Elektron Musical Instruments

Moreno,

To try and help with your choice, I'll first give you some background info 
on myself. I've been using the Roland TR-Series quite intensively for years 
now. Although they're basically just 'preset'-boxes, I like the 
programming, and the hands-on control over virtually every parameter. 
Besides the Roland's, I am a big fan of Old Simmons Drumsynths, which are 
by no means 'preset'-boxes.. and offer a wide variety of sounds with a huge 
range of control.

I owned a RackAttack for about two weeks. I bought it because I was 
instantly convinced by its sound. It is powerful, and can really cut 
through a mix like butter. The downside is the control, because you hardly 
have any. The well-known Micro-Q interface is just not for me. And building 
drumsounds from scratch is not my thing either. At least not by toggling, 
switching and selecting things from cryptic menu's.

I have also had a chance to play with the MD for a couple of hours. And 
again.. the sound blew me away! I had a 909 with me to compare the two, but 
the MD was ever so more powerful (but then again... don't be fooled by 
that.. it's how it sounds in the mix that really counts). The MD has a 
full-featured TR-style sequencer (the RA has not). There's more controls 
than on the RA, but there's still a lot of menu's to plough through to get 
to all the settings (I guess there's just too many of them.. ).

If it is a staight one-to-one choice between the two.. don't even bother 
about the RackAttack.. and get yourself an MD. But even the MD has some 
downsides to it. Many of which have been discussed on this very list already.

Anyway.. I hope my considerations can be of help.

Cheers,

CraZ


At 11:49 2002.09.10, you wrote:
>Hi...
>Anybody knowing about both machines???
>
>I suppose the MachineDrum has a more wild range of sounds thanks to its 4
>synth architecture. And as gavin Cook said: The MD is more for electro
>sounds... is this right?
>Has the MD a Modulation Matrix???
>If yes... How many Matrix lines???
>
>And the Rack Attack is more pure Analog sound right??? As it uses
>substractive synthesis and common analog waveforms to generate sound.
>Well i am wondering finaly if the RA can do most of the sounds of the MD???
>
>so many questions... i know... but because it is an important choice to
>make.
>
>I already have some feedback but not enough...
>Thank you guys.
>Take care,
>Moreno
>
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