Bought an used OT before seeing MK II announcement - cancel order?

Elektron Gear Octatrack
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Hey guys,

I know it sounds a bit crazy, but today I bought an used OT for a pretty neat price (750€ with CF and 1 years warranty left and no signs of use) from eBay. Only some minutes later, I checked out elektronauts and saw the announcement of the MKII.

Now, I do not know what to do. I was thinking about cancelling the order and contacted the seller. He wrote that he would cancel the order if I want him to (which is very kind of him).

Now it seems that it is only a hardware revision, but nobody knows for sure. I am still unsure. What would you do? Cancel the order or stay with the MKI? Personally, I would only care about Software improvements which are MKII only.
I know that you do not know more than me, but it would still great to get some advice on the “issue”. Thanks in advance for your answers!

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You have to weigh up the pros and cons to see if the new one is worth it.
Personally if I was after one now I would want the new one

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Chances are you could get two mk1s for the same price as the mark 2, 16 tracks of mayhem minus trig conditions ( only reason I would personally buy a mk2 )

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There’s no suggestion the MKIi will have trig conditions.

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Good point, I just assumed, interesting! Does anyone know any different on here??

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That really depends whether there are any differences concerning the OS of both versions or not. Is anything hinting that the MKIIs OS offers more than MKI? The announcement, at least, does not mention anything in this direction.

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I would assume no and go by the “What’s New” blurb on their website. Anything else is just hope :slight_smile:

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Elektron have said the MKIi will run the same OS as the MKI. They’ve previously said there will be no updates to the OT’s OS. So, with what we know - no trig conditions.

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Crazy how rumors are repeated so often they are taken for facts by some people, like the MK2 having trig conditions.
I can see how people who only briefly browse these pages can easily get confused by all the wishful thinking and speculative feature lists that are floating around on here. This should ideally be a source of information, not misinformation.

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Thanks for your answers. I decided to buy the old OT. I just send the payment to the seller and will receive my machine in the next few days.

I re-checked the announcement and under “What’s new” it clearly says nothing about any software changes, so I think it is a clear case.

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Concerning Os update, we’d rather talk about OS2.0, if Os is shared with MKI and MKII…? :sketchy:

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If you’ve never had an OT, I’d recommend the new one.

There’s something to be said for a simpler workflow, which might lead to more things you’ll take advantage of with the OT.

The live sampling/pickup machines might be more streamlined with the MK2.

Of course, there’s something to be said about not wasting time. So, with your current order you’ll be saving money AND time.

Of course there’s also the option of waiting to buy an MK1 after the OTmk2 is released.

Your call

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Feels like someone has shit in my sandwich! I saw the os was the same, but surely some of the tech gone into digitakt will go into the mk2 not just upgraded screen/buttons/encoders. Assumption is the mother of all…

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How much did you pay for a used OT if you don’t mind me asking?

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There are 8 tracks … in the Mark 1 or Mark 2 it can’ feasibly be quicker than it already is, you need to press the minimum conceivable already and there ways to do it all with one or two presses just now that can’t become any quicker afaict

it does look like it may be quicker to get to other significant areas, but not those

For some users, the extra headroom on the easy to push inputs may be a fair factor, but it’s far from a problem to resolve quickly

I’m not sure the price differential from a good s/h price up to a day-one new MKii price can ever be worth the enhancements we can see … that OS is 99% settled now and in all likelihood it will be the exact same firmware running on both machines from hereon in

I think it’s stunning, with some nice tweaks, not missing blingy light show trigs, it overloads my eyes that kind of stuff, trigs+leds are fine, but it’s a simpler call if you consider what you could buy instead with the price difference … extra buttons, backlit too, to get things done is not something to dismiss … but you could buy a whole world of functionality in another box (maybe a heat ?) with that differential

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From the price difference I managed to renegotiate I’m not far away from having full Digitakt funds again. I just want to wait till the bugs are squashed and I will have two cool machines instead of a new shiny one with pretty much no added features.

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MKII is just improvements in cosmetics. For sure Elektron will update the OS and will work for both models. Just depends on your taste in each box appearance. Like black? Like round pads? Enjoy LCD screen? Then go OG Octa. Like gunmetal? Like Digitakt’s pads? Prefer an OLED screen? Then do the MKII.

I’m sure when the MKII drops, so will an improved updated OS for all Octatrack users.

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It should be presumed that OT Mk I and mk II will share the same OS as that is all that has been announced at this stage

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It’s the only thing that would get me to upgrade. OB would have been awesome but I think that’s not in the cards. OGOT is more than capable though

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I would say get MKI and see how you feel about it first.
for me, the biggest improvement is the easy access to some functions that require a few more button pressings in MKI (I have to admit it can get a bit dizzy, specially when you’re getting to know the machine)… and of course, the screen… the other hardware changes are nice, but I don’t think they’ll change the experience of using it so drastically.
it also depends on how much sampling-based your setup is going to be (maybe you don’t know it yet)

I think 750 is a really nice price - you could even get a Digitakt for the difference if you wanted, have the best of both worlds :slight_smile:

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