Elektron Musical Instruments

Both - 

Some of the sounds will be sample based.  You'll be able to tune 
up/down etc and have a little control but the underlying waveform is 
what you get - this is very much like the Alesis SR-16, BOSS DR-660, 
etc.

There are also a 4 part Virtual Analog synth engine in there.  This 
will allow you to do things like select a basic waveform (ie. saw, 
square, sin, etc.), apply envelopes, lfos, filters, etc.  This is 
somewhat like a traditional analog drum machine like a 808/909 but 
really seems to be more like one of the modern VA synths like the 
Nord, the Virus, etc.  Presumably the set of parameters you have to 
work w/ will be a smaller subset than one of those synths more 
focused on percussive synthesis then general synthesis.

Does that answer your question?

--- In elektron-users@y..., krupir@h... wrote:
> Since the issue is on the tracks again, no pun intended, I had a
> question for whoever may answer :
> I don't know much about synthesis, and I think it's been told what
> kind of synthesis the machine drum will use, still, I don't know 
what
> it means at all. The thing I think that all drum machines I know are
> disapointing for, or not as fun as one (= I,hehe...)can expect is 
the
> fact that the basic sounds (samples, templates, whatever you might
> call it) are pre-recorded ones. You can't build a sound out of the
> blue, the way you can do it on an analog-like synth, where you can
> push a key and no sound would come out of it until you've tweaked an
> oscilator or filter, starting with the basic bleep and turn it into
> something else, a pure electronic bleep. You know what I mean. So 
the
> question is :
> Will the MD have this kind of synthesis or does it come with basic
> sounds, like pre-recorded ones or something, some one can clearly
> identify, or some that have been worked on already and you can't go
> under the level it's been worked to (example : get one of your
> sidstation patches, you can burn it down to the root of it, like to 
a
> square wave or a sine. Start with an blank one is the same. The pure
> wave is free of everything, it's pure electricity (or so it feels to
> me...)Doesn't sound like anything but a wave.)You know ? Get a noise
> wave and turn it into a snare with many parameters. Can we do that 
on
> the MachineDrum ?
> Anyone ?
> Anyone ?
> 
> Virgile- THanks-