As writen, this function will follow in the first Update which is, following the discussion on discord, due for June. So if you would order a Torso S-4 tody, it might even be delivered with the newes Firmware-Update sometime in June or July 
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Out of the blueā¦
Weāre expecting your Rubadub parcel
I ordered less than two months ago
Same email from rubadub / DHLā¦
Looking forward to receiving it, and discovering what it is!
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Yeah got my DHL notification yesterday, apparently estimated to be delivered tomorrow but I think thatās ambitious given Iām in the US. Weāll see.
Looks like tomorrow is the day people will have it in their hands, would have me included except Iām not in 
Looking forward to some impressions.
Me too. Much better than baseless speculation and FUD. 
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FUD and FOMO, Scylla and Charybdis.
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Iām unfortunately disappointedā¦ Took delivery of the S-4 this afternoon, plugged it in - and the screen doesnāt work 
Powering it on and off seems to work ok so I guess itāll be an easy fixā¦ that involves shipping back to Denmark from the US.
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another one of those short videos we all love so much.
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S4 explorations: MOOD (mk1:)
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I kind of like it actually, mine arrived yesterday and been noodling. The 4 effect engines are great, I hope (or i guess already confirmed?) they will add more, i can already see that theres an option to select a different effect for each slot. The granulator is pretty flexible, the resonator gets some pretty beautiful results and the distortion is good too. I think especially the reverb and the distortion though would benefit from a couple more algorithms - but im sure it wouldnt be that hard to add some more reverb modes in the firmware. I would really like a kind of āampā type distortion in there. For the āresonatorā slot some kind of other spectrally transforming or vododer-esque effect would be great.
its simple to use it, i couldnt find the manual and didnāt watch a lot of clips about it, but everything is reasonably easy to grasp, took me a tiny while to find out that you can double tap a bunch of buttons to get extra menus, for example on the 4 effect slots and thats also how you adjust the mod sources
even though i like it, itā still pretty barebones though as others have talked about before, when you press the āperformā ātempā or āsceneā buttons, theres a ācoming soonā message on the screen lol. Built in mic is not very good but I guess useful for in a pinch, have had some fun with that.
price is a bit steep for what it is I gotta admit though. Hope they will cook with the firmwares, its already pretty good and you can very quickly make great collage-y, evolving stuff or design sounds, and itās fun, i see the potential in the s-4 for sure. Also the visuals on screen I find aesthetically very pleasing. The knobs are not the best, feel like they could have a tiny bit more resistance, feels a bit cheap.
So yeah, not bad, I donāt think this is worth the money with this current firmware though - needs the scenes/arrangement functionality, and more options for effects. Iām glad I got it though, I think it looks cool and its pretty inspiring, and I like that the overall āfocusā of it seems to be quick experimentation and sounddesign. can see myself making sketches on there away from the computer
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Try thisā¦
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cheers!
Lol idk why i didnt find it at first
It has only been online now for a couple of days, so you might have been ahead of you time and a little early .
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has anyone that has it tried it with the t-1 sequencer?
Just got my S4, but as soon as I have time Iām going to try it with the T1.
Iāll note that that the build quality is really good, but it doesnāt feel the same way the T1 does; the buttons are clackier like Elektron buttons, the knobs (regardless of being smooth) feel very different (might want to replace those with something with a little more grip), and the enclosure has a different texture from the T1, I think something similar to the original Elektron dark trinity style boxes, where the T1 feels more like a plain steel plate. Itās also slightly thicker than the T1.
None of this is bad, in fact most of it is good, but I was surprised because I sort of assumed they would use a lot of the same parts.
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Just received the S4 too (France for those interesting). Agree with above comments about the hardware, it is not in the same park as the T1. However, with a first mixed impression about the encoders for example, in use, they are really interesting, mixing precision and reaction depending on how you turn them, pretty good feeling.
Just tried it a few hours (not with the T1 for the moment sorry) and the first important thing is how smart is the overall interface. Everything is logic and smooth, you donāt need the manual at all to start doing really good things. The screen is delicious, everything is clear and well thought.
Something missing from this first contact?
- I wasnāt sure before meeting it but yes, slices would be great indeed.
- Maybe some kind of zoom functions, just like on the 1010Music Blackbox, that would improve the overall flow.
Overall, canāt wait to turn it on again!
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any insight on how the playing feels WITHOUT a midi controller/sequencer?
is it playable in a useful sense even without, just being clock synced to a master?
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My first time noodling around with the S-4.
The sound and ergonomics are great. The operation is super intuitive. You only need the manual in rare cases.
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