Elektron Musical Instruments

Does anyone here use their Machinedrum for music other than the
ubiquitous four-on-the-floor dance and techno?

I'm considering purchase of a MD for creating rhythmic sounds and
structures in my improvised Berlin-School inspired electronic music. I
*think* it would be a good fit, given the extensive synthesis
abilities, and real-time interface. Does anyone have experience with
taking the MD into other musical genres?

- Ronald.

http://electronicscene.com/ronpieket

Ronald,

I have bombarded this site with similar questions cause
i'm not in to "the ubiquitous four-on-the-floor dance and techno".
I'm more into industrial, experimental music and rock.

I decided to give it a try, and man i'm glad i did.
It has a special digital sound that is not for everyone but
the complete control over all parameters (on every step !)
+ internal and external sequencing is waht did it for me.

Everyone is saying it'S one of the best UI, and they are right imho.
I just spent a few hours with it (received it last week) but
enough to keep it.

And as other mentionned, please don't rely on the demos to
make your choice. I'm sorry guys, but they're really bad and too
HQ and trebley imo.

I now see the MD as an instrument, not just a beatbox.

Good luck with you dilemma ;)

Simon


on 30/05/03 4:16 PM, Ronald Pieket at rpieket@... wrote:

Does anyone here use their Machinedrum for music other than the
ubiquitous four-on-the-floor dance and techno?

I'm considering purchase of a MD for creating rhythmic sounds and
structures in my improvised Berlin-School inspired electronic music. I
*think* it would be a good fit, given the extensive synthesis
abilities, and real-time interface. Does anyone have experience with
taking the MD into other musical genres?

- Ronald.

http://electronicscene.com/ronpieket



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I do music in the ambient/berlin vein. I haven't used the MD on a 
released recording yet, but it's already found it's way into a 
couple of projects that will eventually be released.. I've used drum 
machines on all three of my CDs. The MD is definitely good for any 
type of music as far as I'm concerned.

regards,
jonathan
http://www.synthblock.com

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "Ronald Pieket" 
<rpieket@y...> wrote:
> Does anyone here use their Machinedrum for music other than the
> ubiquitous four-on-the-floor dance and techno?
> 
> I'm considering purchase of a MD for creating rhythmic sounds and
> structures in my improvised Berlin-School inspired electronic 
music. I
> *think* it would be a good fit, given the extensive synthesis
> abilities, and real-time interface. Does anyone have experience 
with

> taking the MD into other musical genres?
> 
> - Ronald.
> 
> http://electronicscene.com/ronpieket

Excellent. Thanks people.

Amos: Yes, step sequencers are definitely my thing. In fact, it's the
only kind of sequencing that I do nowadays. And I prefer to use step
sequencers that are built-in. For me, a synth's built-in step
sequencer or arpeggiator is more of a deciding factor than the sound.
For Berlin School, the originals were Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream,
and Manuel Göttsching, especially in the 70's and 80's. Newer bands in
this genre include Radio Massacre International, Dweller at the
Threshold, Node, Redshift, and others.

Simon: Dilemma no more - I just ordered an MD. Can't wait!

Jonathan: I'm looking forward to your berlin/ambient work with the MD.

Thanks again folks! :)

- Ronald.

I've used the MD on urban/pop records.  A lot of hip hop and rnb styles right 
now are all about punchy, different drum sounds with a lot of character.  The 
MD fits right in here.

-nycthinker

---
listen in @
http://www.iamjen.com

I have been doing some experimenting with my Indigo 2 routing to the
MD input.  You can get some gating effects with the MD too.  I got
some interesting rhythmic sonics this way.  

I thought the filter input machine would get the effect I wanted until
I tried the gating one.  

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "Ronald Pieket" <rpieket@y...>
wrote:

> Does anyone here use their Machinedrum for music other than the
> ubiquitous four-on-the-floor dance and techno?
> 
> I'm considering purchase of a MD for creating rhythmic sounds and
> structures in my improvised Berlin-School inspired electronic music. I
> *think* it would be a good fit, given the extensive synthesis
> abilities, and real-time interface. Does anyone have experience with
> taking the MD into other musical genres?
> 
> - Ronald.
> 
> http://electronicscene.com/ronpieket

I am not familiar with the Berlin school but i use the MD for lots of different styles and 
found it to be the perfect tool for any kind of beat.
You can even fake a real drummer to some extent.
It generates chestbreaking punch and the fact that every beat for every sound can 
have its complete own set of parameter values makes it a wonderful source for 
organic and interesting grooves.
I love the LFOs.With them even a simple one bar pattern will sound everchanging.

Dont trust the demos on the Elektron website.
Most of them sound rather cheesy.
The same is true for the onboard patterns, but its so easy and fun to make your own.

best
Hans