Elektron Musical Instruments

Hi Phillip,

The MD as the others have said, excells at digital sounds. With a great deal 
of care and a bit of EQ it can also sound very analog and sometimes even 
very 'real'. It all depends on how you use it and what you call analog and 
digital (quick hint here for general synth use.... roll off frequencies 
above about 6k with a 12dB filter and your digital synths begin to sound 
remarkably analog... a bit static perhaps, but in a mix you would have to 
have very good ears to tell - ah the digital/analog debate... nearly as 
devisive and confusing as the mac/pc debate =0)).

The second question has been answered already, but I would argue that many 
of the MDs parameters have less than 127 steps, as thay become quite 
unusable at high settings. There is some hope that Elektron may sort this 
out in a future update, but don't hold your breath.

As to your last question - the xBase is a killer drum machine for dance 
music with (IMHO) the fattest kick drum ever (side by side with a 909, the 
xBase really is the king.... fat as hell and much less noise). If I had the 
money I would have both, no question about it. However, if you are only 
going to have one drum machine, then the MD is surely the only choice, 
especially if you intend to do any music that does not fall into the full on 
dance bracket. The MD offers so much more than just drums.

Hope this helps =0)

thinking happy thoughts
amos


>From: "philipp_angleitner" <Philipp_Angleitner@...>
>Reply-To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
>To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [elektron] some questions before buying this machine...
>Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 16:08:46 -0000
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>first question: is it possible to make some absolutely "digital"
>beats with this machine? or are there only beats possible which have
>something like an analogue feel? the question is a bit tricky, i
>know ;)
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>second question: how many parametres are there for the different
>sounds? how many different values do the parametres have? i mean: the
>jomox xbase has 127 values per parametre. so how many offers the
>machinedrum?
>
>last question: is this tool better than the xbase? what do those of
>you say who own both these tools?
>
>thanks for answering and sorry for my fucked up english... phil
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