Elektron Musical Instruments

On Friday, March 1, 2002, at 04:19 PM, Rob wrote:

> Yes and No, you shouldn't just drop support for existing products

Well, I wouldn't say they've dropped support.  They just released a new 
bank of patches for the Sid.  And even if I were claiming they'd dropped 
support, I wouldn't blame the MD for it.  I bought my sidstation over 1 
year before the MD was released, and they haven't released an OS update 
for it yet.  They worked out all the bugs, which is all I can ask for.  
Adding extra features isn't really a requirement for me, since I bought 
it with the feature set it has.

Not to mention the MD is a more versatile piece, and most likely appeals 
to a wider market.  It makes sense for them to concentrate on that for 
now, and deal with the niche market the sidstation aims for later.  The 
MD has the potential to be huge (especially for a company as small as 
elektron.)  I'd like to see Elektron come out with a stripped down 
version of the MD at a cheaper price (maybe fewer effects, less knobs, 
only 2 outs, 1 in, and maybe fewer tracks) to get people introduced to 
their gear.  Imagine if in 2 years we'll all be listening to Kid SPS-1's 
latest album :)

Now having said that, I would like to see midi triggering of the 
individual oscillators added.  I have no idea if that's feasible tho.

c.