Great track ! AR is next purchase on our list
Wow, thoroughly enjoyed this one - really really good melodic techno andreas! The AR sounds absolutely fabulous here.[/quote]
Thanks, it makes me happy you like it. Yes, the AR really is something else when put to the test. Once all samples are in there, it’s all you need to build something decent.
Great track ! AR is next purchase on our list [/quote]
Thanks. I was holding out for months before I pulled the trigger. Now, I wonder why I waited.
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Hey there.
My 404sx lay unused for a long while but recently it’s become the perfect tonal compliment to my AR. I sequence it via the OT - much better than the 404’s inbuilt sequencer!
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Has the 404 replaced the OT as a sampler for you now? I’m thinking of getting one instead of the OT, to get a different sound and a more direct tool for sampling. But I’m cautious. Now that I’ve learned the OT, it’s a very direct and quick instrument to get complex sounds from. It’s not just exactly the sound I’m looking for.
I never used the OT as a sampler - just as a sample playback machine and sequencer.
I never found its sonic mojo - I found its sound design mojo though…
For tone I’d take the 404sx any day 
But without immediately and on the fly start point and pitch controls, it’s a one trick pony.
you’re right, its sound doesnt have much “chops”, particularly as i have a S900 and SP808
it sounds like my Yam A3000, functional but loses something and doesnt impart anything special to make that up.
certainly doesnt help with all these AR & OT owners saying how much better the filters etc and general sound the AR has over it.
Sample Handling - when they finally arrived in the machine - is quite intuitive on the Rytm. I like the part of “melting” samples together with the synth sounds to extend sonic capabilities beyond pure analog. Turns out it also works very well although missing EQs on the Rytm make it serious works when it not fits initially. Apart from the levels and using the filters you dont have very much more left to make both world “join” properly. But if it fits you arrive where you wanted to be very fast - with no hassle in setting stuff up. Thats good, definitely.
The Octatrack however is a completely different machine mate. Its sound design capabilities - thanks to all its effects and flexible machine routings - goes far beyond the Rytms capabilities. It is spontaneous, you can sample all the time and even if you dont do slicing and stuff it still helps a lot. Ever brought a sample through 8 tracks chained together with different effects on each? Fine touching the sound until it fits and then instantly resample it to have it “burned” to disk for later use. Awesome!!! Also Sample Transfer works totally nice on the OT, because you can use the card directly, no need for C6. And its also a lot faster - especially when you have Loops and generally longer samples. Flipside is that you only have 8 tracks while the Rytm has 12. But on the other hand you have all of those 8 tracks at once all the time (apart from using T8 as Master) while on the Rytm different voice groups mute each other - even if you just use samples which is kinda weird, but its not so disturbing either.
Yeah i would definitely say that replacing one with each other is not possible due to their completely different nature. If you can live with samples only i would go for the OT, otherwise i would use the Rytm. Best is - obviously - having both So the Rytm can do the drums and the OT samples the Rytm as well as other sources and can do more of the melodic stuff thanks to its different Sequencer Modes and the Slices and what not