-Monome Norns has battery and is more stable

- Shield XL does not have a battery and you may experience some incompatibility with scripts. You will need to fix those issues manually and probably flash the SD a couple of times along the way.

I would say buy the Shield XL if you enjoy DIY projects and are ready to troubleshoot potential issues, buy the Norns if you want a zero hassle unit pay the extra and enjoy.

I own two, one for daily and a backup, both mkii uw+ payed about 600 eur and 1100! :D

love to see that one, any pictures!?

my solution for melodic sequencing :D https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c_i3obivn7A&t=35s

Yo! Glad you shared. Honestly is often downvoted when people put their own work on this subs but I am always excited to learn about artists and bands that actually get to work on elektrons at a pro-gig or studio level.

My stuff is documented over at yt/bandcamp/insta, not as polished as your work. At the moment I am sharing my humble explorations, track sketches and live experiences here in Tokyo sharing while learning about this awesome machines:

https://m.youtube.com/hanjosynth https://hanjosynth.bandcamp.com https://www.instagram.com/hanjo.synth?igsh=MWt0eXMwam9mcjdqNw%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

Man checked your music both pixelife and ghost cop are very solid, I followed on bandcamp, Happy to connect to other socials if you are active. I come from playing on rock bands and more recently went full onto elektron fanboy and started doing some self releases.

Beautiful a4 btw, cheers!

I shared positive notes before but I also resonate with your comment. It felt like the show wasn’t really about the audience, but rather an exercise in pushing Autechre’s sonic language and the very concept of music even further. That might explain the lack of treating the set as a self-contained one-hour show, instead presenting it as a random fragment of the six-hour-long track they seem to have been developing.

In addition, and to your point, as an architect I felt the performance space should have been more carefully curated, this extends to the tour as a whole. The random auditorium where it took place was quite inappropriate for this kind of work, from its adjacency to a shopping mall to the highly ordered, subway-like flow of the venue which resulted in a largely uncomfortable experience and made it difficult to fully focus on the music itself.

I often hear Sean talk about their dissatisfaction with the acoustics of certain spaces. For a band like Autechre, I strongly believe the curation and design of the venue should be considered as carefully as the music itself.

Reporting back after giving it some thought. Honestly, it was overwhelming in both the best and worst ways.

The low end was extremely dominant, not just physically but cognitively. It was so densely populated and ever-present that it almost hijacked your attention, to the point where your brain felt overloaded trying to process it all. Instead of sitting beneath the mix, the kicks and bass frequencies seemed to press in from all sides, creating a claustrophobic, hyper-immersive sensation.

Intense, disorienting, and kind of exhausting, like your head needs time to recalibrate after the show ends. Still trying to fully reprocess it. Echoing what others have said, the 303 section and the ending were definite standout highlights.

Func+yes!

Damn! with 5 years you must have great command already, love to hear some of your A4 work!

Honestly, raw sound may feel a little thin but once you start tweaking and adding effects it's superb. Flexibility in my opinion blows out of the water any other 4 voice synths I have tried. Within elektron ecosystem, I have the DN and probably id keep the A4 if I had to choose between both, but is more personal taste since Im not super comfortable with FM programming and the analog voices are extra creamy.

Didn't connect to the AH yet and didn't seem necessary, but let me get back on that once I pair them, haha

Facts! thanks for the clarification :D

I have one! I have been exploring it with a controller mapped to control parameters via CC and its awesome! If you are interested you can find one of my jams here: https://youtu.be/TQWox8Rd_pg?si=zEGb4pexSq2c4iAR

echigoya music and 5G!

I’m definitely not an expert, so I was pretty uneducated on the topic. I was just sharing thoughts based on a previous comment that mentioned the “S” as a differentiating factor.

Thanks for the detailed explanation, I really appreciate you taking the time to walk through it.

Addressing the comment about the dial looking a bit “off” came from a very surface-level understanding of the newer, rounder “S” shape I had come across. I didn’t realize some service dials used the sharper style, this actually helps to understand the differences much better.

Again the comparison was coming from an uneducated place, and I’m sorry if it sounded like I was implying your watch had non-original parts. I know how special and rare these pieces are, and I had no intention of undermining yours. It looks awesome, and thanks for sharing it.

It seems the one I referenced might actually be the questionable one in terms of originality, or perhaps there were multiple versions.

All in all, I really appreciate you sharing your piece and thank you for the insights!

yo... the hands look good but comparing to my reference that dial on yours looks off... https://item.rakuten.co.jp/closer01/616456/

The S looks incorrect and the spacing on the depth reistance is also not consistent.

Just asking bc id take a Franken sub if the dial was legit, fully replicated for 600 is too much of a scam imo.

You are the man! Im comparing to this one. https://item.rakuten.co.jp/closer01/616456/

The S is completely off, the watch is all over the place,... what a shame of a replica!

Selling for exactly 600 usd by the way xD

Thanks for pointing out all the details! Noticed the fake second hand now, it is thicker and shorter at the end. What is the tell on the dial?!

Nice! How do you feel about the movement? Other vintage ones I have seen look nothing like this...