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Re: Machinedrum "could" be revolutionary.... almost

2002-10-17 by bachypham

Oh yeah... last comment.  EVERYONE!!! please contact Elektron about 
these ideas.  If enough of us do, they might consider them.  
PLEASE!!! I cannot express how important this is.  All of us fellow 
MD owners would benefit sooo much from these features.  I beg of you 
to help support my cause.  I love Elektron!!

--- In elektron-users@y..., "bachypham" <bachypham@y...> wrote:
> I just remembered what my third idea was.  It would be incredibly, 
> wonderously, magnificent if parameter locks could be made where 
there 
> was no note being triggered.  A sine wave could be played and 
> sustained while the parameters sweeped about in any tailored 
> fashion... imagine the possibilities.  This would be the most 
> powerful synth!!!...   If these three things could be done, I would 
> even sell my sh3... maybe not.  But these three things will be all 
> that I will ever ask of Elektron.  
> 
> 
> --- In elektron-users@y..., "bachypham" <bachypham@y...> wrote:
> > Don't get me wrong, I love my MD.  It just seems that a few 
things 
> > could make this the ultimate box that could revolutionize a whole 
> new 
> > sound.  The programmers have done an excellent job of focusing on 
> > the "live playability" aspects of this machine, especially 
reacting 
> > well to user's needs in their latest OS.  I think that three 
things 
> > would make this machine ultimate.  First of all, I can't stress 
how 
> > important it is to implament slide, swing, and accent on each 
> > individual track.  The ability to choose which tracks to use each 
> > feature on would make this machine far more musical.  Secondly, 
two 
> > new machine should be added to compliment the sine wave... a 
square 
> > wave and a saw wave.  There should also be an ADSR control for 
all 
> > three waves and a tuning that shows the notes.  Actually, I guess 
> > that there are only two things.  If these things could be done, 
> > Elektron will go down in history as the greatest.  I would even 
get 
> > rid of everything else that I owned.  This has to be done.

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