What's next for Elektron?

Just saying… All’y’all Sanctimony sounds like a band I’d listen to.

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who told you that Digitakt is no longer in production?

it would be a decision made by someone with no business acumen at all

The Digitakt is not going away.

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Yeah, it’s a beast, the right balance between capable and immediate imo. And it sounds really great.

[Woman] What’s the secret, Peter?
[Peter] Naturally, I’ll say it’s the wine
[Woman] Mmmm, it does go well with the chicken!

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I could imagine a world where the one particular revision is actually being replaced with one that has non-softtouch buttons.

I just asked:

Why is so difficult to believe?

Nothing is forever… All companies evolve in their products offer.

Digitakt has joined now the legendary status of massive influencial products of Elektron that are no longer in production, together with the MD, the MNM, Octa OG or the SID.

Probably the most succesfull Groovebox of the last decade.

Edit - PD: I have just grab one for USD600 back in January, and I don’t mind if it is discontinued or superseed. I am just happy to have one.

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new hihat machine (UFO II but this time crisp) à la Machinedrum or completely new … something FMmy à la Monomachine for metallic percussion … something gnarly with a wavefolder … something that enables weird spectra (or crazy wavetables … MM Digipro?) …

Not that I am dissatisfied with the Syntakt … and just a minute ago I was closer to a 909 hihat than ever :wink:

Also since I recently had the problem that there’s no more row after 99, it would be nice if the song mode on the Digis could get more advanced features like jump, loop …

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Any excitement about anything that is not confirmed by Elektron is often met with a lot of consternation around here by hall monitors who hold the brand’s official line no matter what

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I just sold my black Digitakt coz I got a silver one. But now I kinda regret it.

I’m curious if they will keep the same Digi format or if they are designing a new housing / interface? Will they marry the Octa and Digitakt to make an all in one super sampler? Seems kinda weird that they would abandon mid level sampling.

yeah I think youre rightt, they’re definitely not abandoning it. Typically I would say just white screen and shortened logo like @warpigs330 and others but you might be closer with the octa hybrid idea, and I would imagine analog filter and drive in that mix. Or maybe new ceo said all these people want stereo digitakt I know you love your art and limitations but why don’t you do that, and they’re like the time is right its cheaper now anyway yeah well do stereo mk2 with white screen shortened logo. my speculation is its one of those three, at this point

When the Machinedrum was discontinued, Elektron made an official announcement by themselves :

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We are pulling meaning out of word choices from an email from a Thomann rep like it’s the King James Bible :joy:

The DT isn’t dead. Same thing happened when Ableton announced the Push 3 - the Push 2 was suddenly out of stock everywhere. “Discontinued” if you will.

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Seriously I hope whatever’s next launches with an implementation of user microtonal tunings. I use one Elektron, essentially for drums, and it’s great, but I would be highly interested in acquiring potentially any/many of the rest of their catalog that I could save custom tunings on, and thus efficiently use for melodic/harmonic work.

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Don’t ask who told me but I have an inside source. They will add sampling to syntakt within the next year.

They will also reveal a previously hidden feature where when you unscrew the right side it pulls out to reveal a crossfader and some other buttons (dedicated song mode buttons!!)

Can’t wait

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the disappointment when its the exact same thing with added fx and called Digitakt+ is going to be unreal

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Curious to know what the regret is?

I’ve almost bought the e25 ST a few times now and the only thing that stops me is knowing I’d be losing money just to sound exactly the same.

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I dunno really. If they’re killing it I feel I am, or should be, more emotionally connected to that little black box. Silly? probably.
The silver ones sound better!!! Obviously. :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

:joy: Understood and understood.

Back to my dilemma!

But if the digitakt is discontinued wouldn’t the e25 be way more rare? Or are you just saying for the sake of wanting to have the original model?
Edit nvm spoke too soon. I saw your reply