Any word from Elektron on the availability of keytar straps?
Edit: damn, late to the joke.
No microtuning support? Iâd love to have one of these, but no microtuning = no sale.
The implementation on the minilogue xd & monologue would be an excellent place to start, if the developers here are looking for ideasâŚ
I wonder why this isnât on Elektronâs radar? Experimental, flexible devices are kind of their brand.
The keyboard on the Digitone Keys is exactly the same Fatar keyboard that was used on Analog Keys.
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Now weâre talking. Looking forward to playing this now.
Sounds very promising, mr. Ă ngman. Very promising indeed.
when they will upload new presets ?
This is something that really should be answered by someone on the design team, such as Jon or Ess. But as always, when we design things there are many options on the table early on in the process. Some people here describes the finished design as lazy (and thats fine) but honestly the design is more intentional than lazy. The UI board on the left side is not just a copy of the Digitone but is redrawn and as soon as you start to change things, you lose the saved time and money that a complete copy would have given.
The design is ofcourse a nod to the look of the Monomachine SFX6 keyboard, and we liked the idea to make a little hommage to our old silver battering ram 
An important part in our design is that we wanted the Digitone Keys to take up as little real estate space as possible on your desk and the slim design makes it possible to arrange your other gear behind it.
One other important thought was that we intentionally wanted to make something that looks different from the âstandardâ layout of so many synths. Its more fun to make something that stands out a little than just to rehash something that has been done so many times before.
As I said earlier, we know that some people will not like the design or agree with the design choises we made, and that is totally fine by us 
On a final note, I must say we have really enjoyed all the meme pics that was made of the Digitone Keys. We put up the best ones on the wall at the Elektron office. My personal favorite is the âDigitone Keys AMâ. I laughed so hard I almost choked on my chokladflarn when I saw that one
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⌠or possibly they just choose the synthesizers to add keyboards to.
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Thank you for that!
I often find insights into the process such as this as interesting as the end result. And totally agree, much more fun to stand out from the crowd a bit.
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Really good idea. As a non keyboard player, I prefer a grid style controller like Push or Launchpad to trigger notes/ chords using a scale or chords mode. Something like this on an Elektron device, with its sequencer, would be great!
good to know, as I said, I couldnt compare it to others 1:1. Sometimes memory is playing tricks.
So much awesome in just one post 
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If it can make it into the os at some point might I recommend a long press on add notes while holding a key/trig? Seems a good shortcut that hasnât been used yet and makes pneumonic sense hold notes to âholdâ notes. Ya know?
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So. Whenâs the Elektron authorised creative Science Lab to win one?
Iâm actually pretty excited about this now. Been looking to get some keys for a while. I can reconcile the side by side design over all the additional functionality that comes baked in. The External Midi mode def seems a rad quick switch between internal and external usage which I think Iâd really appreciate. Wont be an instabuy but maybe in a couple months. Wonder however if given the significant DN update if the keys model will ever see a future update with additional features? And actually is this the first Elektron machine thatâs actually shipped with Overbridge right out of the box? Hope that sets a precedent for future releases. Otherwise yeah, some of the demo vids definitely show how the functionality of the Keys can take the DN into a new level. Ergonomics aside, performance wise a lot could be done with the Keys side knobs, and the keys themselves.
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Perhaps / perhaps not â My rule for myself is never buy into anything (or anyone for that matter) expecting some sort of change in the future. If youâre happy with the ways things are now, youâll be more than happy if nice things happen later.
Something occurred to me as i read your post â one thing the Analog Keys doesnât have is midi output from the sequencer. There is an Midi Ext button, just like on Digitone Keys that lets you flip the keyboard over to a midi controller, or back to internal control. But the Digitone Keys, like the Digitone lets you midi sequence external gear, and the Digitone Keys can also be switched between internal and external controller mode. This is something i always wanted with the Analog Keys.
Good to see OB 2 reach such a relatively stable place, though itâs still beta.
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Indeed. I think with the update and the additional features and controls on the DNK itâs now a pretty full featured synth. I donât really expect anything further to be honest, aside from bug or workflow tweaks.
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My rule sounds quite similar with the âminorâ addition of:
⌠even if promised by a company.
Iâll buy products when they are âthereâ where I want them. Any future changes are welcomed, but not expected in any way.
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To make this perfectâŚan Apeggiator for each Miditrack too would be great and usefull to use it as a Master keyboard.
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