Elektron Musical Instruments

Federico Ciapi <federico.ciapi@...> wrote:

I don't know...

swing should be global IMO.
A real drummer has a "global" swing.

What you're asking for is probably a "randomizer" function, something 
that is on some plug-ins (i.e. BFD).

And I want the copy-paste pattern function to copy accent and swing 
too!!!
They can't be copied in any way at the moment.

Hope Electron guys are reading this...
 
>>>>Uh - randomization does not come from freakin soft synths.
It was originally a hard module function from modular synths.  True randomizers send control, logic, and/or control voltage signals which can be used to trigger sequencers or anything else for that matter.  When set up to randomize in probabalistic frameworks, they can be very powerful tools for composition.
They are also extremely heavy users of DSP when incorporated in a digital synth and I would never expect Elektron to attempt that function -there is simply not enough excess DSP to handle a function like that.  
 
You really think swing should be global?  Have you ever heard a real drummer?  If you have, copy the break you listened to and import it into your favorite sequencer - look at it.  How much of it appears to quantize to your sequencer?  I've studied many breaks, and rarely did they quantize.  The notion of a single swing value being able to bring the timing of a whole break to correct quantizable values is uninformed at best.  But if you bought an MD to replicate humans, you're kinda missing the point.  Either way, independent swings is extremely valid and will probably be the most useful of all the MD's upgrades in making more interesting drum machine breaks.  Why do you think the MPC is so popular?
 
Before you start making recommendations as to how Elektron should develop their machines, at least have an idea what you're talking about.  The little buttons on your softsynth don't count.  (unless you at least understand how the algorithms behind them are effecting the unit's internal architecture)

		
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