yeah well its going on 5 months now so we will keep asking so we can put a fire under elektron’s ass. Its ridiculous that a 1000 dollar unit with 16 tracks has 1 stereo out. This should have been shipped with overbridge. They are starting to become like video game companies where they ship a half done product with promises they will finish it soon™. Also before I bought it I asked elektron if it would take forever like the DT2 OB release and they assured me it would be much faster. Its not. So that was a lie.
As an example of how you release a product, the Korg multipoly was released with the editor done and released when the synth hit the market.
Seriously though, how do you use Overbridge anyways? I really don’t see the point. The Elektron interface is so accessible, I can’t imagine wanting to use a mouse instead.
Plus, there are a bazillion FM VSTs out there. Why don’t you just go download one of those, and boom - FMing on your computron…
I get the feeling that a lot of people are just looking multi tracking and don’t necessarily need the complex GUI?
Man, I would think that company with strict design ethics like Elektron, would choose to keep things as simple/modular as possible. OB just adds complexity that a lot of users don’t need.
It does depend on the user. Digitone II has 16 tracks but I just as often use it more like a 1 track with 16 voices, maybe have variations of parts on other tracks and just use them for note data etc. For me recording the main out is standard and that’s how you would do it for most synths anyway, but for devices that are marketed around multitrack functionality its a fair ask these days to have that multiout function as well - especially with drum machines.
Other hardware manufacturers are able to do it over USB without a plugin. Never really understood where the difference stemmed from in Elektron devices but it is what it is. Like I said, maybe someday that will change. These devices are very broad in application as is.
It doesn’t add complexity. You don’t have to use it if you don’t need it.
But it is essential on a 16-part multitimbral synthesizer in order to finalize your track in a professional way: Mixing / EQing / adding effects / etc…
Multi tracking is convenient, but it’s not essential…
OB is not essential for multi tracking… Unless it’s an Elektron device I guess. OB does add a bunch of latency. I just don’t see the point of the OB interface.
Adding additional effects and stuff sounds cool… sort of… But at that point, just use VSTs for a sound source.
i like creating something on the DTII, then I can add effects in ableton, perform it live, tweak sounds, it makes a load of sense. using vsts as a sound source is completely different.
You’re still not really making a point. How are you actually interacting with the Overbridge interface?
Are you automating it’s parameters? Sequencing?
What benefits is the GUI giving you that class compliant multi track audio would not?
Yeah, I’m just wondering what the big fuss about OB is, besides multi tracking. Tbh, I’ve never heard of anybody really mention anything about the OB interface being an integral part of their workflow.
Class compliant multi track audio over USB is a no trainer though, and I’m actually pretty surprised that not using Overbridge prevents us from accessing that.