Elektron Musical Instruments

"So, are the sounds and sequencer hot enough for the
price? dunno yet but soon will. You can't rely on one
synth to be your main one. :)"

I think if I wanted to do complete, release quality trax on just this synth
then I'd have absolutely no problem in doing so, but thats not to say that
I'd necessarily choose to do so. I think its pretty easy to get all manner
of sounds from it, and name me one other synth that allows as much realtime
timbral modulation?
I think it is pretty cutting edge in terms of interface and philosophy, the
Op-Amps and DA convertors were where the best currently available were
chosen (and to anyone with 2 properly functioning ears it shows) AFAIK the
DSPs are the same Motorola's as used in the MD and Virus amongst many
others, also Elektron isn't a huge multinational who are going to shift lots
of synths to wannabe Fatboy Slims, its a pioneers synth made by a pioneering
company so the economies of scale do not apply.
To be perfectly honest this synth is not for everyone, its quirky and in
some ways limited (polyphony etc), but what it does do it does VERY well,
which is exactly what is was designed for. I agree about the 24 voice thing
being a little odd, but I was never expecting a synth called Monomachine to
be polyphonic, just as I wouldn't expect a motorbike to replace a car.
I think the bulk of the DSP coding is used in the sequencer to facilitate
the best possible timing and for the realtime manipulation of the
parameters, think about it, each step can have easily 10 locks, times that
by 6, add the note data, the voice itself, the joystick etc and you can soon
see that the DSPs would get pretty high loading.
I also think the Monmachine is expensive (the most I've ever spent on a
single synth) but I do think you get good value for money. My advice is to
stick with it learn it inside out and youwill have a friend for life :)

FF

thanks FF :) 


--- Fierce Fish <fiercefish@...> wrote:
> "So, are the sounds and sequencer hot enough for the
> price? dunno yet but soon will. You can't rely on
> one
> synth to be your main one. :)"
> 
> I think if I wanted to do complete, release quality
> trax on just this synth
> then I'd have absolutely no problem in doing so, but
> thats not to say that
> I'd necessarily choose to do so. I think its pretty
> easy to get all manner
> of sounds from it, and name me one other synth that
> allows as much realtime
> timbral modulation?
> I think it is pretty cutting edge in terms of
> interface and philosophy, the
> Op-Amps and DA convertors were where the best
> currently available were
> chosen (and to anyone with 2 properly functioning
> ears it shows) AFAIK the
> DSPs are the same Motorola's as used in the MD and
> Virus amongst many
> others, also Elektron isn't a huge multinational who
> are going to shift lots
> of synths to wannabe Fatboy Slims, its a pioneers
> synth made by a pioneering
> company so the economies of scale do not apply.
> To be perfectly honest this synth is not for
> everyone, its quirky and in
> some ways limited (polyphony etc), but what it does
> do it does VERY well,
> which is exactly what is was designed for. I agree
> about the 24 voice thing
> being a little odd, but I was never expecting a
> synth called Monomachine to
> be polyphonic, just as I wouldn't expect a motorbike
> to replace a car.
> I think the bulk of the DSP coding is used in the
> sequencer to facilitate
> the best possible timing and for the realtime
> manipulation of the
> parameters, think about it, each step can have
> easily 10 locks, times that
> by 6, add the note data, the voice itself, the
> joystick etc and you can soon
> see that the DSPs would get pretty high loading.
> I also think the Monmachine is expensive (the most
> I've ever spent on a
> single synth) but I do think you get good value for
> money. My advice is to
> stick with it learn it inside out and youwill have a
> friend for life :)
> 
> FF
> 
> 
> 


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