the NEW Elektron TONVERK just LEAKED!

Elektron has a new synth groovebox in the works. Here's a first look at the leaked pictures.

[@marsoblivi0n945]

We need a new monomachine! Same device but even deeper. Its all I want in this world.

[@Farold_Haltermeyer]

As someone who loves the A4 and Octa but found the 'takts all hugely underwhelming it's the form factor that is exciting here as it means less limitations and more evolved sonics...exciting stuff!

[@miserpresident]

It's hilarious that we can have such detailed photos of a synth/groovebox but generally have no idea what it actually does

[@SONWU]

Yes indeed…but it seems that these days leaks are quickly followed by official info…let's hope it's the same here :D

[@MrThecarrott]

If it's a looper/sampler with analog / digital engine INSTANT BUY

[@xrkalitza38]

​@@MrThecarrottmost probably it is all of those and most probably you already have all of those

[@o3rMeNs]

⁠​⁠@@MrThecarrottInteresting to me are the motion layer and mod matrix button. Plus it seems to have the source/machine button of DT2.

[@mrrafsk]

If it’s a DT and Syntak combined great. Wish it has adat I/O. But it we have x4 outs, I’m sold

[@DoctorNemmo]

Well, being an Elektron, I can already tell it will be a ton of verk to learn how to use it

[@leftmono1016]

Funny how we’re all different, I find the Elektron’ workflow’ really intuitive. Unfortunately for my bank account.

[@suntzu6122]

Nahh only OT is hard

[@Om_________ra]

Look at the Arrows button : FUNC+DOWN will be Sequencer Layer and FUNC+UP will be Motion Layer, interesting we will have now a sequencer page dedicated to automation not like the other machines where we have the trigs and the motion in the same layer

[@robertgarvansnyder4665]

right, huge departure of the single sequencer lane we are so used to.

[@moistpeanut5986]

"engine inactive" probably just means the final OS is not in it yet and the leaked picture is from a pre-release version of the OS.

[@fatradgie]

Yes, exactly. It’s annoying that everyone seems intent on manifesting a subscription model into existence.

[@sheateeley1]

I think any other speculation is kinda wacky tbh 😂

[@liquidsakura]

@@fatradgie the day they start making subscription based hardware will be the day my gas truly dies.

[@leftmono1016]

@@liquidsakura- completely agree.

[@2112jonr]

@@fatradgie That only happens if we're clowns enough to buy into it. It's flopped in the Roland world, no one wants to touch their subscription synths.

[@evianxlucy]

if this the digitakt x syntakt combo i’ve been wanting then im FLIPPING TABLES

[@o3rMeNs]

@evianxlucy Isn’t that just the analog rytm though?

[@Broyale26]

Prayers up for those poor engineers. I imagine that full-size SD card slot was a painful, difficult feature for Elektron to implement.

[@Lo-fi_Hi-brow]

I'm EXTREMELY excited about this

[@SONWU]

Same here :)

[@ByteSizedSociety]

"We can control that with medication." -DoctorBot, Futurama Yeah it seems to have a sampler or at least sample editing. I wonder if it's got all of the digitone features.

[@hasan7786]

Wavetable groovebox. Verk is a Swedish word for furniture. Furniture = Table. That’s what I’m getting from a 2 min google investigation.

[@kejo703]

No, my guess it’s more like a combo of swedish word for tone TON and half of the word for percussion in swedish SlagVERK so Tonverk. It makes sense because it’s a combination of drums and keyboard/synth

[@hasan7786]

@@kejo703 Ahhhhh, good call. Like i said, My Google investigation was about 2 mins.

[@tendingtropic7778]

a bit weird that there are nog light for the page you are in? could this be fake?

[@eternalsence3033]

Do you know what a prototype is??!

[@indeolok1623]

yes

[@UreksatheJade]

Could be

[@UreksatheJade]

​@@eternalsence3033 do you know what a fake is??? 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@Limbic1000]

Exactly

[@aikighost]

Syntakt + Digitakt in one box would be cool.

[@a1o1]

Everyone talking about merging of existing devices have no idea how business and marketing works - you carve out niches - you don’t nuke your existing lines

[@UreksatheJade]

And yet elektron does it anyway. Because people will slurp every bit of gear. It's not complicated and it's great for us, the consumers. Now you understand anyway 🙏🏿

[@2112jonr]

It doesn't work like that in the synth world. No amount of marketing bullsh1t will convince buyers to buy something that's crap. And often, more than one device is needed for different purposes. Which totally negates that kind of marketing think.

