Elektron Musical Instruments

This is a good idea. 

Question: I noticed the BD sound shifting a little bit in this demo. 
The effect sounds as if the BD is actually two layered sounds 
(seperate attack and sustain) whose timing relationship was changing 
a bit. Was this due to live tweaking or inherent randomness in the 
synth models? 

Overall I think this machine sounds great. It has the character of 
some well-known analogue beat boxes (Korg minipops and Roland CR 8000 
come to mind) but apparently with extensive programmability and 
hopefully a full-featured sequencer. As some have pointed out, .MP3's 
aren't the best way to demo a synth and it would be nice to hear a 
few 256kb samples to get a little more detail than the 128kb files 
reveal. Also remember that we're listening to the RAW sound of the 
machine here. EQ, compression and an old DBX boom box on the kick and 
snare will take them wherever you need them to go imo. Hats already 
sound crisp and super electronic and, again, the appropriate 
processing and effects can freak them out. 

I've noticed that sometimes musicians who are used to modern roland, 
yamaha, etc. instruments have come to expect album-ready sounds to 
come straight out of a machine because of all the built-in effects 
the big manufacturers throw in. Personally, I prefer a synth company 
to focus on raw sound programmability and quality at the expense of 
the "wow, that sounds just like my favorite record" impression you 
can get from a fully-effected demo. The only problem is you either 
have to get an extensive in-person demo where you can hook the 
machine up to various outboard gear or try to "imagine" what it will 
sound like through your favorite processors/effects.

Here's what would help me and probably everyone else on this list 
figure out if they're going to drop ~$1000 US on a beat box that 
might never show up at the local music shop for an in-person demo: 1) 
A list of built-in effects and which ones are being used in the 
demo's. 2) More and higher bitrate demo files. 3) Full spec on the 
sequencer. 4) Detailed synth engine specs of the various "machines" 
and whether or not any of the sounds are actually samples.

--- In elektron-users@y..., "mr klown" <klown_mr@h...> wrote:
> Daniel-
> 
> I'm not sure if the Machinedrum can realtime change, but if it can, 
this 
> might be a better way to demonstrate the bd and sd:  Due a 
recording with 
> the drum morphing through all the different sort of types of kicks 
you can 
> make it produce, giving people a better idea of the range of the 
machine.  
> Its easier to find the hit that impresses each individual if you 
throw 30 of 
> them at them rather then just one.
> 
> {mr}klown
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