Elektron Musical Instruments

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Joe <jmelnyk@c...> wrote:

> >    ps. I wonder if it can record midi notes via midi-in port..
> 
> me too! I think I tried it once on the keyboard version; and if I
> remember correctly, it worked just fine.

Yes, you can record notes either on the MIDI channel assigned to the 
track, or the special "auto-channel", which follows the channel you 
select on the Mono-interface. This was made with the table-top in 
mind.

> I wish they would give more info about the tabletop version, 
though.

There are no secrets really. It's all the same, even running the 
exact same OS! Just missing eveything you see to the right on the 
keyboard.

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, <epetitmartien@mac...> wrote:

> now 600 is a "bit" too much… there must be some building reasons 
> behind that (more time consuming to make?)

That is correct. The Mono-keyboard is actually very complicated to 
make, and we made many special solutions to cram everything in 
there. We didn't want to go away from the Machinedrum-size-standard, 
and it was hard to meet the high-voltage regulations in the little 
space we had. It makes the case quite expensive to make. And also, 
there is a reason you don't see that kind of wide array of LED's on 
many synths. Try to make a circuit board that wide without it 
breaking! :) There are many reasons for the Monomachine keyboard 
costing some money, but we really wanted to reach our vision with 
the way it looks, and the way it makes some kind of lego-feeling 
together with the MD! That, and that I always wanted a synth that 
will get attention on stage. :)

Daniel