hmm I appear to be GASsing for a Morphagene. This seems ridiculous given the new Grain Stretch. Can someone who owns both dissuade me? I mean, doesn’t the grain stretch do the essentially the same function?
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Can’t comment to great specificity as I’ve only had a few minutes w grain stretch, but the MG is geared toward both granular/microsound production, as well as iterative composition processes (walker’s videos are excellent to check for ideas and techniques). Im sure a MG custom unit could be built using the 301’s currently available units. However, grain stretch and MG do sound different, and the visual feedback on MG is a benefit to the workflow. Try one out and see if you need it? See if you need both? 
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The 301 does most of what the MG does, you just need to plan ahead.
That said, I have both and I don’t think either one’s going anywhere anytime soon. Probably doesn’t help the GAS at all…
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Same. I have the 301, MG, and uClouds in my rig currently and happy to have them all. Also - there is talk of a future memory upgrade for the 301, so potentially less of an issue running big custom units if/when that happens.
I’ve got MG and Clouds and love them. All have different flavors, great to have them contribute to a mix in different ways. Sidenote: would this rumored future 301 memory upgrade be available to previous owners of a 301 or would this involve a new, upgraded unit? I’ve been circling the 301 for my rig and I might hold out if an upgrade is in the wings…
If and when it will be available all units will be upgradeable. The brain is on an user-swappable daughterboard.
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Great, thanks for confirming. I thought I remembered seeing the reverse shot of the daughterboard. Good to know!
Back to the OP, the MG is more of a throwback to tape-based music concrete experimentation in Euro form first and granular second. It’s very hands-on and intuitive. Here’s new article that presents a nice historical analysis:
The story of early tape music, microsound, and a Eurorack resurrection
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As far as I know, the board that could potentially upgrade the CPU does not exist at this time, and it sounds like Brian would likely have a fair amount of work to do before it could be dropped into the 301.
I.e. I don’t think it is imminent.
If something catastrophic happened to my 301, I think I’d replace it now rather than waiting, if that perspective helps you at all.
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even if the 301 could be the morphagene, it isn’t the same. get the morphagene and let your 301 be itself. 
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