Introducing Octatrack MKII

[Kari]

So true!

[Kari]

Yeah no promo at all. I would love to see Dataline showing off the new OT! But for someone like me who preordered the ot mk2 and don’t have a mk1, it’s extreme frustrating to not have a clear release date. (I need the ot for sequencing my external gear, without Sequenzer i am not able to make music! ) . But if elektron would secretly add some updates on the os i would be blown away!

[Stemshade]

Are there any clear specs for the mk2 or just elektronaut assumptions? Sorry, long thread

[Jameshenry]

Hyponothesis’s - educated guesses based on no facts

[Jukka]

For a brand new product you get the enigma of a blurred swirling buzzing videos. That wouldn’t work for a Mark II would it, especially since there are clear photos from three angles, and announced released dates. Fun to watch and ponder what is happening behind the curtain. It will be fun to see how they actually do the “we’re shipping” announcement.

[Jameshenry]

It would be nice to get one of the MKII’s I’ve ordered out of the 3 so I can get going. I know some of you read manuals ahead of time, I can not do that. I need the device in front of me. I’ve watched the Cuckoo videos, the guy is cool and all but I find his methodology a bit slow for me.

[Jukka]

Buying three! Way cool. For three they ought to send you a loaner MkI !!!

OK the loaner has a dent in the fender, but it will get you from point A to point B.

[Jameshenry]

I never get a break man, never won anything, and have never got anything for free. But it would be cool if they sent me a hat at least FFS

[Jukka]

Or a damn T-shirt.

[Kari]

Every thing we know about specs and release date are from here: https://www.elektron.se/octatrack-mkii/

[LyingDalai]

Digitakt vs. Octatrack

what little time I’ve had with the OT MKII

What the what what what ?

(DALEK mode on)

Explain. EXPLAIN !

Digitakt vs. Octatrack

I don't know. I think comparisons between the OT and DT in terms of workflow, just won't get us anywhere. They're worlds apart, as they should be, and what little time I've had with the OT MKII, gives me no impression it's taken cues from the Digitakt. I don't think it can, I don't think it should. The Digitakt, for all its jazz, is quite traditional, just the sampler game dressed up in a 2017 suit. No small feat, and I'm happy one of the best in the market did it. The OT is like Pandora's b…

[AdamJay]

Introducing Octatrack MKII

I actually had a go at one of these, just the other week. Quite an attractive upgrade, I'd say. It's amazing what a screen and a few lights will do to make you want something you already own. But yes, definitely a worthy MKII.

Introducing Octatrack MKII

I'd love to. What I'd say is that it's a very worthy hardware update, and it feels like something built to last for a long time still, and not a final iteration of a product that's fading out. Not that anyone ever said it was. As for workflow improvements, that'd depend a lot on what you use the Octatrack for. Like the versatile toolbox it is, depending on what you reach for, why and when, the MKII might change things for you, or you might not notice at all. I go mostly for recorder trigs and …

[redonyellow]

Where did you hear that? Link the source please. MKIIs are not out yet, that’s the reason why I ask, there is no way of knowing.

[AdamJay]

Where did you hear that? Link the source please. MKIIs are not out yet, that’s the reason why I ask, there is no way of knowing.

It’s in this very same thread.

It’s a mechanical upgrade, just like the Monomachine and Machinedrum MKII were.

Same buttons/encoders as DT, OLED screen, etc.

It runs the same OS as the Octa MKI.
No Overbridge.

Also on FB, and cross posted (again) in this very same thread:

Introducing Octatrack MKII

Seems the OS will be the same as the MK1. [image]

[LyingDalai]

Thx Adam

[andreasroman]

Yep😊thanks😊

[lemons]

That was three months ago. A lot may have changed since then.

If it was just a simple color change and new display, surely we would have seen some demos about it already (especially since it was supposed to come out in August).

[andreasroman]

I think the decision on what the MKII should or should not be, was made months before we even knew about it. And I’m confident Elektron hasn’t looked back since. They’ve been clear what the MKII is and also what it’s not.

I would imagine the MKII is about done and finished. It goes through QA, and they can’t do a Digitakt on this one and just ship it then fix it, cause the Octatrack’s been out for years, they have most likely thousands of Octatrak MKI users that will upgrade, learm the new machine in an hour and then put it to work in studio and on stage.

You can’t have the Digitakt scenario there, where it crashes and behaves and an update weeks later fixes about half of the first batch of issues. This is a pro piece of gear that’s worked its way into workflows and performances all over the world. It has no grace period. It needs to be rock solid from launch, or Elektron’s rep of shaky QA will take an even deeper hit.

Again, I’m guessing, but I think they’re looking for all the unknown unknowns still, and only because the MKII can’t be any less solid that the MKI. That’s their one and only focus. As it should be.

[Jimbo]

Hi - IMO, the best Octa video to watch is Ask Video’s tutorial with Thavius Beck.

[WeirdFishes]

MKIIs release dates are now updated again on elektron website.

So,
OT mkII: “Available soon”;
A4 mkII: “Available in October”;
AR mkII: “Available in November”.

I’m new here waiting so long for new Octatrack
Is “soon” better because means “soon” or is it worse because means “we still don’t know when”?

Love being here, thx.