Elektron Musical Instruments

Hi,

This is the way I justify the price of Monomachine:

1. I've never used any other music gear that is so inspiring to work 
with and so easy than Machinedrum. With MD I really feel that I get 
to do more creative choices than for example computer+mouse. I feel 
like i'm exploring the musical dimension, rather than software 
abilities. Yeah, I've tried reaktor (and granular-, fm- additive 
and 'blahblah'-synthesis, vstis and many other stuff like that. But 
in the end is it my MUSIC that I enjoy the most. The Cubase SX-seq 
just isn't fun for me, I love the step seq (and I've tried the fruity 
loops also, I don't like mousing). So it's the user-interface that 
counts.

2. The sequencer makes the Monomachine unique. As people are always 
searching for new sounds, I believe that any modern synth holds so 
many possiablities that I could never run out of them. Take some 
nord, virus, anything, if you can't make something unique with these 
tools, you can't blame the tools (maybe you can blame your work 
methods, for example mousing really isn't very interconnected to 
musical expressions and feelings). I believe it's (unique sounds) 
more in what notes you put after another than a 'all new resynthesis-
granular-phase-distortion-super-technology'. If you want to find 
something from monomachine that isn't in another synths, without a 
doubt, it's the sequencer, with parameter locks and trig tracks. With 
only parameter locks in MD you could do some very expressive beat 
programming. I'll bet it's the same thing with Mono.

Well, that's just my opinion and experiences. Everybody should search 
for their own working methods. Working methods that don't need to 
change after every new annoucement. This way we can consetrate on 
music. As F. Zappa says: 'Music is THE BEST'

Toni.


--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "Janne G:son Berg" 
<d3berg@d...> wrote:
> On Sun Sep 21 2003, hal3001 <hal3001@y...> wrote:
> 
> > ok 1900 right?
> > 
> > lets compare:
> > 
> > dave smith evolver $475 (superwave?)
> > ion $725 (the VA part of the ion)
> > FS1r $400 (formant + fm)
> > 
> > all with fx.  I'm trying to figure out what's so radically 
> > different.  I didn't know it was 24 voices? i keep getting 
strange 
> > information not sure if it's 24 bit.  the other stuff seems 
coool... b
> 
> One thing that is different is that Elektron is a small company
> compared to many of the big synthesizer making companies. More
> comparable to Dave Smith than Yamaha. Their products does not sell 
in
> the same amounts as the products from the bigger companies.
> 
> Niche products.
> 
> /Janne