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#2448

Yeah I know what you mean and agree. I just think theres a danger of perpetuating a sense of ‘value for money’ even after that has potentially gone. Ie. Apple Macbooks etc… Blatant ripoff and expensive peripherals etc, but people love em!

The old Elektron boxes cost a lot but did a lot. OT is insane for when it came out. And could spend a lifetime experimenting with the available parameters/modulation/voice options etc on AK/A4. On paper DT is mostly churning out basic old features from existing products and missing features that a sampler should have in 2017 and has small memory, no separate outs etc etc. If expensive materials is a valid reason for the price, with all the function ommisions taken in to consideration, then fair enough :wink: I don’t know what prices Elektron buy components for… Maybe they get a bum deal. But doesn’t seem like the same kind of competitive value for money as before tho…

Seems more like they’re just super conscious of having as few shared features between products as possible. Even when those features really make sense to be onboard. No slicing on a £700 2017 sampler by probably the most capable company around? I don’t get it…

Risky way to do things, kind of relies on other companies doing the same thing…

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#2449

it really should have loop slicing shouldnt it.
Simple slicing like on the OT would be unreal.
please implement slaicing gai’s :)/

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#2450

like auto slice?

#2451

Yea, like auto slicing on OT where you go "divide into 4 or 8 or 16 etc.
then randomise slices on the trigs and off you pop :slight_smile:

#2452

Ah I see, yeah no OT owner.

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#2453

You have said that so many times now it is starting to get silly…

For us that has had the chance to get our hand on it, I would say that it’s immediate and fun as hell to play with, and that is what it was designed to be.

Judge it after you have tried it yourself or seen what others can do with it.

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#2454

Ollie, do you know if it will over time get some more features in updates like the way the other boxes have developed over time?

Thanks for takin the time to get back to us on the forum as much as you do, its appreciated :slight_smile:

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#2455

I’ve been to Asheville last summer. You can actually watch them through the window sitting at their work bench with piles of capacitors, resistors and PCBs and putting things together part by part right there in the States. I have full understanding for the prices they charge.

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#2456

Any chance we will be able to see it in action soon? Until you show it in public, all we can judge it by are the specs.

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#2457

A video of the DT in action showing off some performance features would be very appreciated. Especially curios if it can do different styles, like textural, ambientish music, or polyrhythmic weird stuff. Or if it’s more of a four to the floor type of box.

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#2459

Cenk is currently working on a video series that will go into details about the unit. It will start in a few weeks and run until the release.

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#2460

Fair enough :wink: I’m sure it’ll be a cool box.

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#2461

Remember that squarepusher sequenced this whole LP on Boss DR660 via MIDI


And there is no trig conditions etc

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#2462

Oh mahn big loada. My first ever squarepusher record.
He was so good back then too.
wow i cant believe he used a dr660. fuuu

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#2463

I think the delay, reverb and modulation of the samples totally makes this great for textural/ambient stuff.

Polymetric is really easy as you can set individual track lengths. And for polyrythmical stuff you have the retrig. The sample per step functionality and the conditional trig with modulus helps a lot as well in creating evolving patterns.

Any step sequencer(as well as the DT) should be able to do this with ease.

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#2464

Ah! A fair point, I didn’t appreciate that. I suspect it’s a similar story for Moog and would explain the premium asking price. I wonder why they haven’t moved towards alternative, cheaper production techniques? Im no expert though so, basically, haven’t a clue what I’m talking ha!

#2465

Heritage.

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#2466

Moog is a partly employee owned company that values local production and lasting relationships with their employees. They’re not striding to make as much profit as possible, they are striding to create instruments, while simutaniously supporting their employees. Working for the people creating value, and not for some investor group.

Outsourcing manufacture would mean less jobs in Asheville.

You can read a bit more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/11/arts/music/moog-music-gives-employees-more-control.html?_r=0

As a person who think that creativity and economic sustainability can coexist, this is pretty cool.

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#2467

Cmon broheim - we all know plenty of other machines that are both immediate and fun that don’t cost 700 clams (e.g. monotribe, circuit) so your attempt to stifle people’s opinions (no matter how repetitive) just isn’t cool unless you can back it up with something more than subjective statements about the enjoyment factor.

I’d say that repetitive statements from forum members (who are also mostly Elektron customers) is only a reflection of reasonable expectation at a time when the game is being changed daily by upstart and established companies both.

Elektron was one of those game changing companies that set the bar, so please try to understand when your loyal customers ask WTF it feels like the bar just dropped. Be cool again :sunglasses:

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#2468

Thanks for that! If i were American, I think it would definitely sway me towards paying the premium. Unfortunately, by the time Moog/DSI stuff lands on UK soil we’re paying over the odds (in my opinion of course!) But really cool that some companies operate on this way.

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