Mystrix 2 Ultra - MPE, Battery, improved touchbar, and more
Mystrix 2 Ultra is an extremely portable, capable, and versatile grid-based MIDI controller with MPE capability.
Here is an early preview (before the formal public announcement at the end of the year), as I need more feedback from you before entering pre-production.
In addition to the features of the Mystrix 1 series, Mystrix 2 Ultra will have the following improvements:
- Re-designed exterior with a translucent backplate and crafted plaque
- A built-in 7000mAh battery (> 8 hrs of normal usage)
- 32GB of built-in mass storage
- 2x 20cm continuous linear analog touch strips (an upgrade from the Mystrix 1's discrete touch keys)
- USB host support
- Reverse power supply
- Industry-leading premium RGBW LEDs
- 6-axis gyro and accelerometer motion sensors
Mystrix 2 Ultra will also come with Matrix OS 3.0. It will bring a suite of new features, customizability, and usability improvements:
- Note App V2 with Chord, Arpeggiator, Strum, Pitchbend, and more layouts.
- Step Sequencer with powerful and easy-to-use features.
- Community-made Python-based application support.
- Better Developer mode (For Host controlled application)
- Remote System-level API via MIDI & HID
- System-level Ableton Link wireless sync support
- Improved UI
- Selectable default application on boot
- Customizable Home Screen
- Customizable Boot Animation
- Matrix OS Utility with view mirroring, app configs, and live guiding.
This is on top of all the exciting features Matrix OS 2 already offers:
- Drumpad
- Highly customizable Note app
- Lightshow performance
- Bluetooth MIDI support
- Stream Deck-like, extremely powerful, and customizable computer control system
- On-device custom control map with powerful features like velocity-mapped MIDI, keyboard & gamepad emulation, and multi-layer / cross-layer support.
- Lighting app with various effects
- Chord playground
- Strum App
- Dice App
- Mini games
Matrix OS 3.0 will enter feature preview in the coming months and is available to all Mystrix owners!
I would love to know what you think of the device and if any hardware changes need to be made before the design is finalized. The price has not been finalized yet, but I'd like to hear what you think is reasonable.
Mystrix 2 Ultra will be on sale, along with the existing Mystrix (1) Pro. Though an upgrade path for Mystrix (1) Pro owners to upgrade to Mystrix 2 Ultra will be provided for a limited time. More details to come later this year!