Elektron Musical Instruments

hey there.  i know that the mkII has the 32 steps for the sequencer...
i'm kinda fuzzy on the rest of the differences.  was there already a
post or is there a webpage that lists all of the new stuff in the mkII
version?

and, does the mkII run off dc instead of ac?  does that mean that you
can make a battey pack portable setup for the md mkII?

that would be geechy.

thanks much,

-0behn desu0-

A few differences.

64 steps sequencer in mk2, 32 in mk1

More Rom slots and 4 ram machines instead of 2 (and 2,5MB sample memory, 
as opposed to 2MB)

DC power, meaning, at least in theory, that battery power is easier to 
achieve. However, I think the power comsumption is rather high, so 
AA-batteries is probably out of the question.

Balanced outputs and, I think, different D/A converters. The sound in 
the MK2 unit is slightly more rounded, and the bass slightly more 
defined to my ears, however, that is my feeling when I got the mk2, 
haven't really A/B compared them. Still sounds decidedly MD though, so 
no night/day difference.

Might have forgotten something...

/Patrik

-0behn desu0- wrote:

> 
> 
> hey there. i know that the mkII has the 32 steps for the sequencer...
> i'm kinda fuzzy on the rest of the differences. was there already a
> post or is there a webpage that lists all of the new stuff in the mkII
> version?
> 
> and, does the mkII run off dc instead of ac? does that mean that you
> can make a battey pack portable setup for the md mkII?
> 
> that would be geechy.
> 
> thanks much,
> 
> -0behn desu0-
> 
>

neat.  thanks for the info Patrik.  i'm getting a mk II that isnt a UW.....
does that mean the rom slot and ram machine differences aren't applicable?
2.5 mgs of sample memory seems pretty small anyways.  i think.  i've never
used hardware samplers, just soft synth samplers like Battery and Kontakt.
i guess you can cut drum hits into tiny, tiny little wav files tho.

thanks.

-0behn desu0-





On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 7:03 AM, Patrik Rydberg <rydan@...> wrote:

>   A few differences.
>
> 64 steps sequencer in mk2, 32 in mk1
>
> More Rom slots and 4 ram machines instead of 2 (and 2,5MB sample memory,
> as opposed to 2MB)
>
> DC power, meaning, at least in theory, that battery power is easier to
> achieve. However, I think the power comsumption is rather high, so
> AA-batteries is probably out of the question.
>
> Balanced outputs and, I think, different D/A converters. The sound in
> the MK2 unit is slightly more rounded, and the bass slightly more
> defined to my ears, however, that is my feeling when I got the mk2,
> haven't really A/B compared them. Still sounds decidedly MD though, so
> no night/day difference.
>
> Might have forgotten something...
>
> /Patrik
>
> -0behn desu0- wrote:
> >
> >
> > hey there. i know that the mkII has the 32 steps for the sequencer...
> > i'm kinda fuzzy on the rest of the differences. was there already a
> > post or is there a webpage that lists all of the new stuff in the mkII
> > version?
> >
> > and, does the mkII run off dc instead of ac? does that mean that you
> > can make a battey pack portable setup for the md mkII?
> >
> > that would be geechy.
> >
> > thanks much,
> >
> > -0behn desu0-
> >
> >
>
>  
>


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Well, you do as you please. For the regular version of course the rom  
and ram machine differences do not apply (since it doesn't have them  
in the first place). However, think about it before you decide not to  
buy UW. I m h o, the ram machines especially are fantastic! Don't use  
them that often, but when I do, I can often easily get results  
(sometimes pretty unexpected results as well, in a good way) that  
would have taken me seriously long to program in a DAW. Of course, if  
you feel that you won't use it, then get tre regular one, but the UW  
is pretty sweet, even though the memory is a bit limited. Then again,  
if you have Battery and Kontakt, you wouldn't use it to play big  
acoustic multisampled drumlibrarys anyway...

\Patrik
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On 12 aug 2008, at 17.54, Ben Humphrey wrote:

> neat. thanks for the info Patrik. i'm getting a mk II that isnt a  
> UW.....
> does that mean the rom slot and ram machine differences aren't  
> applicable?
> 2.5 mgs of sample memory seems pretty small anyways. i think. i've  
> never
> used hardware samplers, just soft synth samplers like Battery and  
> Kontakt.
> i guess you can cut drum hits into tiny, tiny little wav files tho.
>
> thanks.
>
> -0behn desu0-
>
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 7:03 AM, Patrik Rydberg <rydan@...>  
> wrote:
>
> > A few differences.
> >
> > 64 steps sequencer in mk2, 32 in mk1
> >
> > More Rom slots and 4 ram machines instead of 2 (and 2,5MB sample  
> memory,
> > as opposed to 2MB)
> >
> > DC power, meaning, at least in theory, that battery power is  
> easier to
> > achieve. However, I think the power comsumption is rather high, so
> > AA-batteries is probably out of the question.
> >
> > Balanced outputs and, I think, different D/A converters. The sound  
> in
> > the MK2 unit is slightly more rounded, and the bass slightly more
> > defined to my ears, however, that is my feeling when I got the mk2,
> > haven't really A/B compared them. Still sounds decidedly MD  
> though, so
> > no night/day difference.
> >
> > Might have forgotten something...
> >
> > /Patrik
> >
> > -0behn desu0- wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > hey there. i know that the mkII has the 32 steps for the  
> sequencer...
> > > i'm kinda fuzzy on the rest of the differences. was there  
> already a
> > > post or is there a webpage that lists all of the new stuff in  
> the mkII
> > > version?
> > >
> > > and, does the mkII run off dc instead of ac? does that mean that  
> you
> > > can make a battey pack portable setup for the md mkII?
> > >
> > > that would be geechy.
> > >
> > > thanks much,
> > >
> > > -0behn desu0-
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>

I just posted three new monomachine tunes on my (relatively new) 
blog. One of them uses the new machines, which I've found to be 
incredibly useful and lots of fun (although the thought of putting in 
my own waves is just a little scary!).

The new machines are pretty cool. It's sort of like a wavetable synth 
as you have two waves and you crossfade between them. It's not a 
"true" wavetable synth like a Waldorf XT, which actually morphs the 
waveshapes, using envelopes, from one to the other (or among many 
different waves in the table). However, it's darn cool anyway, as you 
can get incredibly interesting and in-motion sounds. If you haven't 
updated your Monomachine, go do it now.

Here's the tunes (all three are nothing but Monomachine):

http://boxoftextures.blogspot.com/


         Seth




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