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Old 09.09.2003, 07:38 AM
udenjoe udenjoe is offline
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The machinedrum is not a clavia. If clavia could make a better drum machine...I'd be surprised.

Now I saw the price for the thing. They are going to sell them at 1900USD! 8O It is only up to 6 part multi timbral/polyphony. But it has a sequencer, you could make a song with just the monomachine. It also has all new synthesis structures. You'd be buying something totally new, and would be getting sounds never heard before.

The voice synthesis machine makes vowels and consonants. What I heard from it, it sounds like a speak and spell. But there are some FM synthesis and some other digital synthesis like a SID emulator (without the noise). There is also a beat box synth.

It is overpriced. (A machinedrum for 500 is a steal. Sorry.) I would not buy the thing mainly because I need something else and it is too expensive. I would like to see a cheaper kb-less model. We'll see how the winter goes for elektron.

I have heard demos. But they say don't tell anyone where. It sounds ok. I could post the email I got. It is kind of long.

Email me if you want to hear it or read the email I got from elektron. I don't want to get yelled at.
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