i get the exact opposite feeling: so overjoyed to find hidden features, new button combinations etc. it reminds me of when i used to find new combos on mortal kombat
also itās not super āhiddenā; FILL is one of the first few options when youāre scrolling through trig conditions for a trig. but i agree, a dedicated fill button would be sick. iāve definitely concluded that the OT begs to be the centerpiece of your setup, the thing you use everyday. itās not meant to be pulled out every-so-often or you wonāt absorb all the tricks and fully understand the architecture etc
i just found out that in the sample slots page, func + right changes the sample to the next sample in that folder on the CF card which is awesome
also agreed that basecks music isnāt up my alley but you canāt deny how skillful the performance is
oh totally. itās just unfortunate for me to want to enjoy his skills in the video when I really just want to mute it, haha. but, musicās like thatā¦ anyway, not trying to be negative. totally respect the dude and his work.
is there any other feature which you need to hold one or both of the arrow keys to access though? you need to hold FUNC for a lot of them, just like on their other machines. but this oneā¦ would anyone even think: āhmmm, maybe if I hold these two buttons and press some other completely un-related buttonā¦ā? I mean, yeah, the manualās there for a reason. but super-unintuitive interface options are frustrating.
@yeshuah Thatās a possibility for sure !
For the moment iām focusing on learning the Digitone : Iām starting to know how to achieve goals for sound design but iām still close to nowhere performance wise.
In the meantime iāll start to read the Octatrack manual, check the forum and keep on watching videos about it.
My Dawless journey has just begun and iām still in the blur about the objective and the tools i will need.
@Skurdd But then again, i might make a snap decision and go for it because of things like the video posted by @Eons-Follower .
Until this video, all i understood about it was that you had to take time to prepare your set to kick ass.
The video implies that you become the master of the four elements.
Ah yeah saw that. Very cool, not my kind of music but Jesus itās a flexible Machine.
For me the biggest reason I still use the Digitakt and not a daw is the inspiration, immediacy and inspiration.
I know the OT checks 2 out of those 3 boxes but at the moment Iām unsure if thatās enough to justify one over a proper laptop or something
Thatās exactly what iām trying to evaluate.
Thereās so many things one can achieve with Ableton, a launchpad and Max devices.
Iāve barely scratch the surface with this configuration and Live 11 seems nice but like you said, the inspiration and the immediacy is stronger on the Elektron side, Iām in that case anyway.
Iāve got into Dawless because i was fed up with all the crap that comes with Daw music :
Software conflicts, loading times, vsts that eat half of the cpu witn one chord and so on.
But i didnāt expect to get so much inspiration and joy with these machines, and the most important : The pleasure to perform.
I love to compose music in Daw but i kinda lost the ability to play āliveā.
So, performing has made a huge comeback in my musical journey, and being mistrustful with computer stability, the Octatrack temptation is immense.
Agree, performing a track or just a simple beat in live is very rewarding. It capture the feeling of the moment.
Performing on the octatrack is very fun. Scenes and parts transform boring loop into a full beat.
When I remember my begening on Fruity Loops with automation lane drawed with mouse, I canāt come back to it now.
Ha ha ! Same here !
Started to use computer for music with Fruity loops !
Then Ableton was a revelation and a game changer, but i donāt remenber having so much nervous giggles when creating.
With my Model:Samples and Digitone, that happens almost every time.
Same here. I also work in front of a computer screen all day since teaching went online so, when itās time to make music, I donāt want to look at the computer. Maybe Iāll go back to a DAW one day when Iāve had a long enough break from it and Iām sure Iāll have to transfer my songs to it before releasing them into the wild but, for now I need to get away. I even returned my MPC Live 2 because of the screen. I know that sounds extreme but, it was bugging me. I will miss some of itās functionality but whenever I want to write a traditional song, I can use the computer. Right now Iām just having too much fun with OT, DN, OP-1, and Lyra 8 is on the way! Going to the mountains tomorrow and came up with a cool setup- acoustic guitar into op-1 mic (not pristine but gets the job done), op-1 into external inputs of DN, DN into OT with OT as master clock. I want to do an entire record with this setup. Sorry for the long post but Iām excited.
I know, I just realized my desk is covered with a bunch of tiny caskets, which is how these black boxes look to me with their protective lids on. Iām going to light some candles now and take those lids off!
