Wants: DAW in box.
Solution: get a DAW in a box, MPC Live.
The OT slays if you want something to use for exploration, sample based sound design and complex rhythms in a performance package.
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The one problem i have with the mpc is that you cant stream straight from the hd, so even though you can put whatever harddrive in you are limited to the 2 gig onboard ram, which apparently the mpc os uses1,4 gig of it
Check out the deluge too, not everything you need but it’s a bad ass box.
you said it yourself … “streaming” … that means only a very small amount of the audio is goining to the RAM and after playing it, it’s deleted - or better - overwritten.
The OT does the same with it’s “static machines”. The audio data can be very huge, but the unit has only 85.6 MB sampling RAM … IIRC
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So am i wrong in understanding that you can stream “a Song” on a static maschine, beat match it the project and use the effects etc?
@TruthTrader
I might be wrong but I feel like the only point OT doesn’t fulfill is the 128 GB : it’s “limited” to 64 GB.
Apart from this, from my point of view it just crosses each requirement you listed.
Add a battery and you’re good to play anywhere.
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In sum, your requirements describe a laptop but you don’t want a computer.
It sounds like you won’t find what you want without acceptance of some limitations.
Ever hear the following saying? Pick 2 of the following but you can never have all 3 at once: fast, good and cheap.
I’m afraid you’ll have to make a similar choice here.
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I just said 128gb as an example, but 64gig is more then needed, when you say battery, are there options for this
Also can you guys give me an idea on the multi sample capabilities of the octatrack, can i load like c-2 to c-4 samples and create a multi instrument?
c-2 to c-4 is just an example
No … this is exactly what is possible. “Streaming” means “working directly from the Flash Card” and not from the RAM.
A static-machine can nearly do all those things the flex-machines do. Check the manual for differences.
- flex-machine --> audio in RAM
- static-machine --> all audio on Flash Drive and the needed amount in RAM
The audio for a static-machine can theoretically be as huge as the Flash Drive allows.
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No multisamples on the OT.
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So essentially you could stream song stems from the static machines to use as a pseudo dj box, then you could just load different stems whilst playing live?
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Why is the Pioneer DJ Toraiz SP-16 Sampling Workstation not on your list. Id have thought it would have been.
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You have 8 audio tracks and each can be used like you say. It would depend on your live playing workflow, whether it would work for you on the OT or not.
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I just think that from a production point of view the toriaz is very limited
I have owned octa, digitakt and MPC live. What you are asking for is the MPC live with streaming function from the octa.
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Apart from being able to easily jam in bed (something I’ve never done), it sounds like the MPC X is the closest thing. I came close to getting one, but decided on the Octatrack because I wasn’t really looking for a DAW in a box
you pretty much hit the nail on the head. Honestly the MPC live is really a great idea and its what the industry needs, i just feel that they have missed out on so much basic functionality that it almost makes it a stupid product, i mean the technology is there and they just didnt do it or think about it
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I wanted to get an MPC X so bad, but couldn’t justify it in the end.
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what made you walk away from the mpc x specifically
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