User Manual

OCTATRACK TUTORIALS
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OCTATRACK TUTORIALS
The Octatrack is capable of many things. Here a fe w tutorials highlighting the most promi-
nent features are presented. For video tutorials, please see www.elektron.se.
TRACK RECORDER SAMPLING
With the Octatrack two main methods of track recorder sampling exist. Manual sampling is
performed by manually pressing buttons, while recorder trig sampling samples using
recorder trigs. Sampling is performed by the track recorders, covered in section “TRACK
RECORDERS AND PICKUP MACHINES” on page 47.
MANUAL SAMPLING
Recording samples manually with the Octatrack is a straight forward process.
1. If you are sampling from the external inputs, make sure audio fr om an external d evice is
being sent to the Octatrack inputs. The <AUDIO RECORD> LEDs indicate the strength
of the signal sent to the inputs. If you hear sound but see no LED activity, try increasing
the volume of the e xter nal audio by either increasing the GAIN parameter in the MIXER
menu or by increasing the volume on the external device itself. If you don’t hear any
sound, make sure the DIR parameter in the MIXER menu is not set to zero.
2. Select the track whose recorder you want to use by pressing the relevant [TRACK] but-
ton.
3. If you want to make det ailed so urce settings, open up the RECORDING SETUP 1 m enu
by pressing [FUNCTION] + [AUDIO RECORD AB]. Select from which source or
sources the recorder should sample from by setting INAB, INCD and SRC3 as needed.
If needed, make RLEN and TRIG settings. This step is however not necessary to start
sampling.
4. To sam p le fro m input A/B, pr ess the [TRACK] + [AUDIO REC AB] buttons. De pe n ding
on the INAB setting the recorder will sample from either input A, B, A/B or nothing at all.
To sample from input C/D, press the [TRACK] + [AUDIO REC CD] buttons. Depending
on the INCD setting the recorder will sample from either input C, D, C/D or nothing at all.
To sample internal sounds, press the [TRACK] + [MIDI] buttons. The recorder will,
depending on the SRC3 setting, sample either the main output mix, the cue output mix,
an audio track or nothing at all.
• In the RECORDING SETUP 2 menu, the FIN and FOUT parameters are found. By
setting these p aramete rs to their lowest values, a ver y short fade will be applied to
the beginning and the end o f the samp le. This helps to avoid unwanted clicks and
pops when the recorded sample loops.