Elektron Musical Instruments

Thanks for the response Tarekith.  I was hoping you'd chime in - I 
was reading through the archives last night and saw you were using 
Live + the MDUW.  I listened to some of your mixes as well - very 
nice!

My intent is probably less spontaneous than yours - create some 
texture in something like CSound, record a little guitar, maybe play 
with warp markers to change the feel a bit - develop a little library 
and then choose the appropriate sample after the fact... and 
actually, probably route it back into Live, play around in there w/ 
copy/paste/etc, and then save back to disk.  More a multi-track 
recording scenario then on the fly DJing.

Thanks for your comment.

John

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Tarekith <Tarekith@...> wrote:
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> For me it's all about the interfacing, and the RAM machines.  I find
> it's just easier and faster to keep it all 'in the box' as it were,
> versus programming the midi machines to control Live.
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> I use Live for my DJing now, and my live sets, so I'm pretty 
familiar
> with both options you bring up.  One possible downside of the UW, is
> the small memory available, works great for drum hits and single
> samples, but obviously excludes lots of longer samples.  Not sure 
what
> your intended use is, so hard to say if this will be an issue.
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> If you're only going to be using Live to play back drum samples, I 
say
> get the UW option.  It's one of those things that looks expensive on
> paper, but once you get some hands on time with it you'll be hooked
> and see the value.  I too was debating getting the more expensive UW
> version, but once it arrived, I realized I would have payed twice as
> much for those new functions.
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> On 3/27/06, les_chupacabra <john.potter@...> wrote:
> > Aside from the fact that it frees you from a computer - what are 
the
> > advantages of the MD-UW vs. a standard MD using MIDI machines to
> > control Abelton Live?  Abelton is designed from the ground up for 
live
> > performances so it seems the two would be extremely complementary.
> > Play live guitar, a record, a cd, etc. into Live and trigger them 
via
> > the MD?
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> > I'm keeping an open mind and I know there are users strongly in 
both
> > camps but it seems to me that $500 spent on Live (providing you 
already
> > have a computer and audio/midi interface) would be better spent 
than
> > the extra $400 on the UW option.
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> > Is there anything obvious I'm overlooking?
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> > Thanks!
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