Um yeeeeahh…
200 bucks?
It must sound like ass… Kick-drums probably sound like farts… 
Color me disinterested in cheap dumbed down space consuming
nearly preset machines, features “tuning” wow innovative !
Ding!
Yeah… it’s actually mono drums, isn’t it? 
Akai gets some points for having the balls to put money behind a product called the “Rhythm Wolf.”
Yeah, probably don’t need this, but I love the name.
Same reason that if you had got a 303 or (some X0X drum machine) for cheap back in the 1980s you’d be happy now, even if you don’t personally care for the sound.
Looking at the front panel, it has a very very good design - simple, and made out of plastic, but a decent size and a very straightforward interface. Akai gear is not the best in the world, but even their cheaper stuff is generally well manufactured and will hold up well to normal use by a careful owner.
Then, it’s very cheap at only ~$200. So, let’s suppose it sounds OK, nothing special but not awful either. Unless it’s a real disaster in sonic terms, Akai is going ot sell a lot of these. And it’s going to end up on a lot of records. And if it’s on a lot of records then some people will want it in future because it reminds them of their favorite 201x-decade recordings, so it will hold its value.
If you don’t like the sound on its own,for sure it will sound nicer through some effects. If it’s truly awful, just use it as a nifty little pad controller/sequencer, or rip out the audio circuits and replace them with something homebrew. You will see tons of mods for this given the relatively large size of the casing. I bet Darenager has his notebook open already 
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If people are somehow thinking this thing is going to be on the same level as the Analog RYTM they are dreaming. I don’t believe it can be done at that price.
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I agree 100%
Still what you get at 200 seems like amazing value…if it sounds good. Can’t wait to see, might just be junk.
+1 on this, lets see what you could get for the price of an AR…
AR-$1550
Rhythm Wolf - $200
Korg Volcas - $450
Arturia Microbrute - $300
Moog Minitaur - $600
Total 1550 (approximate prices in US/CAN-ish $$).
That’s a lot of analog for the price![/quote]
Get’s even more depressing when you think I got an expanded E-Mu E6400 Ultra, Monomachine, MS20 Mini for less than the AR will cost including TAX in Canada. 
I hope Akai continue back down the hardware box avenue. They have no hope going up against Maschine with the midi controller software combo route. I hope they bring back a standalone hardware Mpc.
Some of the best dancers i know are wolves. [/quote]
I’m guessing that question wasn’t serious, everyone knows wolves are magical.
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Someone should take up the stage name: Cevin Kostner and do live Akai Rythm Wolf sets while they dance?! Any volunteers? But seriously, it is the new age of the drum machine, Yeah BABY!
I have a feeling, at this price, its gonna directly compete with the volcas as far as sound generation and sequencing go. Does it say mpc on it yet? Serious missed chance there if not ;].
The question is, can they pull it off without the benefit of the classic korg r&d dept? I know they used to make some analog stuff but it was never as ubiquitous as the korg stuff.
We’ll hear tomorrow I suppose. It’s a good time for music, that’s for sure.
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If people are somehow thinking this thing is going to be on the same level as the Analog RYTM they are dreaming.
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If it sounds good, it’s a win. But i’m skeptical of how it’ll sound at the $200 price point. Either way, $200 for an analog drum machine that i will most likely use as OT fodder seems like a good idea all around
I’m loving this trend 
I like that companies are putting out cheap analogue gear, a lot of kids round here have less and less income, there are less jobs for them in the future and everybody seems overwhelmed with GAS.
If you don’t have thousands of euros to spend on gear and today it’s not cool to work with what you got, thanks to gear like this you can have multicolored leds, usb ports and analogue printed on your gear for an offordable price. Hopefully the kids will be happy with this gear and make a lot of wonderful music with it.
I miss jamming with old second hand shit gear with my friends, figuring out how gear and instruments work and creating magic with them, who cared about the specs?
#oldnostalgicfartmode
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[quote=" subq"]If people are somehow thinking this thing is going to be on the same level as the Analog RYTM they are dreaming.
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Surely nobody was tho? That would be daft… 
The price point seems impressive tho and I’ll wager it will sound at least as good as the volcas… So at 200 dollars (maybe 150 quid uk?) its interesting… More the merrier I say. I did think it had individual instrument outs too tho, which made me think the price was wrong.
My guess is that it’s a paraphrase on Guitar Wolf.
I have the very strong feeling this is actually going to sound fantastic . Akai know what’s out there and having built diy synths I know you can do an awful lot with parts available from mouser. But with new fabrication techniques companies like spl who make heaps of amazing processors, consoles, eqs ect have bought out an interface and a controller that simply couldn’t be done years ago for the cost and quality - and have you seen the volca beats with the pcb showing? The analog sections are tiny.
It can be done and I think it will be - it’s a drum machine after all - this has all been done a hundred times a thousand before - anyway we will find out soon enough.
Actually when would that be?
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