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Elektron Machinedrum SPS-1

Drum Machine from Elektron belonging to the Machinedrum series

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Published on 03/06/05 at 16:09
- Midi in / out / thru, six spares outputs, two inputs, headphone output.
- 4 engines synthse each comprising several basic sounds (46 sounds in total), plus an engine "midi" in sync squenceur for an external device, and two synths sound more minimalist for m lodiques.
- Sounds have up to 8 paramtres edition, plus an individual effect section, 16 assignable LFOs, effects, reverb / compression / eq / delay in master ...
- 16 squenceur sounds programmable pattern (type TRx0x) 16 or 32 steps ..., 8 banks of 16 patterns, 128 songs, sysex support for import / export, sync ... in short no live game mode recordable, we only set the pace against the ... by Intgr knobs allow to vary the sound with a rich ...

UTILIZATION

- Copy config gnrale
- Edition soft sounds trs
- Manual clear and didactic of all the fawns ® is so simple that we do not use too much digging mninges ... we know it on the bot finger in 2 hours. ..

SOUNDS

- Electronic sounds orientation, modern and plutt tending to do things innovative, there are so many possibilities that we can quickly get lost ... I find chouilla numrique however, so must derrire traffic through the preamp to spin a grain analogue.
- The effects are sometimes questionable: the reverb is average. the drive / distortion not copy plutt cold, reducing bit too got my numrique, etc. ... still the default implementations of numriques modern short a pity ... small multi purpose worthy of the name will not be too ... it is in fact its main limitation, it is an instrument numrique, there is no analogue on-board ...
- Programming is ultra soft thanks ergonomics, thanks surtou the "Lock parameters" that allows custom settings to change the basic sound for each of not ... (to give an ide simple editing a sound is a little Flut paramtre pattern for each note of the pitch, we end up with an instrument mlodique ...)

OVERALL OPINION

Well, this BAR is exemplary in some respects, other questionable ... his main asset is that it is unique, rich, copy some Manir, but limits on some subjective aspects , including mainly the sound, which we will or not adhrer ...

j'apprcie what above all is its ergonomics and its potential, leaving the others far derrire ... just for the flexibility of squenceur a must ...

in the end my regret is focused on his own a little numrique this type of machine "contemporary", I was previously a TR707, an R8, soft samplers of drums ... the TR707 was a grain analog I regret normment, it seems that today nobody knows how converters, and it's not far from the only own the brand Elektron ...
but with a good preamp that derrire Global Warming, colors the sound, has become a dtail, and the possibilities are limitless ...

it's expensive, but in any case worth its price, all the same ... pity that manufacturers today are no longer able to produce the grain that makes instrumentals Vintage race is always to NEWS ... well, this dernire reflection is that of someone who loves the default sound that brings a unique personality, we mean well ... I'm a fan of mellotron, of asr10, everything that makes the color sound is improper, but having a good brand personality ...
still the MD, for his qualities, APRS 1 year of use, I always use apprcie and can be ... especially because no one has pushed it as far concept, and that is enough to forget his cel default or plutt its peculiarities ...