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I can certainly understand your point.
Itâs no use to get pre-emptively annoyed until we know what the new machine is and we can see what the details are.
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In action with pedestrians, people on bikes, geese that hunt, old school music, detroit I will fix myself on a new machine, new box, containing an exclusivity based on title a minute a new machine 
A GM (general midi) player, elektron style?
I hope not, hehe 
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Definitely, thatâs why I donât think itâs a new drum machine, but something new where no other machine can fulfill at the moment.
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What are the advertised features of the DT?
Edit: Other than OB
Totally agree with you. As a DT owner an update like this would be really amazing
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hmm I like the idea that itâs an update to the DT ⌠after all it does say itâs an 8 voice digital drum computer
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The drop of the Loopop Octatrack video- clearly co-ordinated with ELektron marketing indicates that the Octatrack needs some level of protection and reassurance to buying public⌠i.e. that it is still worth getting for its purpose. Some level of upgrade or cross-over to that device is now inevitable to me. (meaning in a new form, new box, not a direct OCTA upgrade)
Almost bought Octa in past few months⌠sit back now and see what happens to decide best course.
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I think weâre overlooking one big clue that is relevant to this new box. There was Simonâs single box thread where he professed his love for the MC-202. Add to that the Instagram posts promoting the single box workflow. So, my revised theory is a full featured (drums+synthesis) groovebox. Bonus would be mobile usage- i.e. battery pack.
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The OT MK2 came out very recently, highly doubt this is anything OT related
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Viditakt⌠Video synthesis⌠I hope
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Update to Digitakt or a video sampler (fuuuuck yeah) would be great. 
I donât think itâs either of those though.
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Wasnât it just a chassis and buttons upgrade though? - 2 years I thought?
Overbridge is a big enough feature thatâs being advertised since day 1, being exactly 2 years today (20 January 2017).
https://www.soundonsound.com/news/elektron-return-digital-digitakt-drum-machine
Overbridge was and still is one of the selling points of Digitakt, because there is only stereo out and no other way to have multiple outs, or even some kind of multi-track export. So, if you bought your Digitakt 2 years ago thinking OB is coming soon⌠now youâre getting Overbridge âsoonâ but at the same time you wished for new features, and they all come in the shape of a rival machine (I suspect this would happen). Of course DT owners are waiting an update to DT as a way to âapologiseâ for 2 years without OB, instead of an updated machine.
If OB was released in 2017, we wouldnât be discussing this (even 2 years is really short time to update such machine). Thatâs my 2 cents.
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Iâm in the minority (according to this forums general comments at least) with my DT, in that I donât feel short changed by the delay in ob. I did t buy it for ob, and Iâve always seen ob as a very nice, free add on. Obviously I can appreciate how others feel about it, its just that Ive not been to concerned about it.
That being said, I have always had a suspicion that the âDrum Computerâ tag was a nod to future plans. After all, the other machines changed significantly from what they were at release, and I donât imagine a company like Elektron would suddenly stop wanting to improve on their products, if thatâs how theyâve always been.
If this Speculation is true, then itâs going to turn it from a fine as sampler, to an incredible beast in a box, and youâll want to buy two!
If it isnât a synthesis machine for DT, then thereâs always the new volca for percs etc. Which is something Iâm considering. Or another Nord drum!
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BTW. quick question as I have never been around to see these product launches- mind was elsewhere.
How quickly do new machines tend to be available once the announcement is made?
Digimon: Digital Monsters
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BURN IT (and s complete sentence)
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