Elektron Musical Instruments

On Wed May 07 2003, :'( <rajcoont@...> wrote:

> For better or for worse this list is mostly a cheerleader squad for
> Elektron.  This leads to unrealistic expectations of them and their gear.  I
> was ready to sell my MD after having nothing but problems with it for almost
> the first year....crashing, faulty power supply, all the early hardware
> problems and losing every preset and sound more than once....their quality
> control is terrible, and being a small company they have to be more, not
> less on top of this...

YMMV. That is, I have never ever had any of the problems that you have
experienced, and I do have one of the early Machinedrums. You have
hade lots of problems, I have had none. 

> but to be fair they are making unique gear, and after
> hating my MD for being so buggy and shitty I do now find it a pleasure to
> work with (though the MM are still total crap and don\ufffdt work properly, but
> the monomachine will put an end to any updates  I fear) and everything seems
> to be resolved...

What problems do you have with the MidiMachines? Please tell us.

/Janne