Elektron Musical Instruments

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "-0behn desu0-" 
<be4n_anikean@...> wrote:
>
> okay.  see.  THIS is what pushed me into blowing insane amounts of 
cash ("you spent a thousand dollars on HARDWARE?!?" - all my music 
frenz) on the MD.  lol... the third sentence... SO describes where 
i'm 
at with drum programming right now.... thanks.... hymen?
> 

Hahah yeah. Not exactly the most politically correct moniker, I 
admit :)

You know, when it comes to hardware there seem to be a slew of people 
that run around justifying hardware purchases by saying "they like 
knobs and hands on control". Some of this is probably true, but there 
are always a few that just want hardware because they think it 
legitimizes them as a producer. 

Anyway, elektron gear to me seems to be the ultimate hardware 
purchase - it's hardware which is justifiably hardware since what you 
can do with it and the way you interact with it would be very hard to 
completely replicate in software...even with a dedicated controller. 
Plus there is always the fact that it has that menacing red screen 
which just seems to be continually taunting you to come over and make 
another mind-bending pattern :D