Elektron Musical Instruments

> I was so impressed with my MD I decided to buy (after a month of 
deliberation and intense financial juggling) the SIDstation.  
> I can understand if people aren't into this synth as it has such a 
distinct rasping (Marmite) quality to it. It is more of a "bull in a 
china shop" compared to the MD which is a cross between Mr. Miyagi 
and The Terminator.  but since It arrived yesterday the sounds have 
so far been nothing but inspiring. 

If I had a sampler I'd go nuts with the SS (SidStation).

The other night I broke my own record, by recording about ten seconds 
of raw audio from the SS and then spent 4 or 5 hours taking little 
bits from it and making whole new sounds out of them in SoundForge. 
It sounds sad, but it's a functional exercise because it leaves me 
with a library of archived sounds to call upon!

I think it's testament to the unique and inspirational sound of the 
SidStation. I love the fact it is never quiet, it never stops, and 
with some lucky settings, you can leave it and the sound keeps 
evolving on its own for quite a long time.

I really consider the SS more of a "noise box", a generator of 
abstract and unorganised sounds, than a synthesiser per se. I've 
never used another machine that you could get so many unusual sounds 
out of from just ten seconds of improvised audio!

Mind you, I downloaded some mp3s of the Moog Voyager (done by a user, 
not the Moog site) and did the same thing, albeit with fewer 
worthwhile results...