - read the manuals!

[@ronnieaux5290]

This is what it sounds like when someone who actually knows what he's doing uses a synthesizer.

[@buromaschinen]

Monomachine user level: Schneider

[@joshwizinsky1979]

Right!?

[@Doctormix]

This is incredible

[@TheTrackdriver]

Thank you :)

[@Visualsgo]

Hello Claudio

[@TheTrackdriver]

R.I.P Florian Schneider :-(

[@ianeye68]

this link was one of the first places I went to when I heard the news.

[@TheTrackdriver]

@@ianeye68 I had this naive thought that the Kraftwerk members would live forever. Obviously even robots will eventually be taken out of service :,-(

[@ZedCactus]

What? Oh no! :(

[@simonyricools]

Neon Lights is wonderful!

[@rainbowkittycat627]

I appreciate the switched on Bach reference!!! Wendy Carlos was an icon and innovator and more people need to know about her!!

[@TheTrackdriver]

Yes, the title on this video is a homage to Carlos album😊

[@sub-jec-tiv]

Are you kidding!? Just finding this and it’s blowing my mind. Man Machine was my favorite album as a kid, and you nailed it.

[@eminor9219]

Never saw this before although I'm a Monomachine user from its beginning ... and will be for life. Great job Mr Trackdriver, you nailed Elekton's marketing campaign 'Man Machine potential'. RIP Schneider & RIP Daniel Hansson, designer of the Monomachine and CEO of Elektron until his fatal car accident in 2007. The legends live on.

[@TheTrackdriver]

Thank you all for your comments :)

[@employeetapesarchive8300]

0:00 The Robots 1:17 Spacelab 2:35 Metropolis 3:38 The Model 4:40 Neon Lights 5:35 The Man Machine

[@Manfromuncool]

This is very impressive, puts all gear acquisitors to shame.

[@nasagesa]

Two things: You are a very skillful sound designer, and the other is that both machines are very exceptional and unique instruments.

[@Vingul]

Sounds great.

[@soupforare]

Nice to see the silver boxes in use, well executed

[@NeoLudditevisons]

So brilliant!

[@manuelgasco3733]

Wonderful !!!

[@WrvrUgoThrUR]

Came here looking for Man Machine samples for my Man Machine remake....yeah...back to the drawing board for me. This is spot on!!!

[@SeshwaChickenKebab]

incredible mate

[@terensk]

The best MM demonstration to date... Great job buddy!

[@charcastanmusica5796]

ohhhh. precious!!!

[@Matthewsavant]

I come back to listen to this every once in a while :) But really the fact that the Monomachine can do this AND can do crazy hard stuff like SOPHIE does is just incredible. The Monomachine should be one of the most sought after synths of all time, there is nothing like it at all

[@TheTrackdriver]

The Monomachine is a very capable synth. I love it.

[@trevor4835]

Matthew savant True but ableton is also quite involved in SOPHIEs production

[@CAMELEON1721]

I have always loved Kraftwerk and I still love. I even model my music (I do not copy) on them. Although I have only MIDI controller Arturia MiniLab and the latest version: Analog Lab 3. For now, that's enough for me. It's important to have a sense of techno rhythm and ideas. I love special effects. Recently, I recorded the "Spectrum Train" in the style of Kraftwerk.

[@jeansebtremblay]

Brillant ! Absolutely brillant !

[@alien_brain]

wow very close on many voices, excellent covers! high score for realism.

[@alien_brain]

im another one who returns to this video every now and then. you make me stare at my monomachine in wonderous awe. how DID you get kraftwerk in that little box? who needs a record? i need to get an autograph from your box. do more please?

[@lindsaywebb1904]

I appreciate the VO efforts. That shit ain't easy

[@lxxwj]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THIS IS SICK

[@benjamendorrell2038]

Sounds so fucking good. Very nice work.

[@Justlucs94]

Just had THE VISION now, THAT SHIT WAS DOPE!!!!! God bless you, im so happy now..

[@SyncdAlien]

This is utterly fantastic! Love it! 👍

[@Justlucs94]

Holy shit. Thank you

[@leecheneler6202]

amazing versions on 2 amazing machines! cheers!

[@NYKgjl10]

Excellent mix and flawless!!

[@gonzaloriquelme2111]

This is impressive. It sounds like heaven

[@afaydilek]

great job

[@JeffreyHarris7]

Next level.

[@markofthenorth9512]

Outstanding use of The Silver Lady (MNM).

[@tomb-X]

soo cool, will load into my monomachine

[@CommunityGuidelines]

Metropolis has the energy of the Computer World Tour version. Sent a little shiver up my spine. This medley is spooky good.

[@otisobl]

Lovely. Kraftwerk is my lifetime favorite band, MNM my lifetime favorite synth.

[@digbydt]

Amazing job, absolutely superb.

[@thesurgingmass]

1. Your ability to recreate these tracks is amazing. 2. Your ability to do so one one machine is awesome! 3. The fact that this can be done on a single synth is bloody brilliant!!!

