Elektron Musical Instruments

On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 03:12:44AM -0000, poperzengott wrote:
> interesting, how diverse opinions on this matter are. maybe i'm simply too demanding, 
> because of my background in high-end graphics software ( k, ain't no hardware, but that's 
> where workflow/ interaction is really on top of it ). just to mention a couple of points: no 
> mute buttons next to the track selectors - two handed operation necessary! 

function + bank puts the triggers in mute mode - six
internal synths and the six midi tracks.


> would they 
> have made the device much more expensive?! also, the function, global, enter, cancel and 
> cursor section is located on the left of the panel...not meant to be an offense, but isn't the 
> majority of us right handers?

you could argue about left and righthandedness in relation
to most of the buttons on this synth, and i don't think
anyone would come up with a more satisfactory arrangement.
what do you recommend?

> the soft dials are by far too closely arranged, and the 
> pressing behaviour for parameter increment change should have been inverse for my 
> taste. 

you're not het first person to say this, but i don't think
either implementation has been made a standard.  it's an
easy thing to grok with one or two uses, anyhow - hardly a
paradigm shift.

> and the last thing is that the small display is forcing parameter names to be 
> abbreviated beyond recognition.

this also becomes easier with a little use.  come back after
a month of use, and let us know how your concerns have held
up, please.

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