Elektron Musical Instruments

I remember some of comments on the boards and in the
trade rags when the MD first came out.  The majority
fell into 2 categories, often inter-mixed - "Not
another drum machine...!" and "What?  It\ufffds hardware
?!";  at the time the trend was definitely towards SW.

The unique approach of the MD to *creating* music
validated Elektron's entry into what everyone thought
was an over-saturated market.  Everyone that touched
the MD fell in love with it - reviewers and musicians.

I think the same is going to be true of the MM.  "Who
needs another VA...!"  "With a keyboard and in
hardware ?!"  For the answers see above and wait a few
months for the praise to roll in.  

You have to look at the MM the way Elektron does, as a
whole.  

My bet is that the coupling of the MM\ufffds 6 synthesis
machines with Elektron\ufffds synergizing of inputting that
sound to brilliant and intuitive sound modeling /
sequencing workflow is going to produce a burst of
accolade every bit as strong as what met the MD.  Then
add feeding non-MM sounds into this beast.

How unique will the synthesis machines be compared to
what is currently on the market?  It\ufffds really too
early to tell.  But given the editing capabilities of
the MD and considering that one of the MM machines is
a SID emulation I\ufffdm sure Elektron won\ufffdt let us down on
that point.  (I do hope they do a better job on
releasing samples than they did with the initial MD
release.  I always thought the sounds on the site were
somewhat lame compared to what can really be done with
the MD.  Maybe those first lucky 100 MM owners can
help them out!)

It is true that there are a LOT of VA\ufffds on the market.
 The non-memorable ones do tend to regurgitate
popularized sound.  But I welcome new additions. 
Because the best of them always contribute something
unique and the ones that do are from vendors that
allow you not just to reproduce sound but sculpt it. 
Everything about the MM seems to scream \ufffdRodin In A
Box\ufffd!

Eric

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