Elektron Musical Instruments

> right on.  that would be awesome, Scott!  especially if you could 
> create a venue
> where the MD contest could be hosted as well.  that way, we could be 
> less limited
> on space and people could fell less pressed for time regarding the 
> length of their
> entries.  it would be even greater if you could include a voting 
> system; especially
> one where people could vote for the top three entries and rank them as 
> such.  it's
> much better than just choosing the best one.

I have begun setting up the site, which uses PHP-Nuke and PHPBB2 as its 
core components.  I have not set up a Nuke site before, so it will take 
a bit of fiddling to get it looking right.  Hopefully there are 
pre-existing modules for uploads and voting, but I can write something 
new if need be.

The site will serve as a nexus for all Elektron products, so we can host 
MD songs there, as well as MnM ones (even SID ones :) ).  Once the 
initial look/feel and functionality is complete, I will make a general 
announcement about the site's location.

I helped set up reasonstation.net back in 2001, and that site was quite 
successful.  In the long run, however, the site was taken over by people 
who did not have registered copies of Reason, which was disappointing. 
But worry not!  Hardware, they say, is the ultimate dongle.


> then something like "elektroncontests.com" seems appropriate 
> (especially since
> we may wish to do this for future Elektron products too).   if it's 
> only MnM, then
> "monomachinecontest.com" or something would be appropriate.

I've got a good idea for the domain name.  I'll release it when the site 
is ready for public viewing.  Thank you for the suggestions!

/Scott