yes the effect-stuff is fun but a lot of basic things are missing. but it’s a cool effectbox. will become a full song creation machine hopefully with the next firmwares.
that’s certainly interesting, but not the common experience
I am not sure what country you are in but in the States its $150 more now
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The (auto sampler) multi-samples consist of a TOML metadata (.elmulti) file which directly references the WAVE file by name. (Some additional details in the Tips & Tricks thread.)
I very much approve of the melty face animation on the drop outs effects.
yeah, that one’s my faves as well. Elektron has even made a merch T-shirt out of it
Got it. I feel 100% out of my depth, but equally, wow I can totally see what the fuss is about with both this and Elektron in general. So far I’ve managed to make a basic pattern routing the FX, and just seeing how I’d chop stuff and all the other things commented on in here. (Also a little bit of perform mode because c’mon…) Think I’m gonna hang on until I’ve made some junk with what’s on the card while I learn, (nice sounds btw) and then load my own stuff on and get cracking I know the way around a bit better.
Tonight is a lot of "wait… what?.. opens manual. As it should be.
Slow and steady… 
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Welcome to the party 
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Someone just bought my OTmk2. No going back now! Although gotta be honest, I may have had couple of head scratching moments over the new workflow but at no point have I felt like im fighting it or it hates me
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Mine arrives tomorrow. Never been more internally divisive about a music gear purchase. I know it’s new and unique and know it’s somewhat incomplete. The world is better with Elektron continuing to thrive so I support them but honestly sick of the product segregation. Wish they’d make a true groovebox for those that like a minimal setup. Price it like an OP-XY if needed but throw the kitchen sink at it.
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the latency issue is also on the loopop video
the problem can’t be addressed by changing the sample start point bc that functionality is not available
so um it’s a multisampler that is currently unable to effectively multisample?
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same here, bought in Europe at the big bad Thomann so 30 days to try if it worth it
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This is concerning because it’s midi based auto sampling. I wonder if there is a latency difference between usb midi and 5 pin
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wow so it’s possible that the multisampling latency can’t be fixed by firmware?
has elektron communicated with anyone about this?
So it doesn’t have multi or hi pass filter on busses right now, correct? That’s a real bummer as I’m a dumbass who always wants to bring stuff in and out with a hi pass. Too many letdowns adding up so far when I get into how I’d actually want to use it.
yep unfortunately. but another 2h later I just have to say that this machine is sooo fun with the buses and effect possibilities. I will forgive everything if they fix it soon 
I opened tickets for all issues and I hope everybody else does too.
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You can use Dirtshaper’s high pass. Some of the effects available on different track types seem a bit arbitrary and hopefully they’ll open them up a bit. I guess some are restricted to sends as they’re CPU heavy
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In the EZBot (@mpiecora) video, he’s using a « test » before multisampling. Does that help?
I wonder if they addressed these concerns if people would start calling the TV a daw in a box though… sometimes it seems like people need the instrument to fight back before they can feel like it’s an instrument… on the other hand computers mess up and fight back all the time but people don’t feel like they are instruments
I don’t know Anigbrowl, I’m just listening to what you’re sayin and thinking what I’m sayin 
I made a promise to myself that this will be the first and probably only Elektron beatmachine that I never make a single feature request for… just see where they go day by day, but for me this is only possible because of the DT2 and MPC
Got my TV this morning, here are my first impressions as someone who never owned an OT, but owned a DT, ST, DN, DN2, MD:
- TV is modulation heaven. If my math is correct, there are 128 polyphonic track LFOs, 128 FX LFOs and 64 modulation envelopes in the tracks, plus 8 LFOs in the Buses and 6 in the Sends. So A LOT, enough for any project I can think of, and I was among those who always found the LFO count lackluster on other boxes.
- TV is also FX heaven. Again, if I’m counting correctly, a single sound can go through 13 FX, which are arbitrarily available on some tracks and not on others. I think Elektron has been somewhat lazy in the development of effects: many of them are just rehashes of the effects from other boxes renamed to look cool (Panoramic Chorus is just the Elektron chorus, Supervoid Reverb is just the Elektron reverb…) - Some cool new FX thrown in there, but I think this box needs a lot more FX choice… which brings me to my next point:
- Since there are lots of routing options and the onboard effects are slightly disappointing, this box calls for external effects. To do that, you have little room: one stereo, or 2 mono send & return. That’s not a lot of I/O compared to the amount of buses and sends! Perhaps it will be possible to route audio through USB in the future?
- The box is perfectly usable standalone, but really wants to become part of your setup, and I think it’s reasonably capable in that regard. For example, I can easily see myself using it along my Eurorack, as a sequencer for some modules and using some of my eurorack fx as sends. I have not set that up yet but I think I could get it running in less than 10 minutes.
- The sampling engines are designed to do something different than a DT. TV right now is more like a polysynth with high-quality multisamples as the synthesis engine. I quite like that. Sure, it could have slicing and timestretch, but I’m not sure that’s really the point of the device. Time will tell if that comes in an update.
- Quality of life is greatly improved with USB-C power, SD Card, keyboard, and a definite shift towards the workflow changes that have taken place since the release of DT.
Overall I like this device a lot, but I must say that I don’t think it’s for everyone in its current software version. Elektron shamelessly includes a little note in the box that tells us to look out for future updates. They probably have 1.10 in the works as I write this, and I’m sure it will address some of the issues people seem to be having with it.
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