Elektron Musical Instruments

On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:48:22PM -0000, paolovalladolid wrote:
>    I just heard from a salesperson that the Monomachine includes
>    features from Machinedrum.  Is this true?

sort of.

>    If so, how much?

the MD has essentially four machine types and within each type there
are several percussion-specific machines. the MnM has one percussion
machine (based on one of the MD's machine) with key mapping for different
percussion sounds. the general synthesis parameters are limited compared
to what the similar MD machine has. it can do A LOT (and a few things
the MD can't do) but it's only about 5% as powerful as the MD. namely,
it's monophonic. so at best you can have six percussion tracks going at
once on the MnM (whereas you can have 16 on the MD).

>    I'm more interested in the Machinedrum at the moment but if the
>    Monomachine includes all the Machinedrum features...

not even close to "all the Machinedrum features". it's just a basic
beatbox that, while great (and far better than any $300 Dr. Rhythm!),
should not be considered a substitute for the Machinedrum.

Joe