Drammy: Have a look there: www.cubase.net :)

That's a bugger cos I've got Cubase aswell (SL) which I use all of the time. Is the Machinedrum therefore unusable with Cubase in your opinion Drammy?

use this in the mean time. Give MD like sounds.

www.soniccharge.com

It is made by the same guy who did the malmstrom in reason. Top notch drum synth.

Personally yes, unless you wish to spend quite a lot of time adjusting the timing of the recorded wav files.

I suppose it depends on how important tight timing is in your music as well as how intricate you drum programming is.

So upsetting - I just hope Cubase gets an internal MIDI clock sync soon!

Madstation,

Any particular thread?

I am a member of Cubase.net and have discussed this subject with the guys over there, but I don't keep such a close eye on the threads as other forums...

That's depressing, I need my drums to be tight and with lots of shuffle. I'm going to look into this MIDI sync thing in a bit more detail, it's a fair bit of cash to shell out after all. Cheers Drammy.

There are some issues with SX3 regarding some soundcards that has different input and output latency. However, a fix for this will be released in august.

Drammy, I've e-mailed Elektron about the MIDI-sync issue you mentioned. They haven't got back and I don't have a machinedrum serial number so I don't blame them really. But is the unit usable OK if Cubase sends data to the "MIDI in" on the box? There shouldn't be any issues with this should there?

I use the machinedrum and cubase at the same time, then again, i dont do any sequencing with cubase itself.... The workaround that I have found works quite well with my MC-909 and my machinedrum is setting them up as remote machines. Therefore they are all trigerred by a midi message coming from cubase, but use their own clocks to sync.

I make techno and drum n bass, so timing is definatly important, and i've found the using them as remote machines does a pretty good job.

And, by the way, the machinedrum is so simple and intricate that you can relate to it quickly and intuitivly, I am a major supporter of elektron and the MD in particular, as its the only piece of theirs i own, yet....

As for the sampling machine, its about $400 more, and there are so many options for that in my studio already, i didnt quuite see the point, although i'm sure if i played with it, i'd want it like a fat kid eyin a wedding cake!