Similar thoughts here as stoiximan. Mostly wanting to shake up my work flow. Desiring a standalone controller for my hardware synths. A different way of working to change my normal patterns…
So I’m eying a second hand Octatrack. It looks like a powerful machine. The thing that keeps from pulling the trigger on a Polyend, an Octatrack, a Machine+ or any such hardware controller is… am I just buying a laptop in a fancy box? Will I still starting at a (small) screen all the time?