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Appendix A: MACHINE
REFERENCE

In this appendix, the Octatrack machines are explained. The individual machine parameters are pre-
sented for reference.

THRU MACHINE

Thru machines do not sample or play back sounds. They are utility machines, very handy in live setups
when using the Octatrack to re-route and affect external audio signals.

THRU MAIN

INAB

sets how input pair AB should be lis-

tened to.

VOL

sets the volume of the signal coming from

the input or inputs chosen by the

INAB

setting.

The max setting will boost it +12 dB. The min
setting will mute it.

INCD

sets how input pair CD should be lis-

tened to.

VOL

sets the volume of the signal coming from

the input or inputs chosen by the

INCD

setting.

The max setting will boost it +12 dB. The min
setting will mute it.

THRU SETUP

No setup parameters are available.

Summary of Contents for Octatrack DPS-1

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Page 2: ...o radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Co...

Page 3: ...cuit is always active as long as the cord is connected to the power outlet Pull out the power cord to completely disconnect the adapter Only use CE approved power cords Warning To reduce the risk of fire electrical shock or product damage Do not expose the apparatus to rain moisture dripping or splashing and also avoid placing objects filled with liquid such as vases on the apparatus Only use acce...

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Page 5: ...RACK STRUCTURE 1 9 SETS 1 9 AUDIO POOL 1 9 PROJECTS 1 10 FLEX AND STATIC SAMPLE SLOT LISTS 1 10 BANKS 1 10 PATTERNS 1 10 PARTS 1 10 SCENES 1 10 ARRANGEMENTS 1 10 TRACKS 1 11 MACHINES 1 11 THE USER INTERFACE 1 12 LAYER EDIT AND WINDOWS 1 12 PARAMETER EDITING 1 13 QUICK PARAMETER EDITING 1 13 PARAMETER VALUE SKIP 1 13 QUICK SCROLLING 1 13 HI SCORE NAMING 1 13 QUICK START 1 14 MOUNTING A SET AND LOAD...

Page 6: ... PLAYBACK OF CAPTURED RECORDER SAMPLES 1 32 BANKS PARTS AND SCENES 1 33 BANKS 1 33 PARTS 1 33 PART RELOAD 1 34 SCENES 1 34 ASSIGNING AND ADJUSTING SCENES 1 34 SCENE VOLUME LOCKING 1 35 THE CROSSFADER IN CONJUNCTION WITH SCENES 1 35 SCENE MUTE 1 36 TRACKS 1 37 ASSIGNING MACHINES TO TRACKS 1 37 ASSIGNING MACHINES IN THE QUICK ASSIGN MENU 1 37 ASSIGNING MACHINES IN THE PLAYBACK SETUP MENU 1 38 ASSIGN...

Page 7: ...N COPY 1 51 PATTERN CLEAR 1 51 TRACK COPY 1 52 TRACK CLEAR 1 52 TRACK PAGE COPY 1 52 TRACK PAGE CLEAR 1 52 NOTE COPY 1 53 NOTE CLEAR 1 53 SCENE COPY 1 53 SCENE CLEAR 1 53 SLIDE 1 53 SWING 1 54 MICRO TIMING 1 54 SCALE SETUP 1 55 NORMAL 1 55 PER TRACK 1 56 TEMPO 1 57 TAP TEMPO 1 57 TEMPO NUDGE 1 57 THE AUDIO EDITOR 1 58 ACCESSING THE AUDIO EDITOR 1 58 ACCESS FROM THE QUICK ASSIGN MENU 1 58 ACCESS US...

Page 8: ...NE A 1 THRU MAIN A 1 THRU SETUP A 1 FLEX MACHINE A 2 FLEX MAIN A 2 FLEX SETUP A 2 STATIC MACHINE A 3 STATIC MAIN A 3 STATIC SETUP A 3 NEIGHBOR MACHINE A 4 NEIGHBOR MAIN A 4 NEIGHBOR SETUP A 4 APPENDIX B EFFECTS REFERENCE NONE A 1 NONE MAIN A 1 NONE SETUP A 1 12 24DB MULTI MODE FILTER A 2 MULTI MODE FILTER MAIN A 2 MULTI MODE FILTER SETUP A 2 2 BAND PARAMETRIC EQ A 3 PARAMETRIC EQ MAIN A 3 PARAMETR...

