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CTRL 1 SETUP ..............................................................................................................................116
CTRL 2 MAIN .................................................................................................................................116
CTRL 2 SETUP ..............................................................................................................................117
OCTATRACK SETUP EXAMPLES ............................................................................. 118
OCTATRACK AS A PERFORMANCE HUB ........................................................................................118
DIR METHOD ................. ... .... ... ......................................................................................................118
THRU MACHINES METHOD ................................... .................... ................... ................... ............119
OCTATRACK WITH EXTERNAL EFFECTS....................................................................................... 121
OCTATRACK PROCESSING LIVE INSTRUMENTS ........................................ ................................. 123
OCTATRACK AS A DJ MIXER AND SAMPLER ................................................................................ 124
DJ MIXING USING THE DIR METHOD ........................................................................................ 124
DJ MIXING USING THE THRU METHOD .................................................................................... 125
OCTATRACK AS A MIDI CONTROL CENTER .................................................................................. 127
MIDI CONTROL USING CC DIRECT CONNECT AND THE AUTO CHANNEL ........................... 127
OCTATRACK TUTORIALS..........................................................................................130
TRACK RECORDER SAMPLING....................................................................................................... 130
MANUAL SAMPLING .................................................................................................................... 130
SAMPLING USING RECORDER TRIGS ...................................................................................... 131
PLAYBACK OF CAPTURED RECORDER SAMPLES.................................................................. 131
PICKUP MACHINE SAMPLING .................................................................................................... 132
CONTROLLING THE PICK UP MACHINES WITH A MIDI FOOT CONTROLLER ...................... 133
LOOP REMIXING ................... .... ... ... ... .................... ................................... .................... .................... 134
LOOP REMIXING USING SLICES................................................................................................ 135
LOOP REMIXING USING THE CROSSFADER............................................................................ 135
PREPARING LOOPS AND SAMPLES ............................................................................................... 136
THE OCTATRACK AS A DJ DECK .................................................................................................... 137
THE OCTATRACK AS AN EFFECTS PROCESSOR ......................................................................... 139
EARLY STARTUP MENU ............................................................................................140
TEST MODE ....................................................................................................................................... 140
EMPTY RESET .................................................................................................................................. 140
MIDI UPGRADE ................................................................................................................................. 140
SEND UPGRADE ............................................................................................................................... 141
SUMMARY OF BUTTON COMBINAT IONS ................................................................142
TECHNICAL INFORMATION.......................................................................................145
SPECIFICATIONS .............................................................................................................................. 145
CREDITS......................................................................................................................146
PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT....................................................................................... 146
ADDITIONAL DESIGN ....................................................................................................................... 146
FACTORY DEFAULT SOUND DESIGN ............................................................................................. 146
USER’S MANUAL...... .... ... ... ... .... ... ..................................................................................................... 146
CONTACT INFORMATION ..........................................................................................146
ELEKTRON WEBSITE ....................................................................................................................... 146
DELIVERY ADDRESS... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ................... .................... ................... ................... ........... 146
TELEPHONE ...................................................................................................................................... 146
APPENDIX A: MACHINE REFERENCE
THRU MACHINE .................................................................................................................................... 1
THRU MAIN.................... ... ................. ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ................ .... ... ... ... ... .... ..................................... 1
THRU SETUP........................ ... ................................................ .... ... ... ... ... .... ... .................................. 1
FLEX MACHINE ..................................................................................................................................... 2
FLEX MAIN........................ .... ... ... ... ................................................................................................... 2