Elektron Musical Instruments

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "zerocrossing2001" 
<zerocrossing2001@y...> wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> I joined the list because Elektron is doing an incredible job of 
viral marketing!  I don't have 
> one (yet) but so many of you guys have said, "Machinedrum it's the 
One" that I just have to 
> do some more digging.
> 
> So... my question... or should I say questions.  First, why do you 
love your Elektron SO 
> damn much?  The samples on the site are... cool, but they don't 
seem to reflect the rabid 
> nature of the Machinedrum fans. 

froth..

 You kids have any links of stuff you've done with it?  I'd 
> love to hear more.

just scan this forum and www.elektron-users.com

> 
> Second, I have plenty of hardware sequencers and actually I'm 
planning on shelving them 

hi, you should shelve/sell them and those other drummachines. the 
xl7 and electribe dont give the satisfaction or the ease of use of 
the MD and the sounds dont nearly compare either. i have used both 
at some stage.. MD is crispy clear quality sound combined with the 
most well integrated hardware sequencer known to (wo)man. no-one can 
fuck with it. as a synthesizer/drummachine, it stomps MPC and any 
other digital device including ur laptop ;) into a worm hole. unless 
you like making music with mice and samples that is. the only things 
that the MD cant do is analogue drums (and a 909 hh). but it comes 
very close with trx machines and you can sample an 808 or jomox 
kick/snare/hh with the MDUW

> because I just can't do the type of quick construction/editing 
that I can using software (I'm 
> comparing using a Korg Electribe ESX-1 or a E-MU XL-7 to 
sequencing in Mark Of The 
> Unicorn's Digital Performer 4)... or can I?  I keep hearing the 
Machinedrum is such a joy to 
> work with. 

its unbooleeevable, oh the joy.. im serious ;) much more fun than 
staring at the screen but if you like doing that, the MD will 
integrate with ur software sequencer beautifully. many people use 
their computer to trigger patterns on MD an stuff.


 I'd love features like real time swing/shuffle feedback.  Does it 
do that? 

what is shuffle feedback?  

 What's 
> song construction like?  

song mode is the easiest i have ever used. 


My Electribe and Command Station are great for making quick 
> multibar loops, but when I try to put them into a traditional song 
structure I find it very 
> awkward.  So would it be better for me to get the Monomachine?  
Machinedrum?  I have a 
> few synths that I love, like an Access Virus C, Korg Wavestation 
and a Roland SH-32.

its a totally different question, i would suggest MDUW if you 
already have some synthesizers that you like. only drawback of using 
MD as master sequencer is that you cant record to its sequencer from 
a midi keyboard. monomachine has max 64 step/per pattern MD is 32.. 
u can link patterns. you can record to the monomachine sequencer, it 
is quantised tho. get the MDUW.

> 
> I'm listening to the Monomachine now and it seems like that may be 
more my style 

could be ;)

since I 
> don't need another drum machine... 

you might think that now.. 

can the Monomachine do Machinedrum sounds?

it can in a very limited way.

> 
> thanks,
> 
> Mark