Elektron Musical Instruments

there is no drift...
there is unprecission that got taylored in a way that
it follows a regular cheme.. therfore actually
simulating what real drummers do..
I had very good drummers on midi kits in the past and
what they play is not random...but they move around
the timeline in a sinus/snake fashion... that is
natural groove that cant be achieved with a primitv
16th swing where every second 16th is late... 
Elektron creatred some kind of subtile macro swing
that made theire machines very popular in the minimal
scene..
So its not only a bad thing...
I am personally skilled enough to handle user
definable groove templates... but elektron decided for
a preset...
So a MD sounds like a MD groove wise.. 

I personally would prefer to have one special user
defineable track that can be set to high precission
and moved with a +/- offset delay..

that would cure all related problems for me... i only
need one refference for editing...and it needs to have
shift ability to design the groove in relation to the
other instruments...when my refference is a kick it
well might be delayd by 2-5 ms...


--- marc s davidson <psi@...> schrieb:

> hi david,
> 
> I have been following this topic with a great deal
> of interest.
> 
> you are correct in your assertions -  I have to
> agree completely with  
> what you are saying.
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> i appreciate the time you have taken to analyze and
> record the timing  
> anomalies of the MD.
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> I think there is a degree of 'the ' emperors new
> clothes ' about this  
> insofar as there seem
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> to be some that will deliberately cast aside the
> notion that there  
> are timing drifts in the machine
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> and consider it to be ' pedantic ' to say otherwise.
> I think you  
> should be congratulated for raising
> 
> this point because it is important and without the
> feedback of its  
> users , products cannot evolve
> 
> and develop to their full potential.
> 
> elekron users  are engaging in  an open and
> intelligent debate about  
> these issues and i
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> think it can  only be a good thing for elektron also
> to consider the  
> feedback and rise to the
> 
> challenges that are presented to them.  the best
> drum machines   
> should surely have the most
> 
> accuracy in their timing as well as the best
> interface, best  
> operating system , best sound etc.
> 
> 
> marc
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> www.psience.co.uk
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