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Re: [elektron] Only for people that have recorded with a machine drum.

2005-11-08 by niall munnelly

On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 11:39:45PM -0800, s a wrote:
>    By the way, the machine drum itself is not hot enough to record without the use of external amplification regardless of the +4 level output. So you ask "Why are you recoding in to the mic pre?". Answer: To get the levels hot enough to make a
>  decent recording.

then your experience is unlike any other described here.
post detailed sound examples, provide them to elektron
support, and see if you can get a different MD from them or
your vendor {if you bought it new recently}.  remember to
bypass the pre - this was made for line-level inputs.

also, can you describe the noise?  do you hear it on all
outs?

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