[@SixteenVoice]

Yeah, problem comes when more and more competitors say screw that approach making you look feeble, wanton and archaic.

[@Tripwelleverday]

The Digitone keys is literally the best sounding fm synth I’ve ever played can’t wait to see what they drop so excited will never give a dollar to Roland

[@firecraftQ8]

Roland need to use modern screen …. I hate using mc-101 because of the screen + hard menu combo that is too hard to remember

[@el_dani]

@@firecraftQ8already the Elektron screens are quite small, we don‘t mention the R brand here again..

[@damelos4039]

@@firecraftQ8 That's one of the reasons I sold mine. Too much menu diving on such small screens.

[@Tripwelleverday]

So glad I’m not the only one

[@lebronsinclair8012]

All I know, I’m not getting digitakt 2 until I know what this is….sticking with my PE tracker for now… if it’s a letdown, I think I’m finally just gonna go with the dirtywave M8. The M8 makers just been a lot more transparent, and honestly listens to community feedback. I think it may be time to finally support his device…

[@leftmono1016]

I don’t think this will be a Digitakt or Octatrack type box. I think you’d be safe with the DT2. The M8 looks like a nice piece of kit, but the only type of sequencers I dislike are trackers so it’s not for me.

[@lebronsinclair8012]

@@leftmono1016 I get that. I like to compose more than live performances so trackers ticks a lot of boxes. Elektron just seems drip drop features. It’s getting annoying. Akai MPC have proven it can be same in different formats and price points.

[@lebronsinclair8012]

@@leftmono1016 Do you think will get manual slicing on DT2?

[@leftmono1016]

@@lebronsinclair8012 - I think they probably will add manual slicing. There have been some huge updates in the past. Tbh, I’ve always used parameter locking of start points for what I do. Always throws up some unexpected results. Also use the old LFO trick for time stretching loops, again some unexpected and very useful results. When you’re parameter locking start points, it’s easy to add other parameters, bit reduction on one step, reverse, change envelope, filter, anything you want. Change sample even. Very creative. I’m a big fan, which is obvious!

[@e-conrecords4665]

It’s also the A4, Octatrack, Rytm form factor so I think it’s a part of their premium / top tier range. It almost sounds like a cross between a Digitakt & Syntakt. I’m hoping for a true wavetable machine in there this time around.

[@el_dani]

no it‘s smaller then the standard (OT) old cases

[@e-conrecords4665]

@@el_dani what makes you think I’m referring to the old cases. This looks like it’s the same size as the current models.

[@el_dani]

@@e-conrecords4665 no it looks like a form factor Elektron never did before, between the old (Octatrack) and the newer Digi-line.

[@inkajoo]

Hot take but I think it looks really ugly. The digi series with its austere minimalism was saved by its cuteness. This is neither cute nor interesting from a design perspective. Bland. It looks like a Roland. And the name by IKEA just sucks.

[@plutostube]

If is getting power just through Usb C then I think its not enough power for analog engines, this is a pure digital generator machine

[@el_dani]

PD power?

[@valuemastery]

we will see. USB-C can provide 100 Watts of power, which would be more than enough for analog.

[@JohannesLind]

I think it’s gonna be granular and focus on evolving sequences based on the fact that it doesn’t have sequencer pages,

[@RemeSmokesaplenty]

If this samples like a Digitakt, FMs like a Digitone, I'm preordering.

[@atommachine]

I will buy it if Arnold says it's name ToneVerrrrrk

[@Screenshot1015]

Need an improved digitone fm engine with more tracks, wavetable, granular, and chord engines. I’d guess the sd card and sample editor would be related to user wavetables and maybe short samples for drums

[@robertgarvansnyder4665]

I just don’t get why we’d need an SD card for this when Transfer exists, and the DTII can fit 20gb of storage on a smaller form factor. Unless it’s to keep price point in check by skimping on the memory.

[@Screenshot1015]

@@robertgarvansnyder4665 i have no idea why they’d choose it but frankly I personally vastly prefer importing things from the card to the hardware with my other gear so it would be an improvement from my perspective

[@braien25980]

FM synth sampling groove box🙌🏻

[@donaldpriola1807]

The color scheme suggests FM, weirdly. In any case, let's hope it is actually polyphonic. Feels like another greatest hits device, like the Syntakt, given that samples feel like they are an option here.

