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Cenk has been quoted as saying that such things as midi seq were omitted on the AR so as not to waste cpu and take “away processing power for the more exciting things that are lined up for it.”

So who knows what they have in mind.

I reckon the sample playback is more than a mere bonus add-on feature though, the specs describe it as ‘an ingenious sample engine’ - so a core part of the AR, and may be open to new features.

Would like to see how extensively the drum synths can be tweaked; the more features the better as I’d like to be able to push far beyond ‘conventional’ drum sound ranges. The LFOs might be a little lacking(?) but who knows yet.

I too like the idea of some independent eq/filter on the sample alone before combining it with the drum synth … however best to wait and see how it all plays out first. Possibly it isn’t technically possible given the signal path.

Not sure about layering if I understand it correctly; a single sample per track works for me, though being able to map samples vs pitch/velocity within a track would be great. I’m guessing a sample will be choked off by the next hit within a track?

There seems plenty of scope for more features that don’t encroach on existing elektron machines. It’ll be interesting to hear what people are asking for once they’ve had a few weeks use.