Elektron Musical Instruments

hey there,

i hope this is not too stupid of a question, but not having the opportunity to actually *try* a 
monomachine in person i need to ask:

i'm wondering how well the monomachine works for short hits/fx rather than pads/leads? i'm 
looking for a companion to my partners machinedrum, but i want something to create similar 
brief beatbox sounds (albeit not typical drums...they're covered with the md). we play live 
ultra-minimal techno so i'd be particularily interested in glitch-y tones, pulses, etc. i have 
listened to several mp3s demos of the monomachine, but most explore its use as a melody 
maker.

does anyone have any examples of what i'm talking about?

also, just to clarify: are the monomachine effects global, like on the md, or can they applied 
and tweaked live on each sound?

thx,
j.