Just announced... elektron octakeys

TheRocketeer · 2014-12-04T17:57:09.000Z

knowing elektron though, i wouldn’t be surprised if the screen was 1x1 pixel lcd from texas instruments.

guga · 2014-12-04T20:04:55.000Z

if this would have been real, i would have seriously started to think about what to sell the first five seconds made me think though…
well, here’s something for Elektron…just chuck an OT in a black aluminium box and there you have it … and whilst you’re at it, that big black empty space on the left could be replaced with a tiny coffee table

guga · 2014-12-04T20:06:47.000Z

""Dom"":

This thing looks amazing… and the biggest thing of all… playing slices via keyboard! Velocity sensitive! Also, individual stereo outs for each 8 track. Plus, in addition to original 4 Octatrack inputs will be a 13-bit A/D input (E/F).

What we know so far…

128mb ram

62 keys, fully weighted.

Overbridge

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Price: TBA

…although i believe this is still a prototype…there’s a step button overlapping another one on the second octave

Dom · 2014-12-05T03:22:40.000Z

You all made me laugh especially mezz303’s first comment.

I didn’t think I had worked on my photo editing skills enough to be convincing. For real, TrabanT? lol.

A sampler keyboard would be cool from Elektron, though.
Name it SAMPL KEYS.

On another topic, anyone interested in weekly or bi-weekly beat battles?

filemono11 · 2014-12-05T08:14:41.000Z

""switchbox"":

haha…nice…but im rellay not sure why we need 2 tempo buttons??

first tempo for scene A, second for scene B

Allerian · 2014-12-06T02:43:21.000Z

Reminds me of that truly evil “april fools” we got from Elektron about the reverse-keys Monomachine SFX-6. I had money in my hand.

Veets · 2014-12-06T04:23:07.000Z

I heard the bass has been tweaked for the OctaKeys versus the Octatrack. Can someone who has both post a demo?

Dataline · 2014-12-06T04:38:02.000Z

""Allerian"":

Reminds me of that truly evil “april fools” we got from Elektron about the reverse-keys Monomachine SFX-6. I had money in my hand.

same here

Accent · 2014-12-06T06:02:05.000Z

I heard that Dataline will personally come to the home/studio of the first person to buy the Octakeys and give you a one on one lesson. After that, he’ll make you a bomb grilled cheese sandwich.

josker · 2014-12-06T10:52:36.000Z

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poonti · 2014-12-06T13:42:57.000Z

""josker"":

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Wow! I’d buy that in an instant! Overbridge button!! Transition Trick & Hoovers!! LOL, love it.

bolandross · 2014-12-06T13:51:47.000Z

""josker"":

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this is priceless

avantronica · 2014-12-06T14:20:44.000Z

""josker"":

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That coulda been real where it not for the d-beam, nobody in their right mind designs using a fecking d-beam

mezz303 · 2014-12-06T15:05:16.000Z

OMG when is this released???

I would buy it just for that Send Features Request button.

I love the D-Beam on my Vsynth. I don’t even care that I look like a dik when I’m using it.

Tornfrayed · 2014-12-06T15:09:39.000Z

Can we get a mock up of the rear panel? So many holes needing to be filled…!

Automux · 2014-12-06T16:02:09.000Z

""josker"":

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This is why I both love and hate this forum. That is actually a really good mock up. Damn, it looks like the unholy love child of the Octatrack and Rytm after the Analog Keys carried it to term. Damn you science!

zite909 · 2014-12-06T16:12:21.000Z

Looks gorgeous ! I like the idea of having a “transition trick” button, which would automatically sample the current pattern into a record buffer and set the crossfader to morph between the current pattern and the record buffer.

josker · 2014-12-06T19:59:58.000Z

Heh, Dom, hope you don’t mind me copying your idea – at first I was ‘oh no’, considering the commotion around the Octatrack lately, but then I realized it was actually a really cool thought experiment

Making the pic was a fun excercise, and highlighted the fact that the user interface is such a complex system – if you move one set of buttons a few inches, some button combos become that much harder, etc.

I also started to think about things that’d be nice to have. And some sort of randomization / humanize / variation settings would be at the top of my list.

Allerian · 2014-12-07T03:14:33.000Z

""josker"":

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Yes, the Send Feature Request button

Dom · 2014-12-07T03:25:05.000Z

""josker"":

Heh, Dom, hope you don’t mind me copying your idea – at first I was ‘oh no’, considering the commotion around the Octatrack lately, but then I realized it was actually a really cool thought experiment

Of course not!