Elektron Musical Instruments

hello all

i've been a proud md owner for a couple of years. i was wondering if
anyone has any suggestions for making realistic sounding kits?  i have
no probs making crazy stuff but i'm having trouble producing
convincing rock sounds . any tips?

cheers

phew!  well, i recently used mine for a pop/rock tune and what i did was 
record all the sounds to separate tracks and process them separately or 
in groups.  i played a bit with adding room ambiance to snare, kick and 
toms, a bit more reverb on cymbals, etc.  then compress and EQ to 
taste.  but i think that's the best you can do since the MD doesn't 
allow complex layering etc.  sequencing with a computer and getting 
detailed on dynamics and quantize offsets also helps give the md more 
life.... 

ultimately getting complex on a proper sampler will be the best choice 
imo...

snorkmaiden23 wrote:
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> hello all
>
> i've been a proud md owner for a couple of years. i was wondering if
> anyone has any suggestions for making realistic sounding kits? i have
> no probs making crazy stuff but i'm having trouble producing
> convincing rock sounds . any tips?
>
> cheers
>
> 
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Hello!

Well, sorry to sound like a jerk, but I think the MD is pretty much the wrong kit for that. I GUESS you could get something slightly acoustic-sounding from the PI-kits, but my suggestion is:

Option 1: Upgrade to UW, load the machine up with some nice rock drum samples
Option 2: Get a MPC or similar, or for that matter a silly cheap sampler like a S2000 or something and trigger it using the MIDI machines. (if you want to stay in hardware, otherwise, download preferred freeware VSTi drum sampler...)

Regards

/Patrik

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: snorkmaiden23 
  To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 10:01 PM
  Subject: [elektron] realistic machinedrum kits?


  hello all

  i've been a proud md owner for a couple of years. i was wondering if
  anyone has any suggestions for making realistic sounding kits? i have
  no probs making crazy stuff but i'm having trouble producing
  convincing rock sounds . any tips?

  cheers



   

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I'd have to agree, the MD is not really the best choice for this.  I
suppose to get close I'd start with the E12 kits as they as sample
based.

On 8/17/06, roby <roby@...> wrote:

> ultimately getting complex on a proper sampler will be the best choice
> imo...
>

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Also check out a NORD DDrum or Roland TD series... you can trigger them via midi for realistic drums sounds...

Anyone else have any luck with rockin on the MD?

-Jesse

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: rydan 
  To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:30 PM
  Subject: Re: [elektron] realistic machinedrum kits?


  Hello!

  Well, sorry to sound like a jerk, but I think the MD is pretty much the wrong kit for that. I GUESS you could get something slightly acoustic-sounding from the PI-kits, but my suggestion is:

  Option 1: Upgrade to UW, load the machine up with some nice rock drum samples
  Option 2: Get a MPC or similar, or for that matter a silly cheap sampler like a S2000 or something and trigger it using the MIDI machines. (if you want to stay in hardware, otherwise, download preferred freeware VSTi drum sampler...)

  Regards

  /Patrik

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: snorkmaiden23 
  To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 10:01 PM
  Subject: [elektron] realistic machinedrum kits?

  hello all

  i've been a proud md owner for a couple of years. i was wondering if
  anyone has any suggestions for making realistic sounding kits? i have
  no probs making crazy stuff but i'm having trouble producing
  convincing rock sounds . any tips?

  cheers

  [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]



   

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yeah i guess UW or another module is the way to go.
using a mix of PI and E12 i've gotten some ok results so far but the 
snare usually sounds a bit too snappy or a bit too flat.  

cheers

Jon

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "rydan" <rydan@...> wrote:
>
> Hello!
> 
> Well, sorry to sound like a jerk, but I think the MD is pretty 
much the wrong kit for that. I GUESS you could get something 
slightly acoustic-sounding from the PI-kits, but my suggestion is:
> 
> Option 1: Upgrade to UW, load the machine up with some nice rock 
drum samples
> Option 2: Get a MPC or similar, or for that matter a silly cheap 
sampler like a S2000 or something and trigger it using the MIDI 
machines. (if you want to stay in hardware, otherwise, download 
preferred freeware VSTi drum sampler...)
> 
> Regards
> 
> /Patrik
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: snorkmaiden23 
>   To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 10:01 PM
>   Subject: [elektron] realistic machinedrum kits?
> 
> 
>   hello all
> 
>   i've been a proud md owner for a couple of years. i was 
wondering if
>   anyone has any suggestions for making realistic sounding kits? i 
have

>   no probs making crazy stuff but i'm having trouble producing
>   convincing rock sounds . any tips?
> 
>   cheers
> 
> 
> 
>    
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

I've been using Reason and the Reason Drum Kits 2 for my rock drums. It sounds amazing 
with the MD in tandem. That is if you wish to use your computer as well.

Still haven't figured out real drums on the MD.