First Week OT MKII Thoughts

Elektron Gear Octatrack
#1

So far I have really been having a blast learning how to work with my new OT MKII :slight_smile:

After the initial frustration and spending time with videos and reading the manual carefully, I am really digging the quirky workflow and incredible power to mangle samples!

Tonite I spent time loading samples from the presets and learning how to use the FX and LFO on these. Amazing how I can take a plain boring sample and create hundreds of unique tracks! I could do this with Ableton but the workflow is not quite as fast even though I have a Push controller.

Also learning how trigs work with samples and the sequencer. So far so good and I still have a long learning curve ahead but I am relaxed now and having fun! In many ways the OT is more powerful than the A4. Though I love that box as well.

#3

Well the A4 cannot sample and store much in memory. The OT can store data on flash card. That is why it is more powerful than A4. BUT as a synthesizer, of course the A4 > OT. I love them both. If I had to keep only one it would probably be the OT since a sequencer/sampler is more important to me with all my synths I have to manage.

#4

How many topics will you create to talk about you (and your gear) !?

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#5

why not reflect your experiences in a blog/vlog @socaldreamer? If you keep it up for min +3y and bring quality there might be a small chance you are going to be able to demo gear for a brand or 2,3,… 17.
:grin:

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#7

Sorry if I was too rude, but all the time you spent writing could be used to learn OT peacefully. :wink:

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#8

I spend plenty of time learning it :slight_smile:
Hey you guys chat a lot about gear as well. At least I don’t hate my Elektron gear in spite of the initial frustrations getting the basics down.

#9

Thanks been working on it just need to get a new video camera and learn some video editing software to make it professional like the other YT stars. Great idea to get that out.

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#10

Long haul or short term flight?