Elektron Musical Instruments

Yes and yes.  I really like the hands on interface of the MD, 8
endless knobs and very similar screens for each type of machine make
it very fast and intuitive to get sounds.  The type of programming
where you really don't need to look at the display at all once you get
used to it.  Also, because you are forced to worked on machines
geared towards certain sounds, it's even more fast to dial in
something.  Once you know what each machine can do that is.

UB has more scope, especially as you can add any type of effects after
it, but the really small controls and the cramped interface get tiring
to me after awhile.  It's not justa  software thing either, something
like uTonic is miles better on this front too.  In fact, if I was to
recommend a software drum synth, I'd pick uTonic over Ultrabeat.

I've heard UB gets an overhaul in Logic 8, but obviously that's all
rumors still, and I can't confirm.  The one place I heard this from
has been fairly reliable in the past though, so I have my hopes up on
this.  UB is a cool drum synth, just has a crappy interface IMVHO.

On 8/25/07, wavplant <waveplant@...> wrote:

  Do you find that the advantages
> of the MD derive from it being a tactile piece of hardware, or does it present some
> advantages over UB in terms of synthesis modes/sound quality as well?
>

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