#21

Can I wire the Mark sequencer to sequence other monome apps? One app on channel1, another app on channel2 and so on? Didn’t quite understand if that was possible or not.

If it is, then this is very powerful.

#22

No, I don’t believe that is possible.

#23

ableton is pretty great, especially with Terms

#24

Do note it’s a mac os only option. (That might matter)

#25

I would say monome is most complicated of all. I love it but I spend the first 15 minutes at least of every session just trying to get it to make sound come out of my speakers.

#26

After giving this some thought, especially after thinking about what @Shmaltzing said, I’ve decided to wait with a grid for now.

Being the father of two little children, busy with work in between and other duties, I don’t have much time left for music and what time I have, I want to spend on just writing music.

I think that the tinkering part of this universe leans too much towards drivers, software versions and settings, stuff I don’t want to spend time on. I’m not saying it appears to be a whole lot of that stuff, just enough to make it less appealing to me now. And I could even enjoy that kind of stuff, but not right now, not in this phase in my life.

#27

After deciding that giving thought to things aren’t always the best way to go, I’ve now gone ahead and bought a grid.

Wish me luck.

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#28

haha. excellent choice

#29

Not strctly monome related, but i’ve just finished a ‘digital music’ after school club with bunch of kids aged 8-11. Most of them had no experience of any musical instrument, and definitely never attempted to write a song before. It was great to watch their individual approaches.

But one child stood out by the way he approached songwriting. He wrote songs like stories… He imagined a senario in his head (one song was a rusting old spaceship slowly breaking down, the next was a celebration and party in a barn) and created sounds and textures to tell the story. I found it refreshingly naïve and inspiring to watch him work so joyfully and without any constraints. I may have to try this myself sometime!

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#30

Starting with monome sum seems to be the best way forward for a monome rookie like myself. Would you all agree on this? :slight_smile:

Actually, not only a good place to start, but quite a capable package all in all, or so it appears anyway.

#31

Share your thoughts on arranging and turning a collection of loops, sounds, or rough ideas into a fully fleshed out song. Tips, tricks, advice, recommendations, questions, etc… How do you make your tracks move, change, and sound complete?

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