Elektron Musical Instruments

I don't think the drum sounds will get old.  They just are what they 
are: a synth engine like the others.  They are limited only by the 
programming skills and imagination you bring to the Monomachine.  
However, something like NI Battery 2 is, of course, a completely 
different beast. 

I think one of the best things about the MnM is the sequencer.  My 
friend and I sketched out a song form last night in the Song Sequencer, 
and it took all of twenty minutes to program a spiffy little 
arangement.  The fact that you can keep the creative flow going all time 
is one of the best features.

/Scott

John Gellings wrote:

>Thank you.  I understand that the drum sounds are
>going to get old quick...but if they are useful at
>all, I can use they as a scratch pad...and then add
>them later in my computer.  I also understand that it
>is 6 monophonic tracks.  However, I am ok with 3-4
>tracks of drums and 3-2 tracks of synths.  I'm very
>minimal generally speaking.  I may have to buy
>both...but right now, I'm going with the
>Monomachine...because I can do drums on my computer (I
>have a huge sample library).  I cannot do what the
>Monomachine offers in my computer.  I won't buy for
>another month...so I may change my mind and get a
>Machinedrum.  It really depends.  The sample reduction
>should help a bit with these drums.
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>--- Christopher Mitchell <chrism@...> wrote:
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>>taco,
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>>the drums are ok, and can be useful, but if you're
>>going to be making 
>>anything at all drum-oriented it will be either
>>"really cool" for you 
>>or not very cool at all.  No matter how you slice it
>>you're working 
>>with, what, 24 *short* samples that can be tweaked,
>>but not in the same 
>>variety of ways that one could tweak the same sample
>>in a sampler or 
>>software sampler.
>>
>>Also remember that the drum sample generator (i
>>don't want to be 
>>confusing by saying "drum machine") on the MnM is
>>MONOPHONIC.  so if 
>>you want to have more than one drum hitting
>>simultaneously, you have to 
>>add a second monophonic machine.  I think for some,
>>this leads to some 
>>neat sounds... but if you just want to make a
>>'regular' drum track, 
>>you're going to need some other source.
>>
>>I would definitely try to find a MnM and a MD in
>>person to play with 
>>before making your decision.  I've got both.  If I
>>had to choose 
>>between the two, the MD would stay - but that's just
>>me, and currently 
>>I don't have to make that choice.
>>
>>I won't be redundant posting what Scott says he's
>>going to make, but 
>>should he not post it soon just pop another mail up
>>and I'll make a 
>>short recording with a single trigger of each
>>sample.
>>
>>On Feb 19, 2005, at 8:25 PM, taco6 wrote:
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>>>--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Joseph
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>>Melnyk <jmelnyk@c...> 
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>>>>check the machinedrum.com mp3's of the e12
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>>machines.  that might give
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>>>>you some idea.
>>>>basically, they're pretty realistic sounding
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>>drums, kind of 
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>>>>hip-hop-ish
>>>>(in my opinion).
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>>>Well, I will be making hip-hop influenced stuff
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>>with this...so that is 
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>>>good.  However, I
>>>could not find anywhere on the machinedrum.com
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>>website where they 
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>>>break down
>>>the sounds based on the machines.  They do that
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>>for the 
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>>>MonoMachine...but not the
>>>machinedrum...and the Monomachine does not really
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>>get into the drum 
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>>>sounds.
>>>Especially the snares.
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