Elektron Musical Instruments

That's quite cool.  I wonder if it will work like that in Live. 
Although I'm not a Live expert I plan on buying it.  Does Live have
this kind of pointer thing?  Also, any Live 4 beta testers using it
with an MD here?

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "oldmanfury" <erinys@s...> wrote:
> Jon, I was going to reply to your post when you wrote it, but I 
> didn't feel that I had figured out the best way to write a track with 
> the mono-MD combination ... but I think that elektron provided us 
> with the answer in their last MD update.  It's kind of hidden in 
> there, I just stumbled upon it.
> 
> Forget about triggering MD patterns with the mono.  Like you pointed 
> out, you cannot trigger a pattern and control mutes, and you thus you 
> end up using up lots of patterns, and you have lots of key-mapping to 
> do.  You'll get lost really quickly if you write songs this way.
> 
> Write the drum tracks in song mode on the MD, and the synth tracks in 
> song mode on the MnM.  Now, enter Song Edit mode on both machines.  
> In the .txt file that elektron provided, they provide you with clues 
> as to how to proceed from here.  At the top of each edit page is the 
> index.
> 
> -- Index in bars and beats added to the song window for easier 
> synchronisation with other sequencers, such as the Monomachine. 
> 
> The other clue in the .txt file is the following sentence
> "When receiving song pointer position and in song mode and on a row 
> with repeat and receiving a continue the song would be played back 
> incorrectly. Fixed."
> 
> I was confused by this - Cubase never sent pointers that I knew of, 
> so I never stumbled upon this feature.  I the MD could receive start 
> stop and continue commands, but not POINTERS!  
> 
> In song edit mode on the MnM, if you select a row to start playing 
> with using the arrow keys and ENTER, the MnM sends a pointer to the 
> MD, and selects the proper bar to begin playing.  Works like a 
> charm.  Maybe this was obvious to other people out there, but I sure 
> as hell missed it.
> 
> -gerald
> 
> --- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Lukens <jon@i...> 
> wrote:
> > Overall I love my MD and Mnm- but I wish there was some way I could 
> > improve their interaction- I feel that no matter which one I use as 
> > Sequencer that I sacrifice something of the other. My brain seems 
> to 
> > think of them as one machine, but they do not seem to want to 
> behave 
> > that way.
> > 
> > I would appreciate any help anyone has to offer.