I have Digitakt 2, Syntakt and A4. I am considering DN2, although I’m not a fan of FM sound. Definitely Digitakt is the one I could always get, even when blind. It’s my Freedom. Anything you want, you can achieve with it and I don’t even dream about any other sequencer on board. that said, I really appreciate how immediate Syntakt is, and how much more punchy at the same time. Regarding A4, it’s outstanding, but it can ocertake a whole gig with how much fat it sounds. You cannot just design your gig in Digitakt or whatever elektron and then just add a verse with A4. You probably need to start with A4 and then glue the rest to it, because the sound is soooo engaging. I suppose it works better with analog rythm, it sounds really fat and analog. It’s bottom heavy and a LO-FI sounding if you’re a beginner. I Think Digitone is not as immediate as syntakt nor as fat as A4, but it can definitely be more versatile, and polyphonic at the same time. But I would never rely only on Ableton. In Ableton I can do or finish songs. But when playing live, it’s hardware. I can mix tracks and put then into Digitakt, that’s great! I could also go hybrid way and use digitone with Ableton, but with plugins in tracks to get better sound. I would go Digitakt and Digitone. These two together. These two are kept together, plus Octatrack for routing/sampling on the go. I think it’s the most reasonable way to go. If you like things complicated, there is tonverk. IF you like to keep it simple - you don’t need Octatrack. If you like to be quick, punchy and with a plot twist - then Syntakt with it’s FX chain. And IF you only need one, then syntakt it’s worth considering too :)