Dude you are the 7 OT guy. Absolute legend.
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Yes, or all four editions. (Been planning buying and selling mk1 spring 2026)( MK2 hits the 10 year anniversary 2027 so the next step then is selling mk1 and buying mk2
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I know 6 editions :
- Musicmesse prototype, grey with black round buttons
- MKI with matte texturised faceplate
- MKII with glossy smooth faceplate
- MKII grey
- MKII Anniversary
- MKII Black
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Is this with the new button cap kit with smooth surface ?
Those look like Digitone buttons to me.
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MK1 matte textured please and the one with round black buttons Bitte
Now that I’m trying to find a ordinary mk1 there is none in the area :). No hurry. And the grey textured mk1 is it possible to find?
Would be surprising. I would have been much more interested in black round buttons.
I almost thought about to paint mine !
I don’t trust third parties faceplates, my black Machinedrum faceplate faded away too easily.
I made a lamp with it…
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mk1 all the way man - literally obessing on it all day thinking of ideas where to go next planning etc and then the sound of it some days i love it some days its boxy and annoying some days i think i could take it on the road and rock the house with it, other days i problem solve on it and find new ways to do things, watch a few videos here and there, ruminate, hmmm octatrack mk1 hmmmm scratch my beard
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You saying your MKI buttons broke too frequently?
I’ve had a MKI A4 and AR and I really liked the slightly squeeky springy buttons but I think the MKII ones are higher quality.
If I were to buy another OT I’d be more tempted by a MKI as they go for very reasonable prices in my area.
4 were enough for me.
I can’t say about all MKIs, mine was probably 3rd hand…first batches.
But buttons seemed similar to Machinedrum / Monomachine.
Potential base breaking.
Possible to glue them. Seemed risky to replace them when inserting, because the 2 pins can go back inside easily…you have to remove soldering perfectly before insertion.
Newer Elektron buttons where announced as an improvement about the potential number of “presses” (not sure about proper term). I had a faulty Play switch on a Syntakt I replaced myself…
Might be “actuations” you’re thinking of 
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You rang, sir? 
It seems no one is selling their octatrack mk1 in Sweden right now 
Bumping this as a note to myself. Why do I buy this machine, sell it, forget why I sold it, buy it again…Figured I’d put down my personal notes on it:
Well for one, its a great sampler. And it’s also a midi sequencer. And then it’s a mixer and it’s a looper. Just an incredibly versatile box, imo the best hardware sampler made in the past 15-20 years.
What I think always gets me looking to sell it, is it is such a heady machine. I make a lot of my best music on simpler samplers like SP1200 or old MPCs. Maybe its because I am a deep house producer, and I don’t make a lot of 100% full on techno, just some tech house or dub style stuff.
The sound of the OT is fine, it accurately captures the sound I am recording. I think I prefer the lo fi or character driven sound of the old samplers more, even though they can’t do half the shit the OT can do. I also am not a huge fan of the FX on it, but the filter is indeed awesome.
Sampling on it can be fast, but there is some faffing around that I don’t always have the headspace for. Whereas, the SP1200 I can sample entire kits and fly though records really quickly. It’s addicting.
It’s a bizarre love hate with the OT, it can be daunting to use if I don’t have the mental energy sometimes. It’s not that bad, but there are a ton of little things to remember. I feel pretty fast on it, like I can quickly accomplish a lot of cool things with it, but it’s not an immediate machine.
The lack of polyphony in sampling can slow me down. Lots of workarounds there, but I don’t always want to deal with them.
It reminds me of a modular device where you sit down with it and experiment and have a good time, which is really great. But I don’t seem to thrive with that type of gear as much as I like it. I like to work very quickly and get the idea out of me and move on. This is just a personality thing and not the gears issue.
Finally, it is priced just high enough to where I don’t like having it sitting around unused. If it was a $600 box, I’d probably never sell it, but the mk2 is easily twice that value.
Anyway, just my thoughts. I love this thing, but don’t be stunned if I list one again. A real issue here is there just are not that many great hardware samplers out there anymore. Yes there are the new MPCs, but I don’t like them. Not a big fan of the plugins/touchscreen/crispy hyped sound. So as a result if I find myself looking for a hardware sampler, the OT is always on the short list.
Just a freaking classic machine, imo. It really is great. Maybe not my kind of great, but great nonetheless.
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How many OT’s did you owned ?
The best score is 7 on Elektronauts.
Not there yet! Only 3.
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