Elektron Musical Instruments

hello, i'm new to this list, new to MD itself!
i'm trying to find out how pitch translates musically?
meaning, is each +1/-1 value taking us up/down a semitone?
does pitch value 0 denote middle C?
if so, is it the same for every machine?
then is +12 meaning C but an octave higher?

anyone got any info on this?
i wrote elektron support to have them tell me they didn't know!!???

It differs from machine to machine. You can find some excel-sheet of
some machines and their musical pitches from archive. Just do a search
and you will find a link.

Toni.

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

> hello, i'm new to this list, new to MD itself!
> i'm trying to find out how pitch translates musically?
> meaning, is each +1/-1 value taking us up/down a semitone?
> does pitch value 0 denote middle C?
> if so, is it the same for every machine?
> then is +12 meaning C but an octave higher?
> 
> anyone got any info on this?
> i wrote elektron support to have them tell me they didn't know!!???

Toni,
search what then?  the Elektron yahoo group?  I tried
that before.  even Elektron support couldn't point me
to this info.  can you show me more specifically where
i can find this at?
thanks!
doug


--- tahvenaine2002 <toni.ahvenainen@...> wrote:

> It differs from machine to machine. You can find
> some excel-sheet of
> some machines and their musical pitches from
> archive. Just do a search
> and you will find a link.
> 
> Toni.
> 
> --- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "dougvarn"
> <dougvarn@y...> wrote:
> > hello, i'm new to this list, new to MD itself!
> > i'm trying to find out how pitch translates
> musically?
> > meaning, is each +1/-1 value taking us up/down a
> semitone?
> > does pitch value 0 denote middle C?
> > if so, is it the same for every machine?
> > then is +12 meaning C but an octave higher?
> > 
> > anyone got any info on this?
> > i wrote elektron support to have them tell me they
> didn't know!!???
> 
> 



		
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On Aug 21, 2004, at 2:36 PM, Doug Varn wrote:

>  search what then?  the Elektron yahoo group?  I tried
>  that before.  even Elektron support couldn't point me
>  to this info.  can you show me more specifically where
>  i can find this at?

http://www.gweep.net/~shifty/machinedrum/

I don't think they programmed it to have specific base pitch values.
but this guy (at the link above) translated some of them so that
should probably give you what you want. if you want more, you
could always grab a free tuning plugin (like this one:
http://www.greenoak.com/vst.html) for your computer and
play the MD into it to determine the pitches.

Joe

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Joseph, 
thanks...the gweep site helps, but doesn't give note
values but does give Hz values, which i assume could
be translated.  also, it gives most of the machines,
but not all.

the other person mentioned some excel sheets with this
info...i'll hope on finding those.

i can't believe Elektron support didn't have this
info.

let me ask one general question:

on any machine, does +1/-1 pitch increment through
half-steps?  meaning, say a pitch is at C, then is +1
C sharp?  +2 = D?  etc.?



 
--- Joseph Melnyk <jmelnyk@...> wrote:

> On Aug 21, 2004, at 2:36 PM, Doug Varn wrote:
> 
> >  search what then?\ufffd the Elektron yahoo group?\ufffd I
> tried
> >  that before.\ufffd even Elektron support couldn't
> point me
> >  to this info.\ufffd can you show me more specifically
> where
> >  i can find this at?
> 
> http://www.gweep.net/~shifty/machinedrum/
> 
> I don't think they programmed it to have specific
> base pitch values.
> but this guy (at the link above) translated some of
> them so that
> should probably give you what you want. if you want
> more, you
> could always grab a free tuning plugin (like this
> one:
> http://www.greenoak.com/vst.html) for your computer
> and
> play the MD into it to determine the pitches.
> 
> Joe
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
> 
> 



		
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On Aug 21, 2004, at 4:10 PM, Doug Varn wrote:

> Joseph,
> thanks...the gweep site helps, but doesn't give note
> values but does give Hz values, which i assume could
> be translated.  also, it gives most of the machines,
> but not all.

look to the left of the frequency values, the note values are
right there.

> the other person mentioned some excel sheets with this
> info...i'll hope on finding those.

it's on the same site, just below the plain text version. but it's the 
same
data, just laid out a bit prettier.

> i can't believe Elektron support didn't have this
> info.

I can. like I said, I'm pretty sure that it wasn't designed that way.

> let me ask one general question:
>
> on any machine, does +1/-1 pitch increment through
> half-steps?  meaning, say a pitch is at C, then is +1
> C sharp?  +2 = D?  etc.?

not that I know of; but again, the only ones that anyone's translated 
note values
for are what's on that site. so feel free to translate the rest and 
then we'll see :-)