Elektron Musical Instruments

On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 12:09:25PM -0000, Roonan wrote:
>    Nope, only using hardware.
>    It's more reliable and more fun to work with.(IMO)
>    I don't like to watch a performance where people are looking
>    hypnotised at a laptop all the time.
>    I once saw a guy at a live contest with only one laptop. He didn't
>    look at the crowd once and was only looking at the screen like a
>    statue. The people backstage where very dissapointed with this set
>    and my friends in the crowd thought he was watching porn while
>    playing a CD.
>    Would anyone like to be like him?

nope. I'm fairly new to playing electronic music and although I enjoy
some of the laptop jockeys' music , I think it's an incredibly boring
thing to do live. therefore, I'm trying to stay away from it as much as
I can. that's not too difficult because whenever I've tried softsynths (and
even soft sequencers), I've been happy with the sound results but I
tire of the creation method very quickly and I'm right back to hardware.

>    Also the less you look at screens and make music just by ear, the
>    better it will get. Learn to work youre gear/sequencer like an
>    instrument itself, you can make a true live performance this way.
>    I think that elektron gear is perfect for this job.
>    Ronald.

agreed. "playing" is actually a valid verb to proceed "Machinedrum."

Joe