I think it would be fair to assume some sort of upgrade will happen for Octatrack to at least make it work with Overbridge and have USB audio at a minimum. 2.5 sort of?
Hope they fixed the sticky key issuesā¦AR is a fine sounding machine.
vintage analog synth enthusiasts actually. I Know a friend who bought 2 Juno 60s cause he knew they would go up. Less than 5 yrs later, they are now $1000 more expensive on the re-sale market
I donāt think so. It was heavily implied that trig conditions was really squeezing the last drops of CPU power out of the OT, and even the MK2 was primarily a cosmetic change. Adding OB would require significant hardware and software changes. IMO we can expect bugfixes at best.
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Itās impossible. Impossible for the OT to support any USB Audio (or MIDI). This is 100% fact, it does not have compatible hardware, its USB port is only technically connected to the compact flash
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All those useless grey boxes please pm me for address to send to they will be taken care ofā¦
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Well, if u think about the OT mkii, itās always had that individual dark grey going on. The Analogs are much lighter, so the grey OTii actually sits nicely in the middle, monochrome-wise, between the Analog Greys and Blacks. I wouldnāt think itād be worth updating the OT to go black.
But a full black wings-style OT3 with OB, redesigned FX and a whole bunch of other whistles, well, one can dream.
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I didnāt specifically mean just a software upgrade. Considering they spent all that time on Overbridge I do expect them to release an updated Octatrack to work with it, which must have a hardware update as you said.
What is the sticky key issue?
They already have that. The screen is dimmed after 5 minutes of inactivity, and turns off completely after 60 minutes of inactivity.
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If you leave the new Black version in direct sunlight long enough it may even fade back to grey. Its a win win.
Strange but true
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This thread is about the new hardware. There are dedicated threads for the OS upgrades, and that question has already been answered.
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These look SO much better. The other ones were cool but I feel I would get tired of those flashy colours after a whileā¦
I preordered one. My unit is going to be serial #001.
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Indeed, but itās not quite enough to reassure me about the burn-in issues that some people are having despite the current implementation. IMO a screensaver with a 5-min inactivity shutoff, DSI-style, is in order.
This got already answered by Elektron directly multiple times. Unfortunately the Octatrack hardware is not capable of either Overbridge or USB Audio.
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I had forgotten about this video, so goodā¦
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100% agreed.
Damn, I miss hearing from that guy. 
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Fuuuuuuuā¦sick! 
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