Everyone’s been super helpful, I’d tell people to get elektron products because of what a great community that comes with it on elektronauts!
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Have fun with your simpler! 
I sincerely think it’s better to start with it.
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I think you’ll have a lot of fun with the Digitakt - I certainly did. Also - it really helped me learn the Elektron workflow before moving on to more complicated machines (MD and Octatrack).
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I think the Digitakt is a gateway drug because I’m considering these two machines now - as well as the Digitone!
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Loopop on To OT or Not OT – that is the question.
He digs into the question, “Is the Octatrack still worth it?”
Skip to the Summary 28:25 to get Loopop’s answer. (Basically it’s: Yes.)
Anyone using their OT for Quadraphonic output (mentioned at 4:23) ?
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I know some individuals have found ways to use an OT as a multi-track recorder.
I couldn’t wrap my head around those techniques, so I just record my OT ramblings into computer via Roland Duo Capture EX.
Quick google found this thread, sounds fun
Edit: thinking about it that would be sweet as fuck, LFOs modulating surround panning and morphing depth with crossfader scenes. I’d legit buy a second pair of monitors to try it
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I’ve been planning to (even got a small joystick to build a custom quad panning controller for the OT in Axoloti) but some other music projects have been taking over and OT stuff has been on the back burner this winter.
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Yes i did for an quadraphonic installation i made once. Nothing fancy, just playing each track on its own output.
Nice overview/review of the Octatrack. Makes me keep it for a long time 
I don’t need to read the thread or watch the video : Octatrack, what else?
Good tittle to create interest in the video maybe, but I really don’t like the idea to ask if something really original created less than 10 years ago can be obsolete. Buy, buy, bye bye.
Planned ! I got a 2k sound system for that, I just need another amp.
To not Octatrack is considered rude in some places.
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Octatrack or not, I don’t like that more and more common idea that everything is obsolete after 2 years or less.
Easy to hate Octatrack, smash it, I respect it if so ! 
Respect old gear.
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Agree, gear like this is to be enjoyed for a long time, “the new shiny” and “forced obsolescence” are horrible concepts.
Having said this I did upgrade from mkI to mkII, my mkI was one of the beta units and never showed any signs of problems, the only reason I upgraded was due to the extra buttons, because I always felt this was the only real problem I had with it - even from day 1. Of course I got used to the many key combos, but I have to say after a few months with mkII I think I made the right decision.
I have no desire to upgrade my other Elektrons to mkII, and I don’t like the new form factor being larger.
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You’ll never know if Octatrack is for you until you try it, just like any other anti-depressant.
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Totally. I needed 3 weeks to realise how it was amazing!
If you love it and want to master it quickly, maybe you need some more anti-depressant. 
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I forgive you. 
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Gotta say though that still some things about the mkI I prefer, but on balance the mkII slightly wins for me.
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*may cause unanticipated side effects
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Totally agree.