Elektron Musical Instruments

As a heavy UB user I would have to agree with Tarekith's assessment.
The interface is probably good training for surgery.
Also, some of the features don't seem to work as advertised.
It's supposed to have a "pattern" mode whereby you can set it up to do
one-shot patterns in response to an incoming midi note.
I chose not to upgrade to the Universal Binary of Logic, so that might have
something to do with it. Unsure.
It was a paid upgrade that's supposedly no longer offered.

At this point though, UB is the center of my workflow despite it's quirks.
24 synths with snappy envelopes + 1 "bass" synth. Also, once you see the
possibilities offered by a via modulation scheme it's hard to go back. It's
very easy to make kit's "breathe" in response to variables like velocity. I
don't use the internal step sequencer, I trigger it with external home-made
ones.

I don't own an MD, but have had plenty of time to get acquainted with my
friends unit.
It's very cool, just wish they'd come up with more "machines", let you do
patterns of different lengths + bring the price within the reach of

well me.


ehdyn







On 8/25/07, Tarekith <Tarekith@...> wrote:
>
>   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@... <waveplant%40mac.com>> 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?
> >
>
> --
> Tarekith
> http://tarekith.com
> 
>


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