Hi everyone,
I already read a lot in this forum and now registered as there seem to be nice people around. And because I have a question. I don’t have any Elektron gear yet but I’m very interested in almost every device
I was especially thinking about the Octatrack or the Digitakt but I’m not sure if it will add something to my setup and they are worth the money for me (which is quite a lot for me).
I already have a Push2 and Live Suite and I can already work very well with that. Especially since Live 9.7 and the ability to sample only with Push. Further I’m using the possibilities of M4L(e.g. LFOs, Granulator) and I’m using Reaktor (Blocks). I have a Minitaur, a Tanzbär Lite, a Sherman Filterbank and a brand-new OP-1. With Komplete Ultimate I’m very well equipped on the software side, too. For multichannel sound installations I’m regularly working with pure Max/Msp.
I’m sampling a lot, my style is really close to traditional musique concrete. I’m using a lot of field recodings and I’m mangling them, combine them with instruments. I tend to keep the original sound of the recordings in the results. Even though I made an electronic beat from raindrops you will still hear them. I use the Push’s sequencing capabilities a lot especially with Simpler, which is a great tool for me. Results vary from Techno Tracks to Soundscapes to works with classical musicians (Neue Musik). I’m also doing that professionally e.g. right now a big project is coming up where I’ll do sounddesign and compose music for a contemporary dance piece. So yes, I’m doing live performances, too. But never had a problem to integrate a notebook and with Push I can already do most things in a show without touching my mouse. That’s why I hesitate. Both OT and DT seem to be able to do interesting things in regard to my workflow and style and needs (OT even more). And even though I was already very happy with the Push2/Simpler sampling, starting to use the OP-1 opened up even more things and I enjoy that a lot. So why not hope for the same effect with OT or DT? But on the other hand they might just do things that I already do with Ableton and Simpler? I’m quite sure I will never get completely rid of my notebook in live performances anyway (e.g. running a weird Max/Msp patch). But on the other hand something like the crossfader and some more (FX) knobs might be nice…
As you can see I’m very undecided and unfortunately I can’t find anybody in my area who has an OT or DT and trying them in the store was great but not a good workflow test.
Soooo, finally there’s the “one” question: are there people using OT or DT along with Ableton and/or Push2 (Simpler)? Does it add something for you? Or would you in my case recommend to spend some leftover money for the analogfour ?
Thank you very much!