Elektron Machinedrum
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| Industry | Musical Instruments |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Gothenburg, Sweden |
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| Website | elektron |
Elektron started making electronic musical instruments in 1998. The company has its headquarters, R&D and production in Gothenburg, Sweden. Since 2012 there are also two subsidiaries: one in Los Angeles, California and the other in Tokyo, Japan. Products include hardware and software for music production as well as content such as sound packs and samples. Musicians who use Elektron instruments include Timbaland, The Knife and Depeche Mode.
The first Elektron product was an analog/digital hybrid tabletop synthesizer called the SidStation. Its sound engine was a Commodore 64 SID chip. During the years 2001-2003, Elektron released the Machinedrum (a 16-voice digital drum machine) and the Monomachine (a programmable 6-voice synthesizer using single-cycle waveforms). These instruments were, like the SidStation, housed in polished aluminum casing.
Since then, the range of products has been extended to include the following hardware: The Octatrack (a sampler), Analog Keys & Analog Four (keyboard/tabletop 4-voice analog synthesizer), Analog Rytm (an 8-voice hybrid analog/digital drum machine) and Analog Heat (an 8-effects programmable analog sound processing unit). In 2015 Elektron released Overbridge (a software package used to integrate Elektron Analog hardware into a DAW) as a complement to the Analog range of instruments. In late 2016, Elektron expanded its product range by launching the Analog Drive, an 8-in-one effects drive pedal for electric guitar and bass guitar. In January 2017 Elektron announced that a new, purely digital drum machine called Digitakt will be released before summer 2017.
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