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Octratrack vs Circuit vs OP1 vs Electribe Sampler

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  • null____voidnull____void

    @syrupcore said:
    What a great thread.

    I agree, it probably saved me around $800 (and actually $1200 or so too but buying that Elektron sampler was more of a pipedream)

  • kobamotokobamoto

    the elektron Rytm is pretty sic though and very powerful without the octa's aloofness

  • jbvdbjbvdb

    @vpich said:
    well,.. my 2 cents.. i bought the octatrack, put away my laptop for the most part, studied the OT non-stop for a few months (most obtuse piece of gear i have ever had) and learned how to do most things i wanted, albeit SLOWLY. was digging it until i met with my writing partner/jam buddy and he guided me through his latest tracks on ableton and reminded me of the wizardy and ease and quickness of it all. which i knew but had convinced myself that i could accomplish it on the OT. preparing a song, even with pre-done stems takes way, way , WAY longer on the OT, and then you only have stereo out etc. i can walk 20 miles instead of driving, but do i want to? gone.

    then i bought the op-1, which i immediately loved. it is fun and sounds cool. my idea was to work on stuff anywhere and then import what i wanted into ableton for completion. but...no quantize is just ridiculous at this day and age. plus only 1 fx at a time (unless you commit one two tape) and most are noisy. this is cool sometimes but not for everything. sounds are cool but not as cool as having moog 15, waldorf nave, and other awesome synths, apart from the cubasis and gadget and others. sampling from the radio is cool, until you realize that you are gonna have a bitch of a time lining up anything with a beat. and you remember radio sucks. i can have radio on my ios, and spotify, and youtube, and.....

    let's not forget about having dropbox and export to soundcloud and all that goodness on your device, no middle man. let's not forget about tons of quality fx in ios..

    and lastly, i have gadget in my pocket at all times. the op is mobile, but not that mobile. so so happy my journey has brought me here. still love ableton and using my elektron analog keys and other hardware things in my mini-studio, but.. as a father of two, business owner, husband, etc ios has been my major music making experience lately, and it has invigorated my love in making music.

    Disagree 100% about the octatrack, and I also use push and live and an iPad! They are amazing together, and I learned everything I wanted to know to start on the octatrack within a few weeks. Octatrack is great for mono sampling and sequencing, live for playing beats and pads and poly synths. And iPad for synths.
    I used to have an electribes 2 and for a simple setup it is great with an iPad, USB out of electribe to cck in to iPad and iPad out to audio in of electribe, batteries and voila great portable setup, simple drums and synths and sequencing with amazing iPad synths = winning. But the electribe sampler seems really shite for sample management and there is no sample preview prior to loading them, which is stupid!
    Op-1 to me seems like a rediculous thing, I would never get one personally it seems way too stupid. But hey this advice is worth what you paid for it!
    Also consider a second hand MPC 1000 with jjosxl off eBay, those are amazing and pair up well with iPad synths if you have an iPad interface.

  • kobamotokobamoto
    edited October 2016

  • ProppaProppa

    Comparing the ES2 and the Circuit: surely both are capable of greatness and while I fully love the ES2 I notice one deeply important difference straight away when using the Circuit: its ultra-compact size, square layout and lit-up-like-a-Christmas-tree UI is pure joy to tuck into while the ES2 feels far less warm as a physical UI: rectangular and quite literally darker.

    Does this matter? Should this matter? For me it does a great deal in that it effects how I feel while tapping and turning all these gloriously non-virtual pads and knobs. I'm far newer to the Circuit but feel a connection to it straight away that I've yet to with the ES2. Two very different machines of course despite what they have in common but godd@mn the Circuit is easy to fall in love with.

  • Redo1Redo1

    @Proppa
    I really get what you are saying and describe some of the reasons I've been considering the circuit over an electribe

  • kobamotokobamoto

    i understand it as well

  • jbvdbjbvdb

    Meh, you could sequence 16 iPad synths from an E2, plus the new blue one looks good! Almost makes me want to get a new one!

  • LeeBLeeB

    All but about 4 of circuit presets are awful and uninspiring. I bought it last week and am a touch disappointed. My laptop is on vista so I can't use the editor, unless I go through a costly upgrade process. I've found an iPad editor, but it's not quite there yet.
    I would love an octotrack, that and the analogue 4 sound in a different league to the others mentioned. That said, I think I would have been better off with a new electribe than a fancy light show.

