Elektron Musical Instruments

thanks FF :) 


--- Fierce Fish <fiercefish@...> wrote:
> "So, are the sounds and sequencer hot enough for the
> price? dunno yet but soon will. You can't rely on
> one
> synth to be your main one. :)"
> 
> I think if I wanted to do complete, release quality
> trax on just this synth
> then I'd have absolutely no problem in doing so, but
> thats not to say that
> I'd necessarily choose to do so. I think its pretty
> easy to get all manner
> of sounds from it, and name me one other synth that
> allows as much realtime
> timbral modulation?
> I think it is pretty cutting edge in terms of
> interface and philosophy, the
> Op-Amps and DA convertors were where the best
> currently available were
> chosen (and to anyone with 2 properly functioning
> ears it shows) AFAIK the
> DSPs are the same Motorola's as used in the MD and
> Virus amongst many
> others, also Elektron isn't a huge multinational who
> are going to shift lots
> of synths to wannabe Fatboy Slims, its a pioneers
> synth made by a pioneering
> company so the economies of scale do not apply.
> To be perfectly honest this synth is not for
> everyone, its quirky and in
> some ways limited (polyphony etc), but what it does
> do it does VERY well,
> which is exactly what is was designed for. I agree
> about the 24 voice thing
> being a little odd, but I was never expecting a
> synth called Monomachine to
> be polyphonic, just as I wouldn't expect a motorbike
> to replace a car.
> I think the bulk of the DSP coding is used in the
> sequencer to facilitate
> the best possible timing and for the realtime
> manipulation of the
> parameters, think about it, each step can have
> easily 10 locks, times that
> by 6, add the note data, the voice itself, the
> joystick etc and you can soon
> see that the DSPs would get pretty high loading.
> I also think the Monmachine is expensive (the most
> I've ever spent on a
> single synth) but I do think you get good value for
> money. My advice is to
> stick with it learn it inside out and youwill have a
> friend for life :)
> 
> FF
> 
> 
> 


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