Elektron Musical Instruments

indeed a good question.
The UW expansion is good for some special effects..but
its not turning the MD into a real samplin
drummachine.
The 8 bar feature of the ESX is the most valuable tool
over the MD...
and in general writing beats goes somehow quicker on
the korg...

But..

The electribe is late... and the MD dont features
offset delays for the clocking..

I ve to tell that MD and electribe dont match good to
each other timingwise..

the ideal combination in my opinion would be a
standard MD and a second hand MPC 2000 or 1000.. maybe
even the new mpc 500...

I like the korgs...but the lame clocking dont
qualifies it so much as a main drummachine... as a
secondary late machine for sample fx the smal
electribe is doing the job well enough...and for
serious sampling the electribes anyway sound to
week...

So..to combine sampling with synthezised drums a
akai/elektron combo is probably the best you can
have...

regards,
S



--- synthyscott <synthysyzor@...> schrieb:

> Hi Rory,
> 
> Good question.  :-)
> 
> I got the original MD when it first came out, then
> the ESX after it came out.  Then Elektron brought
> out the UW upgrade, and I got that too.  Recently, I
> just got rid of the ESX - because I want to focus on
> using my RS7000 and laptop together - but the MD-UW
> is still here.
> 
> Here are my thoughts:
> 
> Yes, two machines are better than one.  You get more
> polyphony overall, and the ESX gives you the two
> keyboard parts that the MD cannot.  Also the ESX
> gives you 8 measures per pattern, whereas the MD has
> a max of 2 measures per patter.  For repetitve
> music, it's good to have some variety beyond 1/2
> measure loops.
> 
> The ESX can also compliment the MD nicely from a
> variety standpoint, because the ESX has 24MB (285
> seconds @ 44.1kHz), the UW upgrade adds 2MB (~24
> seconds @ 44.1kHz).  Also, the ESX effects add a
> sound signature that the MD-UW doesn't have.
> 
> The UW upgrade adds some features to the MD-UW that
> you can't get elsewhere.  The RAM machines offer
> realtime input and main output resampling within the
> pattern, which is unique.  The ROM machines playback
> the 2MB of samples (max. of 32 samples) have basic
> playback parameters similar to the ESX, with the
> following differences: the sample end point is
> variable independent of the sample start point, and
> you get 2 filters per part, and of course the AM,
> SRR, etc.  Otherwise, the MD's parameter locks are a
> more exacting tool than the ESX's motion sequences
> IMO, but both provide a similar overall effect.  The
> MD's song mode is better than the ESX's, and it's
> not possible to jump in and out of the ESX's song
> mode in realtime like it is on the MD.  Also, the
> MD's global audio routing and MIDI trigger options
> are much more flexible than the ESX.
> 
> However, the ESX does have a few things over the MD.
>  Like you mentioned, the ribboncontrol/slider
> performance controls.  Pattern sets.  Namable
> samples.  Smartmedia (external flash card) storage. 
> Rugged, confidence-inspiring pots.  And it's half
> the price of a new MD-UW.
> 
> Pick your weapon, choose your tool.  It's a tough
> choice, but ultimately more powerful tools won out
> for me.  :-)
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: rory st john 
>   To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 11:14 AM
>   Subject: [elektron] MD Ultrawave, worth the extra?
> 
> 
>   Hi all, just joined this group, and it looks very
> informative
> 
>   Im pretty sure i know what answer im going to get,
> but the reason i ask is i
>   may need to sell my Korg ESX to cover the
> difference. I liked the idea of
>   having 2 dedicated machines, one for sampling and
> one of the synthesizing,
>   and, in the future when i do get a live set of
> some sort together, 2
>   machines would be better than 1...no? well i would
> like to know how existing
>   users manage with this, and if there was some
> previous ESX owners, how does
>   UW hold up against the manipulation abilities of
> the Korg. to add...Im very
>   fond of the arpegiator ribbon, is there a
> corresponding function on the md?
>   thanks in advance
>   rory
> 
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