So after reading a few threads around here I’ve come to understand that the main developer of the OT is not longer at Elektronauts and therefore I assume major overhauls of and added features to the Octatrack are very slim. Maybe I’m just being a pessimist but seeing how after Elektron has retired the Machinedrum and Monomachine, the Octatrack is the oldest machine in their current support and definitely isn’t on their “to-do” list so to speak. This makes me assume they’re going to drop it in the near future and any hope of a major update quite slim.
So if this is the case, why not make the Octa open source? Seeing the passion of the OT community in finding work-arounds and alternate fixes makes me think if it were able to develop a custom OS (a la JJOS), I think the OT, which is an already quite notorious sampler, could achieve absolute legendary status.
This would give the community an opportunity to fix the things it thinks need fixing, and relieve Elektron to continue onward bringing their newest ideas to fruition.
I really don’t want Elektron to abandon the Octatrack. But if that’s inevitable, this might be a good solution.