  • AudioGusAudioGus

    I kind of wish I got an OP1 when it first came out, but at the same time I am glad I invested the time into developing iOS workflow. It really seems like getting one now vs a next gen ipad would be crazy given the development of iOS, particularly the past couple years. But hey if I was in my twenties again without a mortgage, hellzyah i would buy one.

  • AudioGusAudioGus
    edited October 2016

    @LeeB said:
    All but about 4 of circuit presets are awful and uninspiring. I bought it last week and am a touch disappointed. My laptop is on vista so I can't use the editor, unless I go through a costly upgrade process. I've found an iPad editor, but it's not quite there yet.
    I would love an octotrack, that and the analogue 4 sound in a different league to the others mentioned. That said, I think I would have been better off with a new electribe than a fancy light show.

    Yah it took a few weeks for me to get much value out of the circuit presets. I found there are tiny little ranges one can hit with the macro knobs that make or break a patch for me. The editor really is where the potential is unlocked though. It is hard for me to get into Circuit now without the PC editor running which kind of sucks as it minimizes the portability factor. I would love love love it if an actual official iOS app came out. Such a shame / missed oprotunity one does not exist yet.

  • LeeBLeeB

    @AudioGus said:

    @LeeB said:
    All but about 4 of circuit presets are awful and uninspiring. I bought it last week and am a touch disappointed. My laptop is on vista so I can't use the editor, unless I go through a costly upgrade process. I've found an iPad editor, but it's not quite there yet.
    I would love an octotrack, that and the analogue 4 sound in a different league to the others mentioned. That said, I think I would have been better off with a new electribe than a fancy light show.

    Yah it took a few weeks for me to get much value out of the circuit presets. I found there are tiny little ranges one can hit with the macro knobs that make or break a patch for me. The editor really is where the potential is unlocked though. It is hard for me to get into Circuit now without the PC editor running which kind of sucks as it minimizes the portability factor. I would love love love it if an actual official iOS app came out. Such a shame / missed oprotunity one does not exist yet.

    Surely an app has to happen. I like many have migrated away from the computer and to freeze us out is crazy.

  • ThomasThomas

    exactly
    Even though my goal is creating away from iOS 100%, I still realize I'll need to be integrating for some time.

  • TarekithTarekith

    @AudioGus said:
    Yah it took a few weeks for me to get much value out of the circuit presets. I found there are tiny little ranges one can hit with the macro knobs that make or break a patch for me. The editor really is where the potential is unlocked though. It is hard for me to get into Circuit now without the PC editor running which kind of sucks as it minimizes the portability factor. I would love love love it if an actual official iOS app came out. Such a shame / missed oprotunity one does not exist yet.

    I personally just took a couple hours one day and very quickly modified the default presets slightly with the editor to be more appropriate to what I usually want too. A lot of the sounds are set to be monophonic, and turning on Poly really changes how useful they are. Or things like setting the macros to positions that closer resembled what I would want.

    I didn't get crazy deep in the sound design aspects, but with a few small changes to most of the presets I was able to get a much more useful pallete of sounds to draw from.

    Just checked all my latest Circuit work in the OT this week to remix and perform, nice little combo for sure.

  • kobamotokobamoto
    edited October 2016

    circuit, octatrack, op-1.... all by the same person.... superdope

  • kobamotokobamoto
    edited October 2016

    one of my fav op users

  • ProppaProppa

    The Circuit hits a certain form factor / concept / workflow sweet spot which may or may not be one's cup of tea. The true expressive power of the unit (to me) is in the Sample Flip arena. Load your own samples and use the amazing per-step flip functions for both samples + effects and suddenly this wee box is brimming with endless potential for those willing to delve.

  • LeeBLeeB

    @Proppa said:
    The Circuit hits a certain form factor / concept / workflow sweet spot which may or may not be one's cup of tea. The true expressive power of the unit (to me) is in the Sample Flip arena. Load your own samples and use the amazing per-step flip functions for both samples + effects and suddenly this wee box is brimming with endless potential for those willing to delve.

    Now you're making me jealous :) I think my model shipped with V1.2 and I don't have a compatible windows OS to connect to. I may have to commandeer a family member's Computer to get some Sounds in there.

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