i wish i could do the overbridge thing, but i like to run everything through the Octatrack, which goes to my interface and then record the stereo mix in Ableton. So i do use decapitator and other things for mastering, like saturation and compression.
I do record one track at a time into the octatrack a lot, but that’s usually only necessary for my other synths. the digitone solves the problem of multi tracking by having the simultaneous engines, but i do see the advantage
but yes, ideally i would like ot be able to run each of my octatrack tracks into ableton individually via overbridge and have them all recording live separately with their own plugin effects. i do think that analog does make a difference when it comes to saturation and compression though. it would be a pain in the ass to have separate pedals for each of the digi outs, but alternately, you could have a sub-mixer like i do, with an fx send so you can have one signal chain with all of your pedals and all 4 digi tracks going to separate inputs, so you can dial in the send amount individually for each track. kind of like how the internal digi fx work. 4 sends going to 3 master effects