No new gear with Performance Macros since AR MKI.
(Modulations macros don’t count as you need external gear to make it Performance Macros)
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yes get an octatrack - its the benchmark - a lot of the latest gizmos that have a sort of ‘take two things from the octatrack and build them into a box’ sort of approach, at least thats how it seems to me, so you might as well find out for yourself what it can do
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control-all on the digi’s ?
Octatrack is basically the evolution of Machinedrum’s ram machines. But getting an Octatrack is always wise. You at least have to know if you don’t like it.
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Octatrack is almost perfect - that’s why the few quirks and limitations really stick out. It’s so damn close to absolute bull’s eye…
Max 64 steps per pattern.
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That’s really only relevant for live recording, isn’t it? If you program your sequences in, you can work around with per track scale settings, microtiming and conditional trigs.
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If you have a chord progression, you need to simplify your bassline quite a bit to fit into those 64 steps even with reduced scale setting. Unless, of course, you are chaining patterns and basically lose the benefit of conditional trigs.
In spite of its limitations Octatrack is still the centerpiece of my setup and I will probably never part of it
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Torso S-4? Unless you meant Elektron only.
It is what it is. Control All.
At least Machinedrum has a Control All machine you can sequence internally.
Control All on Digis is a momentary moment hard to control subtly by essense…
Not a Perfomance Macro allowing to set min / max for selected parameters controlled by that. Up to 250 parameters with Octatrack, so you can morph anything with 8 tracks to anything, with anything in between if you use slices.
Analog Four Perf Macros are great too.
I am not fond of Analog Rytm Perf Macros because of pressure stuff.
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Being in an Octatrack thread, yes. Maybe I should have precised it ! 
Cool if T S4 has been improved. I kept it a couple of days, very deceived by granular part which is just a granular fx. S4 isn’t a granular sampler as some say. I am very glad to have replaced it by Tempera.
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You might try the MPC 1? That is a more modern full on sampler that I’m sure you can use long samples with timestretch. Timestretch on Elektron samplers is made for short loops as far as I can tell, although I’ve never really used it.
Yeah, it’s improved very much. The new granular in beta 2.2 is unreal…or it does what I’ve always wanted granular to do. The only thing that doesn’t really scratch my itch is that rings effect, but if you bypass that the filter is super fun.
The macro’s tho. Fuckin hell. That’s some crazy stuff.
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Midi controller works great. 12 knobs for the 12 macros.
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yea the macros + temp is the shiznit
I agree and just use the Perf Knob on the MK2… like a crossfader 
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As for the OP’s original question. I would not buy the OT for timestreching. I would do that stuff in Ableton, or some other DAW, because that’s what they were designed around.
For me the thing that the OT has that no other sampler that I know of is → 4ins and 4outs, making it an amazing effects/box mixer with full sequencer, parameter locks, 8 channels with their own effects, which can then be routed as neighbors…I mean, that’s whats up. Maybe someone has done this and I missed it, but, really…
PS: If Tonverk would’ve had 4 ins and 4 outs, there would be one on my desk right now.
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If you’re thinking this type of thing, and posting it. Dont buy an Octatrack.
If you want one because of all the cool stuff it can do, and all the cooler stuff you could do with it. Get one.
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The octatrack is a very specific, weird, brilliant, difficult instrument.
If you want that in your life, and have the time to study it, then it’s great.
If you just want a sampler that scores high on lots of feature criteria, I think I’d look elsewhere.
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I used to own an MPC ONE. Looking back, I think it was a very feature-rich yet inexpensive piece of equipment.
However, I didn’t like its appearance or touchscreen, and I’m drawn to the Elektron’s design and complex workflow.
I see. So, we can’t expect any updates then.