I think Denon Prime 4 is ideal as an Elektron Octatrack replacement for those users that use streaming from CF card —I bet Denon never considered non DJ’s are very interested in this product! Prime 4 has enough sound mangling EFX and has the very interesting Zone out for quadraphonic playback!
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https://www.denondj.com/prime-4-prime4xus
I will keep my Octatrack, just feel good having it by my side 
Yeah, it’s a big one. I would need a new flat for putting that on a table 
You’re getting a bit of a dickish backlash for posting this because you’re suggesting it in the church of the Octatrack lol. I do get what you’re saying and it does look fun to play with as someone who’s never DJ’d. It is 1.5x the cost of an OT though, I could get the same sounds with marginally more work on OT. Still though, looks fun
I had the traktor s8 for a while and it was great for making loops but I didn’t have much use for the platters and they have a large footprint.
Moving this to the Other Gear section, as the subject will appeal to more than just Octatrack users.
take a loop at this one
Sure looks powerful, also a bit “Aira” looking, too big and couldn’t hope to replace an Octatrack for me though, for a large number of reasons.
its the same computer as MPC-X and Akai Force inside but optimised for streaming rather than in memory:)
I sort of like the idea of the built in recorder to record your mix --efx and all. If you can get past the DJ Jog wheels which I hate --I think this machine has a ton of creative potential. In the next firmware update you will get horizontal waveform (rather than vertical) display (up to 4 decks at a time) on that lovely 10" touch screen.
The Octatrack is a performance sampler.
Very few things, if anything, can currently replace an Octatrack. Its use with backing tracks is definitely a fully fledged feature but I would argue it’s not what it was designed bottom up for.
The question is do you need an Octatrack or do you need a Denon DJ-Prime 4 more, if you can’t have both? I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone loading up the entirety of “Hey Ya” onto their Octatrack but I could be wrong.
Typical gearhead answer : get both.
Answer get the Prime 4 and the new SuperBooth 2019 Elektron product. Im backing the Prime 4 as the next big thing / (made as a DJ tool originally) but crossover hit as a creative tool for musicians / sound designers , art installations etc
I simply don’t know what to expect from Elektron after being somewhat disappointed with the M:S. I have no expectations anymore. All I know is I have one Elektron box I’d be willing to part with for a non-legacy device with a keyboard.
Edit : I see on Gearslutz you posted a nearly identical post regarding this as a performance sampler.
This literally doesn’t sample. Did you read anything about the device? It plays samples. You realize this thing isn’t a sampler, isn’t a performance sampler, and can’t sample on the fly nor any other way? It plays back samples.
https://www.digitaldjtips.com/reviews/denon-dj-prime-4-standalone-all-in-one-system/
It doesn’t remotely touch what the Octatrack is capable of. This thing is a laptop + DJ software + nice controller in a streamlined unit. DJ… disc jockey. Not sample jockey.
Not that this isn’t a nice device, but to place them in the same category let alone call this its replacement is pure ignorance, perhaps shilling even.
it can record in realtime from any of the inputs -line/phono —a total of 4 decks at once -plus the two mic inputs–and manipulate the incoming recording on the fly -this is what makes it unique --nothing else like it on Market
I have confirmed this is the case with Denon DJ
OT can use 8 individual stereo recorders, 14 different sources, and play their recording on any step of any of the 8 audio tracks, and modify them with up to 248 parameters with the crossfader in realtime.
No it can’t lmao.
If this was what it did it’d be a main section on the product page. You think they’d intentionally leave the entire ability of sampling out of the product page? This is just shilling at its finest.
8 Performance Pads. Remix Music
Perform Hot-Cue juggling to live track remixing
Create saved Loop regions for track timeline variety
Dynamic ‘straight’ and triplet time Roll triggers
Beat Slicer to punctuate variable rhythmic phrases
Live track(s) =/= sampling.
“8 Performance Pads. Remix (prerecorded) Music”
I’ll kindly eat my words if you provide source info or proof of this being able to record audio files of live inputs.
https://denondjforum.com/t/prime-4-record-a-full-dj-set-to-any-connected-source/13291
Nekoro_DenonDJ
Denon DJ Staff
Hello @d2ba, thank you for posting. Yes, you can record from 4 line inputs/external sources at once.
-----you can additionally on top of that record the two mic channels at same time as 4 external stereo sources.! 
Maybe agree to disagree and leave come away from the Internet for a while.
