Elektron Musical Instruments

On Oct 10, 2005, at 5:20 PM, John Gellings wrote:

> I have the MachineDrum and the Monomachine and now
> have my sights set on a Sidstation.  Can someone
> explain how the waveform-tables work?  I have seen it
> described as a sequencer.  Is this accurate?  If not,
> how does it differ from the sequencer in something
> like...the monomachine?

the wavetable is definitely not a sequencer in the normal
monomachine, x0x-box style.  it works like this...you get several
rows in a table.  in each row, you get to choose which waveform to
play and which note offset to play it at (I believe you can also
toggle ring mod, but I could be mistaken;  it's been a while since
I've used it).  then you continue doing the same for each row,
adding up to (I believe) 64 of them.  this micro-sequence is then
played at a specified speed every time you press a note.

so it will play a sequence in a way, but it's not really something
you'd use to write a pattern.  the term "micro-sequencer" is
probably the best description.  you can do some cool little drum
like beats with it though!  :-)