Elektron Musical Instruments

Hi,

>how cool is it compared to the jomox gear?  does anyone have both?
>
I have a Machinedrum and an XBase.

>i'm looking at the
>jomox xbase or airbase or machinedrum.  any other ones i should consider?
>
No, these are without competition imo... unless you consider an original 
TR909.

>i've got a sid (though i barely use it) and a ton of other really
>highquality gear (access virus, waldorf q, emu xl1, roland 505,
>synthechno teebee 303, mpc2000, and loads more)
>
I don't think the Q is high quality, but that's another discussion. :-))

>please let me know if i need the machinedrum.
>
That's entirely up to you. If you think your drums sound nice now, then 
you don't 'need' it. However, if you want to expand your sonic horizons, 
then the MD might be a good choice. The XBase does 909/808-alike stuff. 
It's not really the same, but it's similar. The MD does "new" things. 
The FM synthesis and PI synthesis in the MD really give you completely 
new sounds which haven't been heard before. Since you use samples etc 
for your TR909-alike stuff, the MD might be the better choice. However, 
I must admit I also love my XBase very very much. I could never part 
from either the MD or XBase. Imo they're completely different machines. 
If you have the money for both, then get both. Right now though, since 
you have a workaround for TR stuff, I would recomment the MD 'cause 
it'll do things you've never thought of.

Hope this helps a bit....

Bye,
Joeri

PS: what did you mean with:

"some of the cool drumsynths from buzz" Is buzz a software percussion synth or so?


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