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[elektron] Re: another couple of crazy ideas/requests

2005-11-23 by pixfodase

Hey Paul,

You're definitly lacking a lot of love for what I can see...

I suggest you some massage therapy or some days in the country side 
with your loved ones...

believe me...it'll do wonders.

cheers!
Rui




--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Paul Love <paul10love@c...> 
wrote:
>
> Your looking for an Akai MPC2500! Why do you own a MD if you dont 
use  
> the sound design engine to make your own signature sounds. That 
seems  
> fucking stupid to me to pay $1600.00 for 64 sample rom slots. 
Sorry  
> for the hostility but you dont seem to get the purpose of this  
> Machine. This is not an Idiots box. Only someone who puts in the 
time  
> with the MD is going to get the most out of it! Secondly the UW  
> option is like the icing on the cake except you want to throw away  
> the cake and lick the frosting. If all you want is sampling you 
have  
> the wrong Machine.
> On Nov 22, 2005, at 3:49 PM, analogback wrote:
> 
> > --- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "pixfodase" <rupix@h...>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > So I keep having a blast with my MD-UW. It's really on another 
new
> > > level soundwise, and I hardly ever used the internal synth 
engines
> > > again. So, and and I know I'll get flamed from all over the 
place,
> > > would there be a way to get an UW only OS as an option? I mean,
> > with
> > > the possibilities opened with the UW engine I'd trade the synth
> > engines
> > > for another 32 slots of ROM. Or maybe just taking the E12 
samples
> > out
> > > and using that space for more ROM slots. This is crazy I know 
but
> > I'd
> > > love to get more sample slots even if that would mean ditching 
the
> > > other synth engines.
> > >
> >
> > maybe you mean PI section? that would be great but this is another
> > new machine, Elektron sampling sequencer! (im waiting for this) 
the
> > synthesis sections are fantastic. i must say i rarely use PI 
though
> >
> > > Another one regards the remote possibility of saving the RAM
> > phrases
> > > samples to memory even if only having two slots. I knid of feel
> > bad to
> > > leave the MD on overnight to keep an idea to the next day.
> >
> > agreed, maybe in a future OS?
> >
> > I've noticed
> > > that the factory sounds are restored once you make a factory
> > reset, so
> > > to my (low) understanding this must mean that they're stored
> > > somewhere. I think this is somewhat useless since you can load
> > them
> > > again easily for yourself if you want. Wouldn't it be possible 
to
> > use
> > > that space in memory to save the info in the RAM machines,
> >
> > in DSP memory?
> >
> > even if this
> > > would be made through the setup menu or something? And what 
about
> > using
> > > this space for more ROM precious Kbs/slots?
> > >
> > > Another (and last) request would be to give us more ROM slots 
even
> > if
> > > maintaining the 2Mb size limit. I have my 32 slotrs full with 
43%
> > free
> > > memory. More slots would definitely come handy since I don't use
> > the
> > > RAM slots that often due to the limitations mentioned above.
> > >
> > > What do you guys think of this?
> >
> > get creative! load multiple samples per slot at 128th divisions.
> > >
> >
> > MD UW BELLISSSSIMO!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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