Elektron Musical Instruments

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, John Potter wrote:

> I'm wondering if it's analogue/rompler/sampler or a combination 
> thereof? 

We live in the digital era! :) There is a massive amount of DSP power in
the Machinedrum (more than three times a Virus). But don't judge the sound
thereof. We want to show what is possible with some creative thinking when
it comes to DSP programming.

Each drum has a separate model (like a specially designed synthesizer),
and there are several different approaches to the modelling for different
groups of drums (three totally different bassdrums for instance) that each
have different parameters. Some are somewhat based on samples, but most
are not.

What has been important to us is to give all drums a dynamic feeling -
that is what I think is good with analogue drummachines. But not all are
based on ideas from analogue drummachines. There are many new ideas as
well.

> Based on the SID chip?  

No SID-chip in this one!

> The multiple outputs + big screen + X0X grid look very promising 
> indeed.

We've tried to use the best ideas from the classic drum machines, combined
with new approaches...

> I want to hear some samples...

They will come. :)

 //Daniel