Genoqs Octopus: Cute/expensive new MIDI sequencer

It's currently nothing more than a website, a pretty render and an address in Stuttgard, but the Genoqs Octopus seems to be a modern day Latronic Notron. It's a hardware sequencer covered in lights, knobs and buttons. Predicted price is €1,200, which isn't cheap, although that second-hand Notron went for $1,690, and it's certainly cheaper and prettier than this Sam16 hardware seqencer for €1,800.

Posted by Tom Whitwell.

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I see this disappearing into the mist like the Technos Acxel. Anything involving that many LEDs and creative spelling in the name seems to die before it even arrives.

# posted by

Dave : 5:12 pm

they seem to have updated the website - looks like they got a working prototype and are actually making this thing real (on a built to order basis). pity that they're not using blue LEDs though.. they seem to be a real factor when calculating costs...

# posted by

Anonymous : 3:21 pm

1999 Euros

# posted by

Anonymous : 5:34 am

It's real. I have one. nice unit. After nearly being blinded by working on a PolyEvolver for 3 hours straight, I'm really beginnning to hate blue LEDs.

Note that the Octopus uses tri-coloured LEDs for everything and RGB LEDs cost about $1.50 each versus $0.15 each for the standard red/orange/green

yes 1999 Euros and worth it.

# posted by

Anonymous : 8:25 pm

I have one too. I also have a Schaltwerk, a P3, and a Schrittmacher, and the Octopus outshines them all (although they all still have their uses, particularly the P3). The workflow requires substantial ramp-up, but after that you can just fly. The interface design is deep and nuanced. I hope the design & implementation time is/was worth it for them for the number of units they will sell....

# posted by

Anonymous : 10:25 pm