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Re : [elektron] Re: Machinedrum

2000-10-29 by Marc Horchler

I`ve actually been to Kortrijk! Don`t remember much though except for the 
fact that I drank too much beer.

...marq

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>De : Joeri Vankeirsbilck <joeri@...>
>À : elektron-users@egroups.com
>Objet : Re: [elektron] Re: Machinedrum
>Date : Dima 29 octo 2000  19:08
>

> Hi,
>
>> The problem with the WSA1 is that its user-interface is not what it
>> should be
>
> It does have a nice display and lots of buttons next to the screen where you
> can adjust things quickly (like Akai S5/6000), but the OS could indeed be
> much better. I wanted to do a Sounddiver adaptation but the WSA doesn't
> support that kind of SysEx.... stuck with the way it is now. :-(
>
>> thats why I mentioned Machinedrum 2...
>
> I suggest to first see what Machinedrum 1 brings us. :-)
>
>> I hope the people from Elektron will notmake the same mistake: not every
>> synthesis fits in every hardware
>> user-interface (not enough knobs, screens not graphical enough).
>
> Very true! The picture on their site shows that there are some knobs on it,
> which would allow for good synthesis, but then the display would have to be
> good too. Since they already surprised me already with the nice grafics on
> the SidStation's silly display, I'm sure they'll make good use of the
> Machinedrum's display. (I like the boot-up screen of the SidStation a lot
> :-)
>
>> By the way: where are you from
>
> Belgium, near Kortrijk, in the middle of nowhere. :-) Although that last
> thing isn't true: 2.5hours from Paris, 3 hours from London, 3 hours from
> Köln and Amsterdam, too many hours from Göteborg. :-)))
>
>> are you in music business
>
> Yep.
>
>> and what
>> about the sounddesign you did for Elektron (that is you, isn't it?!?)
>
> Me? :-)
> Ehm yes, that's me. What do you want to know about it? The funny thing about
> that set is that there are still many sounds left, and there are some new
> ones as well.... hmmm.... what would happen with those sounds? ;-)
>
> Ciao,
> Joeri
>
> --
> Joeri Vankeirsbilck
> joeri@belway.com
>
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