Haha, well, we’ll see. I’m still enjoying the sequencer, despite my shortcomings with the instrument so far. So maybe it’ll stay that way.
It’s very clear to me that I prefer the fx and sound of the SP before the Octatrack. Not to rekindle the debate on whether or not the Octa sounds good - I think it does - but what you can do with the samples once they’re in the box. The SP:s fx appear superior to me, even though we’re still honeymooning, of course. That alone is enough value for me.
I had an ES2 on order but cancelled it about a week before it arrived to the store. Having owned an E2 and liking it for what it was, I was kind of prepared for what the ES2 would be. But the more I read about it, the more I was “Seriously?”
We’re always going on about what you can and can’t do with our instruments, but the Tribes aren’t really about that. It’s not about complaining or approving. The debates on the Tribes is about a product that didn’t get the time it deserved to mature, and about using the Electribe legacy to give an impression of what this new take could be. It’s may things, but considering that the blueprint for the Electribes have had a bunch of common features since the late 90’s, most of them now thrown out the window, it’s just a weird direction for the line, misleading - which causes disappointment.
Call them Kaoss Groove Pro, and everyone would’ve liked them from the start.