[@ukbloke28]

Dx7

[@AndrewJohnClive]

I just want an Elektron sampler that is polyphonic!😪

[@leftmono1016]

Would that be to use it as a synth for pad sounds/chords? The DT2 has 16 tracks, there are ways to access 16 notes via midi. Although I’ve not seen it done on the DT2, it definitely works on the original DT using it’s 8 tracks. I thought about getting the cable to do this, but realised I didn’t really need polyphony from the DT. Not for drums, vocals and the stuff I use it for.

[@AndrewJohnClive]

@@leftmono1016 👍🏼I have done this with the DT. And yes, I mostly use all my samplers for pad sounds and only sometimes drums. There is a Live plugin that can do this for the DT, but I need a computer for this. Coming from old Akai samplers, it seems like this should not be a problem for a modern sampler?

[@leftmono1016]

@@AndrewJohnClive - if you search for RK-002 Smart Midi Cable that allows you to use the DT polyphonically without a computer. I know what you mean about old samplers, I’ve still got a Yamaha A3000 which has a fantastic feature called Loop Remix. Automatically chops up loops and rearranges the chops within certain parameters. Sample the Amen break and you can spend ages creating new loops. But yeah that’s polyphonic too, as you say they all were back in the day. I think lack of polyphony is a function of parameter locking - this would be difficult with polyphonic layers of samples within a single track. Plocks are so useful I couldn’t be without them, and seeing how the DT was originally marketed as a drum sampler, lack of polyphony wasn’t an issue. Maybe an MPC is the best bet for polyphonic pad sounds? Although I’d probably go for an old Yamaha A4000 or A5000 with the bigger screen.

[@AndrewJohnClive]

@@leftmono1016 Thanks! I know this thing too. :) I still wish they'd at least make one or wo tracks capable of polyphony .

[@zmickeylangelo]

I guess whenever it does Elektron keep everything simple. Even if it’s granular. But I don’t see any traces of granular synth since we have something named drums. Guess it can be something with sample but like Chroma console from Chase Bliss with Elektron sequencer. Actually we had official announcement of digi 2 few days later after its leak. Maybe it’s gonna happen again Thanks for informative video

[@OrangeDrinkMusic]

whatup zmickey

[@zmickeylangelo]

@@OrangeDrinkMusic fine Drew I guess we starting our own podcast right here right now

[@Jaumeted]

"keyboard" on the left side when the rest of products have it on the right... ? let me doubt about this suposed "leaked" photos....

[@SONWU]

I still say this is real…people usually doubt these leaks. And most of the time they turn out to be real

[@MRTUNA]

Definitely a sequencer pure and simple

[@user-ze3nl2kc2f]

Good shout

[@RobotSnake]

So like EVERY Elektron. Way to go shaggy!

[@el_dani]

With drums, sounds, machines and sampling? (all on the faceplate)

[@UreksatheJade]

We have a genius here lads!

[@diego_fdez]

mpc killer?

[@SONWU]

Even without knowing what TONVERK really is, I'd say Elektron & Akai are just too different in their UI. Even if they had the same features, it's really about the workflow preference of the user.

[@lordg3803]

Mpc Killer? 😂

[@Tripwelleverday]

That’s the Octatrack in my opinion

[@StatetrooperBillyBill]

you cannot compare this with an MPC37 keys...the hardware alone is way better than this

[@marsoblivi0n945]

@@StatetrooperBillyBillit’s all about character and what it can do. MPC is always vanilla.

[@caleblaughlin8351]

How many tracks? Doesn’t seem to show. Or does it?

[@SONWU]

Underneath the first 8 steps it says AUDIO/MIDI…so I assume it's 8 tracks. The only question is, if it's 8 AUDIO + 8 MIDI tracks, or if you have to choose for any of the 8 tracks, it it's either AUDIO, or MIDI.

[@Tripwelleverday]

That’s the same as the Digitone

[@robertgarvansnyder4665]

@@TripwelleverdayDigitone has 4/4.

[@robertgarvansnyder4665]

@@Tripwelleverdaydigitone has 4/4 tracks, but 8 total voices of polyphony.

[@TomasDiez]

@@SONWU plus those drum tracks on the top?

[@el_dani]

A lot of sequencer interface buttons quite moderate on the synthesis side.

[@Sunnytalor]

Analog 8 + sample layer?

[@ryanabrams77]

Seems doubtful that there will be analog circuitry given the lack of venting at the bottom of the unit, but I am actually more excited to see what different digital machines find their way on there. I am guessing different flavors of VA, FM, Wavetable/sample based synthesis. Perhaps we will get our first Elektron granular synth!

