Elektron Analog Four MKII and Rytm MKII
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Re: Elektron Analog Four MKII and Rytm MKII
I think there was a bit more justification for charging extra for the Premium Overbridge for Digitally, which was an entirely new and much cheaper product. Having it as a paid extra on an €1800 product does seem to be taking the piss a bit.
Re: Elektron Analog Four MKII and Rytm MKII
Thay still are boutique, i've applied for an internship there and i remeber hearing they have a very small and dense team. Akai is been around for a while now.Lost to the Void wrote:Nah that's just Elektron fanboy speak. You build your hardware to have a software interface, in an age of super interconnectivity, you include it in the price, not as a premium.
That's the same as game companies that disable features unless you pay extra for them as DLC, even though they are there already.
Pure cash grab.
They still charge boutique prices for their gear too, cheeky fucks.
Got my new APC live, total software integration is part of the package, they give a free license for the MPC 2.0 software. And the next software update will enable the WiFi connectivity, no need to even plugin.... All part of the original purchase price, no "premium".
Elektron are fast becoming shitbiscuits.
Anyway Im not in rhe position to discuss as i dont know to much about anything.
Re: Elektron Analog Four MKII and Rytm MKII
Man, i should have used multiple aliases!collide wrote:You've read that on the Elektron forum.Alume wrote:Besides I believe that waldorf also offers a 100 euro software thingy with the blofeld.
I have an eye on you bro!
What is your name over there, el cuntness?
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Re: Elektron Analog Four MKII and Rytm MKII
Sure boutique... With offices in Gothenburg, LA and Tokyo and sponsorship with big commercial acts.
They were boutique. Now they are not and slowly heading in to a more mass marketing direction.
It's a shame. But you can see the direction they are heading in already.
Their customer service used to be amazing too.....
I was a bit of an Elektron fanboy, I've owned all their gear except the monomachine, which I still might get, but meh, totally fallen out of love with them now. The kool aid wore off.
I've always used them as live gear though, so my take is different, but there are so many options for quality portable live gear that having to adapt your brain to the unintuitive fiddle of the Elektron model is no longer necessary. Whereas once it was the best live option.
They were boutique. Now they are not and slowly heading in to a more mass marketing direction.
It's a shame. But you can see the direction they are heading in already.
Their customer service used to be amazing too.....
I was a bit of an Elektron fanboy, I've owned all their gear except the monomachine, which I still might get, but meh, totally fallen out of love with them now. The kool aid wore off.
I've always used them as live gear though, so my take is different, but there are so many options for quality portable live gear that having to adapt your brain to the unintuitive fiddle of the Elektron model is no longer necessary. Whereas once it was the best live option.
Re: Elektron Analog Four MKII and Rytm MKII
I only read there sometimes and have no account.Alume wrote:Man, i should have used multiple aliases!collide wrote:You've read that on the Elektron forum.Alume wrote:Besides I believe that waldorf also offers a 100 euro software thingy with the blofeld.
I have an eye on you bro!
What is your name over there, el cuntness?
Trying not to waste to much time on multiple forums.
Re: Elektron Analog Four MKII and Rytm MKII
Agree with all of this, but I'll be damned if they aren't going to get my money for a Rytm MKII in a couple of months anyhow. It's *exactly* the item I've always wanted in the studio. I'm a bit peeved about it. Cheeky fucks indeed.Lost to the Void wrote:Nah that's just Elektron fanboy speak. You build your hardware to have a software interface, in an age of super interconnectivity, you include it in the price, not as a premium.
That's the same as game companies that disable features unless you pay extra for them as DLC, even though they are there already.
Pure cash grab.
They still charge boutique prices for their gear too, cheeky fucks.