Where is the DT2/DN2 update love?

[SalvaHH]

The absence of Midi retrigs or choke groups should be considered bugs imho

[Kubase1]

Ok, but they are not. Bugs are something happening that shouldn’t, or something not happening that should - not the absence of functionality.

[Kyunghee]

I also saw Sean Booth from Autechre mentioning that feature. Should be a no brainer.

[Kyunghee]

Page loop is great and but the machine doesn’t remember it when you leave a pattern, making it useless for composing and chaining patterns.

[unclejebb]

Its still a good feature for composing though. I can mix up the pages or switch between individual pages to develop the groove or idea im working out.

[Hawk]

@Kyunghee

making it useless for composing

Far from being useless, it’s been huge for me in terms of composition. One of the most important new additions for me, can’t imagine being without it now.

[warpigs330]

So for background I am speaking as someone who designs eurorack modules, so I generally take designers perspectives on things.

You are correct that these are basic requests. But the problem is that there is literally no end to basic requests, so the team have to prioritize, and no matter what some user’s requests are going to get missed.

I can make a short list of “basic” features I and others want from DT2.

Global sample volume adjustment
Normalization toggle
Sample zoom
Track layering
Track swap
Better midi polyphony ala DN2
Modulation envelope
Sample crossfading
Ping pong sample playback
Ability to modulate /sequence FX tracks
Midi arpeggiator
Audio Arpeggiator
Quantized recording start without having to stop sequencer
Adjustable number of steps per sequencer page

I can go on and on for days like this. These are very complex devices and they have a lot of people all wanting something a bit different. And every single one of those people can probably think of a list of at least 5 things that they really wish the device could do, many of them pretty “simple”.

Also there’s the part where “simple” updates to existing devices don’t do much to help sales, so there is definitely a pressure for the firmwares they release to have big features, rather than just quality of life stuff.

[Aevai]

This is where it would be nice for Elektron to have one of those feature request sites. People can submit/upvote different features. Would keep everything more organised and give objective data on what the most popular requests are.

[Pawelou]