Elektron Musical Instruments

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "Mind Mechanic" <machanic@e...>
wrote:
> --- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "marc s. davidson" <psi@p...> 
> wrote:
> > Have you done your own poll to calculate " at least 75% " of this 
> > group are keyboard players ?
> 
>   I have now.

You're missing the point.  That is, although a large # of people in
here  (and in any electronic music-makers group) own a keyboard in
their studio, not a large # of them are really keyboard players.  The
keyboard is just a tool for constructing a track.  And in most cases,
it isn't used at all after the track is sequenced.

I own a keyboard.  I use it about 2% of the time when writing a track.
 So although it *is* my input device for synthesizers and sequencers,
it isn't what I use when I *play* my tracks.

Thus, I think your poll data won't really prove very much.

Some better questions would be: "what percentage of your track-writing
time do you spend using a keyboard", "once a track is sequenced, do
you ever use your keyboard to play it?", "do you consider yourself a
keyboardist?", "what role does a keyboard play in your music: input
tool only; live performance tool; sound programming tool; etc."

Joe.