Elektron Musical Instruments

On Nov 18, 2005, at 2:13 PM, poperzengott wrote:

> 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.

well if you did a bit of research on the MnM and MD, you'd see that
their digital components are anything but cheap.  neither is that
interface that you hate so much.  sure, analog's more expensive, but  
that
doesn't mean that the MD/MnM components are cheap.

as far as your request - if I remember correctly your post a while  
back said that
you would have liked one knob per parameter - are you aware that  
there are
56 parameters per machine?  to implement this the way that you like,  
they
would have to use endless encoders and LED rings for every parameter.
this is similar to the Nord Lead 3, which has half as many LED rings
and still cost $1700 (for the rack version) when it was released.   
encoders
are different (and more expensive and complicated) than just simple
knobs like those found on the cwejman.  point is...I don't think  
you'd like the price
of the MnM any more than you do now if they built it this way.  it would
definitely be nearing the $2K mark (for the tabletop version).

anyway, if you don't like it you don't like it.  I can see how  
someone who's
used to using a computer can dislike the MnM interface for having to
page around and such.  but for me, that's what makes it great - the
higher level of physical interaction with the sound as I'm writing it.
and I think the paging/encoder interface is a great compromise
between a synth with very few controls and a synth with a million
controls.  but that's me...  you're used to your workflow and hopefully
it's working out well for you, even without the MnM :-)