Very wrong! This box has everything Elektron missed to put into Digitakt II. The author of this article rightly highlights exactly all the features that Digitakt II is missing painfully. Only the number of tracks might be a problem, but there seems to be an error in the text:

„ Each track has four sequencers, giving you a total of four that let you create complete arrangements or clips on the fly. “

This does not make sense, I guess it should be eight x four, but I didn’t check the manual yet.

If the software is stable then this is a Digitakt killer!

I hope they add a way to convert projects to DAWPROJECT format. The Elektron way with overbridge while no question an incredible engineering feature is actually not really what you want with a sampler, instead of manually recording tracks and still having to fight with latency and other particularities (FX?) we just want to transfer a project to another DAW, best with an open project format. Akai did that right, save your project as Ableton file and go on with working on it inside the computer, but they should support DAWPROJECT of course.

However, if this little flagship works flawlessly it is best of Elektron and Akai in a portable way, just great, thanks 1010music!

Do not get a digitakt if you are looking for a groovebox. It has no polyphony, it’s not portable. I’ve owned the Syntakt, the Digitone, the Digitone II, they are great for what they are, but they aren’t the same as what this does.
And the Ableton Move is great. Limited, don’t get it if you want sound design, but for a sketch device, it’s great.

I do not want a large studio space anymore. I want to sit on my couch and make music. I want to sit at my desk at work and make music. I want to make music in bed. This is why I love my M8 tracker, why I love my MPC One+ (which I modded with an internal battery), why I love my Torso T-1 paired with my phone or my iPad. Boomers need not apply.

Yes and also there are so many similar and unoriginal things doing nothing different and this is another example. If you want to spend this amount of money, just get a Digitakt. If you ant spend half the amount, get a Tracks (don”t get a Move). If you want to play with effects and glitchy stuff, get an SP404 + a P6 plus a dinner for your lady.

Don’t want to rain on anyones parade, but Bluebox’s stuff always comes out as beta and some things often stay this way. Just make some music, sell it or perform it and buy yourselves some space to put proper sized gear in it, guys. This minituarization of gear is getting out of hand.