Soooo, whats next for Elektron?
I guess Digitone II
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Maybe they are planning something in the near future that will blow my mind. Cheap Digitakt 1’s will be hard to pass up. Might have to get one again. I like that you can play the Digi while looking at the waveform.
Have felt this way since v. 1. Like looking through a keyhole compared to the old style boxes. Not for me. 
On the other hand, an Elektron MIDI Sequencer with no audio or synthesis functions might make sense in this format…
This are just more rooms inside the Tardis… 
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300 dollar MK1’s? I might bite.
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since you can use dt1 projects on the dt2, you could use the dt1 as a couch/café/train/forrest/park synth to start ideas and then transfer them to the dt2 that is connected to your whole desktop system
or you could place it in your office, atelier or at your partners house to be able to have a jam satellite
or you could finally not feel bad for (under)using it for one particular thing like drums or midi control/modulation
you could bring it to jams and don’t feel too horrible when someone spills beer over it
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Timestamped cuckoo video. Some interesting stuff he reveals here about the DT2. Allegedly what is under the hood is already the “new generation” of hardware that has been speculated on in this forum. He didn’t go into technical specifics but it sounds like this is the first Elektron box that has been influenced by the Rust hirees that Elektron was looking for some years ago. Whatever is inside this box is probably a lot more computer-ish than the OG DT. I suspect there will be some very juicy firmware upates in the future. Will be looking forward to someone opening this this up and showing the innards.
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For those who value the ability to recall an exact performance, sure.
I’m fine losing tracks that will never be released 
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Well I timed my purchase of a Mk1 very badly. Ordered 2 days ago. Arrived today. It will be going back, but I still think the Mk1 has legs and I can’t see the used price crashing hugely, certainly after a while (although I’m not prepared to risk it hence the return).
Assume there will be a Digitone mark 2 at some point. 128 steps, 8 tracks, deeper sequencing options… would be very interested. The 4 track limitation (despite p locking) is my biggest issue with the Digitone.
Syntakt is interesting. Feels a lot ‘newer’ can’t see there being a mk2 for years but wonder if the sales will be impacted by this launch. I was in the fence between a DT and ST, I think in the same position now I’m plump for the Mk2 DT if I was split. Unless some of the features can come over in firmware??
“Easy to program, easy to update.”
That’s good.
what I really like about the OT is the fader. such a simple, but great tool for live performance. this is one reason for me, that the dt2 update is not a total OT killer, like what cuckoo said in the past
the update is very well thought out. im curious if there will be another dt1 update, that adds a few of these new features, that seem like they don’t use more cpu. but I’m not familiar with the tech inside
would be great to get the ui updates, the euclidian mode and the chorus effect
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What’s next for Elektron: Hexatrack
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How will this stand against AR you think?
Hey does anyone know if this thing has page loop? I haven’t seen it mentioned once.
With a 128 step seq that seems like a curious omission. Especially since the AR has it.
It has it
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To me, what this also implies is that the DT2 will be a much more general purpose device than the DT1 ever was. Before now all Elektron devices have been very purpose built with great focus in mind. Definitely part of that is just design philosophy but I’m sure processing power and its limits have also played a part in that. Interesting times ahead.
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Well alrighty then.
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Check loopop video 16min mark. Showcased there.
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no comparison imo, in fact, I think the gap between apples and oranges have grown, sure there’s some overlap in performance with the page loops and kits but otherwise two different machines.
I’d love the trig modes on rytm that’s for sure, it would make whole lot of sense. and compressor routing.
but without synthesis, proper performance mode as in macros/scenes I’d still lean towards rytm.
Lol all of my hypothetical naysaying when I first saw this thing was also already implemented by elektron 
