Elektron Musical Instruments

since you asked, my "everyday" (hardly, I've been too
busy to be using my gear that often lately, but I
digress) use of the MD is of course for my drums (I
have about 6 or 7 kits I've made and/or modified which
I use to build a lot of my patterns from)... and then
using it in song mode for pattern changes and using it
as master clock to drive my Evolver, Nord Modular and
provide MIDI clock to my FX rack as well, for
tempo-synced effects. I also use it to assign LFOs to
MIDI CCs to modulate other gear (oops, I just gave
away a secret ;o)... 

the Electribe MX looks pretty cool, although I have to
admit I don't think I would use it regularly enough to
justify the initial price... at this point, I'm
thinking of picking up their ES-1, to have a little
sequencer/sampler to go with the MD and the rest...
I'd use it to sample the following: 1) when I get a
nice sound from the Vermona DRM-1, which I also plan
to buy to accompany the MD (no patch memory on an
analog drum-brain); 2) if I ever decide to play gigs,
to sample my sounds from the MD so I can leave the MD
at home safe and sound in the studio; 3) other random
sampling needs ;-) 

to each their own of course, but I give Korg props for
doing something interesting in the groovebox format...
IIRC, the MX will have 9 channels of PCM drums and 5
channels of analog/physical modelling-based
synthesis... I don't know how related the latter is to
MOSS, but it sounds more interesting than the standard
groovebox fare that comes from other major
manufacturers...

and as someone pointed out, there is really very
little overlap between the MX and the MD... there will
be room for both

cheers,
kevin


 
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Hi,
I'm in the market for either the new Korg Electribe MX
or the MD.  I
know the esoteric differences between MD and other
drum machines, but
I wanted to get a bit more info from user groups.  The
MX has going
for it: 9 part drums, 5 part synth, arp, real tube
outputs, ribbon
controller, and a host of other features typical of
the Electribe
units.  So, for the money it seems that the MX would
be more
versatile, not so much in sound design , but more so
in the everyday
use department.  Anyone would care to comment on the
everday usage of
the MD within their setup?

Thanks,
mohsen


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