Want!. Yes, Need! Really impressed by the image! It doesn’t have to be just a mixer - make it a dedicated MIDI sequencer for 4-8 instruments too!
If it won’t fit, make a break-out box for the I/O.
The great part is that the mock-up makes sense - Elektron probably already knows this but I have to say with experience that there’s a need for a Live PA mixer more tailored to our needs from Elektron - its overdue. Makes most sense because Elektron sequencing could make it killer. They might think Octatrack or Thru machines is enough but once you start adding more and more instruments, effects, etc. not enough!
MIDI - For God’s sake, keep the MIDI simple, add a Piano roll window! On the MIDI page for each track they could make the knobs a 24 controls for the external instruments, It is only 4 instruments, double it to 48 controls including Elektron’s strength in usually provided features. 16 steps with swing adjustment or how about patterns to select?
4-8 MIDI Outs for controlling other gear would be killer. Skip the Thru or ad pages for other instruments to Thru controls to other instruments on another channel… save space. May’be give it a break-out box to get more I/O but if you want to make it great, it needs more than four stereo inputs and atlas two stereo outs - you should have four stereo inputs if you include 4 midi outputs but, but, but…It would be even greater if you made the eight faders one for stereo channels and making it with four more stereo ins to make it 16 channels on 8 faders).
Knobs above the track - the three knobs above could be ISO EQ HI/MID/LOW, Shift could be Gain/Pan/Filter but looking at it again, duh! the page selections on the right make sense. If it was for filter control, even tap the top knob to select the Band Pass…probably a bit too much but who knows? Maybe layers or pages that make sense?
I/O - Even if they had to use TRS type jacks for stereo inputs I guess you could reduce the faders down to four and space things out but the 8 faders imaged here makes you really want 16 channels! That said, you’d still want two stereo output pairs and a headphone jack atleast.
**If you took two stereo connections and made a Send/Return - even more of a killer feature! It would only be best for stereo if we had extra accessories included one of those bars to connect the faders into stereo. Now that I think about it, even if it was just an 8-track with 4 stereo/8 mono mixer it would be fine but having Elektron miss that opportunity to make it a sequencer for 4-8 instruments would be a shame. They make it a hub for Overbridge so that the Analog instruments don’t need stereo inputs but, but, but, are you following still? Needs to have 4+ stereo inputs to be better than average. Believe me, I’ve explored this with the Mackie Onxy 16, a Xone:464, a Xone:92, a Xone:DB2, Rolls MX42s and even two Octatracks - the thing imaged here is really close to what would be ideal for live performers and experimenters.
I really hope Elektron is looking at the potential here. CONSIDER THIS IDEA AS WORTHY. To have a real mixer/Live PA from a company that can make it possible to run your whole show on this is awesome.
WE ARE DREAMING - but everything you see here is close to something that is possible.