Hi
If u had to choose 2 of the above what 2 would u choose and why
I cannot decied which 2 would compliment each other better
I will be adding more stuff over the months to come
Im looking to get away from the daw as best i can and make Techno, Acid, 90s Old skool
Any advice would be great
Thanks
You can make good music with any two of these and indeed any one of them.
How much experience do you have making music?
How much do you know about the capabilities of these machines, especially their sequencing capabilities?
Why did you select these three as your candidates and not any others?
What kind of stuff do you plan to add in future and why?
Have you heard the kinds of music that people post on the forum using only one of each of these machines?
Thanks for the reply
Im new to dawless and elektron
Ive got experience of making music but in ableton and want to try someting different and i find using a pc all the time isnt very inspiring
To be honest i really want to try out the Octatrack maybe i should buy that learn it and then see where to go from there
If you are new to Elektron, I would highly recommend starting with just a Digitakt. It can do so much on its own, and once you figure out if you like the workflow, you can decide what else you need.
Octatrack is not recommended for your first piece of hardware for sure. It’s fairly complex.
I’ve made whole tracks just using the Digitakt.
I had the digitakt and MPC live.
I used the Digitakt so much that I sold the MPC after 2 years of use.
The MPC live just felt like another DAW with less features & a touch screen.
Get the Digitakt to start. 
Why did u sell your Mpc and did u replace it with anything else?
Thxs
I would suggest you to go for different brands, I am using OT and MPC1k, they both have great potential and some limitations. I’ve never used Live and I’ve only tried DK so specifically I can’t tell you, it depends a lot on the workflow you want to use, I thought I’d find a good integration between the ones I have and certainly a hand that knows both 100% knows how to pull out. great things from both but I have decided to sell the akai and “confine” myself to the OT even knowing that I will miss the vastness of jjos
i would recommend you get one and master that.
to show you a part of the potential that this couple has (which I have never been able to achieve)
MPC-1000 with JJOS was my first piece of hardware that really allowed me to break free of the DAW. Also a really good place to start. Has some things about it that beat the Digitakt too, for example much more powerful MIDI sequencing, the ability to use the pads in note repeat mode for adding hi-hat rolls, etc.
Main thing is I would start with one box and really learn it before getting anything else.
Let us know what you decide!
I’d start with the MPC Live and learn that first. 3 very different machines though and really depends on your preferred workflow. The MPC is the most flexible in my opinion but all 3 have their fans.
its truly a personal thing. i [still] own an octatrack and an mpc one. i have also had a live and a digitakt. the digitakt didnt work for me, as I got it AFTER i was an OT user for some years and it just seemed like OT lite to me…
the mpc live/one are ALL in one solutions, but i honestly i hate the touchscreen. the one has dedicated buttons so i like it but the OT sequencer is just an extension of my brain.
its really going to come down to two things (1) your headspace and (2) what you need the machines to do…
all that being said… i will never sell my octatrack!
If you can get to a music shop. Try and get 20-30 mins on a touchscreen MPC, this is the aspect that people love/hate the most & it’s what you will deal with constantly - especially on a Live Mk1.
OT and DT.
A) I already have both, I like the elektron way.
B) I dont like touch screens.
C) actually Id prefer OT and DN. ( A sampler and a synth is worth more than 2 samplers personally)
I have a list of complaints about the MPC Live.
Let’s just say I was never into DAWs until using the MPC for 2 years made me realize it takes way too much time to produce with. It is amazing on paper, but subpar overall. It’s UI is friendly, features are janky. Keygroup feature feels half built, no overall live record, no randomness, and basically everything I did on it had to be done with a long lengthy “work around” because it lacks some really basic things.
Easy… Digitakt +MPC
why= workflow’s that don’t mimic each other but compliment each other…
both very powerful… spend a day resampling back and forth between the two and never leave nirvana…
the mpc has features that no other beat machine has that every beatmachine would love to have… and the digitakt has just the optimal amount of Elektron power + sweet workflow… Think of the MpC as super simple workflow with a super powerful capability… they are a romance made in heaven
I recently acquired an MPC One, my first ever MPC.
It is certainly the most powerful hardware sequencer I have ever owned.
I like powerful sequencers so my choice would be the MPC and when I use the MPC it sequences everything including my DN.
Two OTs
Owned a Akai Force and hated the Touchscreen, so no MPC for me. Would choose the OT over the DT any time, so two OTs for me.
Akai force and OT. Live is not on the force’s level, and certainly won’t be down the road. All IMO.
Right ive bought myself a lovely mint Octatrack and after playing with it a bit im thinking of getting a Analog Four or Analog Rytm to compliment the Octatrack as im loving the Elektron work flow
But thanks for the replies guys
I’d look into octatrack + roland 707
I used it in that way:
I multitracked the 707 into the daw (I wanted to have the option to work on it afterward…)
sequencer was OT (songmode, midi arp, midi lfo ftw).
Octatrack outs went into 707 too for longer stuff, or wicked fader action.
Quite powerfull! Yeah, and the 707 sounds just good, and has really good presets.