[@SONWU]

I doubt it's got anything analog too. Which I don't mind. Multiple synth engines, as well as sampling (and slicing) would be great!

[@ryanabrams77]

@@SONWU elektron is so stingy with sample slicing! We can dream…

[@SONWU]

@@ryanabrams77 sadly, yes

[@Tripwelleverday]

It’s a granular groove box

[@2112jonr]

Digital's just as good as analogue. It's only dinosaur armchair snobs who think it's still 1986.

[@SKRDmusic]

pure bliss to be a 'synthfluencer' and see a leak pop up. That's some easy content for sure

[@SONWU]

I'd speculate with all you guys anyway…might as well do it in a video! ;)

[@SKRDmusic]

@@SONWU bet. Now let's hope we get a release soon..

[@kisho2679]

an Electronic sampler without the x-fader for scene blending?

[@mod-ern-ko-rea]

seems like a4 type stuff. also, weren’t mk2s of a4 and ot released same year?

[@el_dani]

Analog 4 had much more interface input options: 8 parameter buttons and 10 encoders

[@mod-ern-ko-rea]

@@el_dani true dat. a lot of people saying maybe digitone something or another

[@el_dani]

@@mod-ern-ko-rea maybe with different digital machines (with paying expansions)

[@robdechamber3973]

Two different Transpose buttons ?!..it smells fake...

[@UreksatheJade]

Then again if you made a fake, you definitely wouldn't put two transpose buttons. So....

[@shinokto3972]

Maybe something between digiton and analog four

[@vertigev]

It's kind of ugly

[@robertgarvansnyder4665]

Tbh I love the aqua/purple combo

[@el_dani]

Yes it is

[@leftmono1016]

It’s fugly.

[@alecsbuga]

Finally! They’ll sell like hot cakes if the price is right

[@bryanbytes]

Someone at the manufacturing vendor is getting fired tomorrow

[@SONWU]

Yes indeed…even got his own shoes in the picture. let's hope he doesn't care🤷‍♂️

[@jean-pierremartineau4136]

Or, it's a brillant marketing strategy. Generate a bunch of hype without giving out too much information. Also, it seems to be a new medium-sized form factor in between the OT and the DT...

[@bryanbytes]

@@jean-pierremartineau4136 possible for sure

[@pavilionman64]

Leaks are a powerful and cheap marketing strategy... Elektron seems very into that tho

[@jared-g]

more annoyed now that they still went with usb-b on the dt2 when usb c was coming right around the corner in the tonverk

[@2112jonr]

USB B is a robust connector. USB C less so. It's OK, but for regular use over a long period, I'll go with a soid USB B connector every single time.\C is still better than crappy micro USB that the Roland boutiques and others use though. Don;t even mention crappy 3.5mm MIDI, total joke.

[@avrilcadabra]

my eyes say the jack ports on the back are in B, in A , out ?, out ? , B / right, A / left

[@SONWU]

On top of the unit they are labeled as A-MAIN-B … C-OUT-D … 1-IN-2

[@famousarmystudio]

I think Elektron leaked these vaporware device pics to distract from the real new product or products they are ready to release. This just doesn’t have that Elektron final design aesthetic. Yes I’m aware of how prototypes work, but this one seems just way off.

[@leftmono1016]

Agree, it’s not a very pretty thing.

[@jordantheuser]

True

[@OrangeDrinkMusic]

just want to say hi to everyone before this video gets taken down, SONWU now 3 for 3 on leaks???

[@SONWU]

😂 Thanks for the support…I'm pretty convinced on this one!

[@OrangeDrinkMusic]

@@SONWU WU knows what it is!

[@el_dani]

Who should have the power to take down this video? Only thing would be the lawyers for Son Wus NDA contract..

[@OrangeDrinkMusic]

@@el_dani it was spoken in jest

[@el_dani]

@@OrangeDrinkMusic learned a new word, thanks 🙏🏻

[@YISHENG-xr9er]

DIGITONE 2 with special fm machines for drums Fm synth wavetable granular and open midi sequencer with i hope more than 8 voices polyphonie and 8 tracks in total plus 4 midi only with all the fx of the digitone and master fx as well all digital

[@UreksatheJade]

If it's real, that definitely looks like 8 tracks, 8 voice polyphony only. I suspect like digitakt 2 the tracks will be changeable to be either audio or midi.

