Elektron Musical Instruments

i was a little dismayed when you and joe (who has been nothing but a 
help and a sweetheart to others in this list) got in a tiff on this 
list, but i didn't say anything because i thought it was a one-time 
thing. now you go after ....sticman and i can't keep quiet. 
what ....sticman was doing was stating an opinion that he himself 
didn't need, just as those who were calling for the feature were 
doing. no flaming, just an opinion. and you come back saying he was 
minimizing their thoughts! 
okay, an example:: i for one think Ravi is somewhat harsh in his 
statements, but they are his opinions and he isn't hurting anyone in 
stating them. i respect his ideas because they bring IDEAS to the 
discussion. it seems like you feel personally attacked by people 
stating their opinions when you don't agree with them, and i 
apologize if you feel that way. but don't trumpet your opinion as 
some oppressed minority. all of us who read this have been very 
considerate of others' thoughts and ideas about these marvelous 
machines and we go back to our gear and think if we ourselves as 
individuals require the proposed feature. then we respond on the 
list. frankly, i've enjoyed this list quite a bit until now. doesn't 
mean i'll stop reading, though, so i'll see y'all on the flipside.
PEACE,
wendell.

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Gene Schwartz <implode7@p...> 
wrote:
> I wrote about the 28 step pattern...
> 
> I think that you don't quite understand the spirit behind these 
requests.
> The people who have made them all like the Monomachine very much 
(as far as
> I can tell). However, there are still ways in which the user 
interface can
> be improved in orde to aid creativity. Some improvements are not 
feasible
> technically,  some might be contrary to the wishes of the majority 
of users,
> and some might be specific to such a small minority that it isn't 
worth the
> time and effort. In some of these cases, their is some workaround 
in which
> the user could accomplish the desired goal, but because of the fact 
that the
> workaround requires a different way of working altogether, it 
doesn't really
> satisfy the goals of person who made the request.
> 
> In my case, I wanted to see the 14 step (or other length) step 
scales while
> I was recording in pattern mode. One doesn't work the same way in 
song mode.
> Therefore your solution (which I was certainly aware of) doesn't 
really
> address my request at all. The improvement I requested would 
certainly help
> me, though I would understand if no one else desired this change, or
> Elektron thought that it would not be easy enough or impossible to
> accomplish.
> 
> But before you minimize the requests of other users for 
improvements which
> would really help them, think about the fact that it is not just the
> eventual technical accomplishment, but the creative process that 
they might
> be thinking about.