Elektron Musical Instruments

Paul, being the person who wrote the original SOS article on the Notron, I'm 
assuming you've probably kept an interest in it? Do you know where I could 
get one, or what its creators are up to now? I understand they had bit of a 
falling out a while ago, but beyond this I don't know much!

-Cheers, Big Ed


>From: Paul Nagle <paul@...>
>Reply-To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
>To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [elektron] Digest Number 1108
>Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 09:18:11 +0000
>
>On 18 Jan 2004 08:27:46 -0000, elektron-users@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
>
> >I've had my eye on this one, although 8 monophonic
> >tracks seems like less than I would ultimately need...
>
>Then you probably do not need a step sequencer. The P3 and the Zeit
>are step sequencers and it is the interaction with the individual
>steps that make them into performance instruments. The term sequencer
>has been, to a large extent, hijacked by MIDI Recording and Editing
>Hardware/Software.
>Modern Step Sequencers such as those I've mentioned are few and far
>between, largely attempting to recreate the type of sequencing offered
>by the Moog 960, Arp Sequencer, Korg SQ10 and so on. Modern step
>sequencers include the amazing (4-track) Notron, Polymorph, Doepfer
>MAQ and so on. If you are asking for lots of tracks, don't care about
>interaction with individual notes, sequence lengths, direction etc.
>and want polyphony, then you most likely want something equivalent to
>the Roland MC series, Akai MPC or Yamaha QY. For me, these are not
>"sequencers" at all but then I'm old... 8-)
>
>Once upon a time, everyone agreed what the word sequencer meant. Even
>when Roland introduced its digital microcomposers - the MC4 and so on
>- it was still a recognisable musical controller in its own right.
>Thesedays a "sequencer" can be the entire gig <g>!
>
>Paul

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