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My first 16 patterns. Hopefully a couple of them made it onto the machine. It's basically nanoloop 2 in a box ?

I created some factory content for it. Not sure how much made it into the machine, but there's a video that just got posted which shows someone scrolling through presets and I could see a couple of mine in there.

I didn't get that it was a dig at first, as I really do thrive in a limited environment.

Uh, yeah.. what else would it be?

I think that what most people don't realise is that an Elektron box that could do everything would just be super menu-divey and possibly downright hard to use. People have enough trouble with the OT, let alone something that contains more than that..

lol IMMINENT

I suppose I can say that I've got one now that it's leaked. It's good. Really good. Much deeper than it appears, you just have to do some tricks (much like the other Elektrons). I'll save the details for the video dump tomorrow, but I'm gonna defend this to the death, because the haters are wrong. It's actually the reason why I also bought the Model:Samples.

Ha, that elektronauts thread is ridiculous. Someone guessed it, but people have guessed every single possibility so that doesn't mean anything..

It's not 3 new things, they're just giving away 3 machines (not sure if it'll be the new one though) at the launch.

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It's got sequencers and an arpeggiator. Not quite a TR/Elektron style sequencer, but you can definitely make auto-playing patterns with it. That said, it's basically temporary pattern storage rather than something where you can store hundreds of patterns.

I'm starting to miss having a fkn OP-1, argh. I sold it two years ago for around half the price of what they are now ?

Yeah I need to do that as well. I've been going through old recordings and cleaning them up a bit though, which is giving me a reason to release that stuff. It's good to hear old things from a different perspective.

I'm so glad those videos are being shared like crazy. cTrix is really good at this stuff. Plus, my hands are in the first video ?

Yeah that's why I'm holding off for a while. I have a feeling that with a synth that deep, even with its extended interface compared to its predecessor, I'd probably end up relying on presets and/or my own patches wouldn't be very complex.

fucking hell "lol it's only $3 in components anyone could make it" isn't the kind of argument I thought I'd see here

I think my modular experiments are coming to an end. I decided at some point last year that I should either keep expanding in order to be able to make full tracks in a modular environment, or downsize to maintain a concise, single voice and/or effects/filter rack. I decided on the second option. It's about half the size of what it was at its peak and now I'm considering downsizing even more, maybe even to just my Intellijel palette case. Dealing with MIDI to CV has been the bane of my existence the whole time as well, and I'm getting a bit sick of it tbh. I think I'm just generally more inspired by the potential to exploit fixed architecture synths. (I still want the Wavestate, but I've cooled off a little)

As ridiculous as Robin's requests were, at the end of the day it was a bit of a dick move of Behringer to just go ahead with an exact clone of the Devilfish mod. I'm kinda done with this Behringer clone stuff now. I'm not against anyone buying them, but I personally won't be buying any, even after having my eye on the Neutron and/or Wasp for a little while.

What a surprise, now they're ripping off the Devilfish mod.. http://www.firstpr.com.au/rwi/dfish/behringer-unauthorised/

Well, it's not an exact copy of the 909 PCB. I can't remember where I saw it, but one of the Behringer clones is a direct copy of another PCB that is still on the market.

I guess the main reason is that Roland didn't make an analog and/or full size reissue. Given that Behringer ripped off another circuit design for the 303 clone (I think?) I wouldn't be surprised if they ripped off the Nava circuit.

hooray?

I've made some of my (imo) best stuff using cheap (or free) gear/software. I buy synths because they're fun to mess around with.

Yep.

Unsolicited advice: don't buy a new one. Big brand guitars (ie. Gibson and Fender) are overpriced for what they are, and have been for decades. For the price, you'd probably get more out of a nice condition (or even something a bit worn with character) second hand Gibson from the 90s or earlier, than whatever they're pumping out these days. Back to your original question though: I've played a few Epiphones and they're great. I have a $150 super entry level "LP Special" that I use as my doom metal guitar, it sounds awesome and is nice to play.