Elektron Musical Instruments

The MD sounding unlike XoX boxes is a strength not a weakness. XoX's are
just a reference point that we are all familiar with. MD is a very expensive
luxury that DOES stand out in the mix, people are still discovering for
themselves how the box suits THEIR needs. I have stopped layering other
snares with MD now as I can make hits as cutting as an 808 snare but note,
that they are slightly different. This is the way forward. If we stick to
the same old same old, then ish  will get v. stale.
Bear in mind please that I bought this machine to make Miami Bass style
ridiculous long decay booms that usually only 808s  produce. I can now make
a myriad of drums on this theme alone that leave the 808 for dust and yes,
they ARE warm. Its about  learning how to use the MD properly. i.e. I got my
booms not from the Rolandish kit but the fm kits. The TRX kits can give you
close approximations, but  the MD is not a machine to use to imitate, get a
sampler if you want that. The MD will take you to Sonic hell and back, trust
me!
I had an 808 on loan for 6 months and found it to be redundant after I
sampled it a couple of times. My MD Gives me so much more Scope.

Good luck in making your choice.

Rob





on 29/4/03 10:42 pm, simon leclerc at Simonvolt@... wrote:

Thanks Brandon, your comments are helpfull.
However i don't have any old drum machines,
that's why i'm not sure the MD is for me since,
again, everyone seems to need other machines
to make the MD sounds good in a mix since it's
such a cold machine.


on 29/04/03 3:26 PM, Brandon Daniel at bdu@... wrote:

On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, simon leclerc wrote:

> 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.

Well, the machines definitely have that character out of the box... it was
my first impression, too, that they sound sterile and digital. This isn't
necessarily a bad thing though, it tends to make it an ideal drum machine
for IDM and the like, where this sterile sound isn't a drawback. Plus, it
tends to allow it to sit well in a mix with other classic machines, so for
people like me that have many classic machines (my MD plays with a 606,
808, airbase99, er1, TBS DRM1, and an sp1200) this isn't such a bad thing.

> 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 haven't played with this section of my MD enough yet (just got it used
last week, what a deal!), but the onboard EQ should allow you to roll off
a lot of the super bright highs. Worst case you could run it into an
outboard filter while overdriving that filter's input, it would grunge up
the MD a bit and make it sound warmer, as well as letting you roll off the
highs if it's a LPF.

-Brandon
___________________________________

The last time anyone listened
to a Bush they wandered through
the desert for 40 years!
___________________________________


Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service
<http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .




[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service
<http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .




[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]