AK MKI has been Out of Stock in Elektron’s store for some weeks. This used to be a sign in the near past by other MKI devices 
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Hi guys?
Elektron’s flagship products, OT, A4, and Rytm, both Mkii
Has been released, but AK mkii still no news?
Will it be released?
I wish I had a lighter weight and a wider LCD if I had a personal wish.
I was holding out to see if there would be an AK mkii. I was torn between getting an A4mkii or an AKmki - simply because the keys and the joystick would be a nice way to modulate the sounds.
I decided to bite the bullet and get the A4Mkii… but yes, I’d be annoyed if they bring out an AKMkii, if you’re going to do that, just announce it at the same time as the desktop version.
I wonder if there’s a way I can use my Kaoss pad to achieve the same results as the joy stick would do on the AK… Has anyone tried this??
Page 96 of the a4mk2 manual shows you whats midi specifications are used with cc values as well as NRPN messages.
So the answer is yes you can do some fun stuff with the kaoss pad. I would suggest reading up on the NRPN standard as not all features have cc’s.
Me too, buddy- but I’ve been too busy to hit the gym 
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I think if there is going to be an AK mkII, it would make a lot of sense to take advantage of the additional real estate. I would very interested in it if it offered 6-8 voices and had additional knobs & buttons to expose all sub-menus to immediate access.
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True! I reckon with their new approach they’re probably work to make the features immediately accessible. I bet there WOULD be something like a knob per function on a potential AKmk2
Edit: That would be INSANE now that I think about it
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And crazy enough to work.
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That would be insane, I’d be very interested in something like this.
It’s price could be very scary though, probably above 2k…
Tho actually, an eight track digital and dirty something slapped onto a glorious 37-keyboard with Elektron’s sequencer and character, would be like the best thing since Star Wars.
The first three, mind you, not anything that came after.
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I’m assuming you mean chronologically, if you mean episodically- let me know and I’ll redact my “like”
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Anything else would be insane.
Though historians already debate wether Lucas perhaps was just that, insane, as he went to work on The Three Stooges, as Ep 1 - 3 are now known to be called by anyone but the insane.
And I’m assuming you haven’t been to the cinema since December 13
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Yeah OB helps a lot but would be good if they redesigned their standard interface.
Too much page shifting etc, with still a relative small screen doesn’t do it for me at all ergonomically.
Still waiting for them to lose the encoders and put in standard pots also, but don’t think that will ever happen. Way to fiddly and erratic responsiveness for me personally.
An AK2 has the real estate to address current issues
Also true😊
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Thanks Phesago, I’ll look into this today and see if I can get my Kaoss pad hooked up and working!
I’ve read pretty far into the manual, just not as far as page 96, other than my Analog Heat, this is my first piece of Elektron gear, so I’m still figuring it all out and referring to the manual as and when I get stuck
I expected AK mkii from this Namm 2018 but …
Will it be released this year?
That’s a terrible idea!! I wouldn’t have anywhere to put my mouse pad.
Nobody except Elektron knows. Personally, I consider it very unlikely (and before my words are twisted: I couldn’t possibly care any less either way).
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Not for a while —new batch of MK1 AK released today.
Im guessing AK has same high speed USB as AH --just a hunch as mainboard is completely different to A4 MK1