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gravitronic9 days ago
For people asking for details here are some other links:

There's at least two vst options in the works, one extracts just the voices and one emulates the whole machine interface

https://youtu.be/nY0bRaKWLmk?si=nhi4O6gx8Ld-RMuP

https://github.com/joelanders/gearmulator-md-mm/releases

There are other diy projects on github.. honestly with the GitHub links below and modern AI tools you can get something functioning in a day.

A lot of this work is made possible by the following. As well as people hacking on firmwares for current devices like digitone song mode hacks etc

https://github.com/mischa85/elektron-firmware-tool

https://github.com/dsp56300

There is MAME support for the relevant CPU/DSP and hint MAME archivists are also good at rom backing up...

Also look at the usual suspects and gearmulator for more digital music device emulation

MomsAVoxell9 days ago
Having a real Machinedrum right next to me, I jumped right into this for a bit of a play. It’s kind of accurate, but on iPad it’s a bugger to play like the real one.

One of the great things about the real Machinedrum is you can just kind of ‘swipe’ across the pads to mute things - this doesn’t really work in the web version, and its a pity because this kind of live dynamic interaction is why I still have the real Machinedrum for my use.

I also couldn’t work out how to dynamically change the drum set - this is another thing thats really nice about the real gear.

Would be nice to see multi-touch events handled as well, so that I can use 2 fingers to do things and have both actions register - as it stands now it seems it handles only single mouse events.

Still, a wonderful simulucrum for a bit of bopping around. Add a multi-timbral Virus emulation in a new tab, wire them up with a QY700 simulator as well, and you’ve got my holy trinity of devices for jamming .. ;)

devin9 days ago
This is pretty great. Having the physical knobs to do the step locking tweaks makes the experience a whole lot better, but the fact that this is exists is great. I have an MK1 and this is pretty darn accurate.
LMKIIW9 days ago
Elektron's been bought by private equity so I suspect their legacy devices will continue to gain popularity.
throw_m2393399 days ago
Someone made VST versions of both the Machinedrum and the Monomachine, after doing the Virus series, the JP8000, the Supernova...

so people can have all these at home without the hardware, if they manage to find the original OS online AND have a computer powerful enough to run all these... they are emulations of the original devices...

But in theory, someone could make hardware bootleg versions of all these devices...

Teknomadix9 days ago
Links??!!
tuvix9 days ago
Wonderful, soon an old Octatrack will be as much as a car
acomjean9 days ago
Maybe behringer will release a similar machine?

Clones of old synths (or synth likes) is such a weird but somehow important business. They’ seem a little shameless but apparent the quality is pretty good and it’s keeping everyone honest.

https://www.behringer.com/en/products/0704-AAR

https://www.behringer.com/en/products/0704-AAO

dnewcome9 days ago
I have a UW (user wave) version. It doesn't look like they implemented some of the more interesting parts of the MD. I wonder if this was a firmware R/E effort? I don't see any details on what's behind this and I can't read the non-english parts of the app. Anyone have more details?

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