Elektron Musical Instruments

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" <jmelnyk@c...> wrote:
> --- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "droolmaster0" 
<implode7@p...>
> wrote:
> > I have heard from someone else also that the synthesis is 
limited, 
> > and that the sound isn't particularly good.
> 
> sound = good is a matter of taste, I guess.  but I think that it's
> very good, even in comparison to a Nord and some true analog
> synths I have.

The general reaction from people we demonstrated the Monomachine to 
at the NAMM show was that it sounded fantastic. Also from a 
strict "sound quality" aspect. Several people simply said it was the 
best sounding current synthesizer, and that it is able to supply a 
bottom end not many synthesizers can offer.

Another reaction was that the joystick was really a big part of the 
experience of the Monomachine.

I don't think we got one single person in there that we didn't 
impress with the sounds! Whether that was because of well programmed 
presets, a good sound system or maybe actually a good sounding 
product is not up to me to judge.

The demos of the webpage are quite early examples, and we should try 
to get new ones now that people get more used to it. I think playing 
with the presets for a while would give a better idea of what it is 
about.

...and about the so called limitations... We have tried to give uable 
controls, so that they spur creativity, rather than give all possible 
possibilities. For example, that's why the unison width for the five 
main oscillators of the SuperWave Saw is controlled by only one 
parameter. That makes it more usable in our opinion than having 
individual detunes that you never would bother to edit. It's all 
about the results, isn't it. That's also why we think it is a major 
achievement to have an FM synth controled with seven basic 
controlers, all which does relevant actions, rather than all the 
parameters in the world, but stick to presets as you never bother to 
figure them out.

Daniel