@HBIII, Cirklon is really excels for making/managing complex compositions, you could use it to do live stuff but thats not were it excels
I donāt think so at all. If anything my rambling was just supporting that view. Although Iāve been entirely ITB in the past I find it really hard to just start a song with a blank song template in Ableton. I generally start with a bit of hardware but itās because of the interface and especially the Elektron approach. The Hapax strikes me as offering the same (if not more!!) of a similar starting point for generating ideas.
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Cool, so far Hapax is somewhere on the scale between a flaming bag of dog poop and Heidi Klum with the wrong address for a halloween party.*
*who am I kidding, if Heidi did show up sheād better have a Hapax and a consignment note.
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Mine was shipped but says next Wednesday. Usually DHL is faster than that so expecting it maybe by Mondayā¦so excited.
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Arrived today in Cali! First impressions are great. Plugged in a synth and drum module and was able to get them MIDI assigned and playing in minutes. Itās very intuitive to find your way around without any manual reading. The grid pads feel really nice and are easy to play with musical results.
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Love the dimensions and format of the Hapax. Wish the Push 2 had more in common with it, in that regard.
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Has anyone used it with an OT?
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I donāt have my OT on the table, but I have the Hapax talking nicely to an MRCC- > Megacommand -> Machinedrum. If I got the OT out is there any specific thing you are looking for?
How would you go about getting a sliced drum break sequenced in live/step mode?
Set the midi mapping mode to slices and then just step program on that channel via the hapax?
But I can certainly drop it on the table and check!
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First impressions of Ron Cavagnaro
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Very disappointing / weird that you canāt preview notes in step view.
I think he needs to turn off YouTube and play with it some more. Yes, itāll be different to the Delugeā¦Iāll wait forLoopops commentary.
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The step view āissueā is something easily fixable in a firmware update.
The Hapaxās similarity to the Deluge is going to be a problem for Squarp because a lot of people seem to be expecting it to BE a Deluge and then getting irritated when it isnāt.
I hadnāt even thought of this as an issue until Ron started threatening to sell his Hapax over it in the Squarp forum. Note preview would be a good thing to add as long as it can be turned on/off, but Iād encourage those concerned with this to play with loop points a bit before they get too upset.
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yeah, I donāt understand the drama ā¦
if you use the momentary live feature, you can preview notesā¦ so its not like its impossible to enter notes 
itās just a different workflow ā¦ and one that Squarp will no doubt adapt/extend in the weeks/months to come.
sure, its important feature for SOME, but of course, every user will have different priorities e.g. for others more patterns, or longer track lengths are importantā¦
its v1 of a brand new product, there will be issues/bugs, there will be āmissing featuresā , thats the normal thing for the start of the journey on any product. (esp for smaller companies).
But this is where Squarpās reputation for continual improvements is important, and why many jumped on board even before seeing a single demo/reviewā¦ they inspire confidence 
of course, if thats a problem ā¦ then probably you should wait a few months, let it mature a littleā¦ see more reviews etc.
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I think this shows how people generalize from the tools on which they learn. It would never occur to me to need that feature. The sequencers I haveāOctatrack and Vectorādonāt do it. Iām not criticizing working that wayāthat would be like telling someone they are playing guitar wrong when theyāre playing piano.
Itās just interesting how people project and then get worked up about it. Iām sure I will be looking for things that arenāt there when I get mine, too.
That said, the idea of a synthfluencer āthreateningā to sell something that doesnāt work for them personally is laughable.
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I think the thing is , unlike piano/guitar ā¦ pretty much all sequencers have different workflowsā¦ there are very few (if any) standards on what they should do, look or operate.
Personally, I think you start with a clean design, clean workflow thats logical/consistentā¦
of course later you can add shortcuts, perhaps inspired by features/shortcuts from other products IF they fit the UXā¦ things evolve over time.
rather than try to design a product that just tries to have every feature from any other product, some how illogically glued togetherā¦
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Do you own a Cirklon as well?