Maybe, but I’ve seen lots of charts and graphs that support the idea that the OT is just very neutral, but there doesn’t seem to be a lot of evidence that there’s anything lacking, quality wise. Obviously it doesn’t sound as “good” as kit that is orders of magnitude more expensive but, objectively speaking, there isn’t anything wrong with the OT’s sound quality. Not every tool works for every person, that doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with the tool.
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if that’s bad sound quality coming out of his OT, I really want to experience good sound quality some day in my life
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Just a few months ago we thought the OT was finished. After the 1.4 update, who knows what might happen in the future. It’s nice to dream.
I only trust my ears! Can you post a example where I can hear the Octatrack used in optima forma and where it shines out above the average use?
Just curious it’s been a while since I used the OT. It was for 2011-2015 so maybe the mk2 could be different?
See above.
This conversation is so tired. If you want to criticize the timestrech or FX, be my guest; no question that there are better of both out there.
But wrt uploaded samples at 24bit with timestretch off, the difference is not worth anyone’s second-guess and anyone claiming it’s the equivalent to an AKAI S1000 or whatever should reconsider what their agenda in this conversation is.
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Sorry, I don’t take mp3 or YouTube for serious listening. Give me an example or from an artist that is an power user of the OT on https://www.qobuz.com/
Edit: Or if you are not familiar with Qobuz, some OT examples that are in ‘lossless audio’ format.
Sorry, you want me to download some random app so I can search on there to find an artist that can use the Octatrack to your obviously subjective and increasingly impossible standards?
Nope.
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…so, one with “noise” and one with “lofi”, both part of their avatar names, start discussion #1364 on ot’s sound capabilties and u all chime in…i see…er, hear… 
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I don’t think anyone is claiming that? But if it ever happens, I’m buying the OT again.
Looks like that is a difficult topic for some:) But it is a factor for a potential buyer that would prefer to have “exciting” sound out of the box without additional compressor/eq.
To my ear, I was never impressed with OT sound quality hearing it in clubs/venues on quality systems. It felt like it was missing dynamic range and spaciousness.
“Exciting” is super subjective, but I got that feeling from AR or perhaps DT and even mpc1000 with jjos, to stick with live samplers. But none of them are as flexible as OT.
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If you know your stuff you can pretty much get a good sound out of anything.
Got an OT recently and selling the DT as it’s just not getting used. I generally get everything sounding up to my standards at source and don’t require my samples to have extra sparkle. Maybe a bit of master bus stuff.
I can sample a sound on the fly, set it going, then fade into it from the source and it sounds pretty spot on to me.
Do you prefer an extra eq you can’t remove?
If you take time to prepare samples on a DAW, do you prefer they sound different on OT?
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Just a comment: I recently traded my AR MKI for an OT MKII.
I wanted to use it as a stereo FX box for my TR-606 and MC-202. Turns out that the signals do sound different going through the OT, but it adds a certain character to the sound - from the 1 FX chain I set up, the incoming sound sounds like a resonating thin sheet of metal.
I kind of dig the sound, but I do see myself using my audio interface when wanting to record hi-fi analog.
What’s your routing like? That sounds like a phase issue to me.
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