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Elektron - News and Rumours
You want all the latest news, rumours and everything else there’s to know about Elektron? We're happy to oblige: On this page you’ll find everything at a glance – and it’s always up to date!
Elektron releases OS updates for Analog Rytm, Analog Four and Analog Heat
21 Oct 2019 · Elektron has released OS updates for the Analog Rytm and Analog Four. Among other improvements, both machines received a major feature that many had been wishing for: sequencer MIDI out, at last!
Momo releases an editor for the Elektron Model Sampler
16 Sep 2019 · The Elektron Model Sampler gets all its tracks laid bare, hidden parameters revealed and XY pads added in this comprehensive editor plug-in that will run inside your DAW.
Superbooth 2019: Elektron Digitone Keys – is it some kind of dream?
08 May 2019 · The leak turned out to be a reality and we are now faced with coming to terms with a very strange looking synthesizer based upon the awesome Digitone. Is the Digitone Keys a dream or a nightmare?
LEAK? Elektron Digitone Keys: Is this Digitone/keyboard mashup for real?
08 May 2019 · An image allegedly taken from Thomann may have given the game away on the Digitone Keys, a weird looking mashup between the Digitone synthesizer and a MIDI keyboard - if this is genuine...
#TSR19: Get ready for some electronic excess at Thomann Synth Reactor this week
13 Mar 2019 · This week's Thomann Synth Reactor #TSR19 event brings together 25 of the synth world's best known YouTubers for a week of modular madness and Eurorack excesses. Find out more here!
NAMM 2019: Official – “Model: Samples” is Elektron’s new Sampling Production Workstation
22 Jan 2019 · Elektron's mysterious beatbox is revealed to be the oddly named and uninspired looking Model: Samples 6 track sampling workstation that doesn't actually sample. Updated with video!
NAMM 2019: Elektron teasing a new box of beats?
21 Jan 2019 · An artfully cyptic video from Elektron is teasing that they have some sort of drum machine and bassline box to reveal at NAMM. What do you think it could be?
Elektron Overbridge 2.0 crawls to a public beta
15 Jan 2019 · News from Elektron that Overbridge 2.0 public beta is available for any owners of supported boxes. The Digitakt is now on the list, the Digitone still has some work to be done but this is a major step forward.
Elektron Overbridge 2.0 closed beta sign-up – it might actually exist!
09 Jul 2018 · Elektron has announced that a beta version of Overbridge 2.0 does exist and they are inviting Elektron users to sign-up for the closed beta testing. Exciting times!
Elektron turns up the Analog Heat to MkII
05 Jul 2018 · Some tweaks, a new screen and it has an audio interface built in. Is the Analog Heat MkII a serious vindaloo of an upgrade or just a safe and reliable chicken korma with an onion salad and popadoms?
Elektron Digitak and Rytm MKII get sample backup and transfer
27 Mar 2018 · The wheels move slowly at Elektron HQ but they've just released version 1.1 of their Transfer software which allows for sample movement and backup on the Rytm MkII and Digitakt - yay!
Elektron’s Overbridge DAW integration app delayed again
14 Feb 2018 · 9 months since the release of the Digitakt and there's still no Overbridge. Elektron put back the release date for a second time and ask for our patience as they try to get their awesome integration to work.
NAMM 2018: Digitone polyphonic FM digital synthesizer from Elektron
25 Jan 2018 · Elektron wanted to make FM easy-to-use and awesome to manipulate and with the 8-voice, sequencer infused Digitone and it's subtractive synthesis signal path you've never had so much fun with digital synthesis.
Is Elektron Digitone going to be a Monomachine MKIII?
24 Jan 2018 · Elektron seems to have registered the name "Digitone" worldwide - could this be a new product in the works? A synth, perhaps, in the form factor of a Digitakt? Speculation is rife.
Elektron will update the original Octatrack to the MK2’s operating system
08 Oct 2017 · In a move that will surely delight owners of the original Octatrack, Elektron announced an upcoming software update for the machine which will bring its operating system in line with the MK2 version...
Elektron unveils Analog Rytm MK2 analog drum machine with sampling
06 Jul 2017 · Elektron went ahead and updated its analog drum machine, the Analog Rytm. The biggest news is the addition of sampling capability, a feature that was notably missing in the original hardware...
Analog Four MK2 synthesizer announced by Elektron with welcome updates
06 Jul 2017 · Elektron went ahead and announced the Analog Four MK2 to keep the recently unveiled Octatrack MK2 good company. The new box features plenty of updates and cosmetic enhancements to the delight of Elektron fans!
Octatrack MKII performance sampler announced by Elektron
29 Jun 2017 · Last night's leak foretold this morning's announcement of a new and updated Octatrack MKII. Seems like it might be more cosmetic than anything else and Elektron say it won't come with Overbridge.
Did a UK retailer just leak the Elektron Octatrack MK2???
28 Jun 2017 · Out of the blue, UK retailer Juno just hoisted the Elektron Octatrack MK2 up for pre-order! The purported successor to 2010's premium Dynamic Performance Sampler costs an eye-watering 1450 EUR...
Elektron Digitakt Sampling and Sequencing box is here
30 May 2017 · Digitakt is a sampling, sequencing, computer drumming, beat making powerhouse in a rather dull box. It's now available so check out the video for a tour of the workflow, then go buy one.
Superbooth 2017 Show Report: Why this is the most exciting music trade show on Earth
26 Apr 2017 · Here's a round-up of the cool things our resident synth specialist Robin Vincent found at the electronic music technology synth-fest that is Superbooth 2017.
Elektron Digitakt 8-voice digital drum computer interactive on-line demo
15 Mar 2017 · Elektron release price and shipping details on their Digitakt 8-track digital drum machine plus you get to play with it online in your browser. Pre-orders are open.