Quoted because this is simply not the case, it just illustrates that you do not understand the Octatrack, the record buffers are totally independent from the tracks unless you assign the record buffers to the tracks. So if you understand this, you would see that as well as having 8 tracks running, you could resample 8 separate things at the same time, from almost any combination of cue, main, individual track, or any of the 4 inputs. Also you can sample more than 4 bars, FYI 
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Hmmmm. I guess it’s not for you then.
There’s such a wide variety of so many things in the world; I hope you don’t whine this much about all of the ones that don’t work for you. You’d lose half your life to typing negative remarks on forums and suchlike. 
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How is that going for you?
No, it really is a bitch to learn for some people, including myself. But it’s worth every minute, and not just for masochists.
I never had an MPC, but I quite like the ergonomics of the OT. It seems like it was designed to two handed play with a right hand bias. I just love setting up scenes and playing the crossfader while muting and unmuting parts or triggering slices in real time. It feels like a true instrument.
I didn t want to start another topic so I ll leave it here:
Octatrack vs MPC X… what would be the pros and cons comparing to each other?
Thanks!
Maybe enough informations in the topic imho!
The MPC LIVE is pretty similar to X.
Personal subjective sum up :
The MPC X is huge, heavy, and uggly.
Octatrack is magic.
I had MPC1000, kept an MPC500.
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MPC X
pro : It’s an MPC !
con : It’s not an Octatrack
Octatrack
pro : Man, it’s OCTATRACK
con : No, it’s OCTATRACK
Hope it’s help
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Irony doesn t help…
Not really.
In the control department very different…
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What do you wanna do with this new piece of gear?
Wanna mangle in real time, live sample, do fun stuff with a crossfader, program a cool step sequencer? Then it’s OT time.
Wanna play your stuff with nice pads, record it as is, send midi everywhere? MPC is your buddy.
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I had both an MPC live and the OT. Didn’t really gel with either.
MPC has these lovely playable pads, tied to dozens of menu screens with multiple pages each and it’s just such a workflow killer.
Octatrack has a super nice tactile interface but it really doesn’t feel that playable. Even with 1.40 the midi in is a chore to set up and doesn’t even record note length.
MPC if youre about playing stuff in live, OT if you prefer programming sequences instead of playing them. I personally like a mix of both and much prefer the Rytm and MC-707.
Also consider the Polyend Tracker. You lack the multiple ins and outs and recorder buffer tricks, but it’s otherwise better if you ask me. Nicer interface, better sequencer. Less than half the price too.
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I don’t know what you mean by this. The midi is very clear and simple to set up, you just assign a midi channel to a track and you are in business. I just double checked, you definitely can record midi notes of varying lengths. I have come to enjoy playing the trig keys as a keyboard, but it’s also very easy to set an auto channel and use an external midi keyboard and have the OT act as a midi router.
I do not have a deep understanding of the midi features, because they quickly can become a chore. But even with my lazy disposition, I find midi set up to be easy enough to do once per project or save as a template.
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Had the MPC Live & One with a total of about 2 years. I learned everything I could & tried to use it for genres it’s not specified for. I really had to fight with the box to get it to do anything I wanted.
Maybe the X is better because it has more macros.
I feel the Elektron flow is way more exciting and live"ish" than the new MPC series.
I’ve seen people say the complete opposite though.
It completely depends on what you’re trying to do with the device.
Same software for X and Live no?
At least, the Live is the closest, and it has been compared to Octatrack many times…
The midi control over midi tracks is fine, but the midi control over the sample tracks is really poor in my opinion. As a result I feel like the Octatrack is very much aimed at programming rather than playing. Which is literally the polar opposite of the MPC.
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Was just reading and I already contradicted people.
Point being it’s personal opinion of what you want.
Watch all the videos you can and see what you like.
OT is very playable once programmed. 
Yes, midi recording of your playing is definitely better on MPCs (overdub, linear, more poly, better quantize…).
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Yeah that is definitely a better way of putting it. Once programmed, the OT is insane at manipulating the sequence (fader, delay trig mode, live resampling).
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For me, this is really a question of workflow and how your brain works with the different workflows. I loved the concept of playing the pads of the MPC, but outside of playing patterns into it, it was a workflow my mind just didn’t gel with, so I sold my 1000.
The Octatrack workflow on the other hand just works with my convoluted head.
I tried really hard to like, learn and love the MPC but it just didn’t gel and the Octatrack does. Sorry, I’m sure that doesn’t help.
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Ok.
So first of all I just compare the MPC X to the Octatrack.(not Live or 1000…)
Second, I watched all I could, but I nèed the experience of people working with both, as workflow goes.
For example I kind of liked TR8s up to the point of browsing, loading samples and menus diving… when I turned to Mpc Live, browsing was more friendly, but not having enough knobs and those only through different menus hated its workflow and liked more the TR8s…
…and I was thinking that if Mpc Live had all the knobs just like the Octatrack maybe would have been better… maybe… so I though then about the Mpc X… and so on.
Sorry for the long post… only to really say what I m looking for… (friendly workflow)