Elektron Musical Instruments

Simon,

I have not been paying much attention through this so perhaps I've 
missed some critical information.  And I am too lazy to go back and 
read through the archives.

I've had my MD since they first became available in the US, serial 
number in the low 2 digits.  I have never had a "crash" and perhaps 
we should define exactly what that is on your machine.  Total 
freeze?  Non-responsive to buttons, knobs?  Lights go out?  How do 
you get around the crash, do you turn off the power switch or what?

Where are you located?  Perhaps it would be helpful if someone with a 
functional MD could meet up with you and then you could step through 
the exact same steps on each machine and see what the differences 
are.  You could also trade power supplies to see if that is the 
issue.  I trust during the crashes you have no external devices 
connected to audio in or midi ports?

I am in the SF Bay Area in CA if that is anywhere near you and I 
would be glad to try to help.


PS - notice some folks added gear lists to this thread.  I am an old 
fart and have been at this since about 1968 and never sold anything I 
bought, so partial current gear includes 2 Synthi AKS, VCS3 Putney, 
ARP 2600, Minimoog, Andromeda A6, K5000S, MS2000R, CR-78, Sunsyn, X-
base 09, FS1R, SuperNova II, Virus C, Evolver (love it!), Ob-Xa, EML 
101, 200 & 300, MS20, MS50, & SQ 10, OB-12, DX-7, micro-modular, FR-
777, Mobius, MKS-30, MC-202, X-3, ER1, ES1, EA1, Sherman Filterbank, 
Kawai X5D, RM1X, and a ton of processing and recording gear.  I also 
have a large hybrid analogue modular setup with Doepfer, ASys, ASol, 
& Blacet -about 160 modules total. It is a horrid addiction and kind 
of stupid since I really only use 3 or 4 devices at a time. And I 
live about 5 miles from the San Andreas fault line.  I made more 
music back when I was young and poor and only had an AKS, a minimoog, 
and a 4 track tape machine with one crummy echo and reverb.  More 
gear = less music.  These days I seem to spend more time tinkering 
and making sounds than trying to compose a complete song.

I *really* like the MD and plan on getting the monomachine just 
because I like the mentality of the guys behind the elektron designs.

Gear breaks all the time.  I try to stay calm and work through the 
solutions slowly.  "Life is short and Art is long"


--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, simon leclerc <Simonvolt@v...> 
wrote:
> I intended to use the MD live.
> I spend a lot more money  because
> i prefer hardware and they are *usually*
> more stable.
> The more i dive in to the MD adventure,
> the more Waldorf Attack, Ableton Live and
> a laptop look attractive.
> 
> I so wish i'm wrong on this one...
>