I want to integrate punk / metal guitar with OT, very good for this I think.
I plan to record chords very slowly, make slices, and play them quantized at a faster tempo, change order…
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MD is maximum power and funky, whilst the OT is everything and nothing the same time.
I guess Machinedrum wins instantaneously - and yet, the Octatrack is a progressive value, experienced over time; similar to when societies move from nomadic hunter gathering to stationary established agriculture.
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- OT MKII
- AR MKI
That’s it. I would definitely not get rid of the OT unless Elektron revamped the same concept with something more. I’ve really been considering trading the AR for a MD but I probably won’t. I think I’d miss the low end too much.
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cracked me up !
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- OT - my favorite midi sequencer, fx sequencer, and drum machine for the type of music I’m going for those days. first elektron machine I got and will be the last I let go, and probably only for an OT MkII
- DN - sounds amazing, great execution of a sequenceable fm synth
- AH - also sounds great, quite a lot of bang for buck in the saturation / overdrive / distortion department
- AR - decided after >2 years that I’m letting it go, my life is too short for the effort it requires to sound right and I’d rather have crazier sample control in my OT getting overdriven by the AH than the limitations of the rytm
- A4 - never gelled with the sound, also required too much effort for my liking
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In terms of how often stuff gets used on my tracks:
- A4
- OT
- MM
- MDUW (sold)
In terms of overall fun to play with:
- MM
- OT
- MDUW (sold)
- A4
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MnM mkll
RYTM mkl
OT mkl
DN
AK
MnM mkl
MD mkl
DT
A4 mkl (sold for AK)
AH (amazing but not an instrument)
Don’t think anything will ever be able to top the MnM to me. Such a beast
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otmk2
otmk1
a4mk2
ak
a4
4th time I have brought a a4. think it’s a keeper now I have mk2. same with otmk2.seems easier to use. less menu diving
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- OT mk1 - alien technology in a groove box
- AH - ping the filter to make tones to feed the OT, then process resamples, then use it to treat the outputs for live work. I may get another one.
- AR mk1 - thought it would replace my Nord Drum, but really is a different thing altogether.
I’m really impressed by work I’ve heard from the AR. I haven’t spent as much time with it as the OT, but that’ll change. I see adding either DN, A4, MnM or Virus TI at some point replacing my iPad. . Really happy with the hardware approach coming from DAW’s. The things I really miss from all of this gear is a multitrack recorder with loads of mic inputs and all of the loops and sounds / presets that come with the DAW’s.
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After my first few days with a Digitone, purchased while travelling, enjoying it a lot plugged into my omnicharge and waiting in the hotel lobby for flight home.
Amazing little groove sketchpad that is, to me, happily quite easy to not make sound too FM thanks to the filters and envelopes.
So it’s shot up close to the top of my list but incomparable to the OT (being No 1) as so different.
Better than the A4? Yes when it comes to portability. Timberwise it seems more flexible too.
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Hmmm, having done a little bit of number crunching
THE OVERALL WINNER?
(By a mile )
Octatrack
Runner up
Analog Four
Third is three!
(And this is close)
MM
AR
MD
From the original thread OT came first 27 times,
MM 10 times and A4 9 times, AR 6, MD 5, DT 5, DN 5, SID 2.
OT had most top three entries, followed by A4, then close together AR, MM and MD.
I coupled together the mki’ and ii’s as one machine. Eg if OT MKII came out top followed by MKI with AR third and MD fourth I’d put OT number 1, with AR 2 and MD 3…
This topic is over a year old so it’ll be interesting to see how the DT’s and DN’s are coming along and whether the trinity plus MM/MD still hold primacy?
I guess my motive for doing the check is that I am still undecided which machine I am going for following my experience with the DT.
My yearning is for OT mkii, but I wondering whether to get a MD mki and maybe coupling it with DT for the sampling capability, or even plum for A4
???
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DT
ARMKII
A4MKII
Because thats the o DT order i bought em.
