Elektron Musical Instruments

Well said Scott, the sequencer is awesome on the MnM.
John if I hadn't had enough money to get both the MnM
and the MD and knowing what  do of them both now I
would have chose the MnM. Use battery for your dums,
it's like haveing the MD.


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--- Scott Kellogg <glaive@...> wrote:

> 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.
> >
> >--- Christopher Mitchell <chrism@...> wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>taco,
> >>
> >>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:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Joseph
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>Melnyk <jmelnyk@c...> 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>wrote:
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>check the machinedrum.com mp3's of the e12
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>machines.  that might give
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>you some idea.
> >>>>basically, they're pretty realistic sounding
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>drums, kind of 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>hip-hop-ish
> >>>>(in my opinion).
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>[Non-text portions of this message have been
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>removed]
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Well, I will be making hip-hop influenced stuff
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>with this...so that is 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>good.  However, I
> >>>could not find anywhere on the machinedrum.com
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>website where they 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>break down
> >>>the sounds based on the machines.  They do that
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>for the 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>MonoMachine...but not the
> >>>machinedrum...and the Monomachine does not really
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>get into the drum 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>sounds.
> >>>Especially the snares.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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