Quick MnM jam

[Tom Adam]

Hi Jonny,

Well, i don't own one, but the guy I make music with does. So maybe I 
just haven't practised enough with it...
But these are my main remarks:
Not very intuitive.
I don't like the interface. Like scrolling through patches and patterns 
is hard to me. (probably the EMX has less features, but what it can do 
is easy accessible. Organization of patterns is straight forward on the 
EMX, and you can't really store patches, but that's a good thing for me.)
It crashes from time to time and midi slave setup is... well sloppy.

What I do like is that record mode when you push the knobs (let's call 
this automation) and it has more accent levels. I love the direct outs 
which the EMX doesn't have. And it has more tracks per pattern, always good.

What I don't like on the EMX is the way you have to program songs and 
that it has 4, rather boring, synth parts. And I really miss the direct 
outs...

Sound wise I also prefer the EMX. When I listen to a recording made with 
the MD I recognise the origin of the drum sounds. It's like it has a 
typical character of sounds, and it hard to mask this character if you 
want to.

Just my opinion, and like I said, maybe I just need more time to get to 
know the MD better.

Cheers,
ToAd


Op 8-12-2010 16:50, Jonny Stutters schreef:
> Hi Tom,
>
> Cheers.  Like the Machinedrum you can do everything the Monomachine
> while it's playing (even down to saving kits and so on) which makes it
> incredibly easy to write stuff as you go and play live with it.  It's
> slightly more complicated than drums because you've got to deal with
> chords and things that are trickier to represent with an x0x style
> interface but not so as it's a problem.
>
> The other performance friendly stuff is the Minicommand which adds to
> the capabilities of the MD and MnM and software that I've written to
> work with a Launchpad and an Akai MPD32.  The Mono Evolver is nice for
> jamming with at home but it's too heavy for me to gig with (no car) -
> I probably should have got the little desktop version instead.
>
> Why do you prefer the EMX?  I've not really looked into the Electribe line much.
>
> Jonny
>
> On 8 December 2010 15:12, Tom Adam<tom.adam at thebigear.be>  wrote:
>> Sounds very good.
>> Does it turn out to be performance friendly?
>> What other 'performance friendly' gear you have?
>> Personally I prefer the EMX over the MachineDrum for gigs, although they
>> sound differently.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> ToAd
>>
>> Op 8-12-2010 12:46, Jonny Stutters schreef:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I picked up a cheap 2nd hand Monomachine at the weekend to add to my
>>> pile of performance friendly gear.  The fruits of the first jam with
>>> the MnM and the MachineDrum are at
>>> http://jeremah.co.uk/downloads/music/jeremah-first_mnm_play.mp3.  No
>>> edits and not a lot of quality control but, hey, it's music :).
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Jonny
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