[@CO5MA]

Amazing ❤️

[@ludwigkopp8130]

Brilliant. You know your trade. And of course the classics 👍🤖🖐

[@HelloBeast]

It's just great.

[@beloyaraistov8007]

Sounding more better, than original!!!!! Wooow, so interesting

[@Musik_Arbeiter]

This is awesome! I'd love to see you make videos for their other albums too!

[@dfaehab]

great, also i really dig the video design, thanks for posting!

[@TheTrackdriver]

Thank you😊

[@kevincoffield1787]

Amazing work on this machine! Well done. Must have took a while? I've never heard of this small machine. Great Kraftwerk songs in there. 👍

[@TheTrackdriver]

Thanks :) And yes, it took a couple of weeks.

[@rpocc]

This makes me reconsidering selling this thing.

[@UltimateVeve]

Wonderful covers ! The sounds are very closed from the source.

[@Tigershark_3082]

Dude, this is awesome!

[@drthorpe8602]

bloody hell. this is great

[@arivas3]

Fantastic WERK!!!

[@MattiasRickardsson]

Wow, what a well-done concept!!! This must have taken a week or two? :-)

[@TheTrackdriver]

Well, two weeks in the evenings after dinner and gaming :-)

[@moket808]

killer cover

[@TheTrackdriver]

:-)

[@Matthewsavant]

Damn dude this is spot on!

[@TheTrackdriver]

Thank you :)

[@KAYAILLA]

MA SHEEN.

[@fotoniknoise]

That's impressive!

[@bitley]

Jäkligt ballt! Med vänlig hälsning, PF

[@TheTrackdriver]

Thank you :-)

[@Digiphex]

Impressive.

[@guyanalept5022]

impressive work

[@LUGER97]

Great job!

[@anthonyrothercom]

Great.

[@AdamJayTechnoElectro]

Fantastisch!

[@soundnnvision]

so dope!

[@100ThingsIDo]

Very NICE :D

[@doak1694]

amazing....good job

[@cmplns]

Very good compilation of the Robots-LP recreate with modern technology. The Vocoder sounds are sometimes not very authentic but i really like your wonderful sound-arrangement.

[@TheTrackdriver]

Thank you :-) It is no vocoder though, just the voice synthesizer in the Monomachine.

[@boxmusiciskin]

Great job! Very similar

[@grauoliv]

Metropolis really turned out very! well.

[@timjohnston9143]

Good job!

[@AsteroidKiller]

World class! 🤖🤖🤖

[@rpocc]

Programming 80lvl. Hillarious!

[@Groof_official]

10/10

[@TheTrackdriver]

💾The download link to the .zip in the description doesn't work if you just click on it. Instead, copy the address, create a new tab/window in your browser and paste the copied address into the address bar.

[@syntheticmenofficialaccount]

Kraftwerk... 💪👍💚

[@____-od7qe]

Great ！！！！！！！！

[@domtak]

Wow

[@grandmasterjo1]

Why can’t Elektron give us the Monomachine back I’m being punished for returning mine in two days. I was lost 10 years ago 😜😜😄 Brilliant work Almost unbelievable that it’s done on the MM 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍

[@TheTrackdriver]

Yeah, it would be nice with a new Monomachine!

[@guthpiddi]

Hallo, sehr gut gemacht, ja die "Gesangs"Einlagen ...da kann man ggf diskutieren, aber der Rest ist hervorragend!

[@repeatle]

Grannt!

[@didierperrusset6386]

a double bass line for the beginning sequence is missing, nice job anyway

[@MrTaytoon]

Hi, I've looked on your website and can't find the sysex files, do you please have them? 🙏 This sounds absolutely fantastic

[@TheTrackdriver]

Hi I don't know why the link in the description doesn't work. Try this - right-click on the link (I'm using Chrome, maybe it's different in other browsers) and select "Copy link address" in the drop-down menu. Create a new tab/window and paste the copied link into the address bar. This worked for me

[@MrTaytoon]

@@TheTrackdriver Thank you !! It worked

[@TheTrackdriver]

@@MrTaytoon Great!😀

[@swifty1969]

now just imagine what can one do with a 5th gen ipad pro with 1tb 16gb ram.

[@eLStromy]

the snare sounds were a bit off but otherwise perfect

[@rougerthierry3299]

This cover of The man machine is beautiful, but too short. It's a pity.

[@marcelkorrodi4435]

A Sysex file of your Work Please...!!!

[@TheTrackdriver]

There is now :-) Please read the description.

[@benspaander9721]

Is this all made on 1 monomachine?

[@TheTrackdriver]

The music yes, the drums on a Machinedrum.

[@jussirantala8530]

:O

[@zacdior9402]

No way is this coming from one Monomachine Peace ✌️ out people

[@TheTrackdriver]

Please read the description - it's clearly stated that I have used the MnM for the music and the MDUW for the drums. BTW, I added a download link today.

[@trevor4835]

Zac Dior is a bitch, peace out people

[@blpfrk]

So good!

[@andysundstrom226]

Awesome!