verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message elektron music machines industry synthesizers founded 1998 1998 gothenburg sweden key people daniel hansson daniel troberg website elektron.se elektron is an electronic musical instrument company based in gothenburg sweden founded in 1998 . its products include the sid based sidstation the machinedrum percussion synthesizer the monomachine synthesizer the octatrack performance sampler the analog four analog keys synthesizer and most recently the analog rytm analog percussion synthesizer . 1 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit sid station 1998 in 1997 a handful of students who got together during a university course at the chalmers university of technology in gothenburg made a rough prototype of a synthesizer . the special thing about this sound module was that it was based on the sound chip found in the commodore 64 home computer . the prototype was further developed and finalized as a marketable product . the little synthesizer called the sidstation was initially made in a test run of ten units . the project was deemed commercially viable so in 1998 a company was started to nurture it and elektron was born . machinedrum sps 1uw machinedrum sps 1 2001 the newly founded company received funding from the university s in house venture capital investors chalmers invest which made it possible to start manufacturing the sidstation on a larger scale . the university provided elektron with an office and thus things started to roll . the sidstation sold in respectable quantities and elektron was already developing its next product . it took three years to develop the next product the machinedrum a drumcomputer with several synthesis methods and a roland tr like sequencer . it was released in 2001 and became quite successful . machinedrum & monomachine sfx 6 monomachine sfx 60 2003 in 2003 elektron then released the monomachine sfx 6 keyboard a 6 voice monophonic synthesizer which also included a roland tr tb like sequencer . the monomachine sfx 6 was soon followed by the sfx 60 tabletop version . after the release of the monomachine elektron parted with its investors making the company a privately owned corporation . in 2005 the machinedrum sps 1uw was added to the elektron line up which added sampling capabilities to the machinedrum . in late 2007 the machinedrum and the monomachine were updated to mkii versions . the units got new looks better hardware specifications and improved functionality . they were 100 percent backwards compatible . in august 2007 elektron ceo and co founder daniel hansson died in an auto accident . 2 the elektron user community created a tribute for him . analog four 2012 octatrack dps 1 2011 partial view in january 2011 the octatrack dps 1 dynamic performance sampler became available . in december 2012 the analog four a 4 voice analog synthesizer became available . analog rytm 2014 analog keys 2013 in november 2013 the analog keys a keyboard version of the analog four was presented . in 2014 elektron presented the analog rytm an analog drum machine with sample support . in 2015 elektron introduced overbridge a computer integration via usb that allows elektron analog instruments to be handled as software plugins in computer daws . 3 see also edit the monomachine the sidstation references edit elektron product listing . elektron.se . february 2015 . retrieved 2015 02 24 . daniel hansson elektron co founder and ceo has passed away . createdigitalmusic.com . august 2007 . retrieved 2012 11 21 . https www.elektron.se overbridge external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to elektron music machines . official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title elektron company & oldid 732880155 categories synthesizer manufacturing companiescompanies based in gothenburghidden categories articles needing additional references from november 2012all articles needing additional referencescommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschpolski edit links this page was last modified on 3 august 2016 at 21 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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