Depends - how do you like to work with samples and/or MIDI?
See I love my RYTM 1. Iāve been wanting another one since I play live with it as well (use it for production and live performance). I thought to myself, since I have so many projects (songs), why not have another RYTM to bounce back and forth, since I canāt change the projects when I play live without having dead air while changing projects. Then I said, hmmmm why not get a sampler so when I change projects in RYTM 1, there will be something else playing. I also have a Tempest.
A stereo looper and mixer would suffice for such transitions.
I used to use a Pigtronix Infinity with a small mixer and it did the trick. Boss rc-202 also works.
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Can the Octa be used as a drum machine, similar to the Digitakt or better yet, the RYTM? Or similar to the old MPCs?
Someone told me that you can only have a single āhitā per track?
OT can do sample locks per step the same as the DT, plus it can slice long samples so you can load long chains and change samples within a track that way. Throw in scenes and FX and you have a pretty solid drum machine on your hands.
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Thanks for the reply!
Thanks to the advanced sequencers, every Elektron with a sequencer can serve as a drum machine. Sample locks and sound locks push these machines far.
Been using Digitone and OT both as stand alone drum machines lately, and my Rytm as bass/lead synth. 
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The tracks on the OT are monophonic and not paraphonic. This is where the one hit per track confusion stems from. A sample will get cut off by the next step in the same track with a sample placed on it. So you can have several sample on a track but they will not āoverlapā one another.
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THERE IS
OMG
Itās perhaps a āhackā but ā¦ if you select EXT only, in MIDI settings, for Trigs, and if you can cope with the DT sending MIDI notes out the USB/DIN MIDI when you press the trig keys ā¦ then you get what I wanted!
Now I can select tracks on the DT (without a key chord) without the sound firing.
Settings / MIDI config / Port config / Trig Key Dest / EXT
Itās the little things ^^
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I purchased the analog Rytm and also the digitakt I didnāt realise the similarities and how close they are, Iāve got a good price offer from someone to buy it,
Iāve already got the AR, A4, Ot, and DNā¦
I donāt seem to use the digitakt as much as all the rest.
Anyone else sell a digitakt because they have a Rytm?
Iām keeping mine in case I want additional sampler tracks wrapped around an Elektron sequencer when I run out on the Rytm. Limitations are great but I also need the ability to break out when the (almost) perfect track needs just a few more inches (or millimeters).
Also for the dedicated MIDI tracks.
I do have an OT so I may find myself reaching for the OT instead. Time will tell but Iām in no hurry. I suck at selling gear. I almost always regret it down the road. Instead I have a closet full of gear and shelves on the wall full of gear.
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I might let it go because spent too much and need the cash at moment,
otherwise would just keep it even though itās not getting much use,
can get another one down the track again if I feel I need them extra tracksā¦
If you use a DAW, OB with the DT and midi tracks would be quite portable/powerful.
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Yeah true, but Octatrack can do that also and digitone so wont need the midi tracks
Oh you have an OT (Midi) and a DN (OB/Midi), yea makes sense!
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The Digitakt would work perfect for this. It would do everything you described above and itās smaller yet fits nicely next to the RYTM MK I. The sampler is easy to use and sounds amazing. The OT would be a good choice as well but a lot more complex and confusing to get your head around. There is a steeper learning curve with the OT.
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I ended up getting the Octa mkII 
Zero regrets
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I recently did this, consolidated from mkI Rytm and DT to mkII Rytm, main reason for me was the LEDs on DT specifically the mute which I never liked, I am very happy to have 1 less box. The Rytm sample playback has some differences from DT, but since I mainly use it for 1 shots and synth samples not a problem for me, if I want to do more advanced sample mangling I use the Octatrack.
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Yeah same, the way the mutes work i canāt get used too
Especially when using a couple other elektron boxes it gets a bit much.
I prefer the Rytm mutes and now Iāve worked out you can do per pattern mutes just by switching off the trigs so itās the same as the purple mutes without all the button combos
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All the button combos? Arenāt there just two on the DT? The DT mutes are very simple to use. Asking because I see people talking about the DT mutes as confusing pretty regularly, but thereās really not much to them at all.