Do you have enough inputs?

Elektron Gear Octatrack
1

Isn’t it annoying to have 8 tracks with only 4 physical inputs ?
You cannot record the 8 individual outputs from the AR separately…
Even if you use the main outputs from multiple instruments, you’re getting short when your setup has more then 2 instruments.

I know you can get a mixer but that ruins the idea to record on individual tracks in one take.

I wish elektron would release an octatrack mk2 with 8 inputs, or another solution is to add an adat port to the same current OT. Then you could route all that at will.

I want to know what you guys think about it. Is it really annoying or not for you ? How do you integrate your OT and other gears ?

2

yeah, 8 stereo in, and a shitload of RAM, that’s all…

3

i would prefer 8 outputs over 8 inputs…

4

Both.

5

I still haven’t used mine for recording at all. But I quickly ran out of inputs when using the OT as an effects processor. My plan is to get a Behringer x32 and connect all the inputs of the OT to the aux sends on the mixer. Then I can freely route what is getting processed. Can create scenes to pair some of the inputs as stereo for some tracks and mono on others. Expensive but effective solution.