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Re: Next Elektron Machine?

2005-11-29 by Gerald Stevens

Here's an idea for the next Elektron undertaking that would make them
money, and require no investment in hardware engineering.

Monomachine OS2.  Same hardware, but with a new set of synths.
1.  CZ-MnM   -  Phase distortion synthesis ala Casio CZ-101 family.
2.  Super+  -  Full-on additive synthesis.
3.  Vectrex -  a processor machine that records the freekin' joystick
movement!  Up down, and left-right vary the mix of four other synths.
4.  MonoWave - wave-station type morphing.  You could use the
arpeggiator to set up the wave-sequence (or um... something like that
- I don't have a wave-station).
5.  Granular pro - a granular synth.  Maybe like maelstrom?  Haven't
used that one.
6.  Granular processor. - another processor machine that takes grains
from another synth, or external input, and performs processing like
Audio-mulch's nebulizer.

6b.  (not a synth) - a polyphonic MIDI sequencer that allows layering
of notes.  Holding down a note shows a blinking yellow light that
tells which step the note-off comes on for that particular note.

So, you have pretty much the same general UI, just some new synths. 
And they could charge the typical arm and leg for it (providing me
with a discount for thinking it up, of course).  And if it were good
enough, people would need to buy another MnM to run both OS's at once!

-gerald

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