User Manual

OCTATRACK TUTORIALS
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5. Double press the [PLAYBACK] key to open the PLAYBACK SETUP menu. Set SLIC to
ON. This will make the STRT parameter select between any available slices.
6. Press [TRACK 1] + [BANK] to open the sample in the audio editor. Open the SLICE
menu by pressing the [AMP] key.
7. Press [ENTER/YES] to open the slice open the SLICE EDIT menu. Select CREATE
SLICE GRID and press [ENTER/YES]. Select 16 SLICES and press [ENTER/YES]. The
drum loop will be divided in 16 slices.
8. Press [EXIT/NO] exit the audio editor.
9. Press and hold [SCENE A] and p ress a [TRIG] key to assign a scene. The scene should
be empty and we assume scene 1 was assigned. Do the same for Scene slot B. We
assume scene 2 was assigned.
10.Access the PLAYBACK MAIN menu by pressing [PLAYBACK]. Press and hold [SCENE
A] and set the STRT p arameter, found in the PLAYBACK MAIN menu, to SL1. Then
press and hold [SCENE B] and set the STRT parameter to SL16. The crossfader will
now interpolate between the first slice and the last slice of the loop.
11.Press [PLAY] to start the Octatrack sequencer. Move the crossfader in various ways to
create new rhythms.
PREPARING LOOPS AND SAMPLES
To make a sample stay in sync when the BPM of the Octa track is changed it s original BPM
of the sample must be set correctly. To make it easier to sync the sample, its start point
should also be placed at a relevant position. This tutorial is a guide for how to do it “by the
book”. Once you know the rules we encourage you to break them. Expe riment with assign-
ing other BPMs than the or igin a l to sample s an d us e start points creatively.
1. Load a Flex or Static machine to a track. Load a drum loop sample to the machine. We
assume the samp le has a 4/ 4 ti m e sign a tu re . Mu te all othe r tra ck s.
2. Double click [PLAYBACK] to open the PLAYBACK SETUP menu. Set TSTR to OFF.
Time stretch for the track has now been turned off and will therefore not affect the sam-
ple.
3. Press [REC] and place a sample trig on the first step of the step sequencer.
4. Press [FUNCTION] + [PATTERN PAGE] to open the SCALE SETUP menu. Set the
scale to 16/16. Press [EXIT/NO] to exit the menu.
5. Press [TRACK] + [BANK] to open the sample in the aud io editor. Press [PLAYBACK]
to open the TRIM menu. Use the F knob to zoom in on the sample and set the st art point