Matter of tastes i guess.
Marc Rebillet main appeal for me is the character and his excentricity. Other than that i find his jams quite enjoyable at times but it is still jamming.
The three other videos are really what i call « bricolage ». Can be entertaining but poor quality of sound to my ears.
But we’re getting off topic here. I am still looking for videos of live looping shows with an OT 
I had an OT for a bit. Sold it for some reason. Not sure why now.
I have had Ableton a long time.
I liked making ambient drone loops on the OT. I have never found it as simple to make those kinds of loops in Ableton. In the OT it was like I made them with my ears, in Ableton I make them with my eyes.
Can Live do the OT thing? Probably, but not (for me) in the same visceral way.
Not totally, because OT can do what RCs can do, as long as the recording length is defined. It’s not easy to find the right config among possibilities, and Pickups can be a mess.
How to make a live looping show without jamming? Why should it be a show ? A demo wouldn’t suffice ?
Do you have an example of what you’d like to see with OT ? 
Yes but opposite is not true and that’s why i’d like to see the OT in this context of live looping. Since it can sequence, act as a drum machine, do live mangling, etc how comes i never saw anyone using it in a show? Is it because of the learning curve myth? Or just because people go for the most used?
No one said you SHOULD not jam, i just said i would like to see something else as for me the organization of a full prepared set is not the simplest thing to do with the OT.
I think about Binkbeats, Hugo Kant, Chapelier Fou for instance (my network is very slow atm and i can’t find links right now).
Edit: The guitar player of Battles uses one but still all his gear is rigged and driven thru Ableton.
The tools are only as good as the user. The tools don’t make the music.
The limitations can make people do incredible things. Too many many choices can make things flat.
Anyways, why would you not use something better designed for what you wanna do, than insist on using something that doesn’t do what you want as it’s primary function. 
I have used mine on a bunch of gigs, but in the context of improvised live looping, not in the context of tightly arranged music that you seem to be looking for.
This might be relevant reading:
I personally do not care which famous people use the same gear as me, but these might be relevant as well
In this case, i do think one of the primary OT’s function is live looping. I’m just questioning why i don’t see it used with that purpose. It is an open question, if anyone has an opinion i’m interested.
Is it because you are not interested into « tight » music set or it would be easier to do it say… on Ableton?
Edit: i checked again the High profile users and did not find any live looping act. The other thread is about DJ’s so i discard it
Improvisation was my focus at the time, which was a few years ago. I used it mostly for live looping, but I am not famous so I guess you do not care about my experience, lol
I am getting into more tightly structured music these days, and that will include gaining more experience with the Arranger functions of the Octatrack.
The Arranger is how you put together a tightly structured song in Octatrack. Please consult this thread for more information:
….but how’s the sound quality 
You should reread my posts, you are making a wrong assumption. I’m looking for professional oriented show, wether the artist is famous or not i’m not concerned
Indeed the arranger is essential but the whole planning is a bit complicated to set IMHO. I was wondering if that is not one of the reasons why we don’t see the OT more used this way. I’m kind of reversing the OP title
Can you please quote which part of the message you are reacting at?
Sorry….it’s an on going joke re: OT
Thought I might slide in a funny.
I guess you haven’t been reading the music meme or OT thread?
….and I’m OUT!
I was joking but, you asked
The answer to all 3 is yes. That’s all I can offer on that.
You also asked if it is easier to use than Ableton or harder. I do find something things easier to do on OT than in Ableton but that is just my personal experience. Example would be switching FX in and out of FX slots and mapping track LFOs to destinations like sample start, filter cutoff, etc. - I can do this quickly and easily in the OT. How easy it would be to do in Ableton depends on what you want to use for your LFOs, FX, what your desired destinations are etc.
Quick bump as I would like to do the scenes thing in Ableton. Basically have an A and B scene for a track and morph plugin parameters from dry to wet, increase the gain, tighten decay…etc. Im not trying to replicate the OT with 8 audio channels and live sampling…just the Scene morphing in this case.
Is this M4L plugin still the way to with Ableton 11? Just curious if anything else has popped up. M4L DJ MORPH – SMAO#LAB
8 parameters only? … pathetic! 
ha! Its good enough for what I want to do…if it works still.
Nine Inch Nails keyboardist used the Octatrack on one of their tours.
Thom Yorkes new band (The Smile) used one last week for their live shows to sequence some modular.
Not centre piece usage but for select songs
I see a lot of comments like this and I think
So ?
They use a lot of things. It’ll be funny to see octatrack adverts with ‘as used by thom yorke ‘ … very sad if people fall for this nonsense.
In terms of ableton I’d try making automation clips that are separate to midi notes etc … you could trigger filter sweeps etc .
Agree.
I was just simply answering some post above about “do pros use it live”
They were the big name examples that came to mind
Sure , my comment was a general thought , not directed at you.
As with using octatrack, ableton can do what you need … keep it simple if you are playing live … trigger pre made stems … it works well for orbital and underworld .
I’d grab a controller if you also plan to emulate octatrack on ableton … I’d probably not capture live loops , just setup fx sends and controllers to filter , pitch , delay , reverb send etc.