Elektron Musical Instruments

<jasonvstarnes@h...> wrote:

> Putting a giant booming reverb or an arhythmic delay on only
> occasional notes is just too much fun.  

Agree!! :)

> Having one slot where the knob functions are reversed would be 
> great 

Yeah, I actually end up pushing the buttons most of the time, so the 
ability to switch would be great. The click sound when you push the 
knobs disappeared from most of my knobs a long time ago...

> How about a function, maybe accessible via a double engagement of 
mute, which allows one
> to "solo" a given sound?  Often I have so much going on, I would 
like a quick way to tell
> what a certain sound is doing.

I agree with this to. It would make the functionality of the MD more 
like a mixer, which is ideal for live use and live recording.
 
> Also, this one is quite important to me: as many times as I study 
the manual, I can never
> be positive if I am about to clear a pattern or track.  Either way, 
it occurs to me that
> this is an excellent opportunity to put the yes/no keys to work.  
The other night a stray
> button press zapped a pattern I was working on:  The message 
"pattern clear" is
> informative, but much better would be "pattern clear? Y/N".  Then 
we could have a chance
> to change our minds....  Anyone else think this would be a good 
safety feature?  

Definitely. And, as you say, only needed for the clear function, or 
if pasting involves clearing another track/pattern. 

Regards,
Nils