Elektron Musical Instruments

Scott skrev:
> 
> 
> MD original triggering its own internal rimshot: 97 samples / 33ms (once 
> every 4 measures)
> MD triggering the MC-80 rimshot: 90 samples / 31ms (once every 4 measures)
> MD triggering the Nord pulse: 64 samples / 22ms (once every 4 measures)
> 

Interresting...


> Returning to the MD, however, reexamining the numbers:
> 
> 33ms internal MD sound
> 31ms external MC-80 sound
> 22ms external Nord sound
> 
> It seems there could be as much as 33% of the MD's overall timing slop 
> could be due to the synth/sample playback engine, whereas the remaining 
> 67% could be due to the sequencing engine. This is by no means an 
> exhaustive scientific study, however, a preliminary one whose results 
> are a bit intriguing...

Well, the way I see it, if the Machinedrum is running on internal clock, 
triggering its own sample engine from its own sequencer, the timing has 
every possibility to be very accurate, not just as good as triggering 
external synths via midi. Using MIDI, you have all the problems with the 
midi protocol. Internally, between the MD sequencer and synth engine, 
why use midi? Compare the situation to a DAW. When triggering external 
midi stuff they are sloppy, but when triggering VSTi:s the timing is 
sample accurate.

/Patrik
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