Elektron Musical Instruments

On Jun 9, 2004, at 7:35 PM, Damon Menne wrote:

>  Is it really a goal for so many people to be cover musicians?  Wanting
>  that specific synth with the hopes of getting that specific sound?  Is
>  that the case?

personally, I just find it interesting to learn how people get their 
sound. it has nothing to
do with wanting to imitate them or their sound, really. occasionally 
though, if I see that
someone I like uses a certain item that I had been wondering about, 
then I may
be motivated to investigate it more. but the decision of whether or not 
to purchase a piece
of gear is never (and shouldn't be) motivated by who uses it.

my thought on the Plastikman thing was just that it was interesting, 
given that he's well
known for using the classic Roland TR-X0X drum machines and people have 
sometimes
criticized the MD for not being enough like those machines (but 
personally, I couldn't
care less if it sounded like them or not).  so maybe it would cause 
some people to
investigate the MD more than they would have otherwise (see above).

Joe

p.s. and besides, wasn't it you who pointed out that LFO was using
a Monomachine on stage?  :-)

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