Elektron Musical Instruments

Tony wrote:
> Actually, I can blame YOU for bringing me here...

I thought that might have been the reason :-)

All the talk on the
> musicbar about the MD has got my gear-lust up again.  Its such a sexy
> looking little beast, and it would sit perfectly on that large empty
> spot on my virus kc :)

That's indeed a great combination.

> I like the soft-attack.  I fiddle with it during my long (1 1/2 hour)
> train rides to/from downtown everyday.  I come up with lots of wierd
> little squips and squabs and some very interesting sounding loops.

I agree, that's where the rackattack excels. But I was always looking for
simple, fat loops (kick, hat, 1 percussion instrument), and I just wasn't
able to get the sounds I wanted. With the machinedrum, though, I get exactly
what I want in the "fat department", while the rackattack loops can be great
when you just include them in the MD basic loops as percussion loops.
I
> load them into my sampler and tweek them out futher...but im missing
> the tactile feel of a drum machine!.  I loved the electribe
> sequencer, and HATED its sound engine.

Exactly. The sequencer is extremly simple to get to grips with, but the
sound engine is way to simple - and it has only 1 stereo out. Nevertheless I
was able to do some really cool loops with the ER1. And I still love the
ES1.

Im glad the MD exists!  I
> just wish I could find one stateside to play with..

Maybe you should ask on the music bar?

Cheers,

Gert