hi everyone, I have a question for you. I noticed that Digitakt in addition to having a small arsenal of waves (fm saw etc.) has a precious filter well set up and highlighted. They seem intentions towards a machine that, although almost without advertising it, is invested with the power to at least modulate and build a base of synth waveform sounds. although OT is DT’s elder brother, he has neither the arsenal nor a filter. someone will object that among the effects there is the comb filter and that’s okay but maybe a little bit for an older brother … So we can conclude that this vocation as a wave-synth and therefore a small sound design is deliberately intended only for DT? if so, I must admit that DT is increasingly assuming the connotation of the Elektron family’s Swiss army knife. do you agree?
OT has a filter. It’s the default on FX1 page. Slope and state variable.
I do think the DT is the Swiss army knife! I think this video is a great showcase of all the awesome stuff that makes DT look so versatile:
I would love one, but the Model:Samples is already awesome, costs 500€ less, and I already have it. The upgrades on DT are not enough for me to make the jump… yet. Maybe someday though.
Personnally, what makes OT “worse” to me are the dated effects and lack of Overbridge, the size, workflow that feels less inspiring and “instrument-like” to me (I may be wrong, I hope I am!) and it costs 2 DTs 
. Otherwise, OT all the way. Especially for Live Looping.
No. The OT has the capability to load any single-cycle waveform (like the DT) and has a filter (low-pass, high-pass, band-pass) available on every audio track.
you are absolutely right, I underestimated the Filter in the effects section and I let myself be influenced by the fact that it was not present in the main Pages like in DT
…any sampling device that’s capable to loop down to a length of one single cycle can become a synth of some sort…
and i’m not aware of any sampling device that does not come with at least one filter…
and holy knob, the takt is the most straight forward swedish box…it’s with no doubt a sonic swiss music army knife even beyond it’s own brand…
I’ve always looked at OT as the most utilitarian Elektron due to things like the LFO designer, ability to mix in 4 separate inputs, ability to bring in stereo audio, ability to have dedicated tracks for those inputs that allow you to lay trigs and route the result out of outs 3/4, among so many other things.
So beyond being a sampler and midi sequencer, it can be a mixer, a looper, a deep midi LFO box, an effects processor for other gear. And it can be dedicated to these things individually or do them all at once.
It can even be a wavetable synth.