The layout of Moonwind and the FM synth is really bad, so much unused space and weird placement of knobs and displays.
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yeah if only they can improve the UI and sequencer right? I love Jomox sound but the user design is atrocious!
Yeah I love mine but I usually sequence it with something else. The freezing is pretty shocking as well.
Honestly, I donāt like this new screen and the add of more buttons, they doesnāt match with the vintage aspect of the front panelā¦
There is no new features on the MK2, just few direct access buttons, but itās already work pretty well on the MK1, and I found the workflow really good personally. The sequencer is basic, like any classic drum machines, itās not an Elektron device, and you can use external sequencer with separate midi channels.
Donāt care about a bigger screen, but it seems there is some improvements on the pan circuitries (bleeding issues I guess), and independent output for headphone. I wonder if it will be possible to send my actual MK1 for this little improvements (these are only a few more components), I know that Jurgen had already made hardware updates for Sunsyn users, so it seems quite possible to me.
I am not interested in the MK2 and I am very attached to my unit that I just find prettier and more natural.
For the rest, the OS will remain the same on both versions, so they will receive the same updates (improvements to p locks to come, especially with 3 p-locks per step against 2 actually).
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Any of you guys sequencing the Alpha Base with an external sequencer?
Iām just asking since I just acquired one, and being used to the Elektron sequencer and working ITB, this just feels a bit painful to program 
Small things like how you set the p-locks, and the fact that you can only p-lock one parameter per step, and the p-lock KIT/SEQ page only shows CC numbers, not the actual parameter name.
But the sound of the machine is amazing! So Iād really love to be able to use it.
So Iām wondering, since weāre just dealing with CC numbers, it has to be a sequencer thatās better suited for p-locking complex sequences than the built-in one. Maybe some Elektron devices or something ITB (I have a hybrid setup with Ableton, Push, Elektron boxes and some midi synths).
Octatrack comes to mind, but I donāt have it anymore. Just have A4 and DN. And ITB I use mostly Stepic.
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Man I wish I could just mash together an AR and the Jomox. The AR performance features and the sounds of the Jomox would make the best drum machine in human history!
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Iāve sequenced it with the DN before. Nothing fancy didnāt do any cc p-locking, just chromatic stuff. Works great channels 1-11 handles each voice accordingly and channel 16 does every voice mapped out by four key increments. Example c-b# will be the kick e-g will be Mbrane etcā¦
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Iāve not used the Alphabase but Iāve sequenced their Airbase lots with a Cirklon.
It responds really quickly to incoming MIDI, noticeably faster than the Roland boutiques/ Vermona drm mk3 I was also sequencing lots at the time. So I imagine the alpha base will be as good if not better.
And can p lock away via CCās. Wonāt be quite as tight as internal sequencer of course as incoming MIDI is always serial.
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Great to hear, youāre the second person to mention the Cirklon sequencer to me in a single day, I might just look into that one.
Iāve started to get used to the internal sequencer. But what Iām mostly missing is to LFO some parameters. Or to run a polymeter / polyrhythmic sequences on a parameter, to get more complex and organic sequences going. Love doing that kind of stuff on f.x. the A4.
I sequence the Alpha Base with a Hapax. It works well.
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And what are you sequencing, just the triggers or parameters as well?
Generally Iāll sequence mine with a Cirklon or DT.
I like using the Digitakt seeing as obviously youāve got the 8 internal DT tracks as well for extra messing.
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I have no experience with the Cirklon. But I have both the A4 and the DN.
So you rather want to sequence from your DT you say than your Cirklon. Why do you prefer that? Iām just a bit curious about the Cirklon.
Are you able to send out f.x. LFOs to parameters?
I wouldnāt say āpreferā, necessarily. With the DT everything is just really convenient in terms of using sounds from the Jomox and the DT together. Iām more used to the DT so maybe itās a muscle memory thing.
The Cirklon would be the one for modulation, if thatās your thing. Check out Aux Events Accumulators in the manual. Many possibilities.
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Would you easily be able to sequence all the channels, and do parameter locks as well? (They are sent as CC messages)
How about sending LFOs?
Iāve been doing this with my Digitone, but itās limited to 4 channels, and only 1 LFO per channel. Would love more channels and more LFOs 
Did any of the workflow frustrations that people have reported get improved with the MKII version of the Alpha Base? Are people who bought it happy with it?
It does not exist yet.
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I guess i had mistaken an update for a new version.
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Mark 2 will be released in October.
One cool feature which will come at some point is modulation of panning 
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Can be pre-ordered:
https://www.jomox.de/shop/product_details.php?lang=de&cur=1&product_id=66&product=alpha-base-mk-ii
1699ā¬, delivered in October 
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