Page 9: ...X COMPRESSOR A 8 COMPRESSOR MAIN A 8 COMPRESSOR SETUP A 8 LO FI COLLECTION A 9 LO FI MAIN A 9 LO FI SETUP A 9 ECHO FREEZE DELAY A 10 DELAY MAIN A 10 DELAY SETUP A 10 GATEBOX PLATE REVERB A 11 REVERB MAIN A 11 REVERB SETUP A 11 INDEX ...

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Page 11: ...ames are written in upper case The PLAYBACK SETUP menu is an example of that Parameter names and certain menus where settings can be made are written in bold upper case style HEADPHONES MIX for example Upper case style is used for parameter setting alternatives for example ONE and for cer tain menu settings like EXTERNAL Messages visible on the screen will be written in upper case with quotation m...

Page 12: ...ne of the rea sons why the Octatrack exists The other one is because of the stage The computer laptop has quickly established itself as a common instrument in live setups It is a powerful and highly customizable tool how ever the multi functionality is at the same time a disadvantage When it comes to audio related tasks a laptop is still a jack of all trades but master of none The Octatrack on the...

Page 13: ...d rearranging samples and loops is extremely easy thanks to features like the LFO designer and slice points The Octatrack lets you break down audio content and restructure it in new and interesting ways EFFECTS UNIT EXTRAORDINAIRE Chained FX blocks paired with automated real time sampling can warble and twist incom ing audio in ways previously unachievable by a single machine Up to four external a...

Page 14: ...elected track FUNCTION TRACK will mute the selected track CUE TRACK will cue the selected track The TRACK LED s indicate which track is active as well as the mute and cue status of the tracks 5 The LCD graphical interface 6 CARD STATUS LED indicating the activity of the Compact Flash card 7 The LEVEL encoder sets the overall volume level of the active track 8 TEMPO key Brings up the tempo menu The...

Page 15: ...ality of the tracks 20 REC key Toggles GRID EDIT mode on off In GRID RECORDING mode the RECORD LED gives a steady light Pressing FUNCTION REC performs a copy command 21 PLAY key Starts playback of a pattern or arrangement Pressing PLAY a second time pauses playback FUNCTION PLAY performs a clear command 22 STOP key Stops the playback of a pattern or arrangement FUNCTION STOP performs a paste comma...

Page 16: ...Hi Speed USB 2 0 connection 4 Compact Flash card reader 5 MIDI Thru 6 MIDI Out 7 MIDI In 8 Input C D 9 Input A B 10 Cue out L R 11 Main out L R 12 Headphones output RACK MOUNT KIT ACCESSORY The Octatrack can be rack mounted in a standard 19 rack using the Elektron rack mount kit which can be ordered separately When rack mounted the Octatrack occupies four standard height units plus additional spac...

Page 17: ...r rupt files and data CONNECTING THE UNIT Before you start connecting the Octatrack to other units make sure that everything is switched off 1 Plug the supplied DC adapter to a wall socket and connect the small plug to the 6 V DC connector of the Octatrack unit 2 Connect the main out L R from the Octatrack to your mixer or amplifier 3 If MIDI control is desired connect MIDI OUT from the Octatrack ...

Page 18: ...ou place the unit on a stable surface before use If you mount the unit in a rack be sure to tighten all four screws in the rack mount holes The memory used for storing patterns and parts is powered by a battery inside the unit It will hold data at least 6 years before needing replacement If the battery needs replacement the BATTERY LOW message will appear in the display Con tact Elektron support o...

Page 19: ...ontain a near unlimited amount of projects plus one audio pool The amount of samples in the audio pool is limited only by the size of the Compact Flash card Sets are saved on the Compact Flash card Since a set can contain many projects some users might find that one set is all they need Read more about sets on page 17 AUDIO POOL Each set contains one audio pool which is stored on the Compact Flash...

Page 20: ... bank can host 16 patterns and 4 parts This makes a bank suited for hosting a complete composition as the available patterns and parts allow a large number of song variations Switching between banks is seamless More information about banks is found on page 33 PATTERNS For every project 256 patterns are always at hand A pattern consists of sequencer data like note trigs parameter locks track length...

