Elektron Musical Instruments

i recently saw tortoise play a wonderful live set, and went to 
trts.com to check out their site. it's a good site, and it had a link 
to elektron!! i investigated further, and found that they have a 
sidstation and md in their studio in chicago (soma). 

does anyone know offhand of any tracks of theirs that have the sid or 
md on them? 

thanks,
wendell.

On May 1, 2004, at 11:51 PM, scutopus wrote:

> i recently saw tortoise play a wonderful live set, and went to
>  trts.com to check out their site. it's a good site, and it had a link
>  to elektron!! i investigated further, and found that they have a
>  sidstation and md in their studio in chicago (soma).


they also have a link to the Elektron site from their webpage :-)

BTW, this is sweet that you're into the same music I love!  I'm seeing 
Tortoise next week and I'm incredibly excited about it!  I missed them 
last time and they're one of my favorite bands.


>  does anyone know offhand of any tracks of theirs that have the sid or
>  md on them?


I don't know off hand. but there's some things to note. first, Soma is 
owned/run by John McEntire who is part of Tortoise as well as the 
drummer for the Sea and Cake (also a great band).  John went to school 
for electronic music and has studied synthesis exclusively, so it's not 
surprising that he has the great gear that he does at Soma!  I've 
looked around the Sea and Cake forum a bit and John's been known to 
answer questions about what gear was used.   In fact, he once gave a 
run down of all synths that were used on the Sea and Cake's "One 
Bedroom" and the SID was among them.  anyway, if you ask in the 
Tortoise website's forum, he may answer this question for you.

Joe

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Is there any way to use one track to control all of
the other tracks like as if it were a midi. that way I
could trigger all the tracks with the multi trig mode
and it will be in sync instead of using my keys. 


	
		
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> > i recently saw tortoise play a wonderful live set, and went to
> >  trts.com to check out their site. it's a good site, and it had a 
link
> >  to elektron!! i investigated further, and found that they have a
> >  sidstation and md in their studio in chicago (soma).
>>>> they also have a link to the Elektron site from their webpage :-)
> 
> BTW, this is sweet that you're into the same music I love!  I'm 
seeing 
> Tortoise next week and I'm incredibly excited about it!  I missed 
them 
> last time and they're one of my favorite bands.

yo, lemme know if they play "whitewater" or "jetty". they didn't in 
boston, but who knows? they did play djed, which was a pleasant 
surprise. you'll dig the show, no doubt. i couldn't see if they had 
an md or sid on stage from where i was....

> >  does anyone know offhand of any tracks of theirs that have the 
sid or
> >  md on them?
>>>> I don't know off hand. but there's some things to note. first, 
Soma is 
> owned/run by John McEntire who is part of Tortoise as well as the 
> drummer for the Sea and Cake (also a great band).  John went to 
school 
> for electronic music and has studied synthesis exclusively, so it's 
not 
> surprising that he has the great gear that he does at Soma!  I've 
> looked around the Sea and Cake forum a bit and John's been known to 
> answer questions about what gear was used.   In fact, he once gave 
a 
> run down of all synths that were used on the Sea and Cake's "One 
> Bedroom" and the SID was among them.  anyway, if you ask in the 
> Tortoise website's forum, he may answer this question for you.
> 
> Joe

i haven't checked out the sea & cake yet. should, no? 3 of the 5 guys 
played drums--herndon played the most and bitney and mcentire tied 
for 2nd, i think. bitney is quite outgoing onstage--definitely 
enjoying himself. all of them were visibly happy to be playing music. 
bitney and herndon are also in isotope 217. 
interesting/makes sense that mcentire went to "synthesis school"! 
i posted something on the trts.com boards. shall i post the response 
here? enough interest?
thanks, j, for all the info!

I was having the damndest time syncing to other gear with the monomachine,
and eventually traced it to having a swing setting on the monomachine. If I
move the swing setting from 50%, the monomachine doesn't sync correctly, but
sends sync correctly on the MIDI thru to the machinedrum, even if the
machinedrum has a swing setting other than 50%. The swung notes are set on
every other step on both instruments, so it doesn't appear to be some
strange swing setting...

It happens even if I create a new pattern and put a kick drum on every
quarter note. The default swing pattern shouldn't affect those notes, as I
understand the way it's supposed to work. When in external sync, however,
the pattern plays too slowly.

Can someone try this, preferably with the latest OS? I don't remember this
as being an issue before. And maybe I'm hallucinating now!

