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I have a better theory, check it:
Dateline: Dallas, 1963. With the assassination of John F. Kennedy accomplished, Project Elektron is split into two new divisions. One begins work on a project to simulate low-gravity environments that will eventually feed into the supposed âMoon landingsâ of 1969. The other team is assigned to develop a fantastic âelectronic drummerâ to satisfy a personal whim of then CIA chief John McCone.
While work on the low-gravity simulator progresses smoothly, the electronic drummer proves problematic, and several staff are battered to death by prototypes in the early years. The team is temporarily reassigned to work on devices to electronically record and manipulate sound. The completed devices are deployed at the Watergate office complex in the early 1970s, and the team is hurriedly disbanded in the wake of subsequent media interest.
Members of the team form a private research team and continue to develop their audio equipment. Meanwhile the low-gravity team, still designated Project Elektron A, are assigned an emergency assignment: analysis of a destroyer escort craft active in the early 1940s that has mysteriously appeared in the Nevada desert.
Elektron A, baffled by this situation, call in their old team mates and are eventually able to return the ship to its own time, though not without some loss of life. Further media attention leads to the complete dissolution of Project Elektron, and the whole team elects to focus on private research and contract work.
Fifteen years later, the SidStation is released. The CIA scrutinise the device to determine if any of the Watergate R&D has been used in its design, but are satisfied that this is not the case.
Freed from company scrutiny, the team are able to resurrect McConeâs long-abandoned electric drummer project, and itâs not long before the Machinedrum is released - a partial realisation of the great manâs vision.
Further devices are released in due course, including the Octatrack. The CIA return, convinced that this time the private Elektron team have overstepped the mark. Extensive scrutiny determines that McConeâs rudimentary blueprints included a method of mechanically separating any rhythm into 128 component slices, or âbeatletsâ in the original terminology.
By the time this has been established, the Analog Rytm is nearing release. The CIA inform Elektron that the concept of the beatlet system, being devised by McCone while in office, belongs to the company. In recognition of Elektronâs contracted work in making President Reganâs voice sound relatively normal in the final years of his presidency, the CIA agree not to pursue the matter provided the system is not replicated in the Rytm.
And so the Elektron team devise an ingenious workaround: they divide a sample into 120 component parts instead of 128. The notoriously bureaucratic CIA are satisfied with this solution, and the machine is released.
However, one mystery still fascinates enthusiasts and amateur sleuths alike - why does the Rytm, with its sample playback engine and external audio inputs, not actually sample itself? The answer is devastatingly simple - the audio inputs are passed directly to the compressor, as the teamâs final tribute to John McConeâs original blueprints for his âelectric drummerâ.
Source: Wikileaks.
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Well done and thank you.
