Octatrack

[Gert van Santen]

Op 22-11-2010 17:05, K9 Kai Niggemann schreef:
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> On 22.11.2010, at 15:40, Gert van Santen wrote:
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>> For now, I don't see anything in this machine that I would like
>> or use, though.
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> In my early electronic gigging days I used an ASR-10 as my main instrument, with some analog synths (CS-15, a Polivoks) and some drum boxes (TR-505, Drumstation).
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> The sampler had 8 sounds (timbres) and each of those could be sequenced, looped etc.
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> Later I went with the MPC2000 and sort of abandoned it after a few years because of it's awful file-system (only 128 files on one disk, no folders) and the enormous hassle it was to translate existing band-projects to it for live-use.
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> This is where Ableton Live came in. I like it, but sometimes I don't find it as straight-forward to use as that old ASR-10...
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> So Maybe my question about the renaissance of hardware samplers was one I asked myself..;)
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> I quite like the idea of having a toy like the octatrack.
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> If only I could justify the cost... Hmmmm now if *that one* project comes through in April, it won't be a big deal..;)
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>> I also think the audio examples they have posted
>> on soundcloud have been really crappy and uninspiring....
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> Yes, I didn't really pay much attention to their artistic quality, I listened to them as a sort of illustration of the concepts. They were boring musically, but the stuff you can do with that machine sounds quite nice...
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> I guess I am hooked...;)

I can only say: that's cool! I would love to listen to stuff done 
on this machine; someone who knows what to do with it :-)

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