New owner alert! Expect gushing praise and/or utter confusion.
AK was my gateway drug. Got the OT a week ago after much research on forums/YT. No regrets despite selling some prized kit to fund the purchase.
My ‘practice’ project is turning into the best-sounding track I ever did.
This sequencer is so tight. I’ve been making tunes for 20 years. I’ve owned many ‘classic’ drum machines and synths. I’ve tried every DAW and was a Cubase user from the Atari days. This machine beats them all for tightness.
FWIW the sampling is also excellent. I’ve read a few posts with qualms about the converters etc but to my ears this thing sounds great with full mixes coming out of it. (Pay attention to gain structure and all is well!)
Again I’ve heard a lot of criticism of the on-board effects, but they are actually really good as long as they’re used sparingly as ‘effects’!
So a week in and I’ve kinda got sampling sussed. Likewise slices and scenes. Had it hooked up controlling my old DX11 and the MIDI side seems really straightforward.
I expected a steep learning curve - and okay, I haven’t even scratched the surface of what this thing can do - but already I’m firing out really good track building blocks and feeling incredibly lucky to be alive and to own this little (And it is TINY!) box of tricks. My wife played with it the other day for ages - the first time she’s ever been so intrigued by a piece of music gear!
So my advice to anyone considering pulling the trigger on an OT - Do it. Even if you have to sell other gear to get it. As long as you can deal with the limitation of working in 4 bar sections. Its an amazing machine and really pretty easy to get started with despite its fearsome reputation.