Elektron has released Tonverk OS 1.2.0, a free firmware update that adds new effects, more options with the existing effects, a random mode for the arpeggiator, bug fixes and other improvements.
Here’s what’s new in Tonverk OS 1.2.0:
“New effect: Steel Box Reverb
A third reverb comes to Tonverk, and it’s a whole other flavor. Steel Box Reverb draws on early digital and ’90s plate reverbs, with deliberately wide parameter ranges that let you push sounds from tight metallic rooms to sprawling, resonant spaces. It can clang, bloom, or decay endlessly, making it equally suited to metal can tails or big, characterful ambience.
New effect: Filter Folder
Filter Folder combines wavefolding with filtering and distortion to reshape sound at a more fundamental level. By folding the waveform before it passes through a multimode filter and drive stage, it adds harmonics, grit, and movement that go far beyond traditional filtering. From subtle edge and density to aggressive, overtone-rich transformations, Filter Folder excels at turning simple signals into something far more complex.
More FX availability
If those two additions weren’t enough (for now) we’ve also extended Tonverk’s FX powers in other ways too. Daisy Delay can now be used on all tracks – and Frequency Warper can now be wielded on all audio tracks, bus tracks and mix. Use these two awesome options wherever your echoing, warped heart desires.
Random Arp
Random Arp introduces controlled unpredictability to arpeggiated patterns, reshuffling note order on the fly to generate evolving melodies and unexpected variations.
And more
There’s a few other stocking fillers too. Pattern mute, improved gain reduction and new sidechain sources for the compressor, shorter samples available to use on Grainer, and improved tempo stability when simultaneously receiving clock and large amounts of MIDI data from an external source, such as Octatrack. Plus various other fixes and improvements.
See the Elektron site for details or to download.
A lot of fundamentals are still missing. No time stretch. No slicing. No file management and sample management of multisamples, limited multisample manipulation, and so much more to complain about.
They should have waited one year before releasing this. Oh well, at least it’s not a Bento lol
Yeah. I think it’s about meeting quarterly expectations. Release a half-baked device, and upgrade it over then next few years for good will.
It seems like you’re wanting this to be a OctaTrack-killer, but I don’t see Elektron wanting to go there.
No, I’m not waiting for an octatrack killer. I just want to be able to do some basic time stretching to match BPMs for short loops and slice samples for when stretching is not appropriate. I did not ask for any performance sampling features from the octatrack. I asked for features the MPC had since the 1990s.
I think that you are not within the target audience of this device. If you want those functions you have other options already available.
I could as well complain about Yamaha not putting an ashtray in the new Montage M because I am a smoker, but I get that engineers know it best. They have to find a balance between cost, functions and the general direction and motivation of the product.
Tonverk can multisample but its main goal has nothing to do with being a multisampling powerhouse. It is a pain-free creative and innovative sampler focused in exploration, sonic mangling and happy accidents.
It’ll get those features within a year – a bit dead in the water without it especially when they eventually add sampling of non-midi stuff (guitars or voices for example).
I know it will get it because Elektron is adding a sound/sample store. If the tools aren’t there, people aren’t going to make the packs. Unless Elektron admits you must use a PC to do real multisampling?
If you want one device to do it all, it’d be best to look beyond Elektron. They’re about complementary devices, which seems to be the right choice for their brand. They got a vision, which is rather clear. It’s on the user to decide if they want to go along or not. There’s no bad choice to be made either way.
My man, they waited 10 years to add custom slice points to Digitakt.
Who cares? Timestretch sounds shit in 90% of use cases. It only really sounds good when intentionally used as an effect rather than time correction
In any case, technically if it has a well implemented granular engine, which i understand that it now does, well then you can timestretch anything. If you know what you are doing
I care.
Did you buy it?
Yes, got it when it was released and returned it cause of the bugs. Then bought it again recently at a massive open box discount for $1100 haha
None of this makes you sound like the crafty swindler you think it does
I saved $500 off of retail and didn’t have to beta test some of the worst bugs. I would say I am quite crafty. 🙂
Eoin my friend, very few of the commenters on this site have even the most rudimentary understanding of sound design and production..
I have a very deep understanding. I design and program my own synths and samplers. Keep your catty comments to yourself and contribute something meaningful.
Cool story bro
Thank you, I will tell it to my children around the fireplace. 🙂
What an annoying response. You know what he was saying doesn’t apply to you (if what you said is actually true) but you wanted to self-suck way too bad to just not comment.
I’m truly interested in what this means (I’m considering picking up a Tonverk):
> No file management
Anyone mind elaborating on this?
Imagine doing a very large multisample and you need to edit some of them… you cannot. You’ll need a computer… also all the samples are saved into one single wav file and an elmulti text file. Have fun editing those two haha
I’m truly interested in what this means (I’m considering picking up a Tonverk):
> No file management
Anyone mind elaborating on this?
the Elektron that made the SidStation is long gone
its completely dead
RIP
Yeah – now chiptune sounds are just one feature of many on their synths.
Lol keep complaining about what it doesn’t do and don’t focus on any of the beautiful stuff it can do now already. It had a shitty release but Tonverk is the best product of 2025 already imo that will continue to keep on giving for many years to come. I like the direction that Elektron has taken a lot. 🙂
With champs like you defending Elektron, the future must be bright for a company with so many buggy releases! 🙂
As you can read I don’t defend shitty releases. I do celebrate what it can do and it gives me more fun than many other gear that’s out there. The Tonverk will be one of those boxes I’ll probably keep forever.
Same goes for many of the other Elektron boxes. They all had features added over the years making them do more things. Every single unit by them is worth the money. (except maybe the Heat +FX but we’ll see if they update it) And sometimes it feels like forever before they add a feature, but in the meantime they’re still producing bangers.
And if you look at yourself.. you keep pissing on Elektron yet you keep rebuying their gear so they must do something right even to your high standards right? 😉