Gene

Those guys are doing alot of different stuff.  The Sea and Cake are
definite favorites.  I was recently wishing I had some of their cds
with me.  I might have to go through some illegalities to get some
tracks.  They do so many collaborations and side projects I wouldn't
be surprised those machines are used on many diferent albums off their
label.  


--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "scutopus" <scutopus@y...> wrote:

> > > i recently saw tortoise play a wonderful live set, and went to
> > >  trts.com to check out their site. it's a good site, and it had a 
> link
> > >  to elektron!! i investigated further, and found that they have a
> > >  sidstation and md in their studio in chicago (soma).
> >>>> they also have a link to the Elektron site from their webpage :-)
> > 
> > BTW, this is sweet that you're into the same music I love!  I'm 
> seeing 
> > Tortoise next week and I'm incredibly excited about it!  I missed 
> them 
> > last time and they're one of my favorite bands.
> 
> yo, lemme know if they play "whitewater" or "jetty". they didn't in 
> boston, but who knows? they did play djed, which was a pleasant 
> surprise. you'll dig the show, no doubt. i couldn't see if they had 
> an md or sid on stage from where i was....
> 
> > >  does anyone know offhand of any tracks of theirs that have the 
> sid or
> > >  md on them?
> >>>> I don't know off hand. but there's some things to note. first, 
> Soma is 
> > owned/run by John McEntire who is part of Tortoise as well as the 
> > drummer for the Sea and Cake (also a great band).  John went to 
> school 
> > for electronic music and has studied synthesis exclusively, so it's 
> not 
> > surprising that he has the great gear that he does at Soma!  I've 
> > looked around the Sea and Cake forum a bit and John's been known to 
> > answer questions about what gear was used.   In fact, he once gave 
> a 
> > run down of all synths that were used on the Sea and Cake's "One 
> > Bedroom" and the SID was among them.  anyway, if you ask in the 
> > Tortoise website's forum, he may answer this question for you.
> > 
> > Joe
> 
> i haven't checked out the sea & cake yet. should, no? 3 of the 5 guys 
> played drums--herndon played the most and bitney and mcentire tied 
> for 2nd, i think. bitney is quite outgoing onstage--definitely 
> enjoying himself. all of them were visibly happy to be playing music. 
> bitney and herndon are also in isotope 217. 
> interesting/makes sense that mcentire went to "synthesis school"! 
> i posted something on the trts.com boards. shall i post the response 
> here? enough interest?
> thanks, j, for all the info!

yes, i have exactly the same. OS 1.03. when in ext sync the damn 
thing slows down!



--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Gene Schwartz <implode7@c...> 
wrote:
> 
> I was having the damndest time syncing to other gear with the 
monomachine,
> and eventually traced it to having a swing setting on the 
monomachine. If I
> move the swing setting from 50%, the monomachine doesn't sync 
correctly, but
> sends sync correctly on the MIDI thru to the machinedrum, even if 
the
> machinedrum has a swing setting other than 50%. The swung notes are 
set on
> every other step on both instruments, so it doesn't appear to be 
some
> strange swing setting...
> 
> It happens even if I create a new pattern and put a kick drum on 
every
> quarter note. The default swing pattern shouldn't affect those 
notes, as I
> understand the way it's supposed to work. When in external sync, 
however,
> the pattern plays too slowly.
> 
> Can someone try this, preferably with the latest OS? I don't 
remember this

> as being an issue before. And maybe I'm hallucinating now!
> 
> Gene

Greetings,

Upgraded my MnM to OS 1.05, no problem there.

My problem is, for example, using Preset B-3, no matter which first note I
play on my master synth (on midi channel 7) the MnM pattern begins to play
from its original root note.  But when I play a note on the master synth
after the first note had been sent (and as the MnM is playing) then it
transposes to the note I'm playing on my master synth. So, in other words,
I have to hit the note twice on my master synth in order for it to
transpose to the note I want the MnM to start from which causes problems
since the first time I play a note it will always play that note until a
new note is sent.

Now, I have gone in and modified the pattern to be on "Direct" timing mode
and that does work (i.e. the first note sent to the MnM plays where I want
it to) BUT then it re-starts from the beginning of the pattern each time I
hit a note.

What I want to do is be able to start the pattern anywhere I want from my
master synth and then be able to change notes as the pattern is playing
without it starting over.  I'm sure it's something simple that I'm missing
but can't find it.

Thanks,

Jesse
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