I got an Octatrack secondhand this afternoon.
I’ve read so much over the years about how difficult and cryptic the octatrack is, and to be honest it put me right off. But I’ve used the MDUW and MnM for a few years, and I’ve had a Rytm for a couple of months now, and I found them all super intuitive and easy to use.
And guess what? Within minutes of opening up the octatrack I was using it to crossfade between Rytm patterns, resampling, setting up neighbour machines to fuck shit up… It’s a breeze! Sure it’s complicated, but it’s logical, at least to my Elektron-ified brain.
So basically, I’m posting to say (1) I’m really excited about my new octatrack and (2) damn all those people who put me off for so long!