Just the video i was looking for! Sidenote: Great meeting you at NAMM!!

@truecuckoo

6 жыл бұрын

Hey there :) Likewise.

The section about how you use both is super helpful, thank you for that.

@RedMeansRecording

7 жыл бұрын

Also 52:23 sounds dope

@truecuckoo

7 жыл бұрын

+Red Means Recording Cool, great to hear mate!

@ripbozo941

7 жыл бұрын

ofc red slidin into electron comment sections everywhere

@dickheadrecs

6 жыл бұрын

Question for you hello must Siri thank you QQ

@GuitarsAndSynths

6 жыл бұрын

just beware the new MKII Octatrack is quite a bit different in function keys to perform tasks in comparison to the MK I model.

Your videos both make me happy and help me make informed purchases. I've curated my synth information between a few channels and I'm always happy with every review you do. Please don't ever stop doing it.

Hey Cuckoo, Just wanted to say thank you for this. I'm still super torn between the two, but you've done an incredible job at conveying what it's like working with each of them. Cheers!

OMG the little clock in the top left is soo cool and useful!

@truecuckoo

7 жыл бұрын

+Dark Miracle glad you noticed!! I will update it in future videos :)

@Michael_Smith-Red_No.5

7 жыл бұрын

I kept thinking of plastic pie wedges from Trivial Pursuit, but now I get why they're there.

@Hightower2804TP

7 жыл бұрын

Its not a clock, its Pac Man

You're tutorials are insanely good. The index points are awesome. You've single handedly turned me into a loyal Elektron fan with all these amazing videos. Your music is good too. Thanks Cuckoo.

@truecuckoo

7 жыл бұрын

+Random Rab Official thank you so much for all the kind words!! Right to my chest!

Thanks for this video @cuckoomusic. Really nice to see an in-depth breakdown of the two machines side by side like this.

Non-content related, but I like the added segment timer on the top! That with the index on the description sounds to me, like a great pattern for making long videos easily digestible.

thanks for your long informative videos. I got me the digitakt and they really helped me to get to know the functions yet there is so much more to learn about this machine. big up!

Awesome video. Thank you! Just bought an Octatrack MK1 for the same price as the Digitakt. The original is still completely relevant. I love your videos. Thanks man!

seems like a shame they didn't use the chance to give the mk2 the updated effects and some overall polish, still seems like an amazing device but damn that DT reverb...

Incredibly useful and informative. Thanks very very much for taking time to do this video :)

As per the Octatrack commercial, I've yet to be able to transmogrify other humans in a Post-Apocolyptic Lovecraftian warehouse rave. Hopefully this feature is added in a future firmware update.

This is pure quality video! The progress pie is simply amazing, and your videos are just pleasant to see and very instructive! Super Cuckoo!! :D

Cuckoo, thank you very much for all the great tutorials... you make them so easy and fun....

Thanks for sharing your expertise and love of these instruments.

Thank you man - I appreciate the time and energy you put into sharing.

Excellent comprehensive video. Had my heart set on the OT however by the end I was in love with the Digitakt. The sound is awesome, the workflow is very quick and while there are some limitations it feels like a very creative machine.

@mikeexits

Жыл бұрын

I was all-in on wanting a Digitakt and Synthstrom Deluge for years, but after learning that Avey Tare has used the Octatrack to do live sets, and after doing some more research and realizing how powerful it is, now all I want is the Octatrack mkII. Oh boy, that's gonna be a journey.

So very helpful so clever with a wonderful clarity thanks for your lessons i will hook up the Patron account again shortly for your time.

Thanks for this video ! Lots of good vibes and it helps me to get in with my OT, so complex...I'm used to my old Esx, had so much fun and creative ideas... the sound of the OT seems to me too digital but the track you made at the end of this video is so cool, makes me wanna go deeper in the OT! Cheers , Lionel from France

Thank you for this. I was looking for this comparison.

thanks for sharing your rare flavor of creative genius with the world. Great stuff.

Thank you for the very helpful video. I had preordered a Digitakt, but while waiting for it to arrive, I found a deal on a used Octatrack that was too good to pass up. So now I've really jumped into the deep end with both boxes at the same time and no prior experience with any Elektron boxes other than my original Machinedrum. This video really helped me to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of each box and to start to see how I might use the two of them together. Speaking of which, it would be great to see a video demonstrating how YOU would combine the two in composition and performance.

