Do you use the OT as all-in-one machine? How

[michalronin]

@""Automageddon""

It was a non-specific question, I have one and I’m finding my way around it (trying to learn it solo before I integrate it in the rest of my setup -A4 and Electribe), but so far but as I’ve seen lots of comments saying that the OT can be an all-in-one machine I was wondering if anyone actually uses it this way and if so how and what’s their workflow.

When you say you use your own samples, are you referring to recorded sound/synth samples or loop?

How do you get around to build a full track in it?
Create some drum or melodic loops using one shots/waveforms, then resampling and re-arranging?

It all depends, mostly on what starts to come out of the box Sometimes I’ll be browsing through samples, find a catchy sound and start mangling it until it forms a basis of a pattern. Other times I’ll launch a single cycle waveform and boom - OT becomes a synth of sorts. Route OT’s MIDI out back into MIDI in and boom again - you can arpeggiate your “synth” sound.

For the beats, I’ll either create a loop on the OT (or on my Volca Sample) and resample it into a single track, or sacrifice 1-2 tracks and build a loop using sample locks for better control over what’s happening with certain sounds.

Tracks are “reusable” thanks to parts and sample locks, so the 8 tracks (actually 7 since I always use a master track) are in fact a lot more.

And that’s the main attribute of the OT - diversity. I’ve got no strict workflow and in fact I find following one strict workflow making your ideas repetitive. Back in my DAW days I kept switching between Logic and Ableton for diversity.

I guess this answer, albeit longer, did not become much more specific