NAMM - Elektron Digitone

[Mikael Hansson]

> On 27 Jan 2018, at 21:05, Tony Hardie-Bick <tony at entity.net> wrote:
> 
> On 27/01/18 19:33, Mikael Hansson wrote:
>> Possibly!
>> 
>> What do you miss in terms of sonic character/possibilities with a 4-op vs a 6-op?
> 
> ah... just noticed this is off list :)

Ah, yes, guess your first reply was to both me and the list…putting it back on the list...

> mostly detail, and you can detune operators to shift harmonics around in
> a rather good way, gor et closer to simulation of real instruments,
> which is less of an issue given that can now be done by sampling or
> modelling.
> 
> also, adding a filter takes a huge pressure off the fm programming, for
> the vast majority of what musicians are looking to achieve when playing
> synths. the filter here is very basic, and adding distortion in the
> following stage makes the voicing quite ordinary, but well-correlated
> with the market.
> 
> also they're able to get the cost of parts low by using a lower-powered
> dsp. when manufacturing hardware, this is still a major factor, so
> probably not entirely a question of ui, although i think it does
> effectively kill two birds with one stone... :)
> 
> t.

Makes sense.

Elektron is really taking heat these days. Lots of delays of promised features/fixes while at the same time releasing a lot of new products.

/Micke