yes to all , though now theyre competing with other desktop devices and how that market has developed i dont think its unreasonable for some of the recent requests , many are not āquirky oddā requests , theyāre pretty standard ā¦ considering theyre lining up another few devices i hope theyre on a steep learning curve to ensure those are successful.
i dont recall having an issue with the mc202 though it was 20 years ago and i bought a kenton box for midi.
the avalon has a lot more options under the hud which makes it a little tricky with many key combo buttons , the screen on the manther should help , assuming it was going to show all the info (which is doesnt at the moment)ā¦ but when you try setting up a specific filter value , slide length , gate time on the avalong it takes a little while to get to grips with it ā¦ personally i never mess with some of it , just kept it simple with filter offset and some global tweaks).
there is a small but important difference with manther to much of the elektron machines.
e.g.
with probability , you select the probability you would like , THEN press the steps to apply it onto.
you dont select the steps (either singularly or individually) and THEN ā¦ select the probability.
this can be the same with gate length , delay , repeats ā¦ you select the value with an encoder and then press the steps you want that value on.
and glide is another method , you can record it in , i think hold the step and dial it in , but you cant select it as a step parameter (e.g. making step length longer than 100% to extend into the next step). Iād love them to add it to the menu system for each to have a graphical way to edit them (glide , morph , delay time , regen , depth).
and finally the quirky thing for me was.
if you record automation on a parameter , the entire sequence becomes fixed to that value , and if you want any changes you have to record those in.
its not like elektron in which you might ālockā in values on a specific step but on the others theyre still responsive to parameter movementsā¦ this was as instant āthat weird ā¦ ok ā¦ i guessā
in some terms its simple too , you dont have patches , you just have whats in the sequence , you can load sequence A01 and then select a bass patch ā¦ if you have a nice sound and you want another sequence , youāll need to copy it to another location and add the new set of notes that you want.
minor point for me is the how of moving around the menu system , iād like them to add the option of āback to main sub menuā by pressing the value button too , its minor but the current workflow is unintuitive sometimesā¦ dial i in a value and while you hand is also on that encoder press it to go back to the menu , instead of swapping to the other button to go backā¦ i know this is very much my brain getting into ui/ux designer mode and not something 99%+ of people care about or would consider being wrong.
so in general Iām kind of glad that others are reaching similar conclusions , either weāre all a bit mad , or Iām actually alrightā¦
as mentioned too , i may just sequence with elektron , seems a shame theyve done all that work when maybe a sound module mightbe been easier for them to do in terms of getting into newer synth territory.
interesting to find something where you think ā elektron are still ahead of the gameā with sequencing , despite all the calls for song mode etc etc etc (thats for another thread).
it should be way easier to learn than a 202 , that was 30 years ago , on a tiny 8 bit digital screen , saving to cassette tape ā¦ if anyone used that as a marketing tagline , itād be laughed out of the synth pool (or wherever synth people hang out)
