Will there be Octatrack MK3 anytime soon?

One thing before I attempt to record a video, do you know how scenes work in Drambo?

If not, it’s basically the same as the Octatrack. You have a crossfader, and 16 scenes labelled A-P.

You can put a scene on each side of the crossfader, fade between, punch them in, just like the Octatrack.

In this case though, the parameters it changes will be MIDI CC messages, which control stuff in Ableton (CFLS, and Arpeggiator devices etc).

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anxious waiting noises

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is this out yet

+100 here.

It’s something i looked for in all other devices, but couldn’t get close to how effective it is. Also on its own it would not maybe be that awesome, but packed into a device like OT with all other capabilities and that sequencer its still best thing out there.

What i find interesting is that, not bashing Elektron here, but it is a rare sight to see that company has such a strong impulse/feedback from the community in terms of what they want to see next, but for years Elektron is not “willing” to give it.

I think just straight beefed up OT3 - pretty much the same thing but with 16 tracks, 16 buffers, more RAM, and with updated effects & timestretch would sell like a water at a chili eating contest. I have hard time understanding why its not here.

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I agree completely, it seems like an easy win.

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I am glad the TR-1000’s team being a big fan of this thread, while building their machine, decided it was best to keep it going. Thank you.

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I do wonder, if there were a modern OT with parameters higher than 128-step resolution, would it be too much compute for a crossfader with scenes? Is this what’s potentially holding Elektron back? If not, then what?

I’m thinking the ‘verk’ platform is going to be an integrated system (rather than discrete devices in the same form factor) that’ll end up offering more than the OT.

It’s the Bluetooth/wifi enabling and the 6x outputs that makes me think this.

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Given the differences in user interface and I/O I don’t see how.

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I dont expect it would be exactly the same. What would be the point.

I’m suggesting the next unit might be something akin to an expander.

I sort of think whatever it is it’ll be ahead of the curve of the user base imagination. Y’know… we bark requests for an OT2 (myself included) and they give us a whole new sampling platform.

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Perhaps, but I can’t see that working out commercially tbh. Seems like a terrible idea vs just making a proper box with UI elements dedicated to Dynamic Performance Sampler tasks.

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Maybe not but it depends how good it turns out to be, if im hitting the mark that is.

Basically I flipping love Toverk, it’s the bees knees and what im doing there is is still a little bit trying to shoe horn it into my OT2 fantasy :joy:

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Why ? Do you hear steps on OT ? It smoothes values, even with the crossfader.

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Not actually saying I hear stepped values and frankly forget if I’ve ever inspected if and how well it interpolates things like pitch or filter cutoff… Nor am I a developer so don’t know what processing implications a morphing crossfader poses. Just random pontificating over here!

I guess I just wonder why we are still left without a modern OT. Or why the concept of morphing or scenes haven’t been introduced on other devices. It would be killer on the DNII and TV.

On any gear !
There is the Intelligel Multigrain (Eurorack).

Concerning interpolation, once I used 32 values instead of 128 to morph scenes, OT interpolated really well (8 scenes assigned to crossfader with midi processing)

Bad example :
https://youtu.be/lf_DzWHNLfY?si=bQIlgtBAyhYSPDSN

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I imagine this is the wrong place to post this question, but is $550 for a MkII with Decksaver a decent price?

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Dropped from a lorry, innit?

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I have no idea what that means.

It sounds too good to be true.

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That is about half the going rate.

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