This is your best video; I watched the entire thing. I can't wait for the MKII.

@truecuckoo

7 жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks Benito! The MKII looks nice, doesn't it!?

@drgoodusername

7 жыл бұрын

It doesn't just look nice - it should have the better audio opamps that are in the digi - from what I've read. So any audio you have in Okta actually will sound better out of the MKii. Of course this also means that some tracks may need tweaking if some of the "color" in the sound changes. The only thing I really want in MKII is trig mutes. I don't even need conditional trigs, but trig mutes like in the RYTM should be achievable on the current Okta DSP but who knows.

THANKS cuckoo ;) it was nice to have a full comparison

I have had the Octatrack for many years and yet learned a lot from this.

Great video, understand these lot better now. Thanks

Excellent overview. Thank you so much!

Very pedagogical at the same time as covering a lot of both machines. Will be very helpful for a lot of people, I think. Gött jobbat!

Tanx my Friend, this is the video i was waitin for....you re the best, you re so reactive.....but i still hesite between dt and ot mark2!!!!!!

Your awesome for doing this one of the best reviewers on you tube. I have the tempest and TR8, but really need something like this in my workflow to expand my sound and performance palette .....leaning towards octatrack....and right now mki version used is a good value

First time seeing one of your videos, and I really like your format!! Well done!

@truecuckoo

7 жыл бұрын

+tekis0 thanks!! I appreciate it :)

Nice job - always love your stuff Cuckoo. I'd love to see a Digitone vs Analogue Four video vs of this - cheers mate

god bless you cuckoo in the end of the video you felt in love with Octatrack xD totally agree.

Sir Cuckoo I am grateful for your review. Danke

Awesomely Entertaining as well as informative! Nice Work!

Incredibly helpful video and very well made. Thank you!!!!

1,000 thumbs up if I could. This was an amazing tutorial. I just took delivery of an Octatrack 3 weeks ago. Due to the new one coming out I went ahead and returned it and will be getting MK 2. I also have a Digitakt. Being somewhat familiar with both, this tutorial really helped me out! Thanks!

@grandmasterjo1

7 жыл бұрын

David Knight. Lucky you for being able to with in time.

@grandmasterjo1

7 жыл бұрын

Lucky you

@JupiterRexMusic

7 жыл бұрын

you should just keep the old one and have 2 ;). I'm seriously considering getting a second OT for some serious overload lush insanity

@davidknight754

7 жыл бұрын

Hah! Cool idea, though I better learn how to use 1 first. If I were to do something like that I would try to have 2 Mk II so the workflow is exactly the same. But really, my plan for the Octatrack is mainly backing tracks for my live work. I want to hit a button and start a static machine and send a 20 minute soundscape out the main or que outs, and thats about it at the moment. Will dive deeper as I go though.

Thank you so much for doing this!

Sic et simpliciter, thank you... You helped me a lot in my decision making...

The summer NAMM two weeks from now should give us the perfect picture of the OT Mk II, if any. Thanks for all the effort in the comparison video. I'm sure it will help many me included.

Thanks a lot for this in depth comparison. Very nice and helpfull.

Thank you, very professional comparison.

Thank you so much for creating this

Your entrance into shot at the start. Awesome.

only 2 mins in and already outstanding. Love the image switch between the the old and new Octatracks.

@javiermorin8148

6 жыл бұрын

Hank Astral i

Fantastic video. I want the functionality of the OT with the sound of the DT. The OT sounds flat after hearing the digitakt. Sad to hear the mkii is not bringing sound improvements. That DT reverb!

groovy upload i think i will look at the Mrk2 OT stay mellow...fellow

Your track is really good! Thanks Cookoo

Wow this was so helpful in decide which one to get. Thanks a million Cuckoo your videos are the best on Elektron gear. Also now I want the cool pocket Teenage engineering gear so cute and portable.

@truecuckoo

7 жыл бұрын

+Renaissance Man thank you so much mr Renessance!

@GuitarsAndSynths

6 жыл бұрын

Sure thing! OT is more complex but super powerful once you learn it!

Very informative, thank you!

Awesome video dude, super well made 👍👏

@truecuckoo

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot 🙏🏼

This is great! Always a pleasure

I love my Digitakt. Was gonna sell my much unloved Octatrack. After watching this, I will keep both!

THANK YOU FOR THIS!

