Elektron Musical Instruments

You see, that's what i'm afraid of. From  all the demos
i have heard, the sound seems too clean, too digital, ear cutting
and trebely. And some reviewers seem to feel the same way.
I'm not an analog freak and i probably
like digital synth as much as analog  but i'm a bit scared
of the MD famous "crystal clear" sound. I don't care about
TR808, TR909 or any of the old drum modules, i want to shape
my own synthetic drum sound.  I mean, i have
to cut 60% of high frequencies on these demos just so my
ears won't bleed.  

I like the "control over sound manipulations"
the MD offers and that's why i'm interested in purchasing one
but i'm still not convince i can turn this "prestine sound" into
something i like.  Elektron presents it has a do it all machinedrum
but everyone seems to hide this prestine sound behind other
machines. In the end, the most important factor for me is:
how it sounds and is there enough range to make it
my own sound.  If you tell me that i won't be able to get
away from the ElektronDemo mix and make it less high freq,
i don't thing the MD is for me.  I will not spend 1100US$ to get
the same sounds i can get from my cheap Delta66 soundcard.


on 29/04/03 7:06 AM, electricbeats_eof at electricbeats@... wrote:


> Red lights flashing is always fun but what about  the sound of that thing
> when you first turned it on.  First impressions ?

I like the pristine sound of the MD - the percussion synth is very clear a
perfect 
match for the other gear I mentioned - just don't expect to get the typical
analogue punch you get from an 808 or the warm sound of a DX or a
linndrum - it's a different instrument.

I use the MDs kits as fundament and layer them with other drums to get more
punch if I need it e.g a 909 bassdrum module on top of an E12 bassdrum from
the MD - the digital sound and the decay comes from the MD and just a tiny
bit 
of punch is added by the 909 module.

I like the flexibility and the power of MDs synths, retrigger funktions and
seperate delay and reverb in sync with the beat, just a few knobturns away
on 
the same machine is unbeatable, and together with the external inputs it's
one 
of the most creative electronic instruments I have ever owned.


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