Elektron Musical Instruments

on 24/5/02 4:43 pm, gilt9190 at gilt9190@... wrote:
hiya!
Rob Euroh from remote audio here
I'll answer what I can:
....and i have a couple of questions for those of you who already have
one! i'm thinking about replacing a 909 with a md for live use.

can you edit patterns while it's playing?
Yes, either by selecting the relevant machines (sounds) one at a time, or
alternatively in the second record mode, just drop things on the fly.

- Basically the transport controls are the all familiar tape deck style, so
you can hit rec/play together and it'll do the latter, and the pressing of
rec first then play will rock the other method.

i more or less improv the drum parts so i'd like to leave it on a
single pattern and edit the notes in that pattern, like i do with the
909 now. i usually step edit the notes in and out, so the fact that
the pads are apparantly not well-suited to tapping in things live
doesn't bother me.

- grid edit (808 stylee) is one of the options.
Its a very flexible piece of kit.

related to that: how do the pads feel? clicky? smushy? nice technical
terms there, eh? :)
any other drum machine who's pads you'd compare it to? they look like
they're similar to the pads on an 808 or possibly an electribe, but
looks are frequently decieveing.

- They are sprung like the 909. not too much like 808 if I remember
correctly.
The difference being that it will trigger a sound on impact.
The Feel is ok, but I prefer to trigger mine via the pads of an old mpc
(feels more natural).
- No they aren't clicky! - Springy (ha ha!)

last question: how many rack spaces does it take up when racked?
from the dimensions on the website it measures out to 4U, but with the
audio ins/outs on the top i'd have to assume you need to leave at
least 1U empty space above it, right?

- its all dependent on what your leads are like. Mine are heavy duty so 6u
at a squeeze if I did want to deal with placing it within my rack set up.

thanks a bunch in advance for any advice any of you can offer!!
john.



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