Elektron Musical Instruments

On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 12:34:10PM -0000, omnipresence_data wrote:
>    I don't really make drill and bass, but more glitchy almost IDM-ish
>    stuff. I do though, use a lot of the stuttery, fast retrigs akin to
>    drill n bass (very aphex twin and squarepusher-ish).

well remember that squarepusher did his early records using a boss
dr-660 for the drums and main sequencing. have you ever used one of
those things? they're great for what they are (and for the price), but
they're toys compared to the MD. they're *incredibly* limited and
simple.

anyway, my point is that where there's a will, there's a way. my first
solution to the drill'n bass thing is the obvious one: program certain
patterns that are one long drum roll and then play them back at very
high speeds. you can use the song sequencer to grab smaller portions of
the pattern as well as to play it back at the high speed in the measure
position that you want.

BUT this is going to hog up your memory really fast. so you'll have to
do some experimenting and see if there's a compromise somewhere with
this or another solution entirely. please post your solution once you
find it, though.

good luck!
Joe