Monomachine Design wishes (aka MD design flaws)
2003-08-27 by steril707
A few things i hope Elektron will think about when developing the Monomachine Design, because some parts of the MD Design really suck.. I hope they dont repeat those. * The Adapter should be "standard".. Its difficult to get a replacement one, when you are on tour in another country. Makes it unreliable to have it with you on Tour. * The Adapter should be secured on the chassis. its too easily happening that the cable pulls out of the MD. * a proper built in powersupply would be the best off course. The MD is too heavy? Well, i would gladly swap that for using a lighter material instead of that heavy metal chassis. * the knobs design should be more "steady"..after having 5(!) knobs already breaking away (i am having "superfast glue" with me in my tourcase now for the emergency), i dont think this "push in and dial faster" potis that stand out above the chassis are too professional anymore. I would prefer normal potis that last, while being in my tourcase, i dont need that gimicky fast-dial. * A Safe Storage Media adapter should be included. Even my shoddy electribe s has a Smartmedia Adapter for storing sequences and data. Not everybody has a laptop with him for doing sysex, when being on tour, and suddenly things are getting crazy within the md(patterns changed, sounds vanished etc. i guess you know what i mean). * i heard that the internal wiring in the md is quite "questionable"..in terms of reliability i hope the Monomachine Design avoids that. I think Elektron asks for prices that would imply such a quality standard. And when you are stating "Perfection comes at a price" even more. I like the MD, nothing beats it at playing live and getting crazy with it, but quality wise it is giving me a headache since i own it (for two years now). I will watch out for a while before buying the Monomachine. Cheers, Steril (Gigolo Records/Lasergun Records)