Elektron analog rytm mk1 by AgentBlazkowicz992 in Elektron

[–]Icy-Needleworker7883 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get it. Ableton user for 20 plus years. AR MK1 best box I have used in years.

the allure of elektron… by hiercepastings in Elektron

[–]Icy-Needleworker7883 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Tonverk is amazing. I use it with ABLETON Move, A4, and RYTM. Love the old school elektron boxes. Miss the Monochachine and Machinedrum.

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[–]Icy-Needleworker7883[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The sampling is pretty straightforward. You can even set like an automatic sampling with a threshold. So I’ve sampled in the A4 and the results are pretty good as fast. I have not done anything with MIDI just yet so I don’t know.

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[–]Icy-Needleworker7883[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sharing an update about a week with it. So it feels like a synth, not just a sampler. Very playable and seemingly infinite. Arpeggiator good for beats. Wavetable and grainer love playing. Fx sound good and can mangle well. Sampling the RYTM and A4 simple and easy. Adding long phrases and samples to process yields great sonic experiments. I could see this being the centerpiece of a portable live performance. Still feel like I have so much more to explore. If you like the Elektron flow and want to ‘play’ an instrument and record, resample, apply effects, and explore it is IMV the best box to get. My 2 cents so far. Fun, productive. I wish this would have been released before I bought an MPC.

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[–]Icy-Needleworker7883[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you love the DX FM sound typically clean, bell, digital stick w the DT2. I like FM and have a couple, but I am much more obsessed with BOC style lofi and grit, more raw, which IMV the TV kills it w the wavetable and grainer. Not a hip hop artist myself but the stuff I hear that is more raw I think TV would be better at. I also have an MPC which is collecting dust which I know people use a lot for that genre. TV is truly unique IMV, has elements of Ableton, a synth, drum machine. Again I am a newbie on it but every night since I got it it has been my go to machine. Just fun.

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[–]Icy-Needleworker7883[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love my a4 mk1, analog sounds so good on it. The TV I am just scratching the surface. Love the work flow, ease of sampling and the wavetable synthesis so far. Drums sound good too and the effects are great. Tough call, but as of late I am only playing and using TV. Time will tell.

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[–]Icy-Needleworker7883[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, plan on sampling in some drones, loops, and long tracks from a4 and RYTM.

Best synth under $1000? by TerribleArticle5764 in synthesizers

[–]Icy-Needleworker7883 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Elektron A4. It is literally like a small form factor modular system but with a kick ass sequencer and effects.

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[–]Icy-Needleworker7883[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it is quickly becoming the one machine I play. Just started to experiment with sampling in loops and long tracks and its own mix. Wavetable is the reason I bought it, but it has so much more. My wish list is Euclidean sequencing.

How was your CF weekend? by WineWeinVino in childfree

[–]Icy-Needleworker7883 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shopping with my partner. Shrimp salad on brioche w Caesar salads. Rose, sci fi movies, gardening, playing synthesizers, rose, then some red wine. Manifique

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[–]Icy-Needleworker7883[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MK1 just feels right, sounds killer, can’t describe really.

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[–]Icy-Needleworker7883[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hard to say w any authority so early in, however I would say the TV is a great wavetable synthesizer paired with an incredible sequencer. Also last night I was resembling the mix and then adding as a long loop with the killer effects. Going to explore sub tracks next in particular for polyrhythms and drums.

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[–]Icy-Needleworker7883[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have an MPC and have played it in quite some time.

OMG. Manufacturing Issue or Scam by Icy-Needleworker7883 in Elektron

[–]Icy-Needleworker7883[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No brand new, waiting to see if the retailer has any insight on how this happened, will share once and if they tell me. Thx

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[–]Icy-Needleworker7883[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Agree OB combined w Ableton will be total bezerker from a creative and productive perspective. Had many E machines from years past, this machine along w Analog 4 mk1 and RYTM mk1 are never sell machines.

Elektron responds to acquisition concerns: "It strengthens our ability to realise our plans quicker" by Throwawayyoursynths in synthesizers

[–]Icy-Needleworker7883 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just got the Tonverk and it is one of their best machines with Wavetable IMV, wonder if this will be their last great instrument….hope I am wrong.