Sounds gorgeous. I think the S-4 is going to be endless fun and inspiring.
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The liâl tape stop at the end of that brief clip is what made me excited.
I checked their instagram, and it seems that some of their older reels may already have audio from this device, for example the ones with the cases. I wonder if the T1 video of the American beauty theme was also made sequencing this.
That seems very likely
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Important info in the description
Pre-order on the 16th of November
All my S-4 heads, stand up!
Will you be able to do 4 tracks internal sample playback AND external input audio / effect mixing?
Iâm mostly excited to see hardware support class compliant audio interfaces to increase the # of inputs: âExpandable number of inputs/outputs with class-compliant USB interfacesâ.
Iâm so deep into iOS that I donât see myself picking this up, but I could see this be an amazing upgrade for those who use the octatrack mostly as a performance looper (among other things).
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Never been much of sampling guy, but my experience with the T1 has me interested.
But what does this whole âTape Machineâ terminology actually refer to?
âTape Machine. Capture your surroundings. Use S-4 as a transformative four-track tape machine.
âtape-era workflowsâ
âStereo tape and sample playersâ
And whatâs the difference between a âTape Playerâ vs ordinary sample playback? Canât simply be some tape stop FX.
Iâm confused. 
My guess is that it will be somewhat similar to the op-1 workflow, where you have 4 audio tracks that can be overdubbed any amount of times, and each of them can have loops etc. Basically youâre working with audio instead of sequencing midi.
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To me this particular bit seems like it would be quite a simple sample player as you say, so Iâm guessing pitch linked to playback speed but maybe with some tape emulation thrown in for warbles, degradation and saturation, etc. Plus the aforementioned overdubbing and looping.
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Gosh, I think Iâm a bit to hyped for this device. I will probably be let down, but weâll see.
Iâve come to find that Iâm enjoying my creative output most when I puzzle sampled vocals/piano/guitar on the Octatrack. What Iâve felt missing from samplers is inter connectivity between each sample and or tracks (Assimil8or is treading slightly into that realm but not quiet), like audio modulating parameters of other tracks and so on, like a network of modulation which interact with each other, changing one parameter on one track changes parameters on other tracks and so on.
Reading the specs and especially the 20 modulators part has gotten my hopes up that this device could be it. Iâm probably reading too much into it, but weâll see. I will probably be one of the first to jump on this 
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more than anything meaningful, it sounds to me like a marketing parlance trying to capitalise on the (presumed) target audienceâs obsession with nostalgia. âtape wobbleâ wows and flutters some. fear and awe! 
I just hope this doesnât imply their algo ties speed to pitch, like tapes do. at least âspeedâ and âwarpâ are on two separate knobs, but who knows what the âwarpâ isâŚ
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My interest in this unit entirely depends on how advanced/easy the audio editing features are (the ability copy/paste clips, automate volume/parameter changes, etc.) and how good the FX sound.
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I suspect that audio modulating audio makes sweet spots much harder to find. I keep looking at A8r demos and threads, even though it is big and expensive and I donât have room for it, because of the possibility to have CV modulating CV (where much more control is possible) and the result modulating audio. I really doubt the S-4 will do much in the audio->audio area. Even the A8r features that can be classified in this manner donât seem to be used much (apart from FM).
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What is A8r
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Sorry, I guess it wasnât clear enough from the quote.
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I appreciate that this has a USB C port instead of USB Micro.
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Their T1 is USB C as well⌠
Do the makers know of this thread?
Cant wait for the official reveal.
Looks awesome. I want much more samplers