Am I the only one? [Machinedrum love]

[PeterHanes]

Now what do I do with my Digitakt? I hate sampling drum sounds, I like having them onboard already, but I do like experimental sampling though… Do I still need it?

There’s an active topic going on here:

Have a question comparing Digitakt to Machinedrum

So besides conditional trigs and Overbridge, what can Digitakt do functionally that the Machinedrum can’t? Money/value aside, would it be fair to say the MD is superior to the Digitakt overall? Especially in the synthesis department? Kind of gassing for a Machindrum to pair with my Rytm (I like the MD’s gritty sound in demos and especially want to do live sampling). But also wondering if Digitakt is the wiser buy at this point

[Grunvald]

thanks!

[waftlord]

some pure md riddims for the md love thread

[Sleezy_D]

Sick riddims!

Thanks for sharing, MD and OT and AH are my favs Elektrons. Resurrecting a MM atm (fingers crossed that I jive with it as much as the MD) one day the silver trinity will be united like some sort of musical Voltron.

[Tchu]

I have a 2001 Original 2 Bars Machinedrum and I’m still using it on a regular basis. Love this Machine. I also have a Digitakt and an Analog Rytm mk2. All those Machines have their purposes. Love them all. Don’t compare, just play.

[Alume]

I got a non mduw plate for my mduw. MD love always and ever but man do I love having the all black screen window instead of de blk/wht

[taxhaven]

just recently got my MDUW back from the shop… i’ve always told everyone that it’s my favourite instrument of all time and i could never go without it, little did i know how true that was! i was antsy the entire time i couldnt get it to turn on and while it was out of my hands, i can rest easy now with my sweet silver box… i hope it never leaves me again.

[Alume]

MD’s seem to be getting a lot of attention on the forum lately, anyone else notice this?

[Ayoub]

It’s the king - they will never top it! The rytm is nice, but serves a completely purpose. The MD is a the closest thing to idm in a box I’ve ever seen played - and that is the perfect machine for me. MD & OT and some 90’s synths - that’s the perfect setup for me… and a H3000 :) MD forever!!!

[dtr]

Haven t they always?

[waftlord]

these were for @darenager @sezare56 chaingang lab, but think that should remain OT only.

3 - Chain Gang - One year Lab

3. Chain gang Using the supplied sample chain create a piece of music, easy right? Ok, you are only allowed to use 1 track, using slices or start point locking to place different sounds on each step. Rules Only the sample chain “Lab chain” to be used, only 1 track, use slice points to place different sounds on the steps, the idea being to push the 1 track limitation as far as possible, you can use up to 16 patterns but each must only have 1 track. You are also required to use the arranger …

[Zipnil]

Did you make this on the MD?

[waftlord]

yeah, i recommend trying it, to get as much out of one track as possible. great way to learn all the capabilities.

[weepwow]

I haven’t really even used my MD Mk2 w/Plus Drive yet to any extent, bought it a few months ago off Reverb and love what it can do potentially from what I’ve heard, the sound is incredibly alive of course. I am fighting myself from getting a RYTM Mk2, and I don’t want to sell the Machinedrum. I also just recently bought MNM mk2, A4 Mk2 and Octatrack Mk2, intense monsters. I sold Digitakt and Digitone, and will no doubt get Digitone again, love it for the building of FM sounds from nothing, like all the Elektrons sculpt and design a sound from scratch.

I see some of you have both a RYTM and Machinedrum. No hurry to buy a RYTM, I will still be able to get one in 1-2-3 years. Just feel a need to try one.

[mode-seven]

Noice.

[dtr]

I see some of you have both a RYTM and Machinedrum.

I do. Good complements. Though if I had that amount of gear already at hand I wouldn’t add another box. There’s only so much 1 can control with 2 hands.

[shroom]

I’ve never clicked with my Rytm like I’ve done with the MD. The two go really well together though. But if I could only have one it’d be MD all day every day.

[Omar]

I see some of you have both a RYTM and Machinedrum.

I do too, the Rytm is boxed now. Matter of taste, though.

[weepwow]

Yes Reality. Probably a good idea to work with one Elektron at a time and learn it. Box the others into the closet. And I just bought a Novation Circuit, just wanted to see what all the fuss was about, but I’m afraid it has to go, no time to learn it or give it any attention. Rather have a Digitone in the long run anyway,.

[hyperstationjr]

Just got the MDUW and the OT together for the night, and I’m pretty blown away with how seamlessly I’m just adding to patterns I put together originally on the OT.

I wish I could figure out how to get the OT Midi tracks to trigger the MD sounds, couldn’t get it working immediately and decided to just keep going but I’m sure it’s some stupid setting I’m missing.

Anyway, with just a couple hours with the MD I feel generally pretty comfortable with it. Still haven’t really explored the UW aspects, but just getting comfortable with the simpler stuff has paid off pretty quickly. It’s easy to see what all the hype is about.

That said, holy crap do SYSEX transfers take a long time… Still, worth it to play around with the Autechre stuff. Not exactly what I thought it would be, way more direct that it sort of comes off, but lots of little details that really make the difference there. It was definitely interesting.