Elektron Musical Instruments

Issue #2 is _the_ remaining flaw with the machinedrum, imho.

On Jun 13, 2006, at 1:10 AM, tahvenaine2002 wrote:

> Hello elektrons,
>
> > I've tried a few different methods with the MD now, and I've more or
> > less settled on the simplest solution. I keep my drum sounds on the
> > same labelled tracks. BD and snare on 1 and 2, tracks 3-5 are  
> more or
> > less general percussion sounds (bongos, drums, etc), while 6-8  
> are for
> > more metallic percussion. I use vague names for those two groups of
> > sounds to give myself some leeway :) Tracks 9-12 are the same as
> > labelled (CH, HH. Ride, Crash), while 13-16 are for two RAM  
> machines,
> > or maybe CTRL/Input machines if I feel the need per pattern.
>
> I've done pretty much same thing. It's enough management for me,
> although there is also the output-question. I would love to use
> separate outputs, but they seem to mess things for two reasons:
>
> 1. Some kits will grow different from MD management. It's not serious
> at all, but when you have different pads assigned to different outputs
> it will create a mess when recorded (talk about switching kits in song
> mode).
>
> 2. The mixing balance gets screwed up too easily when using AB+
> separate outputs. AB can still be controlled from main volume, but
> other tracks arent. This isn't satisfactory at all. One touch with the
> main volume knob and all kit balances are out.
>
> I think the ideal solution would be this:
>
> 1. You could name the output groups from global settings. and then you
> could assign different pads to different output groups from kit menu
> _and_ kits would save this information.
>
> 2. You could disable the main volume knob from global settings. This
> way it wouldn't mess your kits up. There could also be option at the
> global settings, where you could choose 'mix to ab'; then all outputs
> would be mixed to ab, regardless of the kit settings. This could be
> handy when you move on to different locations with your MD and not
> everywhere is 8 channel soundcard available.
>
> Toni.
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