OK, my math was slightly mistaken.
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Phase 7 is gonna take a while, but no worries, Octatrakt will keep everyone busy until then.
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The new T-shirt design seems to imply that the Syntakt is the last part of the “digi trio”. I wouldn’t hold them to anything from a T-shirt, but I think either another big box or a model are in the pipeline.
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Overtrack
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Maybe its a sign they will work more on firmware updates!
They’re not mutually exclusive
So every Band-Shirt showing the cover of the current album says to the public: Hey, this is our last album, because, if we release a new one, that would deprecate the t-shirt?!
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Well I did also say that a t shirt might not necessarily dictate product development, it’s speculation. But reading is overrated!
Also a better comparison would be a “complete works” t shirt. An album t shirt would be a Syntakt t shirt. Metaphors are hard.
This. An Octatrack that is an Overbridge host. Keeps audio in the digital domain, becomes less limited by how many A/D converters & analog inputs it has. & can record straight to storage medium.
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i’m actually very surprised they haven’t released an Octatrack successor - even if they didn’t totally replace it with a newly designed product, a version with Overbridge i thought was a no-brainer…
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If they offered an unlock code to enable sampling on the Syntakt, for example - at a reasonable price - would that work as a model? Talking of it as a basic concept of extra features for those that are willing to pay more. Appreciate there are pros and cons for this approach, including whether it fits company ethos morally, etc.
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I really feel that everyone with hopes of another flagship will only be disappointed, at least for a few years.
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I think they play things safe now so we will never see another Octatrack which nearly does everything. Products now seem more strategically placed feature wise.
I hope they file for a new trademark soon!
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Maybe, but I don’t think it’s absurd to expect a new big box sampler that may have (some) OT functionalities.
I’m not sure, but it seems that there’s a lot of demand for something like an upgraded OT. If there is, I don’t know why they wouldn’t think about it.
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Hopefully a monomachine inspired syntone and an Elektron daw controller and vst software that brings the Elektron workflow to the daw
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Like Overbridge without the hardware part?
Yes a controller and vst sequencer for either their own plugins or existing ones, where you can parameter lock your entire linear arrangement in a daw arrange window
That seems suicidal for their gear.
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