My lovely wife just bought me a Monotribe for Christmas.
Today is my first day of using it so here goes.
Any tips from anyone?
Going to rig it up to SONAR X1 and play along with some of my existing tracks.
Time to get analogue..!
Monotribe
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Monotribe
Mike Molloy
Ex Korg UK Technical Support 2002 - 2010
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When Words Fail, Music Speaks
Ex Korg UK Technical Support 2002 - 2010
Forum Moderator since 2011
When Words Fail, Music Speaks
midify it!
"Don´t let your Blofeld beside children, mothers-in-law or pets. This could lead to critical interactions."
Waldorf Blofeld User's Manual, Jan 2009
http://rsto.bandcamp.com/album/constellation - Free download of "Constellation"
http://www.youtube.com/user/RedShiftingTheOceans
http://soundcloud.com/kimuz
Waldorf Blofeld User's Manual, Jan 2009
http://rsto.bandcamp.com/album/constellation - Free download of "Constellation"
http://www.youtube.com/user/RedShiftingTheOceans
http://soundcloud.com/kimuz
If you want, you can heavily study how everything reacts to everything and find some really neat stuff can be done. Analogue is king 
Cheers! Yoa
Current electronic equipment: Korg Kaossilator, miniKP, microKORG, nanoKEY, nanoPAD, nanoKONTROL, monotron, Pandora PX5D, AX1000G, M-Audio Keystation 88es, Casio VL Tone, Soundcraft 102 mixer, laptop (which, among other things, has the KORG Legacy Collection and various NI stuffs), Acer Iconia a100 (has many music apps), Stylophone, Yamaha DX7
Current electronic equipment: Korg Kaossilator, miniKP, microKORG, nanoKEY, nanoPAD, nanoKONTROL, monotron, Pandora PX5D, AX1000G, M-Audio Keystation 88es, Casio VL Tone, Soundcraft 102 mixer, laptop (which, among other things, has the KORG Legacy Collection and various NI stuffs), Acer Iconia a100 (has many music apps), Stylophone, Yamaha DX7
Re: Monotribe
What a lovely gift from your wife!mikemolloyuk wrote:My lovely wife just bought me a Monotribe for Christmas.
Today is my first day of using it so here goes.
Any tips from anyone?
Going to rig it up to SONAR X1 and play along with some of my existing tracks.
Time to get analogue..!
I really do love the Monotribe, even if it is a bit of a toy, it's still possible to use it for serious music making.
Don't be afraid of the ribbon: even though it's inaccurate, it complements the analogue vibe of the instrument well. Being able to do portamento and vibrato on the ribbon, without digital aliasing, is wonderful.
Like many other instruments, it's one that you really need to learn how to play well. It's a performance instrument, so I find treating it as such pays off. I think if you try and play it like a keyboard it can be disappointed. I tend to play it more like I would a theremin.
The other thing I think is really cool is being able to experiment with polyrhythms - being able to have multiple drum parts of different lengths. Fun times!
Also, adding MIDI is pretty easy. I haven't done mine yet as it's in storage, but it's something I'd very much like to do.
Current Equipment:
Korg Kronos 2 88, Reface CS, Roland JV-1080, TE OP1, Moog Subsequent 37, Korg ARP Odyssey, Allen & Heath Zed 18, Adam F5, MOTU MIDI Express XT, Lexicon MX200 & MPX1, Yamaha QY700, Yamaha AW16G, Tascam DP008ex, Zoom H6, Organelle, Roland J6 & JU06A
Previous: Triton LE 61/Sampling/64MB/4GB SCSI, MS2000BR, Kronos 1 61, Monotribe, NanoKontrol, NanoKeys, Kaossilator II, Casio HT3000, Roland VP-03, Reface DX, Novation Mininova, MPC One
Korg Kronos 2 88, Reface CS, Roland JV-1080, TE OP1, Moog Subsequent 37, Korg ARP Odyssey, Allen & Heath Zed 18, Adam F5, MOTU MIDI Express XT, Lexicon MX200 & MPX1, Yamaha QY700, Yamaha AW16G, Tascam DP008ex, Zoom H6, Organelle, Roland J6 & JU06A
Previous: Triton LE 61/Sampling/64MB/4GB SCSI, MS2000BR, Kronos 1 61, Monotribe, NanoKontrol, NanoKeys, Kaossilator II, Casio HT3000, Roland VP-03, Reface DX, Novation Mininova, MPC One