i cant imagine this was ever the plan and I’m sure / hopeful that elektron have learnt the hard way (even worse than when they launched rytm/analog4/etc etc).
its definitely had an impact on my expectations of any new product they launch , this is the 1st one i bought day 1 , its unlikely to happen again.
however , it is the box i use the most , even with rytm/analog4/nord and lots of other equipment.
it could’ve been worse , but that would’ve spread around the net more quickly and i doubt anyone would touch their equipment…
i only hope that any external deadlines that pushed for an early release have been noted and the dev team get time to further develop their products before street dates/financial needs etc start to hit them.
the only ‘celebration’ i have is that elektron are a little more engaged in communication and things are just running a little late.
i hope the new OS is bug fixes and new features (even ones that overlap with other expensive hardware) , it couldn’t take this long to resolve a few bugs surely , its not like they’re developing a pc/xbox/ps4 game with 100’s of developers,artist,qa,audio and multiple hardware configurations which often need bug fixes on day 1 … there is serious money,logistics and time requirements to hit day 1 , this is small scale compared to that.