OT - sound quality

[Supercolor_T-120]

@PofM

What’s the sound quality like over there?

unacceptable THD

[Dr.K]

When i was a kid i went to a Rolling Stones concert with my dad and the next day i could go to school late so i missed the swimming class which i hated. Was a bit boring but huge stadium and a lot of lights.

Btw for me the sound quality of the Octatrack is around 85% And everything above 70% is cool with me. Yes, i did several different audio tests to form my opinion.

Edit:
I just found out that i had time stretch on for all the tests. Ok, so now the Octatrack is around 90%.

Oh, and i wasn’t recording at 24khz.

And damn, the filter was on.

Ok, i think the sound quality of the OT is at 94% now.

[Fin25]

How’s your input levels and gain staging?

[dobermate]

Sound quality of one of my OTs change according to alcohol level - mostly mine.

[AdamJay]

So, there’s the topic at hand and then there’s about 80% of the recent replies.

One of these two categories relates to the original intent of the thread.

Let’s try to keep the replies from here on out applicable to the former, k?

Thx!

[NoiseLab]

Here is interesting point where Elektron could go for a mk3.

Pure hypothetical, OT mk3 with Overbridge technology. But, instead of connecting to a computer, the option for a hardware I/O expander. Let’s say for the 8 stereo tracks, 8 stereo I/O. Like this we can work on our personal sound and enter the world of Pedal Crush on p-locks.

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For now we are just ‘limited’ like Stimming with his external audio thing. The Analog Heat, SSL SiX or Elysia units.

@Cosmic

External tools do too

[craig]

@NoiseLab

Here is interesting point where Elektron could go for a mk3.

There’s a thread for that:

What's next for Elektron?

We had a thread about this over at the Elektron-Users forum, which I went through just now to extract all the wishes/ideas from. I think the one that got by far the most “upvotes” was the “Neuron”-idea, which I would personally love to see in production. Anyways, I compiled a list of the suggestions, and thought we could toy around with further suggestions as to what might be next. I’ve quoted some posts from Elektron-Users, haven’t included the usernames of the people who suggest…

[thoughtstarZ]

@NoiseLab

For now we are just ‘limited’

I feel like you are limited. Maybe speak for yourself. My OT is exactly what I need.

[GovernorSilver]

I agree that “next product” talk belongs in a separate thread.

[Schnork]

You might find this thread interesting;

Digitone/Digitakt breakout box [work in progress]

Hi everyone! Some time ago I wondered if I could build a device that lets you plug in a Digitone or Digitakt over USB and breaks out the individual channels, similarly to what can be done with Overbridge. I was curious because I had spare channels on my (analog) mixer and though it would be nice to be able to apply separate effects/sends and EQ to each of the four synthesizer channels on my Digitone. I wanted to do this without having a computer involved. Fast forward a few months, and here we…

[hausland]

Why is this thread being spammed with next product posts?! Keep it on topic people, we’re discussing metal here…oh I mean, the OT’s sound quality…

[NoiseLab]

Isn’t that for the whole line of Elektron or new products? How to keep on track about those octa tracks in fx part?

[craig]

It is what it is but speculation and wish lists of things for a potential MKIII (which Elektron has never done in its entire history) belong there. I personally can’t see them making a new OT, but maybe a new flagship sampler will appear in a few years. Regardless, all of our hopes and dreams for new Elektrons get discussed in the ‘What’s Next For Elektron?’ thread.

[GovernorSilver]

Hey, the person who started this thread looks familiar. Why not revive that thread?

A next generation Octatrack?

The Octatrack is for so long sold out and Overbridge is not possible… That makes me think… how would Elektron redo or perfecting the Octatrack? Redo: Bank pattern structure the same as all other Elektron machines with the Bank Group A-H manner. So we have 8 banks, 128 Patterns & 16 Songs per project instead of 16 banks, 256 patterns & 8 arrangements per project! Move the buttons from under the screen (Playback, Amp, LFO, Effect1 & 2) and place those beneath the encoder knobs (like A4 & AR). …

[NoiseLab]

Thats also fine

Well, let’s close this tread? for me personal and probably also for others we know the final conclusion about the OT sound quality

[cornelius]

The End.

[GovernorSilver]

I think it’s ok to keep the thread open, as it is intended to help newer users who don’t understand yet about gain staging, when to use timestretch, or just have questions about the FX.

[NoiseLab]

This is the end.

[Supercolor_T-120]

This thread was already 600 posts long before the current conversation, and it will keep going after.

[GovernorSilver]

@NoiseLab

Well, let’s close this tread? for me persona

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