So true!
Yeah no promo at all. I would love to see Dataline showing off the new OT! But for someone like me who preordered the ot mk2 and donât have a mk1, itâs extreme frustrating to not have a clear release date. (I need the ot for sequencing my external gear, without Sequenzer i am not able to make music! ) . But if elektron would secretly add some updates on the os i would be blown away!
Are there any clear specs for the mk2 or just elektronaut assumptions? Sorry, long thread
Hyponothesisâs - educated guesses based on no facts
For a brand new product you get the enigma of a blurred swirling buzzing videos. That wouldnât work for a Mark II would it, especially since there are clear photos from three angles, and announced released dates. Fun to watch and ponder what is happening behind the curtain. It will be fun to see how they actually do the âweâre shippingâ announcement.
It would be nice to get one of the MKIIâs Iâve ordered out of the 3 so I can get going. I know some of you read manuals ahead of time, I can not do that. I need the device in front of me. Iâve watched the Cuckoo videos, the guy is cool and all but I find his methodology a bit slow for me.
Buying three! Way cool. For three they ought to send you a loaner MkI !!!
OK the loaner has a dent in the fender, but it will get you from point A to point B.
I never get a break man, never won anything, and have never got anything for free. But it would be cool if they sent me a hat at least FFS
Or a damn T-shirt.
Every thing we know about specs and release date are from here: https://www.elektron.se/octatrack-mkii/
What the what what what ?
(DALEK mode on)
Explain. EXPLAIN !
Where did you hear that? Link the source please. MKIIs are not out yet, thatâs the reason why I ask, there is no way of knowing.
Itâs in this very same thread.
Also on FB, and cross posted (again) in this very same thread:
Thx Adam
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That was three months ago. A lot may have changed since then.
If it was just a simple color change and new display, surely we would have seen some demos about it already (especially since it was supposed to come out in August).
I think the decision on what the MKII should or should not be, was made months before we even knew about it. And Iâm confident Elektron hasnât looked back since. Theyâve been clear what the MKII is and also what itâs not.
I would imagine the MKII is about done and finished. It goes through QA, and they canât do a Digitakt on this one and just ship it then fix it, cause the Octatrackâs been out for years, they have most likely thousands of Octatrak MKI users that will upgrade, learm the new machine in an hour and then put it to work in studio and on stage.
You canât have the Digitakt scenario there, where it crashes and behaves and an update weeks later fixes about half of the first batch of issues. This is a pro piece of gear thatâs worked its way into workflows and performances all over the world. It has no grace period. It needs to be rock solid from launch, or Elektronâs rep of shaky QA will take an even deeper hit.
Again, Iâm guessing, but I think theyâre looking for all the unknown unknowns still, and only because the MKII canât be any less solid that the MKI. Thatâs their one and only focus. As it should be.
Hi - IMO, the best Octa video to watch is Ask Videoâs tutorial with Thavius Beck.
MKIIs release dates are now updated again on elektron website.
So,
OT mkII: âAvailable soonâ;
A4 mkII: âAvailable in Octoberâ;
AR mkII: âAvailable in Novemberâ.
Iâm new here waiting so long for new Octatrack
Is âsoonâ better because means âsoonâ or is it worse because means âwe still donât know whenâ?
Love being here, thx.