Elektron Musical Instruments

Hi,

      thats me...wow small world julian!..totally
agree about waldorf.....despite my mail...
the basic gripe was that a chip fried due to the older
operating system in the xt....i mailed waldorf 6 times
very politely before i got a reply and then it
was...we can't help...take it to a service
centre..literally that , i then mail for some
recommended service centres and was told , speak to
turnkey...literally like that...i couldn't afford the
3 hour waiting time phone bill on there answer
system...so took it to a localish repair centre , who
waited 3 weeks to get schematics from waldorf via an
e-mail...then to finish it off waldorfs main parts
supplier took 3 months to get a chip for the xt ,
and said the reason for this was because it was being
shipped by sea (genuine).....i will say they make
excellent sounding gear and the latest operating
system is 99% ...bad hair day :)..still a little
naughtly on the q betatesters club thing..pay 1500.00
and tell us whats wrong....but...sounds very
nice!don;t have one.....its all karma i guess not to
sound to clique......


yeah the notron is very nice.....thought the way it
appeared after i placed a wanted ad was nothing short
of a miracle!...i definately owe you one for
that...didn't realise how obscure they can be or just
what they can do but your right ,Diy is
limitless...find it great for going off on one...but
love stuff like softstep/algorithmic chaos sequencers
etc...max...if only they would port it to pc!so many
promises..also pluggo....max is very cool....the
notron i nearly sold after a moment of using loads of
software based sequencing but just as it was about to
go i crank it up and it did some stuff that convinced
me not to sell just yet....

ps i guess this has gone about as off topic as we are
ever likely to see.....pete namlook...checkout the new
biosphere/namlook  collaboration.....very cool....

sidtstation....are yes....chopped up 125 or so samples
of differing backround noise from the sidstation,
mapped it as a multi sample on an akai so each keys
has a different snippet or wave of sid noise...made
the filters velo sensitive...what a pleasure its
been....sidstations noise is a blessing in disquise if
you love that sort of thing......

hope the new drum machine is as quirky....

matt.......

--- Julian Parker <jparker@...> wrote:
> I can't really see how the XT is unfinished?! Masses
> of features have been
> added since it was released that were never part of
> the original design
> spec. There are a couple of very small bugs left(i
> think mono click bug is
> the only one i've ever come across) but IMHO less
> than you'll find on your
> standard Korg/Roland/Yamaha synth. As for walfdorf
> having the worst customer
> support you've ever experienced! I really can't
> agree with that, I've had
> far far far worse from Korg in the past. In the
> past, Waldorf have even
> helped out people who've had hardware problems with
> their synths outside the
> warranty period. Anyway, if they've done something
> to offend you then fair
> enough but I've always felt they were one of the
> best for customer support.
> Oh dear I sound like some sad Waldorf groupie now
> :-( sorry
> j n g [ p n g ]
> PS
> are you the matt hillier I sold a Notron to about a
> year ago? if so, how did
> you find it? i missed it a lot until i started
> programming my own sequencer
> in Max. DIY sequencers are the best ;-)
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "matt hillier" <ishvara13@...>
> To: <elektron-users@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 9:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [elektron] yeh, whats up?
> 
> 
> > Totally agree...i have the waldorf xt...a freind
> with
> > a q...waldorf seem to think there customers are
> all
> > betatesters.(only you pay for the privelage)..they
> > .never seem to really address bugs
> > without loads of hassle and say the reason they
> > release gear with so many faults ( or bugs which
> are
> > are faults arn't they?) is because there as small
> > company and finacially can't do it any other
> way...hey
> > i guess this is right off topic and more than a
> little
> > 'waldorf 'unfreindly...they make cool sounding
> > synths...they have the worst customer support and
> > backup i have ever experienced ....so regards the
> > delay...respect to Elektron  ...unlike
> manufacturers
> > who use the buyer as a tester ....i wonder how
> people
> > would feel if you sold them cd's with glitches or
> > music with substandard errors....please replace
> this i
> > guess would be the buyers response.....
> > ...half these synth manufacturers would have you
> > reburn the music cd yourself...if they sold
> > music...hang on a minute...waldorf have just set
> up a
> > record label...not sure about that one at
> all....guess
> > what peter namlooks on it......
> >
> > drifted right off topic...nothing wrong with
> pete...
> > liked some of the stuff he puts his name on.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > charly
> >
> >
> > --- Joeri Vankeirsbilck <joeri@...> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > > Yeh its kinda strange.  I was just about to
> bitch
> > > about the release date
> > > > graphic on the webpage, but I just checked it
> and
> > > its different now.  Not
> > > > really comforting, but different.
> > > > Usually companies can get tight lipped when
> > > release dates are approaching,
> > > > but they also get tight lipped when things go
> > > horribly wrong, so I dont know
> > > > what to think.
> > > > Im not too worried because Im broke.  ^_^
> > >
> > > I don't think there's anything to worry about.
> The
> > > machine is most likely in
> > > beta now.
> > > Finishing a synth like the machinedrum takes a
> lot
> > > of work and time. Personally,
> > > I think it's better to postpone a release and
> then
> > > deliver a functional and
> > > stable product, instead of delivering something
> > > that's still in beta. (the Akai
> > > S6000 or Mackie D8B come to mind e.g.)
> > >
> > > I think Daniel is also finishing his degree
> right
> > > now, so it must be quite
> > > hectic for him right now. Thumbs up!
> > >
> > > Bye,
> > > Joeri
> > >
> > > --
> > > Joeri Vankeirsbilck
> > > joeri@...
> > >
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