[@oscilop]

If it's real then it will be the ugliest Elektron ever. Such a downgrade in design quality. No chance in hell I'm buying this atrocity.

[@FuZZbaLLbee]

Looks like they are planning on combining the DigiTone and Takt, into one device.

[@el_dani]

They wouldn’t release anything close to Digitakt that short after DT2 release.

[@ChrispyDubstep]

Wouldn't be anything like the Takt since v2 just got released. I'm guessing it's like an XL Digitone, getting a bit of Roland SH4D vibes too?

[@UreksatheJade]

Yep looks like. Not sure why people have selective memory on this, they do this all the time no matter how soon something else was released.

[@FuZZbaLLbee]

@@UreksatheJade according to chat gpt Here is a timeline of Elektron device releases: 1. **SidStation** - 1999 2. **Machinedrum SPS-1** - 2001 3. **Monomachine SFX-6** - 2003 4. **Machinedrum UW (User Wave)** - 2005 5. **Monomachine SFX-60** - 2005 6. **Octatrack DPS-1** - 2010 7. **Analog Four** - 2012 8. **Analog Keys** - 2013 9. **Analog Rytm** - 2014 10. **Digitakt** - May 2017 11. **Analog Heat** - 2016 12. **Digitone** - January 2018 13. **Digitone Keys** - May 2019 14. **Model:Samples** - February 2019 15. **Model:Cycles** - February 2020 16. **Analog Rytm MKII** - 2017 (updated in 2018) 17. **Analog Four MKII** - 2017 (updated in 2018) 18. **Syntakt** - May 2022 19. **Analog Heat+FX** - March 2023

[@Tripwelleverday]

What’s the slot on top of the sd card that’s not a usb is it

[@SONWU]

I assume it's a Kensington lock

[@Tripwelleverday]

What’s that???

[@user82938]

@@Tripwelleverday It's like how they have iPhones locked down in the store. Gives you an anchor point for a cable lock.

[@robertgarvansnyder4665]

@@Tripwelleverdayyeah pretty much every printer, shitty corporate windows laptop has one, you can insert a little lock dongle so nobody walks away with one.

[@LoopsDealer]

If this does what is speculated, it's gonna cost 2K at least 🥲

[@firstandlast4415]

keeping the sticky keys? 🙂

[@leftmono1016]

Sticky fingers make sticky keys.

[@sanapadsense1999]

Can the name inform us ? Tonverk-> Konvert-> Convert maybe ? 🤔

[@user82938]

Not sure if you're just joking, but you can just translate the Swedish to English.

[@robertgarvansnyder4665]

@@user82938Google just translated this as “tons of work”. But presumably it’s “tone=synth”, and “werk = workstation”.

[@el_dani]

verk would rather be factory in my humble language guessing

[@el_dani]

Verk would rather be workshop or factory in my humble language guessing

[@UreksatheJade]

​@@user82938somehow I don't think they're joking, hope they're young at least lol 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@tColorsinspacerecordings]

Just give us something Granular please!

[@SONWU]

Yes, please!

[@Tripwelleverday]

It’s stolen out a car

[@el_dani]

Stolen out of a stolen eBike from Sweden 😮

[@UreksatheJade]

Man has the right shoes to be doing a little light work like that to be sure 😂

[@OldAlley]

I wonder why they would not spend time on an OT mk3. That convo has been going on since forever and it could really use an upgrade. Overbridge, more I/O and flexibility.. I think thát would sell better this mashup idea, this feels like Elektron gear we already own in separate units..

[@leftmono1016]

Do you know that they’re not spending time on an OT3? I’m guessing they are, it’d sell a lot of units with better effects, more I/0 etc. like you say.

[@shatteredsquare]

the dudes who thought up and birthed octatrack aren't there anymore, and the code is spaghetti

[@Osckii]

All we want is real slice chopping. Lazy chop method or manual slicing like the Octatrack. If this device still doesn’t do this than we going backwards again . If it does than my digitakt 2 is getting sold the week the tonverk comes out.

[@user82938]

Definitely interested. Will hold off buying a Digitakt 2 until we know more.

[@SONWU]

I'd do the same…if there is enough sampling in Tonverk, I'll sell my DTII as well.

[@robertgarvansnyder4665]

@@SONWUthere’s no way Elektron would put out something with sampling features to compete with the DTII five months after its release. Their model has always been, moderate amount of overlap, but enough difference that the best solution is to buy them all. (Like, no MIDI on A4 for a long time, no MIDI arp on Digitone, etc). They know they still have more DTII units to move. Very curious what this is tho. Some elements (octave LEDs, lack of page indicators) suggest either a prototype, a fake, or a major departure from their design roots.

