Elektron Musical Instruments

hi

Theres three on www.ebay.co.uk

right now...i rarely see them for sale at all

You need to get the serial number
To check its not one of the early batches

O/S is midi upgradeable


----- Original Message -----

From: "magnetize15" <magnetize15@...>
To: <elektron-users@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 4:22 PM
Subject: [elektron] Machinedrum Questions


> Hi,
>
> I'm thinking seriously about getting a Machinedrum, but cannot afford
> to buy one new. Are there any areas that need to be looked at in
> particular when buying one used ? For example, is the o/s upgradeable
> by midi or eprom ? Are there any particularly parts that can go
> dodgy ? That type of thing.
>
> Unfortunatley i dont know anyone with one, & being in Ireland if i'm
> buying one it will typically be from the UK, so i won't be able to
> see it beforehand, so i'd like to know what questions to ask before
> paying over.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>

> You need to get the serial number
> To check its not one of the early batches

Were there problems with early batches ?


> The OS is upgradable by .mid or .sys file which you can download 
> from the Elektron site.
> The latest OS Version is 1.12b
> A tip - I bought mine second hand and I asked the seller for the 
> serial number.
> I then contacted Elektron by e-mail and they were happy to let me 
> know who they sold that serial number MD to, and when and where it 
> was shipped to.

Thanks for this :)

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "magnetize15"
<magnetize15@y...> wrote:
> > You need to get the serial number
> > To check its not one of the early batches
> 
> Were there problems with early batches ?

the first 100 of them had problems with the outputs and they had
different (problematic) knobs. check out www.elektron.se/announce.php
and click on "early Machinedrum quality control"

Joe.