Elektron Musical Instruments

I don't have nearly the experience on both of these that many do 
here, having just picked up both within the last 2-3 weeks, but I'd 
say the following.

I've been finding the Monomachine fantastic for creating percussive 
sounds that go beyond what you're going to get with a drum machine, 
even a powerful one like the Machinedrum. However, if you are looking 
for traditional drum/percussions sounds, it is extremely limited 
compared to the Machinedrum. If you devote one of the 6 tracks to the 
sampled drum sounds (there is only one drum 'machine' in the 
Monomachine), you don't get any polyphony, so you'd have to devote 
multiple tracks, and there are only 6 total for all of your sounds 
and effects. 

If you need to have lots of more traditional electronic percussion 
(and it can get pretty crazy), I'd say opt for the machinedrum right 
now. Another option would be to get the Monomachine, and then a much 
less powerful drum machine like the er-1 (not a bad little 'toy')for 
now. You could even process the er-1 or other cheap drum machine 
through the Monomachine for some additional fun.

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "moanersaa" <moanersaa@h...> 
wrote:
> MD SPS-1 or MM tabletop?
> 
> Although I've been involved with music my whole life, I'm
> quite the 
> newbie when it comes to electronic music.  Last year I picked up 
> FLStudio, CubaseSX2, a midi controller, an audiophile 2496, and a 
> few softsynths.  I've learned A LOT.  
> 
> This year I decided I wanted to move more in the direction of 
> hardware.  I bought a microKorg and a mixer a few weeks ago and am 
> really happy with it.  I've also just sold off a few pieces of my 
> guitar rack and am looking to pick up a monomachine or a 
> machinedrum :)
> 
> Up until a few days ago I had my eyes set on the MD SPS-1, but then 
> the tabletop version of the Monomachine caught my eye.  Some of the 
> sounds this thing churns out are absolutely amazing and seem to be 
> exactly what I'm looking for.  
> 
> What I'm looking to do is create squelchy, noisy, distorted, sick 
> sounding rhythms.  Obviously it's going to take me a while to
> learn 
> to do this so I want a machine I can grow into as this is going to 
> be my last piece of gear for a long time.  I know the MD does 
pretty 
> much what I'm looking for but I'm a little concerned about
> being 
> limited to only drum type sounds.  The MM seems to have a much 
wider 
> array of sounds available, but how are the drum sounds?  Like I 
said 
> I'm looking for crazy sounding drum kits, but does the MM also 
> supply the resources to create typical sounding 909 kick drums and 
> the like?  If I buy the MM, I'm worried about receiving it only
> to 
> immediately start lusting after a MD :)  Also I'm wondering about 
> the table top version of the MM.  Am I better to wait till I can 
> afford the keyboard version?
> 
> Given my gear and what I want to do, can anyone give me some advice 
> here?  Perhaps I should just stick with the MD and pick up a MM 
when 
> I can?  I've been listening to demos for 2 days now and am 
> completely confused.  Help!  :)
> 
> Scott