Elektron Musical Instruments

On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 01:55:47AM -0000, brianefrank wrote:
> yeah! i've finally got the cash to buy a MachineDrum! I'm 
> considering buying a used MD here in the United States to accompany 
> my Nord Modular and am naturally feeling very cautious about it 
> being a large purchase for a *usually* broke college student...
> 
> I believe i've seen a couple of posts on here about some nasty 
> problems w/ the OS and some hardware issues and the like - is there 
> a certain lot of serial numbers that I should avoid or anything like 
> that? Is there anything else that you, as a more experienced MD 
> user, would suggest that I look out for? I'd appreciate any advice.

many of us on the list have had it since the very first units
shipped.  We have field-tested it for Elektron and yeah, we witnessed
some unusual stuff, but I'd like to think over the last 9 months
or so the unit is very stable.  Really only the first rev of software
was crummy (bank select!)  

So, upgrade it to a new rev of software when you get it, and you'll
be in good shape.  

the only hardware difference was a knob and audio outputs upgrade they
did.  I don't know which of the units had the original knob and audio
outputs, but you can get those exchanged for free from the boys in
Sweden if you desire the upgrades.  They're not very critical, but
I suppose technically, you can use them in negotiating points to
get a few dollars off for the convenience of it.

-N

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