Elektron Musical Instruments

Ok, i've been bitten by the MD bug so im pretty sure I'll be 
aquiring one sooner or later here... until then i was just wondering 
if the Machinedrum is able to do tablas at all? Have any of you guys 
made any tabla kits? Do you have any samples of them online? I'd 
love to give em a listen. thanks.

- Brian

Brian

The Machinedrum is a great machine.  It doesn't do any kind of realistic
tablas though...You could probably make some interesting
tabla-approximations on it, but they would still sound like a synthesizer,
rather than real tabla.

I've actually studied tabla off and on for a few years, and after playing -
even for a few months - you can really tell when someone is actually playing
or using a sample.

If you are looking for real tabla sounds, I'd recommend a sampler at least.
Also, go to www.sonicstate.com and search for Talvin Singh's Abracatabla CD.
It is a great sample CD of tabla and a lot of other percussion.

-brent


Once upon a time, brianefrank wrote the following:

> Ok, i've been bitten by the MD bug so im pretty sure I'll be
> aquiring one sooner or later here... until then i was just wondering
> if the Machinedrum is able to do tablas at all? Have any of you guys
> made any tabla kits? Do you have any samples of them online? I'd
> love to give em a listen. thanks.
> 
> - Brian
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 

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Yeah thats great, electronic sounding tablas are perfect. I just 
really like the feel of tablas within a song. Thanks for the tip on 
the sample CD, I've been looking for some good percussion samples as 
well.




--- In elektron-users@y..., "W. Brent Latta" <wbl@c...> wrote:
> Brian
> 
> The Machinedrum is a great machine.  It doesn't do any kind of 
realistic
> tablas though...You could probably make some interesting
> tabla-approximations on it, but they would still sound like a 
synthesizer,
> rather than real tabla.
> 
> I've actually studied tabla off and on for a few years, and after 
playing -
> even for a few months - you can really tell when someone is 
actually playing
> or using a sample.
> 
> If you are looking for real tabla sounds, I'd recommend a sampler 
at least.
> Also, go to www.sonicstate.com and search for Talvin Singh's 
Abracatabla CD.
> It is a great sample CD of tabla and a lot of other percussion.
> 
> -brent
> 
> 
> Once upon a time, brianefrank wrote the following:
> 
> > Ok, i've been bitten by the MD bug so im pretty sure I'll be
> > aquiring one sooner or later here... until then i was just 
wondering
> > if the Machinedrum is able to do tablas at all? Have any of you 
guys
> > made any tabla kits? Do you have any samples of them online? I'd
> > love to give em a listen. thanks.
> > 
> > - Brian
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to 
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

> > 
> > 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> W. Brent Latta :-: wbl@3...
> Official 3DMC Website :-: http://www.3dmc.org
> Download tunes :-: http://www.3dmc.org/studio.shtml
> ________________________________________________

Sorry if this is OT, but what is a tabla?!?


--- In elektron-users@y..., "brianefrank" <bfrank@m...> wrote:
> Yeah thats great, electronic sounding tablas are perfect. I just 
> really like the feel of tablas within a song. Thanks for the tip on 
> the sample CD, I've been looking for some good percussion samples 
as 
> well.

A tabla is a classic indian percussion

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From: "mrhardacid" <mrhardacid@...>
To: <elektron-users@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: [elektron] Can MD do electronic Tablas?


> 
>   Sorry if this is OT, but what is a tabla?!?
> 
>

Not too long ago someone on the Yahoo Sp-808 user's
group found some guys in India that make electronic
tablas. It's a little drum machine with sequencer that
makes all orts of tabla sounds. I would not be
surprised Talvin Singh uses one of those. If you look
at the old posts of the Roland Sp-808 you will
definitely find it.

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Though he may use "electronic tabla" boxes for a gimmick or an "effect" I
can guarantee that most of his tabla in his music is actually him playing
the drums.  I've seen him play solo tabla live and he is quite amazing.  He
is a classically trained tabla player, playing since he was very very young.

I've seen the "electronic tabla" boxes and they're pretty dumb if you ask
me.  They are several hundred dollars, and they offer around 10-15 different
rhythmic cycles and allow you to change the tempo of each cycle, and
sometimes offer a different variation (or kayada) of the cycle.  They are
used mainly for people practicing melodic Indian instruments like sitar,
santoor, bansuri, etc.  They are essentially a fancy metronome.  They do
not, however, give you any freedom to program the sounds yourself, so I
would still recommend using a sampler for this purpose.

-brent

Once upon a time, Flavio Alvarez wrote the following:

> Not too long ago someone on the Yahoo Sp-808 user's
> group found some guys in India that make electronic
> tablas. It's a little drum machine with sequencer that
> makes all orts of tabla sounds. I would not be
> surprised Talvin Singh uses one of those. If you look
> at the old posts of the Roland Sp-808 you will
> definitely find it.
> 
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Download tunes :-: http://www.3dmc.org/studio.shtml
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