Dystopian Soundscapes

If I lost all of my gear, I would replace this and my Traktor S8 first.

If I lost all of my gear, I would replace this and my subpac first.

This thing sat on my desk, testing my patience for a year and a half. I just could not wrap my head around even the basics of this thing. So I gave it one more try before throwing it in the ocean. 6 weeks later I had about 40 song ideas. I still have almost no idea how some aspects of it work and honestly I see no reason why anyone would make something so unnecessarily counter-intuitive. I'm really big on simplicity and in that department this is a total disaster. However: it is very powerful and allows you to do things that I've never seen anywhere else except Ableton, so... I love it I hate it. *If you buy one search reddit for the "Merlin guide to Octatrack".

I originally bought this to house my AVID (Euphonix) Artist Mix series controllers and it still does. It has also become the foundation for my whole control room. Extremely high quality and amazing looking. Most people just say "Oh" and pause for awhile before making a Star Trek or mad scientist reference. It weighs about 200lbs but comes reasonably packaged when shipped. The only problem is the shelf doesn't have enough clearance for a Kensington trackball or a modern keyboard controller that's higher than about 2.5 inches. I had to jury-rig it to get it to be around 3". Aside form that it is super hight quality. I've had mine about 6 or 7 years and it looks brand new.

Great quality interface with 2 HP sends and Console 2 software allows me to track everything through a Studer A800 tape or API/Neve's on the way in to PT or Ableton. Choose your plug-ins wisely as this can be an expensive rabbithole to go down.

Wubalubadubdub Mor-teeeeeeeeeeee. -Rick

I traded a BigSky for this. They are similar but Space is more intuitive and dark.

I have 3. They are a really affordable way to get a modular patchbay for integration of analog gear.