Recent owner of the oct, so far I find it incredibly intuitive and easy to learn however I keep reading users mention how the strength of the octatrack is its advanced sampling manipulation compared to other hardware samplers.
I typically use it like I would an mpc; pitch and amp evn adjustments, adding fx, using scenes with plocks on retrigs, filters, fx ect. What else are you guys doing with your sampled material? Other than plocks I find it to be comparable to a mix between a machinedrum and sp404, but I feel as thought I haven’t really gotten into any “new” sampling ground yet, maybe I’ve only scratched the surface?