People are weird mate 
really weird.
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It can be a goal!
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I like the idea of not caring about saving samples with names until afterward on the computer. Might try this with the new project Iām working on. 
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So yes, I flip flopped. Now I just quickly go back to my T1 (set to flex recording), set down a rec trig (usually itās set to 16 or 32 steps, set to record the main), play the sequence back and then quickly save the file (func+bank when in rec setup, which I didnāt know until another user pointed it out!) and then move on and continue tweaking where I left off.
Something funny I realized about naming everything: I was going through some old sounds stored in my Octatrack and even though everything is named, I still end up playing it to hear what it sounds like anyway 
So yeah with this new method I quickly got a good ten or so interesting sounds and a very efficient workflow.
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The fickle mind of the electronic music gear user huh?
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And then just save sample to that track? Yeah, simple enough. I like that. I still enjoy my longer evolving stuff completely disconnected from the OT sequencerā¦or even the OT itself, but for 16-128 step stuff this is a great way to bounce down stuff.
Yeah I just save it to self. Iām going to record over the rec buffer very soon anyway so it doesnāt really matter. All my samples are saved in my project directory.
Some of us are coming from the other way around, Iāve used DAWās for 17 years, they donāt inspire me easily anymore.
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Thatās not the brainless i was talking about! 
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(Probably the deepest DAW on the market)
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But supposedly simple to use right? I am only going from what people have said, I have never tried it. I didnāt mean simple as necessarily meaning feature light.
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I can sit down on the couch with a moleskin notebook and a nice 2B pencil and start sketching out ideas; words, drawings and diagrams.
Everyone is telling me I should be using Visio on my laptop as it is far more capable and has umpteen features I should be using.
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Reminds me of something I read that said nasa spent millions developing a pen that works properly in zero gravity. the Russians used a pencil
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they also probably couldnāt afford to spend that much because millions of taxpayers were in forced labor camps
Reaper is the only DAW Iāve ever used, bought it 1.5 years ago, basically use it as a live recorder, but when I need to tweak something I know the functionality is there and I just have to find it.
What Iām trying to say if I can do it you can do it because I know nothing about DAWs. Also itās so cheap. Just donāt expect to use it to generate sounds (which I donāt think you are?) and youāre good.
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I also donāt go back to old projects in their original form. My method is to export each track, stem, and sound in itās full length. Then I burn the audio stems to a DVD or two for storage.
This way I can always pull up the audio and mix it differently or provide parts for a remix.
Sometimes I listen to old tracks that I didnāt think were great at the time. Then I realize I made a gem that just needs to be mixed and mastered a little better to shine. This way I can do that and not regret that I didnāt save the audio stems.
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Very reliable hardware!
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The only reliable vintage hardware. Thereās a shop near me that does the Moleskin ones with the dotted paper for about Ā£5 a5, no idea how theyāre so cheap.
Not quite as upmarket as a Moleskin pad, but I have been using these for years, then stopped about 15 years ago, but I recently started using them again. Less than Ā£1 but a stone cold classic 
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It definitely is. Reaper is awesome!