looks like Morningstar killer
Their website mentions a waiting list which you suscribe to. Then you will know if you can pre order something which has no price or estimated availability.
They might have communicated a bit too soon.
too soon, I agree.
same as Torso with the S4, a bad trend imo
but there’re videos which demonstrate a fully working unit/UI, so I figure it’s close to release
hope it’s priced somewhere within ElectraOne figures, and iirc the maker said it’s due this year
Who needs another MIDI controller for 500€?
Seriously, the Electra One has 12 knobs and nowdays all controllers do more or less the same, at least I never saw a revolutionary UI.
I don’t really get why MIDI controllers are sometimes twice more expensive than mini synths.
here I disagree. controllers are more (well, not less) important, complex and difficult to make than sound modules. it took me a while to get it. and look how bad most offerings are! the MIDI 1.x itself is/was bad.
ElectraOne was a breath of fresh air among the knobby ones, but v1 was lacking, so I personally look forward to mk2 to replace my Faderfox. the Mortrix seems like an endgame foot controller in many regards, but control isn’t just about knobs or switches. we need joysticks, touchy things and so on. but it has to be modern and inventive, like Tetrapad/Tete and Planar by Intelligel for example.
Are you speaking about components or developing?
That’s what I meant, if there’s no innovation regarding the UI, why one would spend the same amount than for a device that can do the same and that you can find cheaper on 2nd hand since it was released some years ago?
alright, so I didn’t get you at first. but still, it’s mad how long it took us to get to an ‘Electra point’, meaning to have a nicely designed box with enough encoders, screen and flexibility. same with Morningstar, the MC6/8 (not even the new Pro) line is still somewhat recent development, not to mention the Mortrix.
both I guess? their components must be physically robust and ergonomic at the same time, their code needs to communicate with the world in many languages, fast and fluid.
so I wonder the opposite: why there’re so few flagship controllers, esp.in our software ITB era? I’d say they should cost on par with normal, not mini synths.
Same goes for audio components I feel. Plus treating Audio data seems to need more evolved components than the ones to treat digital flux especially like MIDI, an old norm with minimal sizes of packets.
I don’t understand these sentences.
well yes, you’re right, at least when we speak so generally it’s hard to argue, audio and processing takes its toll too.
and maybe the answer (as to why there’s not enough controllers and the existing ones are so expensive) lies in low demand, not in presumed complications of production
I replied to you asking why controllers can be twice the price of mini synths. I argued we have to compare the flagship ones to ‘normal’, full-sized sound-making devices
The MC6 Pro gets shipped with a free MIDI box for black friday, if anyone’s interested.
Just want to send a “thank you” over to KMI Support for getting me going again with this SoftStep 2 after my botched firmware update. 