Device Abbreviation List

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As I recently stumbled upon the question of a new member “what is meant with “DN”?” I recognized that for me as a new forum member in the first weeks, where I just silently read through so many interesting threads, I often times didn’t get what devices people are actually talking about.

Therefore I suggest starting this thread with commonly used abbreviations for devices a new forum member might not know in the beginning.

As I am also quite new here in the awesome Elektronauts family, I hope I don’t break an unwritten/written rule with this post. I also searched for a similar topic but didn’t found one.

So to sum it up, the Idea is to post any abbreviation new forum members might struggle with.

I start with some I struggled in the beginning:

MF … Arturia MicroFreak
AF (=official), A4 (=also used) … Elektron Analog Four
AK … Elektron Analog Keys
DN … Elektron Digitone

Edit: changed Analog Four abbreviation to the official one. Thank you @avantronica for pointing that out.

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Just made a list for someone new :sweat_smile: So here you go:

DT = Digitakt
DN = Digitone
OT = Octatrack
AH = Analog Heat
M:C = Model:Cycles
M:S = Model:Samples
AR = Analog Rytm
A4 = Analog Four

I rarely see other abbreviations here for other brands/units.

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Lesser spotted:

DNK = Digitone Keys

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Legacy:

MD = Machinedrum
MnM = Monomachine
SID = Sidstation (i made this last one up)

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PT polyend tracker

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AF = Official :3lektron: Analog Four abbreviation iirc

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AD = Analog Drive

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OB = Overbridge
FO = f_ck off

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MEK - Mono Evolver Keyboard
PEK - Poly Evolver Keyboard
Dave Smith Instruments

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Good input, also Dave Smith Instruments is often abbreviated with DSI.

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MPC = Music Production Center

…:yum:

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Nice, didn’t know that, actually never thought about it as an abbreviation :rofl:

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I never got why it s not MM like the others.

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RTFM

Not a device, but still important

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The monomachine is special :slightly_smiling_face:

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don’t want to show you up or nothin’ but …

RTFM = Roland Techno Funk Machine :tongue: … same as the RTM but with bigger pads on the One

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Haha I suspect I am the catalyst for this.

I’m flattered that you think I’m a new member. I’m not new, just old :rofl:

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I sometimes see

NL = Nord Lead
ND = Nord Drum

but otherwise not too many from other brands as had been posted before

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MM2 - micromonsta2
808 - Behringer 808 :wink:

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KS37 > Arturia Keystep 37
HSD > Hydrasynth desktop
HSK > Hydrasynth keys

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