[@FuZZbaLLbee]

Probably going to be quite a bit more expansive than the DigiTakt 2, but let’s wait and see.

[@el_dani]

never get rid of your Digitakt 2 Son Wu, this is highly demanding for sellers remorse - but this leak does lower the chance to get more synthesis options (granular sampler!?) for the Digitakt and may even put far back the polyphonic development for the DT2 as Elektron is known for „keeping back“ overlappings.

[@UreksatheJade]

​@@robertgarvansnyder4665hasn't stopped them pulling a similar stunt before, everyone buys it up anyway soooo

[@o3rMeNs]

Would be nice if they made a complete device for once instead of devices that are good at one thing but not at another. Consolidate their pioneering into a single box. But it will make obsolete their previous products so this will never happen unfortunately.

[@leftmono1016]

All in one boxes are never that good. Always going to be a compromise.

[@leNotstrom]

Digitakt/Digitone Hybrid, i bet.

[@AlexanderCook87]

Is obviously a Digitoneish device thats why it has a green/teal button. I wish they would stop making grooveboxs we dont need 5 boxs that do the same thing.

[@UreksatheJade]

Doesn't matter y'all buy them anyway

[@leftmono1016]

They don’t really make grooveboxes though. Sure you can make drums on the A4, and mono synths on the RYTM, but thats not what you buy them for. Syntakt excepted!

[@firstandlast4415]

I see concept of Motion Layers and Sequencing Layers. Presumably, this means stacking patterns on top of one another for each track. Thoughts?

[@jean-pierremartineau4136]

The only way this is interesting to me is if it's all-in-one box: Drums, Synths and Samples. And with only 8 audio tracks, it better have 16 voices of polyphony. I don't need another single-purpose elektron device. However, I do want an all in one, pick-up and go box. Oh, and put a battery in it too, there's plenty of room in there.

[@ukbloke28]

Eh? You can sequence fx on DT. For even More control Per step midi loopback

[@steelcitysi]

I think this is Elektron's version of the DSI Tempest. A subtractive synth architecture fed by digital oscillators capable of playing back one-shots, loops, and wavetables.

[@aeko]

The colours (func teal/mint green and purple) look inspired by the DX7 colours. Therefore it is likely mixing FM and samples. Hope some analog is in there too...

[@Hhyperspace]

Probably wavetable and as for sampling I hope it includes granular too.

[@alexandrosroussos]

Interesting moves from Elektron, I’ve been ruling these out so far because of the barrel power, the inability to add content without connecting to a computer and the segmentation they’ve been doing on features/products. I will study the specs when it’s out. As a groovebox type device it will need to have things like sidechain and hope the sd card loading won’t require any helper software, just a browsable file system would be fine for me. I don’t like helper software as they are usually clunky and we then rely on them for the whole unit lifecycle.

[@granolakitti8521]

I was hoping for a machinedrum mk3

[@alexkell954]

What's that thing above the sd card slot?

[@0e0]

would be cool to connect other elektron boxes to thpse usb ports with overbridge

[@ilkeryasinyildiz]

Syntakt + Analog Four combination

[@Braunld]

you can do melodic and percussive work - extensively - on pretty much any of the newer Elektron boxes. aside from the rytm maybe? can't you make percussion using the digitone, a4, syntakt et al and vice versa (tonal focus) ... sure, people are missing sampling + extensive tonal & percussive synthesis. maybe this'll be a new OT lite (Daw'n a box), and there'll be no shortage of whinging about it.

[@SONWU]

You can do those things… but how convenient & quick is it to make chords on the Digitakt? The point of a groovebox is to get “grooving” as quickly as possible…not to find workarounds. Sure, It can be fun to find workarounds or work with limitations, but it can also be nice to have an all-in-one device that just does things in a non-convoluted way.

[@TechnoNates]

I say it’s Elektrons MPC

[@SonicVibe]

Finally a exciting elecktron box

[@darwiniandude]

Thanks for making this video! I don't own anything Elektron, and am not too familiar with their range, but they've all seemed to be aimed at a single method so far from what i've seen (drums, or fm, or samples) etc - I agree this looks more universal. Will be interesting to see more when they release it :)

[@SONWU]

My pleasure! Yeah, I hope they will make the one-to-rule-them-all device :)