I simply don’t know what to expect from Elektron after being somewhat disappointed with the M:S. I have no expectations anymore. All I know is I have one Elektron box I’d be willing to part with for a non-legacy device with a keyboard.
Edit : I see on Gearslutz you posted a nearly identical post regarding this as a performance sampler.
This literally doesn’t sample. Did you read anything about the device? It plays samples. You realize this thing isn’t a sampler, isn’t a performance sampler, and can’t sample on the fly nor any other way? It plays back samples.
https://www.digitaldjtips.com/reviews/denon-dj-prime-4-standalone-all-in-one-system/
It doesn’t remotely touch what the Octatrack is capable of. This thing is a laptop + DJ software + nice controller in a streamlined unit. DJ… disc jockey. Not sample jockey.
Not that this isn’t a nice device, but to place them in the same category let alone call this its replacement is pure ignorance, perhaps shilling even.