Page 21: ...x samples residing in the RAM memory of the Octatrack To fill the Flex sample slot list with content samples from the audio pool of the set need to be loaded to the list Flex machines offer extreme sample control since Flex samples are loaded to the RAM memory Static machines process samples The samples available to Static machines are located in the Static sample slot list which can host 128 Stat...

Page 22: ...pattern 7 Machine type and associated sample name 8 Assigned scenes and the current position of the crossfader 9 Level bar showing the overall volume level of the machine on the active track 10 Up to six parameters They show what the DATA ENTRY knobs control and also indi cate the current parameter values When two parameters depend on each other in some way they will have a small clip between them...

Page 23: ...d while turning a parameter make the parameter values jump to relevant positions For parameters ranging from 0 to 127 either 0 or 127 will be selected For parameters ranging from 64 to 64 the values will be set to 64 0 or 64 Other alter natives exist as well the value of the Echo Freeze Delay TIME parameter will for example be doubled for each increment This is useful when using the effect as a re...

Page 24: ...ith the unit select PRESETS and press ENTER YES If you are using an empty Compact Flash card select CREATE NEW SET and press ENTER YES Name the set by using the ARROW keys and when done press ENTER YES Select the set in the list and press ENTER YES A set has now been mounted LOADING A PROJECT After a set has been mounted a project should preferably be loaded The Compact Flash card that came shippe...

Page 25: ... how to do that in section AUDIO POOL on page 18 Two main methods of assigning machines and samples exist This quick start guide covers the one where the PLAYBACK SETUP menu is used The other method using the QUICK ASSIGN menu is covered in sections ASSIGNING MACHINES IN THE QUICK ASSIGN MENU on page 37 and ASSIGNING SAMPLES IN THE QUICK ASSIGN MENU on page 38 ASSIGNING A MACHINE TO A TRACK 1 Sele...

Page 26: ...f the tracks In depth information about this mode is found in sec tion GRID RECORDING MODE on page 49 1 Press the REC key to enter GRID RECORDING mode The RECORD LED will lit up indicating the mode is now active 2 Select the active track to which you want to input note trigs by pressing the relevant TRACK button 3 Press the TRIG keys to insert note trigs where you wish to have the machine of the t...

Page 27: ... on already existing data and current Octatrack settings may appear NO MOUNTED SET The Octatrack normally mounts the previously mounted set but sometimes that might not be possible for instance when inserting a freshly formatted Compact Flash card or switch ing cards to a card containing new sets If no set is mounted the Octatrack will display the text NO SET IS MOUNTED If this text appears mount ...

Page 28: ...nt the new set and the unsaved project will be discarded pressing EXIT NO will cancel the mounting operation After a set has been mounted a project should preferably be loaded AUDIO POOL All the samples of a set are collected in the audio pool These samples are used to fill the Flex and Static sample slots of the projects of the set The content of an audio pool is exclusive to a set If you want to...

Page 29: ... Although audio files can be placed in the project folders it is for conven ience sake recommended to only put audio files in the AUDIO folder An audio pool folder can contain a maximum of 1024 files AUDIO FILE COMPATIBILITY The Octatrack can handle different variants of audio files depending on the type of machine used Static machines can handle 16 bit 44 1 kHz wav and aiff files either in mono o...

Page 30: ...ECT menu and this operation is described on page 23 PROJECTS AND RAM MEMORY The RAM memory available to a project is shared between the track recorders and the samples loaded to the Flex sample slots The Flex sample slots can be filled with 64 MB s worth of samples and each track recorder can always record 2 7 MB s of stereo audio The boundary between these two sample types are blurred as samples ...

Page 31: ...ned to a track and a Flex sample is selected in the QUICK ASSIGN menu of this track then a Flex machine with the selected Flex sample will automatically be assigned to the track Select a sample in the Flex Static sample slot list and press FUNCTION BANK to edit it in the audio editor The output of the track recorders are found in the Flex machine sample slots They are located above Flex sample slo...

