Maybe this is their other hobby!
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It does make sense that there is a digi size sampler with a price between digitakt and octatrack… somewhere in the syntakt price range. But it has to have a few stereo tracks at least. Digitakt mk 2 would make sense but it would break compatibility with the previous version, which till now, elektron did not do. So either they have to make a new thing that is different enough to not be called a digitakt, or piss off a bunch of people who are traditionalists, don’t like change and want to receive updates for 10+ years. So i still think that it won’t be called a digitakt 2 but it kind of needs to be a very good sampler.
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Still sanctimonious fun policing but at least you have a theory
Speculating is good fun. It starts to get worrisome when people are making real financial decisions based on it. I know there’s no way to stop that, and I can’t expect everyone to preface their fantasies with a raft of qualifiers, but it bothers me.
Sanctimony is my middle name.
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My thoughts on this are that it’s likely just a SKU change, Elektron might be changing up the box design like they did when they went from the solid color box to the art print design, and Thomann are the first retailer to be out of stock of the current box design.
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This is a nice level headed theory. I enjoyed reading it, thx!
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Yeah, that is my guess as well, that they are bringing the hardware of the digitakt and maybe digitone in line with the Syntakt and E25 editions, white screens, maybe a few imperceptible differences under the hood. But I’m not expecting a major change. Then again I thought the Syntakt was fake until they announced it, so I am far from having any inside knowledge.
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Was something of the syntakt leaked beforehand? I can’t remember
Yeah, the name came out because of a trademark filing, and the specifications and front panel leaked a few hours before the official announcement. (I think, my history might be fuzzy on this one)
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Some store ‘accidentally’ listed it before pulling it, and the deniers still kept denying if I correctly recall
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Why would it break compatibility? Presumably you could still load previous gen Digitakt projects on an MK2 with stereo tracks.
All 4000+ posts of the speculation and reveal thread can be (re)read here while waiting for the next big thing:
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I meant more that they would probably not develop two different firmwares going forward. Unless they break habit. Anything is possible
Good summary for this whole thread. 
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My input on this speculation?
Or that ST is close enough from a DigiMD?
About the present speculation, I don’t have much to say. We don’t even have a trademark to chew on.
Superbooth is still far, I wonder if this thread will have like 20k posts when we’re there.
Another question bugs me: will OT users feel happy?
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Well to be fair, this is general speculation on elektron products, not just about one trademark post, so I think 20k is even a bit low
And (dont lynch me) Syntakt is kind of a digi md
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I’m surprised no one raised suspicion that AR Mk2 is also Out Of Stock on Elektron’s site.
For me, those tick boxes - Digitak is a sample-based drum machine, AR - has about 80% of the Digitakt functionality + Analog voices and a fully featured sequencer. Meanwhile, some analogue voices are already available to Syntakt. That makes me feel that instead of DT Mk2, we are waiting for AR mk3, which might have better sample mangling capabilities and misc improvements, so it will perfectly cover the Sampling+DrumMachine side of the setup with its reach layout and boosted CPU. And it’s a great move to upsell the DT fans to a more expensive, feature-full product.
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Here is another speculation focus: what would next ST firmware bring on the table?
I know I’d love AR’s recent Euclidean mode for sure!
It seems Elektron is pushing their paradigm even further, they have some work ahead before they push these improvements on the other instruments.
Kudos to them!
Elektron are still my favorite instruments by far!!
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