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just recently upgraded my mkII to the UW and itās like a whole new machineā¦ probably my favourite piece of hardware ever. will never give it up
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But the question now is, will you ever let it down?
Or even, would you turn around and desert it?
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off topic
[doing crossword]
Me: emphatic no; five letters
Wife: never
Me: pistol; three letters
Wife: gun
Me: disgust; three letters
Wife: ugh
Me: charity; four letters
Wife: give
Me: female sheep; three letters
Wife: ewe
Me: Pixar movie; two letters
Wife: Up
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lol it took me a minute 
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Finally got a MD MKII UW+ after lusting for one for over 3 years.
The absolute pinnacle of Elektron machines. Definitely something special 
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you are NOT alone. I have both RYTM and MD and I had the MD for 8years now and It is superior.
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Me too. I have both but hardly use Rytm, it would be the first one to go.
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Same here, I spent many hours of fun with the Rytm (my first Elektron), but now I got the MD and MnM itās sleeping in its box. Maybe it will come to life again one day, I just canāt sell it.
Just saw that today is my 3 year anniversary with my Machinedrum. A piece of gear that totally changed my setup.
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basically i registered today just to say: in my 14 years of having the MD i never knew or found out the FUNC + knob twist trick. i kinda feel like an idiot now.
and to add to the praising in this thread, i think that iām gonna state in my will that i want to be buried with my MD, that thing is just unmatched.
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Control All?
No, at the contrary, youāre not an idiot anymore!
Enjoy! 
Did you use the CTRL ALL machine?
Lots of tricks here :
http://tarekith.com/assets/machinedrum_tipsandtricks.htm
Maybe my last record with MD. Iām about to sell it. Boring to change machines, tune (even with OT + midi processor), boring lfo assignments (especially for MID and CTR machines), clickyā¦
Iām planning to get the DN. Pretty sure Iāll have more pleasure and even better drums sounds. Maybe AR MKI later.
EFM BD, 4 voices. Sequenced by OT + midi processor (notes to pitch). Iād need different tune settings for each machine ! Would be straight forward with DN.
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Youāll miss it! Such a wonderful machine. If you can find a way to keep it, you should IMO 
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I donāt think so, especially if I have a DN and / or an AR !
Mainly frustrations with it. Not enough lfos for me. I need 2 or 3 per machines. Lfos for MID machines donāt work unless you use a CTR8P that donāt have lfo! Not finished product.
A good example, you canāt send a CC1 with a MID machine. It goes from 0 to 2 directly.
Better results sequenced by OT with a midi processor but that hurts my brainā¦midi implementation is an hassle. I even use sysex to change machines.
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Sounds goes pretty well with the picture 
Wait for a month, letās talk about it in June : Iāll bring all the machines and youāll be able to test them 
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Was just thinking the same thingā¦
will you?
Iām already sure about AR, Iāll test DNā¦
Iāve got doubts since more the beginning, 15 months ago!
Hmm, I sold 2 MD and kind of regret both times, but I guess it was right thing to do and perhaps my fondness for it is based around a few of its killer features, but not enough to outweigh its shortcomings in my setup - I still think it has far better BD than AR by far.
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