Machinedrum

[Andrew Tarpinian]

I would get one if I had an extra grand lying around ;) 

Some people don't like the sound, but it's been featured on a ton of pro tracks over the years so it's hard to argue with that. On the interface, I find the monomachine to be a perfect interface and when I used a machinedrum for the first time even I was a bit lost, but once you get it I'm sure you will be fine. You're really buying it for the interface and the tweakability. I'd say if you are just after sounds you might be better off with Spark as it's much cheaper, you will probably get a better range of sounds, and like Paul says it's hard to justify anything else because of the sound quality and convenience.  But if you want to use it like an instrument then machinedrum it is.  Plus software and an empty metal box is just not as much fun to unwrap...

Also elektron is supposed to be announcing something new so there is that. 

On Sep 3, 2012, at 10:01 PM, Tony Scharf <noisetheorem at gmail.com> wrote:

> Also, with the exception of the JoMoX XBase 09 and Radikal Spectralis,
> Elektron manuals are TERRIBLE.   What your looking for IS in
> there...but not where you think it will be by looking at the index or
> TOC.  And forget about memorizing its functions.  The fucker's copy
> function is like solving a rubics cube and *never* became automatic or
> intuitive to me ('ok...do I click here, press this and THEN slaughter
> the chicken, or do I slaughter the chicken, click here, press shift
> and then howl at the moon? One copies the pattern and the other will
> erase the whole song and kill a kitten....).
> 
> Yeah, fun.
> 
> Tony
> 
> On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 8:26 PM, James Coplin <james at ticalun.net> wrote:
>> With all this talk about drum synthesis and the price drop and subsequent
>> sale currently on with Elektron's Machinedrum, someone needs to either
>> push or talk me off the cliff.  Go!
>> 
>> James R. Coplin
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