Main point was mk2’s arrived in 2007 not 2010…
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Yes and +drive a bit after… yeah yeah i see your point
(MKII was 64 steps against 32)
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Interesting how long they kept producing mnm and mduw after 2010.
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sweet, thanks.
I’ve been PM-ing another elektronaut earlier today about exactly the same thoughts as you have on “the new studio/tilted Trinity”! 
I think a completely new device will be introduced, (roughly) the same form factor as the ARmk2 / A4mk2, and indeed tilted, which functions as an FX box / mixer / live sampler. Hence all the individual outs on the ARmk2 and A4mk2.
To be used both in the live & studio product lines (a tilted mixer in the middle of a DT & OTmk2 looks good, as will it in between an ARmk2 and A4mk2).
Since the ARmk2 sampling-wise will probably be the same as the DT, what’s missing from the OT concept is live sample mangling. The “DigiBlend” fills that gap!
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What are you talking about?
I just sold my house and all my shares, and bought the remaining A4 mk1’s worldwide.
My wife thinks I’m nuts but she doesn’t write beats.
I’m gunna be rich 
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Buy low, sell high.
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That’s only one of many other possible answers. I think it’s pretty unlikely that there’s nobody on the software team that can even touch the OS. It’s not written in hieroglyphics …
There’s a multitude of other potential reasons as to why more digital outputs may not have been added. CPU could be maxed out, there might not be any more IO pins available to drive the DAC, etc. But unless the hardware designers tell us, we can’t know.
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Looks shall change, but functionality and features should stay the same. Better logic?
Yeah I don’t think 2nd hand prices will go crazy or anything.
But Thomann’s current deal of €899 is killer.
I’d highly recommend any prospective buyers jump on it straight away.
Maybe Thomann know something we don’t ???
Perhaps they have been told that this is the last ever run of MK1s ???
Of course it’s the last run of mk1, as mk2 is coming out.
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no
While that probably is the case. It hasn’t actually been said. Unless I’ve missed something
The best would be if the new box used USB to host all the other boxes, which is how the MX-1 works with AIRA gear so well.
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This has been already stated about the octatrack mk I. I am pretty sure a similar announcement to the analog mk I’s is just a matter of time.
That is basically what happened here though… Same sh*t, different day.
I guess I don’t follow. I’m not interested in the RYTM MKI after owning it twice, but I find the MKII way more appealing because of the new design with OLED screen, new buttons and encoders; but most imortantly, the ability to sample, and better edit samples (higher resolution).
I also find the A4 MKII interesting just for the possibility of sounding different from the A4; I’m still reserving judgement with regards to that, but I definitely find the new hardware far more appealing.
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good news for those going for the MK2. its $1499 at Sweetwater, not the higher suggested price Elektron hinted
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It has always been slightly more expensive to buy from elektron direct IME