- Analog Four (if the A4 did external midi sequencing it would be in my top 10 synths of all time)
- Machinedrum
- Analog Rytm mkII
- Digitakt
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From best
AR mk2
DT
DN keys / AK can’t decide
A4 mk2
OT mk2
- Monomachine
- Machinedrum
- Octatrack
- Rytm
- Digitakt
- A4
That’s my Rank
- Heat (because it make things better on everything)
- Rytm MKII (because it’s just at its best with MKII, shape then resample : SO NICE)
- Analog Four mkII (because it inspire me LowEnd101 and it’s open my eye)
- Analog Keys (so better with keys regarding synthesis and giving life to the sound)
- Analog Four mkI (I must admit i prefer MKI in terms of design and form factor)
- Rytm MKI (I must admit i prefer MKI in terms of design and form factor)
- MDUWmkII+ (considering acoustic + electronic in one box you can’t go wrong)
- Octatrack mkI (it’s a BEAST, it’s a BEAST period)
- Octatrack mkII (-1 point for the small screen instead of mark I, I’m old ! I need glasses)
- TM-1 (it was something at some point…)
- Monomachine SFX-6 (because no sparkle for me)
I guess I will buy it everything a second time hahaha (one day … 
)
Also I want to Rank Digitone and Digitakt so I need to own to be able to rank
I need to see if Heat MKII is a step further than MKI also … 
How much I need ? oh damn so much ?
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How does resampling work on the rytm? Can only the MKII resample?
My ranking is
- Octatrack Mk1 cause I haven’t messed with a Mk2, but I like 1’s aesthetic a lot. It’s sound design capabilities are endless and I go down some serious rabbit holes. Yesterday I loaded up classic looney tunes cartoon sounds, trigger them with claps and water samples at the same time, panned/p locked everything, then resample it and set a scene to affect the delay, rate… What an incredible instrument.
- Monomachine SFX60+ MkII because it’s a fun little box that will also take you places if you let it. Unique, sparkly digital sounds. Bbox machine sounds great with some filtering and fx and p locks.
- MD Mk1. Sold it to fund my Octatrack. I’d rather play with drum samples, but I sometimes entertain the idea of getting a drum machine to play with again and to keep a more open mind…
Wish I owned more of these bad boys. But I’ve only been in the Elektron game for a bit over a year now 
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Items in bold are the ones I still have
- Octatrack (MK1 and/or 2. Either you love it or hate it and I love love love it)
- Analog Keys (this one is interchangeable with the OT for first place)
- Machinedrum UW (started with non-UW. It’s a classic for good reason)
- Analog Four ( so good, I traded up for the Keys)
- Monomachine (so digital. So good.)
- Digitone Just got this one, so it has’t had time to work its way up the list. So far, so good.
- Analog Heat MK 1 (love it on Continuum, where it lives)
- Analog Rytm MK1 (I like to roll my own sounds, so I love the drum synthesis)
- Digitakt (I’ve owned two. None now. They sound great but are ultimately redundant)
- Model:Samples (fun, but redundant in my room)
- Analog Rytm MK2 (tried twice and they were nothing but trouble)
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Yes that’s an option introduced by MarkII it’s close to digitakt in terms of work. It’s (Drum layering in mind) crucial to me as you can filter/eq : resample, glue together : resample without the need of a computer. On RYTM markI it’s nice but I will have to prepare my Top Sample to layer so I end up with the combination I want sonically. Otherwise it’s too much of frequencies addition (not usually) but regularly.
- Octatrack mkll (x2)
- MachineDrum UW mkll (+TM-1)
- Digitone Keys
- Digitone
- Sidstation (x2:ninja/silver)
- Digitakt
- Analog Heat mkl
- Model:samples
- Octatrack mkl (selling this one, for obvious reasons lol! I don’t need 3 lol!)
still own them all
I also use an Elektron bottle opener, that they gave out when the Digitakt was released, no audio out though lol!
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