You are the best. I love your noises you make

I believe you could do a "control all" feature in the octatrack by sending everything through a master track.

The Octatrack is still just so powerful. It is such a powerful tool, that embraces sampling for the really power tool it can be. I also love how the octatrack acts as a mixer, etc. Thanks for the video Cuckoo! I'll be in Sweden in 2 weeks, and it would be awesome if I bumped into you! Hahaha! Small world and all!

Michael Winslow would be proud of your sound effects:)

Very clear and concise job CC..........nizewerk

Love my Octatrack mkII. This video is awesome. Nothing wrong with the digitakt I just love having more options in performance

GREAT vid! thank you so much for this public service

Great Video and well explained. I know own both machines and a Digitone!!!!

Hey man I love your videos !! you're an awesome teacher !!! Keep On ! ;-)

Thx a lot for this cool video 😀 you are incredible!!!

Your mini mirror idea is SOOO fucking cool, you are 'fearless and inventive' as a galactian slug once said

@truecuckoo

6 жыл бұрын

+Lara Knight thank you so much Lara!! Hope to see you around. Cheers!

Thanks super helpful !

Fantastic man, thanks

Very helpful!

Great tutorial!

Thank you for this

lovely learned soo much

best video intro ever

Watched this to decide if I should "upgrade" my DT to an OT... now I need both. Thanks.

so inspired by this tutorial!

Cuckoo u r the best!!! best wishes from Mexico!

Great explanation

Thank you so much for your videos. You single-handedly taught me how to use Digitone some years ago and I'm so grateful for the effort, detail, but also natural workflow you put into your videos. They feel alive and not rigid and clinical like so many other tutorials! I guess I have one question about Digitakt - I probably need an octatrack but I'm just wondering, is there any way to get the load-time on Digitakt to be reduced? I am on the latest firmware. I have a few projects with longer samples (some of them like 7-14 seconds) and while a given project might only have say 9 samples, I'm finding some projects take around 20-30 seconds for the cog wheel in the upper left of the screen to finish turning until I can play the project. Is there something I might be missing? A way to reduce load time? None of the projects have MIDI currently, in case that factors-in.. I have asked on forums and now in my search to learn more about Octatrack (vs DT) I ended up here...

I really love the digitakt, and prefer it over the octatrack (mainly because of the size and price difference), but mono samples only is a big deal breaker for me. To have this limitation on a machine in 2017 that is >$500 is absurd.

@geecen

6 жыл бұрын

Hmm not sure. What are you sampling that has such important stereo information? It only has a limited RAM so you can't really use it for stems from your DAW or whatever anyway; it's much more for one hits or mangling stuff where the original stereo imaging is not really very relevant. I'm planning on getting an Octatrack, but for me the stereo vs mono kind of makes sense for these boxes. If all you want to do is play back longer stereo samples as a backing track, the Electribe sample has SD card and stereo plus a few other things, so it might suit you better.

I love you cuckoo, thank you.

I don't have an Elektron instrument and very much looking to get one. I think after this video the Octatrak makes much more sense for me.

@GuitarsAndSynths

6 жыл бұрын

just be sure to invest many hours and patience in learning each one! Reading the manuals are MANDATORY with these complex boxes.

I'm going to steal that idea of slicing up a lead melody for live performance, hope you don't mind. Also you should have covered how the octatrack can use the parts system to do the live mangling and recall thing that the digitakt does!

@truecuckoo

6 жыл бұрын

+MrSharps02 please do steal that method. I find it super fun and useful. And yeah, the parts thing is definitely something I need to get more accustomed to, like with the Digitakt.

Love this video, the last 3 sections especially. Is the vocal/loop trick at 52:39 something you could do on the Digitakt as well? I'd be using either unit for vocals and would love this kind of functionality for live shows

Allways cool THX 👍💖

Great video. Now that’s it’s almost 2019, what has changed ? Specs, etc. ...

Great video, as always, Cuckoo. One thing you didn't cover, maybe you could give your opinion - since Digitakt seems to have much better reverb and delay, and filter for that matter, and also has trig conditions - and the Octatrack has all of it's numerous exclusive features, can you think of any way that the two units could essentially be used in conjunction as one unit, thinking of it as a 16 audio/16 midi track unit, like can you think of a way to connect them so that the octatrack can loop through the digitakt and take advantage of it's FX and trig conditions, but also have both units using the octatrack arranger and scenes slider. i am not sure how this would work, maybe route octatrack main outs into digitakt, and have digitakt outs run into octatrack? so many possibilities. Just trying to think of a way to patch it up so they essentially work as one unit, using the best of both worlds.

