I think this is very fair to say.
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Endless encoders. Same as the A-H knobs.
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Do the encoders transmit midi by chance or are they routed to internal parameters?
Guys and girls, I have written a 100 pages long manual for this machine, please have a look in it. Sorry, just kidding 
Yes they send MIDI 
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It may be the additional knobs and buttons really does open up the playability and avoid any awkward ergonomics. Especially with all the other modes. Semi keen to pick one up⌠, but might have to try one out in a store at some point I think. At least the track buttons are nice and close. Ad I think 6kg is quite light for something like this. Still lighter than a carryon bag, and most airlines have allowances for musical instruments with long sizes. Hold mode is like an ambient artists dream, too
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Thank you for all of your work Ă
ngman!!!
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The encoder to Screen position on this would be a nightmare. two rows of value on screen vs one row of encoders. Nah.
how low is the round trip latency if one uses overbridge for the DT/DK? Is it good enough to play live via overbridge and still add a couple of effects in ableton?
Cool thing with the Hold function is that there is a separate hold state for every track. So you can play one track, activate hold, switch to another track and play that one while the first track is heldâŚand so onâŚ
Great for us drone heads!
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Thanks for your kind words. Im just doing my small share to help you make cool music
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I want a hold function 
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Horses for courses, and no offence to your design but I find that rather dull and I prefer Elektrons design, although Iâm not planning on buying a DK. Conventional synth keyboard designs are fine and definitely suit many users, but Elektron typically donât do conventional and personally Iâm very happy about that, I think it might win people over once hands are laid on it.
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even tho Im not a fan of the dk, I agree elektrons design makes more sense from a programmers / elektron users point of view.
input your notes on the synth with some automation, then move to the left where youâve got your entire DN in one place as normal.
proper keyboardists want the mod n pitch wheels beside the keys but that ainât the idea innit.
n even tho that user re-designed layout looks more like a normal modern synth (n might look more attractive) it actually spreads all the groovebox elements out all over the place a bit.
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Thatâs awesome. Sounds like a big workflow enhancer and more responsive than having to pop in 1 shot conditionals and that kinda thing. Does the regular Digitone with update now have a hold functionality?
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Actually there was a version on the drawing board that had the wheels between the keys and the synth unit. But there are a couple of reasons why this was considered a not so good placement of them. Foremost among them is that its much easier to use the wheels when they are by the left edge of the machine. They require some empty space around them so you dont accidentally push any buttons when you operate the wheels. If they were placed in the middle the wheels would be more âin the wayâ of the other buttons and knobs.
And its not like they are so far from keys as they are now. If you had a five octave keyboard with the wheels next to the keys and played the higher octaves and worked the wheels, the hands would be further apart than they are on the Digitone Keys.
And honestly, if you are among the ones that think the Digitone Keys look weird now, let me tell you, It is not prettier with the wheels in the middle
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true, nothing the clone stamp tool couldnât fix 
I think the same thing would apply to the bonafide DKeys, no? how does one see whatâs assigned to their user params?
Well geez, of course that would be even worse!
But the synth controls shouldnât be to the left of the keyboard at all, is the pointâŚ
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Iâm starting to see the depths to the fact that the DKeys has very little desk depth. Once you think in that space, my tiny workspace suddenly offers a wealth of previously unseen possibilities.
Like Roy in Blade Runner. Iâve seen things you people wouldnât believe. A Rytm at the gates of the DKeys. Attack envelopes on fire at the shoulder of encoders. Stuff like that.
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