Page 32: ...representation of the audio pool of the set Folders are indicated by a D Open folders by selecting them and pressing the RIGHT arrow key or ENTER YES At the top of the menu a folder path is visible To go back one step in the folder hierarchy press the LEFT arrow button If the file browser was opened from a Flex sample slot list the bottom of the LCD screen will show much of the RAM memory that is ...

Page 33: ...hen changing sets a dialogue window offering the possibility to card sync before the new set is mounted will appear CHANGE PROJECT changes the active project to a new one When selecting this com mand and pressing ENTER YES a listing of all projects of the set will appear Locate the project you want to load and once found load it by pressing ENTER YES Selecting the CREATE NEW PROJECT alternative an...

Page 34: ...this menu alternative and press ENTER YES to open the SLIDE menu Read more about how the SLIDE menu functions in section SLIDE on page 53 SWING PATTERN opens a menu where swing can be applied to the tracks of the active pattern Select this menu alternative and press ENTER YES to open the SWING menu Read more about how the SWING menu functions under the heading SWING on page 54 SCALE SETTINGS opens...

Page 35: ...me way as described for TRK1 PLAYS FREELY To be able to disconnect tracks from the sequencer SCALE PER TRACK needs to be set to YES SYSTEM In this menu the USB connection is activated OS updates performed and date and time set ENABLE USB DISK enables the USB connection Connect the Octatrack to a computer using a USB cable select ENABLE USB DISK and press ENTER YES to make the Com pact Flash card a...

Page 36: ...tputs DIR affect the level of the incoming audio An AB CD DIR setting of 0 will cut out incoming audio alto gether When AB CD DIR is set to 127 the incoming audio amplitude for the input pair will be neither be increased or attenuated AB CD DIR is dependent on the AB CD GAIN set tings These settings are completely independent from the THRU machine settings Incoming sound won t be affected by any o...

Page 37: ...ay muted If the solo ed track previously was muted its corresponding TRIG LED will be yellow The track will revert to a muted status once solo mode is exited If a track is cued muting it prevents it from being sent to the main outputs The track will however still be audible from the cue outputs A cued track being solo ed will be audible from the main and cue outputs If track 8 has been turned into...

Page 38: ...by the track recorders are stored in recorder buffers which are used to play back the recorded samples The eight recorder buffers are located in the Flex sample slot list To play back a sample captured by a track recorder the corresponding recorder buffer therefore needs to be assigned to a track As sampling is independent from playback the same track can be used for both sampling and playback of ...

Page 39: ... input B The captured sample will be in stereo even though only one input is used A B will make the recorder capture a stereo file in which the signals from input A and input B are summed INCD selects which input or inputs of the input pair C D the recorder should sample from Five options exist will make the recorder disregard input C D when sampling C D will make the recorder capture a stereo fil...

Page 40: ...f the RLEN setting allows When sampling through the use of a recorder trig the trig will capture only silence as long as TRACK AUDIO RECORD MIDI is not manually pressed An example a recorder trig with an INAB setting of A B TRIG set to HOLD and with an RLEN setting of 16 is placed on the first step of the sequencer PLAY is pressed to start the sequencer When the sequencer reaches step 4 TRACK AUDI...

Page 41: ... internal track or nothing at all It is possible to simultaneously sample from several sources by the pressing the appropriate button combinations SAMPLING USING RECORDER TRIGS The use of recorder trigs offers a considerably more powerful method of sampling To use recorder trigs when sampling please first follow these preparatory steps 1 If you are sampling from the external inputs make sure audio...

Page 42: ...e recorder buffers located in the Flex sample slot list A sample located in a recorder buffer functions just like a Flex sample 1 To assign a recorder buffer to a track follow the instructions how to assign a sample to a machine covered in section ASSIGNING FLEX AND STATIC SAMPLES TO MACHINES on page 38 The eight recorder buffers are located in the Flex sample slot list above the first Flex sample...

Page 43: ...ently active bank As soon as a bank is selected the prompt will change to CHOOSE PAT TERN Pressing a TRIG key now will select a pattern located in the selected bank Avail able patterns are indicated by green TRIG LEDs A red TRIG LED indicates the currently active pattern This method of pattern selection allows for quick changes of the active bank and pattern If you don t wish to select a pattern j...