Excellent comparison! I can't see myself ever parting with my Octatrack (I don't understand people selling their Octatrack to buy a Digitakt?) - I love that OT has so many options - but yeah, the Digitakt definitely looks easier to get into... The Octatrack took me some time to get my head around (particularly the relationship between Sets, Projects, Banks, Parts, Patterns, Scenes and Tracks) But I think you get what you pay for, and the extra cost of the Octatrack just gives a lot of extra flexibility. I have to say though, the MIDI sequencer of the Octatrack annoys me (exactly what you discuss)... I'd love it to have proper polyphonic sequencing like Digitakt (I hope Elektron might address this with an update?) Cheers!

@CALIBA88

4 жыл бұрын

there are two types of users. one needs a powerfull machine and is willing to take a step learning curve. the other is a wannabe and wants just to feel like they are creativ with the min. amount of work. second are the majority thats why toys from apple are so succesfull. studys showed, that apple users tend to think from them self as highly creativ while being more consumer than creator. ppl on professional platforms dont have that narcistic threat. it has to do with dunning kruger.but i know 10people that want to be musicans to impress girls but are way too lazy to just watch a tutorial how a daw works while i know 1dude that loves doing music for doing music. people love those soundboard apps where they have some samples that they can combine randomly with a pleasing outcome so they can pretend. we all have those friends, that invest big money in the best gear but dont know jackshit about music theory. and we all know a dude, that is able to improvise hitsongs with audacity and two samples. funny thing is, when these talentless dudes feel the creative dude is unprofessional bc he puts skill over gear. i build a studio for a guy, he dissed me the whole year of that project bc i use fl studio. he needed cubase, nothing less. bc he is the shit and fl studio is only a toy. so when the studio was finished, we started a jam and i told him, the instrumental is xx BPM. he asked me, what BPM´s are. i installed the ejay products and never spoke him again.

Dude! your are the best!!!

I have the same wire with red and white rubber grip on the Jacks! YEEEAAAAAH!)))

Thank you, oh patron saint of samples

Nytt fan från Göteborg här :) Kommer du ta upp Akai MPC Live något? Jag vet inte om jag ska köpa Octatrack MK2 eller den. Hoppas få se dig live någon gång!

This is an incredible video and so useful. You point out that the Digitakt’s sound engine is better than the Octatrack. I love my Octatrack but agree with many who find the sound “flat” compared to the Digitakt. Is this better on the Octatrack mk2?

Saturdays are for the boys

Hey Cukoo, thanks for the video. Definitely sold me on it. How would you think this one would compliment with an 0-coast?

That flip between the 2 Octatracks was some Matrix level sh*%.

Hey Cuckoo. Great video :) Considering getting one of these, and leaning mostly to the Octatack. But I am wondering about one thing that I have not found any answers for in any videos: - Is it possible to retrigger og restart the sequencer from step 1, while the sequencer is playing? Not stopping and starting the sequencer again, I mean simply just restart the sequencer from step 1? Oh and one more thing, do you find the time stretch useful, in any creative ways in the Octatack? I really like time stretching and have been researching a bit on OT time stretch, but its also one of the areas that have not been documented a lot. Thanks and have a great day ;)

amazing tutorial

I think that a noticeable difference between the two is how muting works. The octatrack mutes the *audio* but the Digitakt mutes the *trigs* for their respective tracks. Which means that if you push mute on the octatrack before the sample finishes playing it cuts out(no fx tails even). Which can be really annoying(annoys the shit out of me). The Digitakt lets it play out.

@pazhonda1821

5 жыл бұрын

Ahh yes, but there is a way around THIS. Go to the AMP page, good down your A or B button and on the screen you can see at the bottom right of the screen a notification shows up and you can mute the track by turning the encoder associated with that slot On/Off. The effect will fade out instead of CUT out. Hope that helps.

@blankgen8003

4 жыл бұрын

@@pazhonda1821 Well done !

for the octatrack when recording in the chromatic scale since the keys will choke each other could you record original keys, then layer over it with keys that are a longer length?

Has the Octatrack polyphony/sequencing issue been made more current (read: fixed) in the Dec 2020 OS update ?