Elektron at NAMM 2018

psyclone001 · January 13, 2018, 9:51am

Gave up hope for a Nord G3, but more realistically be happy to see what a Nord 5 could offer

Meriphew · January 13, 2018, 4:15pm

I heard that they will be displaying a fully functional Digitakt… And that it even has buttons that don’t stick!!

db3 · January 15, 2018, 3:36pm

Hoping for AKII

wouzer · January 15, 2018, 3:48pm

Fingers crossed for elektron to relax and make something that does work. Out of my 5 last elektron products, 4 were broken. Bugs, problems with new buttons, problems with pads, wrongly-assembled products… feels like something is going wrong in here… I am not even speaking about overbridge and my Analog heat nonsense… with the elektron remark ‘we are a hardware company’
I
Dont know what is going wrong…
But this is
Not good at all

jb · January 15, 2018, 4:40pm

@wouzer Which products out of curiosity? That sucks man

wouzer · January 15, 2018, 5:05pm

I sent back A4 mk2 twice
I sent back ar mk2 once
I had issues with Digitakt

Overbridge for heat didnt work for Apple

For coulance I had overbridge premium for free

Now I only have A4 mk2

kizunaut · January 16, 2018, 2:14pm

Seems like Elektron has registered Digitone as a trademark:

so maybe we will see that at NAMM 2018

Ryan · January 16, 2018, 2:39pm

Oh no! The shorthand would be the same as the Digitakt!

(But that’s exciting)

Scot_Solida · January 16, 2018, 2:44pm

Only if you read it as ‘Digi-Tone’ and not "Digit-One’. So maybe it’s ‘DO’.

Ryan · January 16, 2018, 2:45pm

I love how this forum provides inner peace when I get really anxious about something.

Thank you for your brilliant insight @Scot_Solida

Prints · January 16, 2018, 2:58pm

Digitakt-sized machine that produces digital tones. I’m in.

tsutek · January 16, 2018, 3:23pm

nice find! I do hope its the rumoured monomachine-inspired new digi beast synth

castcircle · January 16, 2018, 3:32pm

Since “mono” is probably not a great way to describe a contemporary digital polysynth, I think the Digitone (maybe D1?) might really fit. Great sleuthing to all. But I guess it’s too soon to preorder and I should probably sell some stuff first…

Prints · January 16, 2018, 3:38pm

What I really want to know is if it’s going to be capable of midi sequencing other gear like the Digitakt/Monomachine. I was planning on picking up a Digitakt again in a couple weeks mainly for the midi sequencing capabilities, but would rather hold out for the Digitone if it is capable as well.

JuanSOLO · January 16, 2018, 3:43pm

I’m guessing it’s going to be similar to the A4.
Maybe some inputs, maybe a CV out?
If I were a betting man, it’s not going to sequence external gear using midi.

tsutek · January 16, 2018, 3:43pm

So far all of the elektron digital boxes have had some form of MIDI sequencing… I do not think this will change with the DO.

Actually, I will be thrilled if the DO has the same MIDI seq as the DT, as I don’t ever plan on getting a ’takt but would still like to try a ”modern” elektron MIDI seq (ie. sends MIDI CC’s in the right order, plockable pgm chng, native support of conditrigs that is not added in post, poly chords that can have diff. note lenghts per voice…)

Ryan · January 16, 2018, 3:45pm

I can’t imagine it wouldn’t be capable of midi sequencing. The only Elektrons that weren’t capable of it were the analogs because it was based on a different structure.

There might not be as many midi tracks as the Digitakt- I guess. I’m estimating 4 midi sequencing tracks- based on nothing

JuanSOLO · January 16, 2018, 3:47pm

Prints · January 16, 2018, 3:48pm

Fortunately, I don’t think we’re going to have to wait that long to find out considering how close we are to NAMM now.

kizunaut · January 16, 2018, 3:54pm

not really my find but I thought it might be good to link the post here

I wouldn’t necessarily hold my breath but there have been some indications that something like a Monomachine might be coming. This makes it much more likely. Whether it makes it to NAMM or not nobody knows.