Yep, 4, notes (one root + 3 offsets), but multiple tracks can be used to output midi on the same midi channel if you need more than 4 notes.
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Exactly. The end result is more personalized to the producer and less distinctive to the tool. Because you have not only the various sounds changing the character, but also the various reverbs and how you use them.
My A4 and Rytm tunes were all washed with the exact same send reverb, and after a while began to sound too distinctive for my tastes. OT gives me more dimensions to explore, and that is why (to keep it on topic), even with the limitation of no “Supervoid” reverb, it is worth it in 2020. 
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I sold my DT in favour of an OT (mk2) last year and I have zero regrets. Love the Digitakt for how immediate it is and just how much fun it is to program and play, but the way you can sculpt sounds on OT is so amazing and also a lot of fun (even though it’s not as immediate).
I liked the compressor and drive on DT, but I thought the reverb and delay effects sounded a bit like they were too much for the drum samples I was using. Yes they are more modern and hifi sounding, but somehow I couldn’t get them to really blend with the samples I used them on in the way I’d have liked them to. Now, that’s just drums I’m talking about cause on guitar or synth chord samples the DT reverb sounded very good.
Sure you can hear the OTs effects are a little bit older, and it’s a matter of taste of course, but I wouldn’t call them outdated. On drums it’s actually a kind of sound I like better. Dark reverb is really good, the EQs and filters I think are great, some spatializer and a compressor on the master go a long way. And if you do want that super modern reverb or delay sound on one of the tracks, why not route it through the cue out, into a nice stompbox and then back into the OT?
if you are a hardcore user you can hook up 24 midi-lfos for one external synth on one midi-channel
madness
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if you are a hardcore user you can hook up 24 midi-lfos for one external synth on one midi-channel
I don’t understand how we can do this but can’t have midi scenes 
I’d happily sacrifice an LFO for each midi parameter that I want to control via scenes. Surely that wouldn’t overload the midi buffer or whatever the reason is?
I think with this particular thing, (no midi scenes) it feels like something I’d miss. Perhaps not though.
I am diving into my DT again exploring the fill button and all the possibilities for performance,
This is with the hope that if I run out of possibilities for a single button and some knob twists, I can really have an excuse to get a box with “scenes” - currently I just think it looks cool but dno if I “need” it.
Speaking of lfos…OT has the lfo designer! 
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Thanks ! That was enough to justify the purchase of an Octatrack !
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I like the cut of your jib!
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The only limitation that gets me with the OT v DT…octaves.
But as a terrible musician, it really isn’t a deterrent for me.
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Quick resample and you’re golden. Don’t let that stop you from picking up an OT.
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So can I hold down a trig an input a chord via keystep? Or do I have to die them in manually?
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Yes. OT will p-lock a 4-note chord to this step. However, it will also p-lock the velocity and gate length when you press and release the note. Easy to fix.
Continue holding down the trig and press the knobs for velocity and gate length to erase those p-locks and revert to the default values.
Or spin the knobs to set the velocity and gate length values you want. It’s all pretty fast.
Combine with the midi arp to quickly create bass lines, lead melodies, one-shot hooks and more.
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I stand corrected. Whats the technique?
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Another technique less track consuming :
Use a Flex playing CUE Recording, add microtiming to play it with timestretch on and pitch +12, Dark Reverb.
Send to CUE for feedback (used for Wild Shimmer example iirc).
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Buy a Reverb pedal.
Seriously, this is a clever technique.
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Amen. So true. The ability to INFER and EXPAND UPON what you could do beyond the obvious implications of a product’s feature set is often what some commenters lack.
“Honestly, if we all just learned to code, why don’t we all just code up our own products and stop complaining? With code you can do anything, right?”
“Why do I need SIX strings on a guitar? Why don’t I just buy an old SINGLE string guitar and multitrack it in Ableton…you guys are so old schoooool…blah blah blah”
Workflow matters to some. Yeah, the Nord Modular G2 is a perfect example. So effing graceful. I’d take it over Reaktor any day. It all depends on where the joy of music is for the individual. I love translating emotion into body movement and for me, that’s why I choose what I choose.
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I can’t wait until 2025 when the OT has been discontinued and people are seeking it out for more than the original price, like has happened with MDUW and Monomachine.
I’ll still be happy with mine.
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