Have to say that after reading this thread, it hardly seems like everyone is fawning over it. Seems to be a lot of anger actually, which is kind of strange to me.
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Also less control over FX, no way to store sample + settings as sound, no resampling - which is a real biggie.
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My bad - I didnât even stop to realize you were addressing someoneâs specific question. And youâre totally right, those are all great reasons to get a Digitakt. Iâm just irked so many people are slamming this thing for being a ânot as goodâ Digitakt when simplicity is the entire point. Itâs the same negative crowd that criticized the Digi for being a âdumbed downâ Octatrack, and look how many people are making great music with them now.
Sometimes you want an almond covered, chocolate drizzled, double banana split with with extra strawberries and whipped cream on top of a bed of fudge browniesâŚand sometimes you just want a scoop of vanilla.
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IMO new M:S prices should be around ÂŁ300-ÂŁ330. Retailers are currently listing it at a tenner below Elektronâs RRP when theyâre selling the DT at ÂŁ160 below RRP. Once this corrects the M:S will make sense. As I said before, itâs supposed to be more than 40% cheaper than the DT. Thatâs why the spec is so limited in comparison.
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Thats perfect 
Nice one Mzero
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Id love to see the first 3 of those requests added to the Rytm
Personally I love the look. But that may be my nostalgia talkingâŚ
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HaâŚthis is very ugly. Glad there have been the mk1 designs.
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Same here. Very TR-909 meets Jomox Xbase09 meets Nintendo.
My appreciation is 100% nostalgia.
I also appreciate the âreferenceâ in design.
OT and Analog MK1s had a direct Rams/Braun influence which I appreciated. I felt like the MK2s and Digis were their own thing, shedding that influence.
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+1. Will look great when itâs all grubby, and discoloured from sunlight and nicotine. And plugged into a distortion pedal and an SH-01A or a Minitaur or something.
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design reminds me of this:
the M:S seems a bit more immediate thoughâŚ
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Yeah, definitely feel the 909 vibe, as well as commodore 64, and pretty much every PC case I had in the 90s.
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Sample not Sampler.
Model: Samples
- i am the model that plays samples
love the dreamcast sitting on top of the monitor in Simonâs instagram videos. surely this was an influence in some form too 
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I actually WISH theyâd do it the way you are saying, and put out a small box covering each area. One MIDI sequencer with the exact MIDI sequencer of the digitakt, but with a song mode. Then maybe a super-focused sampler and a synth. This would allow me to fill in the little gaps in my Elektron setup without having to buy every single box.
I wonder if the knobs will be easily removable so we can sticker bomb this thing.
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I plan on slapping stickers and taking a marker to it.
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I just did 
UmâŚtheres some diffs tho
- MD you can effectively have 16 LFOs assigned to 1 track, sampling, sound design
- MNM has 3 LFOs per track, simultanious midi
- A4 has CV and sample or sound locks
- AR has perf, sample locks, sample/analog sounds
- DN sampling, sim midi, big OLED, OB, sound locks
- DT sim midi, big OLED, OB, sound locks
âŚoff the top
I was hoping for some sick ass box. But they have sick ass boxesâŚhow many can you have in your kit before it starts becoming redundant.
And it makes senseâŚwith all the micro shit coming out, and everyone eating it upâŚwhy wouldnt you wanna get in on it.
Lots of folks would never get into elektron at 1400 or 700 for a box when you can jam with a 300 groove box. But someone who gets the M:S might get as hooked as many people here are.
I forked out 1500 i think it was for my MD way back when. It was a huge hit at the time. And i only did that cuz i could. Or i would stuck with the electribes.
After that MD landed, i bid farewell to my es-1.
SoâŚit is what it is. If its not for you, so be it. I too was not pumped at this revealâŚthen after a little bit, and a little break, i got outta my own head and remembered, it really isnt about me, right? LikeâŚim sure yer sittin there saying to yourselfâŚwho is this assholeâŚâI dont give a squirt about what he saysâ. Well, picture that applying to us all.
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one. Spock (hahahaha) 
Basically, there are many more factors involved here than just the opinion of one. The world is bigger than our own minds.
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Yes youâre right, itâs hard to choke down from a beloved company. Although Iâm not excited or impressed by this device as I am literally every other Elektron device that exists, nor do I care about Elektron branching into mid and low end devices, I canât hate on it.
Engineering is an art (so long as management isnât influenced by money and stays true to original company principles). If you engineer a device so many of your loyal fans despise or donât care about, the engineers are human, and that does feel bad. If some decent music gets made with this, great.
The main issue I guess, as a DT/DN and A4MKII owner is, I can make entire tracks using any one of those devices and they sound very legitimate and full, with the motion and musicality the programming allows. This doesnât seemingly have enough oomph to do anything on its own besides some glitch beats, maybe ambient and other basic genres, IMO, based on the music I listen to for fun. Even those genres I feel like youâd need at least a DAW to add in some substance. Iâd never be chilling or in the car or gym or anywhere for that matter, listening to anything Iâve heard coming from this device so far. Sure it sounds ok, and itâs interesting, butâŚ
Iâll be waiting, Iâd love to be proven wrong because while itâs not nearly worth $400, freeing up percussive tracks on my DT would be kind of nice and being able to mangle them more easily.
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