Is Octatrack a good drum machine?

Great for drum fills. i think it helps to look at if you will use the features and the stuff the octatrack is good at for your drums. i use the octatrack for percussion, but pretty differently than i would use a drum machine or mpc. cutting up and shuffling loops so they aren’t loops.

What is Octatrack good for?

The Octatrack MKII brings enormous sample processing ability into a machine designed for live performance. It redefines how you transform your sounds, as well as how you interact and play with them. It lets you do things that were previously impossible with a single instrument.

Is the Digitakt a drum machine?

The Digitakt is a dynamic drum machine and sequencer that excels in live beats and sampling. Overbridge also gives it an unprecedented level of integration in the studio.

What is Elektron Digitakt?

Digitakt is a compact drum machine from Elektron. It contains all the necessary tools to make people move to the beat. A digital and highly flexible sound engine, sampling capability, a live-friendly sequencer, the means to control external MIDI gear, and Overbridge support.

When did the Octatrack come out?

Elektron launched the first Octatrack back in 2011, and quickly gained itself a great reputation among musicians not just for its sample engine, but also for its ability to sequence external gear in a live setting. The new model costs €1449/$1349 and starts shipping in August.

When did the Octatrack mk2 come out?

The Octatrack MKII Anniversary Edition is part of the celebration of the instrument that has fundamentally changed the sampling game since its release in 2010.

What is the difference between Digitakt and Digitone?

With the Digitone you can literally have every style of all 4 tracks play a different sounding synth, and for the Digitakt you can have up to 128 samples in memory and every step could cycle through those 128 samples and modulate them in infinite ways for every style.

How much RAM does the Digitakt have?

Elektron Digitakt 8-voice Drum Machine/Sequencer Features: Sample-based drum machine with 64MB sample memory and over 1GB of onboard storage.

Is Octatrack a stereo?

The Octatrack MKII can be treated as a small mixing desk for your whole setup, making use of the unit’s configurable two stereo inputs, and main, cue, and headphone outputs. Then connect external MIDI gear and let the machine orchestrate proceedings via dedicated tracks.

Does Octatrack come with samples?

The Octatrack uses a compact flash card slot to handle sample and project storage. It ships with a 16GB card but can accept cards up to 64GB. The supplied card comes stocked with 5GB of factory sounds provided by Loopmasters, Samples From Mars, Sample Magic and Origin.

Should I buy a Digitakt or Digitone?

The main difference is Digitakt is 8 tracks, Digitone is 4; but both have 8 voices of polyphony, so with Digitone being able to play chords and Digitakt not (unless you sample them) they’re both pretty much on par in this respect too.

Is Digitone multi timbral?

Digitone is multitimbral, in its particular case meaning that each of its voices can potentially play a completely different sound. Digitone Keys also has 4 additional tracks for MIDI sequencing, and the keyboard can also be used to play external gear live.

Is Digitakt polyphonic?

In theory the Digitakt doesn’t have built in support for playing polyphonically. It does have eight sound tracks that can play in parallel, and you can pitch notes in each track chromatically, but you can’t play or program two notes at the same time on one track.

When was the Octatrack mk2 released?

The Elektron Octatrack MKII will be available for $1349 in August 2017.

Does Octatrack have overbridge?

It has been stated a few times that over bridge will NOT be available with octatrack. Would be nice but it seems a no go… Maybe a mkII someday? One option to consider for multi tracking is that most performance parameters from the OT can be recorded in real time as MIDI CC to a DAW and played back to the Octatrack.