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After 10 years Octatrack is still a great tool for electronic music. It definitely has its limits, while there was a lot of updates on the sequencer and secondary functions, still no new effects or sound engines and no plans for that (supposedly limited by the CPU & RAM). The overall sound quality is also a matter of long debates.
But it is still stronger in sound design and performance features than the competitors like Akai or Pioneer. The advanced looping/recorders feature there is still unique and it's more fluent and flexible in connectivity and immediacy of sound creation (despite the complexity). And no so many devices on current marktet bring you 3 LFOs per instrument.
There are better tools for techno or hip-hop, but there are no more flexible texture-builders, remix stations or glitch machines out there.
The MK2 brought very nice upgrade to the physical part which worth the price (which in my humble opinion could be a little bit lower).
But it is still stronger in sound design and performance features than the competitors like Akai or Pioneer. The advanced looping/recorders feature there is still unique and it's more fluent and flexible in connectivity and immediacy of sound creation (despite the complexity). And no so many devices on current marktet bring you 3 LFOs per instrument.
There are better tools for techno or hip-hop, but there are no more flexible texture-builders, remix stations or glitch machines out there.
The MK2 brought very nice upgrade to the physical part which worth the price (which in my humble opinion could be a little bit lower).
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Better in black!
As Batman once said: “Does it come in black?”
Well yes. Yes it does!
If you are familiar with this machine you know exactly what to expect. Owning 2 (this one being my second) I do not regret getting it.
Build quality is top notch.
Arrival time took a while due to stock replenishing but worth the wait.
Pros: I mean… you can use it the way you want. Be it a glorified mixer, a lofi hip hop making machine, sample mangling, midi sequencer, or a decorative piece in the middle of your living room. It’s the octatrack! If you love it, it will love you back.
Cons: sure sound can be degraded at times, or effects are outdated, or timestretch is blablabla. You can make this machine shine if you really want to.
When playing live under the blasting sun, or in a packed nightclub, the octatrack will do what it does best. It will help you improvise, remangle, and perform in a mechanical and trusted way. Even when everything goes wrong (and it has many times) you will always have the octa as a guardian angel.
10/10 black makes it better.
Well yes. Yes it does!
If you are familiar with this machine you know exactly what to expect. Owning 2 (this one being my second) I do not regret getting it.
Build quality is top notch.
Arrival time took a while due to stock replenishing but worth the wait.
Pros: I mean… you can use it the way you want. Be it a glorified mixer, a lofi hip hop making machine, sample mangling, midi sequencer, or a decorative piece in the middle of your living room. It’s the octatrack! If you love it, it will love you back.
Cons: sure sound can be degraded at times, or effects are outdated, or timestretch is blablabla. You can make this machine shine if you really want to.
When playing live under the blasting sun, or in a packed nightclub, the octatrack will do what it does best. It will help you improvise, remangle, and perform in a mechanical and trusted way. Even when everything goes wrong (and it has many times) you will always have the octa as a guardian angel.
10/10 black makes it better.
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A solid and unique machine
Elektron products do have a hype and probably the most talked of all is Octatrack. But this particular one is probably worth it. Octatrack is a strange beast - literally a performance sampler. It does have some limitations, i.e. 8 tracks, mediocre effects and a resampling workflow that could be a little bit more straight forward but on the other hand you can produce some unique sounds using it and it's simply ... fun. It does have some learning curve, but this is because it simply has many functions but there is logic in the way it functions - so its more understanding how this thing works than memorizing endless shortcuts (hello Roland MC101). Although I don't tend to use it every-day or for everything probably this is one of the tools I will never going to sell.
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An all time classic.
This box is complex, challenging, you need time and to study it carefully to make the most of it but the effort is compensated. Is an amazing sampler far beyond his time when release in 2010 and after all this time, still gives a punch. Some of its features are a bit dated, specially the time stretching algorithm but still is usable though. Overall is an all time classic that I will keep for ages to come. Recommended for the geeky, nerdy producer that wants a complex machine with lots of possibilities.
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Very flexible piece of hardware if you put in the time
When I first turned on the unit I expected (rightly or wrongly) that it would be a similar work flow to the digitakt, syntakt, however I found that it was not that similar, so it was a bit of a brain strain, then it clicked and began to make sense, it can be a digitakt if you want to treat it that way, or a mixer and full on loop sampler etc etc.
It sounds fantastic, the work flow is great when you spend the time on it.
I do recommend watching the cuckoo Octotrack mk1 video it's brilliant and it a great start to understand the mk2 if you have not used either before
It sounds fantastic, the work flow is great when you spend the time on it.
I do recommend watching the cuckoo Octotrack mk1 video it's brilliant and it a great start to understand the mk2 if you have not used either before
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satisfiing
took me some time (still) to wrap my head around this thing. but its super useful.. workflow is a bit weird. sound is beefy. and there's nothing really to compare this thing to.
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Inevitable
This is the third time I buy the octatrack (mk1, mk2 grey, now black). I have concerns with the usability as I find the other elektron products more ironed out in workflow, however, the knowledge this box has is irreplaceable. I end up adding it back to my set.
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Octatrack still rox!
Guys, thank you so much for this amazing machine! It is very intuitive and friendly. Sounds perfect and it is now the heart of my home studio setup.
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The GOAT
Don't look any further, you need this machine. It can do so much.
The bank sounds is almost empty, but you can sample easy enough the lots of channels. And the effects are amazing.
The bank sounds is almost empty, but you can sample easy enough the lots of channels. And the effects are amazing.
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Best sampler in the market
Quality build, sound is amazing. Needs a lot of studying and practicing since it is a computer with each own workflow but if you have time and energy to spend on it it will be your best choice. I would recommend for someone that knows the basics of music production.
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