Point taken and totally valid. Elektronauts is friendly and inspiring. This the the only music forum I frequent for that very reason. I’d still come to read and post even if I didn’t own any Elektron gear.
But some more to contribute to the discussion are the user needs. I think if someone wants to do a hybrid DAW / Hardware setup the DT would be the better choice
DT
- Overbridge
- no time stretch
- no stereo sampling
OT - stereo samples
- No Overbridge
- time stretch
To elaborate a bit more on timestretch: I don’t think anyone would argue that the OT can touch timestretch via the better software / algorithms we have right now via VSTs and DAWs. BUT from what I often see, people (including myself) go for the OT because we want to stay as far away from the DAW as we can until it’s time to start recording, so in that respect it’s a great tool to have at your disposal.
Here is another thread with some other pros / cons / opinions on the two (plus M:S) - Octatrack vs Digitakt vs Model:Samples