OT and AK have a very deep sequencer, which allows for very complex control, which is easy to handle. The OT has this kind of sequencer for it’s audio section and AK for the synth section. The midi sequencer of the OT is much simpler.
The OT can indeed control many functions via midi, but this is, what we get per track:
- 4 notes
- Velocity
- Note Lenght
- Pitch-Bend and Aftertouch
- EDIT 10 (not 8) midi CCs (BTW the midi learn function is great)
(if I didn’t forget something…)
This already is much more than many hardware sequencer have on offer …
But let’s compare this to the options of the AK sequencer … if you consider all possible p-locks etc. it could easily be above 100 controllers, which are available at our finger tips. So why would we use the OT to control the AK sound features. IMO it would only be more complicated and limiting
In my Dark-Trinity set-up my OT is master. The OT synchronises all midi gear, which is connected to it. The sequencer of the AK is synchronised to the OT clock, start and stop commands. Sometimes I connect other midi-gear to the OT midi section. Since the OT can route midi from its input to any midi channel, if the midi-track-settings are set accordingly, I can use the AK as masterkeyboard to play other synths via OT as a midi-router