Absolutely true about the known BPM.
All the songs i load in the OT gets the bpm in the name (i add it in the computer)
so i can put the value in the Attributes page of the Audio Editor and saving that setting.
What i actually do when using OT as Dj Deck is to have:
T1 > Static (left deck)
T2 > Neighbor (for added fx)
T5 > Static (right deck)
T6 > Neighbor
T8 > Master
Then T4 and T7 can be Recorder Buffers that sample the Master T8 or a specific thing (a deck or the Cue…)
I trigger the tracks manually using trig 9 for T1 or trig 13 for T5.
Depending on the sounding material you can have both Static machines with Timestretching ON (so they follow the master BPM) …or… disable it on the track that is getting mixed in (on long paddy intros or whatever). Then -once the track of before is gone you can move the BPM to the song’s value (you can read it in the name also) - enable Timestretching, then having fun with Crossfader or PlaysFree Sequenced Fx that is a funny technique (more details on here or on the [url=“http://www.elektron-users.com/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=28&func=view&catid=18&id=214989”]original E-U thread)
You can then resample, triggering the Recorders manually with quantized value and so on.
I hope to put out a little video on how i mix live when using the OT as a funFun Dj-Console