I can’t see why this idea of a drum synth or other new synth in the DT format is so unlikely. It seems pretty clear that they’ve done great business with the DT and DN and if that product line is working for them commercially then why not expand on it? Good business sense, no?!
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I’m personally not a fan of the new paradigm:
No kits, limited sequencer feature set (ie. slide/ accent/ mute/ no direct jump, etc.), no FX track, etc.
If you’re going to insist that the absence of an FX track is easily ameliorated via MIDI-loop, I’m going to insist you give us internal routing options, so we don’t have to waste a port. 
What I want most is a bigger analog series style digital synth.
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agreed. the DT and DN are at the price point of “I can just make this work, and could never afford their more expensive products” for some people, and “eh, I love their other machines already… might as well give this a shot too!” for others. either way, win-win for Elektron.
It certainly looks like it. It would be cool if it also meant a cheeky wee firmware update for the Digi series. Like a few more filter types or an extra LFO per audio track for the DT.
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Would love to see a mkii A4 keys with 6-8 tracks and polyphony
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Does this Naut know something? 
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my brain is bubbling.
- perhaps updates to the pickup machines?
- small digibox mixer with crossfader/updated OT FX block/scene system (zzzz everyone has predicted this)
BUT BUT WHAT IF
we get an octakeys with more inputs/ob in the analog keys format
Octa-fans would not be pleased with an updated release so shortly after the mk2 release.
If this tip is legit, it’s probably an OS update
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yea the backlash would be pretty bad from mk2 owners. the hype would also be unreal. elektron’s updated version of the emu emulator would make me pee my pants
Supriiiiise it‘s overbridge for OT 
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I expect a better sounding and more logical ot, maybe 16trck
More like ableton clip mode in a box
Midi out, stereo sampling, joystick in stead of xfader
Mk2 form and color
Usb in from a4&ar mk2
1800€ 
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Exactly what i was thinking Ryan! The OT MkII is too recent so they’re unlikely to drop it so soon.
BUT if this ‘something new’ was far enough away from the MKII so that they continued to sell that, then this new Octatrack item would work. For instance a Keyboard Octatrack. Or a Octatrack mini – but then Digitakt user might be upset.
I don’t have any info on future Elektron stuff, but this is a speculative prediction thread.
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It would crack me up if OB arrived fully working on the OT but there was a further delay on OB for all other devices!
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A very strange universe that would be. “We’ve dropped all development of Overbridge, except we now have it on the Octatrack!”
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Not gonna happen, OB2 will be out for all capable devices
Taking bets
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I know that absolutely, that’s why i put this all in a “very strange universe”.
But how about a eight channel audio interface that hooks to OB?
I’ve only had my OT2 since last September, but I wouldn’t be bummed if they did another version of the OT. Companies gotta keep moving forward and improve stuff. I don’t see it happening so soon, but I wouldn’t know. I’ve certainly dreamt of a ‘super OT’ with more/better effects, higher track count, updated/increased storage and maybe some synth machines and I wouldn’t want it in the digi form factor. Lots of folks seem to feel the mk2 form factor is ‘way too big,’ and that’s cool. I personally love having things not so crammed together. The DT is the perfect size for what it does, but I like the mk2 machines more.
I don’t envy a company who has to get such wildly varied requests coloring their design decisions!
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I’m not sure I understand the concept.
With OB you dont need and interface
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Me neither, and since OB is a plugin, it doesn’t require an aggregate or input selection