still part of my GAS’ing no doubt but is there a difference in how one can use single cycle waveforms on the OT vs the DT.
Is there any difference to the granular techniques as well?
I’d say OT is better, but I don’t have DT.
OT : Stereo files, slices to choose the single cycle waveforms, more lfos, total control of parameters with crossdader morphing between scenes…Can do granular, really interesting things trimming a sample in audio editor’s page, that sample played by 8 audio tracks with different settings, random lfo on start…
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You just have to say Synthesis and nothing can beat the OT.
DT is like a swiss army knife
OT is like a toolbox with all the necessary tools
Therefor Granular is really something different with grains diffusion and number of grains to turn around and cycling through… You can achieve some granular results the one with the playhead but you can’t do all the crazy stuff without a real Granular device
like the Tasty Chip Electronics GR-1 Granular Synthesizer
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OT has more lfo‘s. and I prefer the sound of the filter.
one thing pro DT. you can lfo the sample selection. can be great for wavetable type stuff. you could do this in the ot with lfo on slices if you prepare a sample with multiple single cycle waves and slice them. but additional prepartion is needed I guess
Edit: OT has also the comb filter which is a magic source of organic synthy sounds
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OT can’t really compete with this but it can do a (only) 8 grains granular stuff.
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But generally with Granular I prefer prepare my STEMS on a computer, generate a series and use it further in the OT… with this abilities to stream long file it’a a WIN-WIN
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So you use Static machines to play them ?
I’m interested in some details concerning your techniques.
I used some tricks inspired by granular here but I’m not a specialist at all.
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Comb filter sucks, I can’t stand it anymore! 
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I think the only reason that I would pick up the DT instead of OT for synthesis would be for the Reverb and Delay. Aside from that the OT has more features to play with.
Dt has a larger octave range I believe
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Can’t the DT also scan the waveform with a fixed size loop? I thought I remember reading that at some point. If so, that’s a huge plus for the DT.
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You should be playing basement parties with that kind of material. You would rule them all
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OT can do that in the audio editor. And you can add lfo on start, reverse, pitch a the same time.
Yep. Really good point.
+/- 1 octave for OT 
+/- 2 octave for DT 
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But it kinda sucks that you can only choose either rev or del. Si it helps to neighbor up
All sounds coming from different white noise genrared trought the recording inS… Then subthetise…similar stuff can be done using the Digitakt tho.
More options on the octatrack.
The sound and smoothness of the digitakt is unbeatable though.
Octatrack turns out to be a clickfest quickly
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Holy shit man, amazing stuff 
The sound = Extra eq. Not flat.
Smoothness?
? Not the case with correct samples.
Can be true with realtime recording in certain conditions.
The Digitakt clicks so much with everything. You have to have it perfect for everything or it clicks. Not saying I don’t love it, but I’ve rage quit a few tracks over the clickyness of some sounds and trying to edit them.
I know we all love the OT, but I think that this is kind of the DT’s wheelhouse. Sure, you don’t get immediate access to three LFO’s but you can always resample and the DT is higher quality than the other elektrons when it comes to single cycles both in terms of parameter resolution and sample rate. (Only in terms of parameter resolution vs Rytm)
The effects that it has in common with the OT are much beefier and (although the filter and overdrive are totally subjective) it has a full adsr for the filter on every track. As a matter of fact, it has bit reduction, delay, reverb, filter, amp envelopes, and overdrive on every track too.
The octatrack is probably going to offer more in terms of performance control, but (and I’m really not trying to split hairs here) idk if that is really a “synthesis” perk. Modulation is definitely a part of synthesis, but they’re both samplers so modulation could potentially be infinite on either if you resample.
And even the performance advantage that the OT has is assuming that an 8 oscillator CTRL ALL equipped Granular Wavetable synth is not what you’re after, because if you want 8 equally capable Oscillators working in tandem the Digitakt still has an edge. Being able to control all sample slots and all loop points simultaneously is pretty hard to compete with.
Anyways, Here’s a thing that I made using Geb Bush as all sound sources. Probably took 15 minutes. The main synth is a fast looping Geb, the granular drone is a Saw wave LFO scanning the start point on a fast looping pitched down Geb.
Both of these machines slap at synthesis!
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