i would love to see a 6-10 inputs mixer w filters / eq / compressor / some drive / some fx in a octatrack-ish size…
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Now you’re just trolling.
The delay feedback insanity that you can create with elektron gear is almost unique to them. So much so that it catches almost everybody out the first time they set the feedback to 12 o’clock and wonder why the machine elves are at the window asking them to turn it down a bit.
The various different compressors on the AR, DT and OT are all excellent, for somewhat different reasons. Not to mention the fact that a lot of the machines can plock effects parameters or modulate them to death with LFOs (some of which can be designed yourself).
Yeah, they’re not very good at shimmer reverbs and all that granular bullshit that we’ll all be embrassed about in 10 years, but I rate their effects, so much so I’m currently using the OT just as an effects box. Because 16 different simultaneous effects over four channels is mental.
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These are the same gents who said “We’ll release more machines that you can imagine” or something along those lines, some time ago.
Apparently, they underestimated our imagination back then. Could be, they’re making the same mistake twice.
I’m really not. I just think they’re average and there isn’t enough tweakability/parameters, especially in the reverb territory (I’m not much of a delay man). And taken individually, OT FX are notoriously dire, and I agree with that assessment. It’s only the p-locks, LFOs and crossfader that makes them interesting. But that’s largely going to be the case with any Elektron box. But it’s all personal taste, innit, so 
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Not at all. Theres a void in my life where no nylon sheets or fridge magnets exist. Im on the wishlist 
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You’d love an Elektron bedspread, I’ll bet 
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Absolutely. 
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OT effects are incredible.
As someone said above, stacking a bunch of them using Neighbor Machines offers something no other hardware does.
I prefer the character of the OT effects over so many others, especially Ableton Live.
I’d argue whats notorious is all the parrots reading and regurgitating comments without ever truly exploring the OT.
Just setting it up Scenes using this configuration proves to be years of fun that sounds bad ass and very unique to the OT.
Thru Track Lo_Fi/Comb
Neighbor Flange/Delay (no lock)
Neighbor Filter/Delay (locked)
Neighbor EQ/Darkverb
I’d love to see Elektron make a device that was somewhat like “The Finger” with their current knowledge of effects.
It would be glorious.
Complaining about effects quality seems to be unique to forums.
Never been around other musicians/artists in person that ever said “but the effects suck” on ANY device.
I found that mosts artist I talk to use what they have and get creative with it.
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Octatrack tracks effects are digital. Meaning are themselves software. OT sequencer can do some cool things with them though.
I do agree that an effects box would be super cool.
Would it need a built in sequencer?
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yea OT fx are killer. its how they’re implemented being greater than the sum of their parts or whatever the saying is 
- stacking neibours, xfader etc. amazing.
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Monomachine „machines“ for the A4 MK2
Machinedrum „machines“ for the Rytm MK2
„free Update 2.XX“
both machines as Silver as they can get without any finish, just „RAW“ aluminium.
Red Oled Display
Blue Oled Display
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No idea what this thing will be, but I’m holding on to the baseless hope that Elektron will one day collaborate with another manufacturer. How great would it be to have an Elektron workflow and sequencer paired with a Dave Smith, Nord or Jomox sound engine? Damn.
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Not really a problem, 3rd party batteries work fine with the digital devices. The analog ones are a bit power-hungry and that won’t be solved as much by miniaturization.
If all the “value-add” can be added with no overengineering of the original hardware, there’s no tangible benefit into stuffing features in that most persons can add for ~$50-80 extra.
I get disliking extra cables and batteries, but beyond cleanliness of your working surface, it’s functionally fine and persons who want to “go portable” have been doing it for ages 
So makes some persons twitch, absolutely. But not a “big, big” problem.
I was thinking this. What if they made a set of VST instruments that be used standalone, but when a digi box is connected via USB you can assign the VST to one of the midi tracks and have full onboard control of the synth (as though it were built into the device) and mix/send the VST audio like any of the first eight tracks.
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Finally moving away from the ancient ColdFire hardware platform and moving to something more contemporary like ARM. (fingers crossed).
Coldfire was the evolution of Motorola 68k, which is aesthetically central to demoscene culture etc.
ARM ancient history includes Acorn RiscPC and Apple Newton, which is indeed a “very different” aesthetic lineage 
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Has Elektrons yet to be determined new direction made them loose focus as a company?
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Maybe Roland discontinued the MX-1 because of an upcoming Elektron/Roland partnership – the Elektroland DigiMX-2 … 4 USB “Aira” ports, 4 USB Overbridge ports, SPDIF and a built-in Octatrack… but with SmartMedia instead of CF… and a color scheme gradient of flourescent green <-> salmon…
(oh wait, they’re saying “it’s not a mixer” – nevermind)
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LOOK OVER THERE!! ITS A SQUIRREL!!!
… quietly starts deleting every project I’ve made in the past 5 years…
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I’ll make sure to add granular FX to my kalimba recordings just for Fin
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