With the OT you can load a drum loop for example and then slice it like ableton and on the one track you trigger whichever slice you want. You can only load one sample per track, you maybe able to get around this by stitching your one shots into one long sample but that would be a PITA to do and you can only play one slice per trigger (i.e. you won't be able to trigger a snare and a kick at the same time).AK wrote:Does that mean I can only have 8 individual sounds at any one time, or with this trigger thing, can I have a selection of say, one shot drum hits on one of the tracks assigned to be triggered by different midi notes? That would surely make sense and would give a lot of possibilities. 8 tracks would easily be enough then. Maybe djd-oz could chip in again and shed some light on that.
The sequencer and effects on the OT is much more advance than the MD or MnM.
If you already have an MD then I'll continue to use that for drums, if you have any other external/soft synths than you can use the OT to sequence it and resample it back into the OT or load it up with samples and start mangling.
What's your current setup/workflow? and do you intend this to be a studio tool or for live use?
Below is quoted from the elektron forums on how one might use the OT.
case 1: using the OT for drums
(the OT is very capable of doing punchy drum grooves)
OT + any multi-timbral synth you like
for instance:
OT + Blofeld
OT + Virus
OT + MnM
if you don't need all 8 MIDI tracks for melodies, the multi-timbral synth of your choice might provide additional percussions
case 2: using the OT for melodies
(the OT is also very capable of doing melodies)
OT + drum machine
for instance:
OT + Jomox
OT + MD
case 3: using the OT for loops
in this case, just the OT alone
final note
you should not use the OT for everything (drum machine, melodies) at once, except in the loop-based setup of case 3