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Definitely the music maker making boring music, not the gear. I bet if I saw more people using modern Elektron boxes in a way that took better advantage of their power, I'd change my toon.
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I'm with Surgeon on Elektron machines
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That's kind of the way I got into them. They are complicated enough that you can find new ways of working with them and reinvent them a bit.
Sometimes they are just a bit too deep. It's tiring to peer at everything through the tiny screen. I've written quite a few complete songs with them in my time, that's quite painful on the tiny screen.
I'm a bit of a junkie for tweaking the joystick so the keyboard models have extra appeal to me.
EB
Airhead
That video you posted reminded me how tired of the combo I am but that's my own fault and it took many many late nights to get there. I have very fond memories of the sessions but it just doesn't motivate me to work that way any more.
I'm using the MM in poly mode a lot of the time and the MD adds a little percussion spice, Oktatrack for samples and Analog Keys for bass.
If they are rare in your vicinity I can understand the attraction though, just wouldn't expect the same Amazon/Google/Microsoft employee to make less underwhelming Techno on an MM/MD.