The main reason why I ask about separate profiles for different duties is because I’ve been stuck on a weird gear-fence lately. A dedicated looper would be a HUGE addition to the studio but, also having a sampler that can do time-stretching well (and automatically) would save me a load of time & grief having to do those things on the computer.
That’s a huge break in my workflow at the moment… I have to play around/manipulate my samples in a computer (for timestretching, etc), then put them in the MPC… by the time I end up on the pads, my inspiration is almost all gone. This is where the OT would come in and, obviously, do a lot more.
More I look at it, the more I think I’m going to go with the OT (and eventually a MIDI pedal controller to use it more like a traditional looper). Definitely cannot wait.
What is a solid second-hand price for an OctaTrack in the U.S. these days? I remember when I was first looking at them they were selling for about $900-950’ish.