Volca khakis
Hey hey hey HEY! - You wear the Volcas, they donāt wear you.
Love your body, no matter how hard these synth companies try to body shame you.
#plussizevolcawearersarepeopletoo
I also hope theyĀ“re not releasing new gear before the existing ones are working well!
Heading for DT 1.05, OB High Sierra DT & AR MK1 ready, AR 1.32
Otherwise me, as already pissed DT user, has bought itĀ“s final Elektron gear with DT!
Isnāt Minilogue already polyphonic and reasonably priced?
The new Korg Poly will definitely have at least 8 voices and Iām guessing a bigger keyboard, maybe full sized keys too. It wonāt be competing with the Minilog.
Iād be interested in a poly if it were in desktop format.
Iād love this to be the NAMM that the big boys decide they will release key and desktop versions of all their future releases!
I want to see what Korg does as well. Iām hoping for another analog Volca. I actually really love the Volca Keys and Bass and would like to see a better version of the Beats.
The new Korg poly will be interesting to see.
After getting the Roland SE-02, Iām really excited to see more analog collaborations in Rolandās ādesignerā boutique series. Iām hoping they do a killer polyphonic analog in this format.
I want an AK MKII, or a version of the kind. A compact keyboard ws thatās awesome.
Until that happens, Iām sticking to my A4 MKII
New Korg Volca Tritonā¦Triton Engine with 32 voices and 128 Presets in Volca format.
Elektronā¦new Monomachine MK3 introduction in DT Formfactor, no Machine Concept, instead VA approach with ROMpler Engine for Drums like the Circuit, multitimbral, 16 voices, Release Date, not before Winter NAMM 2019ā¦
What about AR + A4 + AH in one workstation Keyboard with 3D Touch
Thatād workš
That would be pretty sick
Would soooo love a Volca Triton!
My ideal MnM successor would ditch the VA part entirely to focus on interesting digital synthesis techniques. Fm and wavetable are a must for me, but could also explore some more exotic algorithms.
I could see them doing a super full featured digital engine with all of the above in one, ditching the machine concept like the A4 does. That would be rad too.
Two Elektron products I would like to see:
Analog poly - a gray development of AK. Monotimbral, 8 voice, utilising the analog engine.
Digimix - 8 stereo track mixer with two fx inserts per track. Like OT without sampler. Overbridge charged.
Iām not sure why there is so much animosity towards the Mk2ās. I happily traded up to an MD mk2ās when it came around (as many did) and I donāt remember peeps at the time being upset or feel Elektron had done something disappointing. Same with the MnM mk1 > mk2
Volca Rythm mkii, Volca Rythm FM, Volca PM (physical modeling) ā¦wonder what theyāll throw at us next
I had mixed feelings- but mostly because I was trying to sell a RYTM when it was announced
IMO the MKII MD didnāt cause such a stir because the upgrade was officially due to component availability issues.
Also users benifitted at certain times from a buyback offer and the ability to undertake hardware upgrades to their MKI machines (ie UW and +Drive).
Of course that all happened a long time ago back in the Elektron Users days.
As for NAMM:
I had such a great time to use the A4?AR mk1ās for 5/3 years and now very exited with the mk2ās. Itās just technology get used to it. The A4/AR mk1ās are still working and supported for years to come. Anywho iāll always going to upgrade to the latest new hardware. And i dont see it as value lost, i even see the A4/AR MK2ās as a bigger upgrade than the MD/MM mk1ās to mk2ās at the time.
Since the start of the Machinedum i was always a first wave user. But one thing i can say about buying a Elektron machine new. Buy it within one year from introduction. If the Elektron machine is more then 1,5 years on the market look of a second hand Elektron machine.