Elektron Musical Instruments

hey dave'n'lex,

this is truely deep stuff - live music made with elektron gear.
good combined structures. did you just played in the pattern mode or
did you used the song mode too?

thanx 4 sharing this great piece of live.


cheers
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> Subject: 2 Monos and a MD -- Live Set uploaded
>
> Hi.
>
> I know this is somewhat belated, but we're just getting our act into
> gear and uploading this to the web.  Back in February we promised to
> make available an example of a live set that we did consisting of
> two MonoMachines and one MachineDrum.  Well our promise has been
> fulfilled!  The only other piece of gear we used for this show was a
> Yamaha 01V mixer.  We had the MD as the controller.
>
> The project/band is Freq Modif on Obliq Recordings
> (http://obliq.net) and the show was Wobble on Valentine's Day 2004
> at the Fiske Planetarium in Boulder Colorado.  The link to the audio
> is in our News section.  FYI, our new Multicast release which is due
> out in early August will also feature the MD and MonoMachine on most
> of the tracks as well, I'll have audio samples of these tracks up
> very soon.
>
> One thing we used extensively through the show was the joysticks on
> the Monos.  The only thing that I would love is if the joystick's
> MIDI implementation would be assignable like everything else (so
> that we could use continuous controllers for all directions).
> Another gripe I have is that the Function key is used so much but
> when performing live you only have one hand available to press the
> buttons and tweek parameters (because the other hand is actually
> playing the keyboard); the physical distance is too far for my small
> hand for many of the functions I need (like muting tracks, etc).
> Perhaps a foot pedal switch could be integrated that would function
> as the "Function" key.  I actually beg for this modification and
> would be willing to give up an individual in to have this.  Finally,
> the machines are a bit noisy too especially on the MD; but we can
> live with that because our stuff can bee somewhat noisy anyway!
>
> For us the MonoMachine & MachineDrum have both been revolutionary
> from a performance perspective.  They have taken the pages and pages
> of complex programming out of the experience and give you full power
> to quickly be productive and creative!  Elektron has two huge fans
> in Rural Colorado USA!!!  The FM, SOS and definitely Grooves reviews
> don't do the MonoMachine proper justice, btw!!!
>
> Please geel free to give us any feedback as we *always* welcome
> constructive criticism and would entertain any questions!
>
> Enjoy!
>
> --davealex/nathan
> freqmodif [@] obliq.net
> http://obliq.net
>