Elektron Musical Instruments

hi everybody. now, as some time has passed, i have to say that i didn't change my opinion 
on the monomachine's workflow. it's a horrifying creative brake to me. i mean, i'm a child 
of the computer age, wtf do i need a circuitous step sequencer for composing if i have two 
24" tfts giving me enough space to run a more sophisticated ui? i mean, let everybody 
work the way she/he wants, but the mm simply doesn't address this demand. i wanna 
simply use it as an expander, because of it's great sound. when i have a pattern in my 
head, i edit it, choose a synth, choose a sound by skipping through the banks till i found 
one which fits or modify it till it does. simple as that. but it's a pity this doesn't apply to 
the monomachine. if no one else shares this opinion, it's bad luck for me. but: as i need a 
souddiver adaptation or a standalone to control the bitch, i might be good luck for you. 
tell me how much money you want for creating such a piece of code, and we'll make a 
deal. if nobody is interested, i'll probably have to do it myself. anyway, i think i'm not 
touch the mm until i don't have the editor. so if you're interested, feel free to contact me 
at taubmann@... 
there's another thing to say about the hardware implementation of the monomachine. for 
the terrible dial and knobs/the overall quality/and the thumbnail display, don't tell me it 
would have been so much more expensive get it right. the rackears for  100euros are a 
joke. the proof for only 700 bucks more can be found here: www.cwejman.com. i refer to 
the s1, which i own, and which is of the highest quality of analog components. cheap 
digital circuitry for 1300 quid is simply barefaced. 

hope no one takes this as an offence, regards from berlin, clemens

--- In elektron-users@...m, niall munnelly <aleph@a...> wrote:
>
> 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.
> 
> -- 
> yours,
> niall.
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