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No plans so far. It is technically possible, but making a machine takes a lot of work from both me and our DSP engineer Oscar who implements it on hardware (in assembler!) … So a lot of time has to be allocated for it and at the moment we want to focus on other things.
No.
Lots! This is always the case. I keep finding tricks on the Digitone every single time I use it, haha. It’s just how it should be with a well designed piece of kit. 
Sure, why not. I’ll try and find the time.
No, you can only mute tracks.
No, when the mix is clipping internally it just sounds like that. I guess you could call it ‘natural’ cross modulation since the energy of the frequencies on the tracks will affect the mix clipping differently, essentially interacting with each other.
You can achieve a similar effect on the Digitone and Digitakt, but you need to get it really loud. I usually do it by using filter resonance at max, that’s pretty much the strongest signal you can generate on those boxes.
1: I didn’t contribute to the Model:series design process much, but I’m fairly sure it was a decision based on the form factor (lack of physical space) and cost.
2: Multi-channel via class compliant audio is a bit tricky and CPU heavy, not sure if possible.
No, the Dist on the tracks (when you increase Volume to the point of distortion (post 70)) is a digital model not based on any specific hardware.
I removed the knobs (using a spoon as leverage) and then simply put the sticker on top, cut out the holes.
I’d buy the one I gravitate towards the most, which in my case is definitely the Digitone. From a purely spec/feature stand point I guess it depends on what you’re looking to do. It’s easier to do drum tracks on the Cycles with the six sequencer tracks.
I would really enjoy portamento, it was brought up for sure but I can’t remember what the issue was - most likely time. Working with teams on projects you always need to be very mindful about how you allocate your time and work, it’s unfortunately not as simple to say ‘let’s do this or that’.
No, but a multi-map feature like that would be sick.
Yes, many times. I got all the gear needed a while back but never got around to doing it. But just this week I’ve been encouraged to do it, but maybe in an unexpected and fun way, so hopefully I will find the time to do it very soon.
It’s described better in the manual, but basically it mixes in the first inversion then the second inversion of the chord - then the last steps are octave transpositions of the same chord.
Again I did not have much to do with the Model: series design from the get go, but in this case it has to do with how much complexity that would have added to the project and was deemed as out of scope for multiple reasons.
Short answer is: you can’t! Hehe, I mean what would have been the point of making the M:C otherwise? But you could probably get close with the Digitone in many cases. I think I’ll keep some of the inner workings a bit of a mystery, more exciting that way, no? Hehe.
You need to power the unit down by pressing the power off button, that way it saves the current state. If the power is disconnected somehow the changes made from the point of starting up will not be retained. It’s a limitation of the hardware.
Jon who came up with the Model:series concept/design wants to keep as few secondary functions as possible to retain the one-knob-per-function workflow and the immediacy of that. It’s a design philosophy behind the model line simply.