Page 44: ...only be applied to parts that are stored Should an unsaved part be active when pressing the button combination a prompt stating STORE PART FIRST will appear SCENES A scene is a set of locked parameter values that can be assigned to the two scene slots of the crossfader When scenes are assigned to the A and B scene slots the crossfader can interpolate between the scene parameters Each part contains...

Page 45: ...eters are only available when keeping a SCENE button pressed The XLEV parameter is found as an overlay to the LEVEL parameter found in all TRACK PARAME TER pages The XVOL parameter is found in the AMP MAIN menu The XDIR AB and XDIR CD parameters are found in the MIXER menu The XLEV parameter can be locked to two settings MIN will mute the signal MAX will let signal through at the LEVEL signal leve...

Page 46: ...e slot scene by pressing FUNCTION SCENE A SCENE B When muting a scene the locked parameters of assigned scene will be disre garded and instead the general parameter values of the active part will come into effect This makes it possible given the scene parameter values are locked accordingly and the position of the crossfader makes it fully activate the scene to for example apply washes of effects ...

Page 47: ...ARAMETER button Setup parameters cannot be parameter locked or affected by the LFOs and usually affect the behavior of the main parameters The parameters found in the SETUP menus opens up for more in depth control of a machine track or effect It is recommended that you first acquaintance yourself with the parameters found in the MAIN pages before experimenting with the SETUP menu parameters The pa...

Page 48: ...In such cases press the LEFT arrow key to access the machine list In all other cases the machine list will be accessed directly when opening the PLAYBACK SETUP menu In the leftmost menu all machine types are available With the cursor highlight the machine you want to assign After the selection is highlighted by the cursor press ENTER YES to assign the machine to the selected track After assigning ...

Page 49: ...rack and press ENTER YES to assign it TRACK PARAMETER PAGES The five TRACK PARAMETER pages contain parameters that control the behavior of the assigned machine and effects Each TRACK PARAMETER page is divided in two sub pages The MAIN menu contain parameters that can be parameter locked The SETUP menu contains additional parameters often affecting the main parameters The parameters in the SETUP me...

Page 50: ... machines and assign samples to machines see page 37 AMP MAIN Access the AMP MAIN page by pressing AMP Here settings affecting the amplitude and the stereo positioning of the track are found ATK sets the time it will take for the amplitude envelope to reach its full level HOLD sets the hold time of the amplitude envelope The signal will be held in full level dur ing the duration of the hold phase ...

Page 51: ...linear fashion LOG will make the envelope attack work in an exponential fashion This setting allows for more fine tuning of the attack FX1 controls how the envelope will affect the multi mode filter or the amplitude modulator when either of these effects are assigned to effect block 1 ANLG will if the multi mode filter is assigned to effect 1 not necessarily make the filter envelope start from zer...

Page 52: ... or 127 Note that the MULT settings in the LFO SETUP menu affect the LFO speed settings This SPD1 setting is reflected in SPD setting found in the LFO1 page of the LFO SETUP menu SPD2 sets the speed of LFO2 This setting is reflected in SPD setting found in the LFO2 page of the LFO SETUP menu SPD3 sets the speed of LFO3 This setting is reflected in SPD setting found in the LFO3 page of the LFO SETU...

Page 53: ... level is latched and held still until the next note trig ONE will make the LFO restart when a note is trigged run for one cycle and then stop HALF will make the LFO restart when a note is trigged run for half a cycle and then stop SPD sets the base speed of the LFO The speed is always synced to the master tempo The use of both a speed controller and a multiplier allows a very wide range of speed ...

Page 54: ...IG buttons while turning a knob All steps values will then be adjusted by the same amount To interpolate between two steps select a waveform step by keeping the corresponding TRIG key depressed and then press the TEMPO key Interpolation between the value of the selected waveform step and the value of the next waveform step will now occur To remove an interpolation just repeat the button press comb...

Page 55: ...e effect are visible These are adjusted using the DATA ENTRY knobs Exit the EFFECT 1 EFFECT 2 SETUP menu and enter the EFFECT 1 EFFECT 2 page to make adjustments to the main effect parameters The Echo Freeze Delay and the Gatebox Plate Reverb are exclusive to EFFECT 2 DIRECT TRACK MUTING To direct mute a track press FUNCTION the TRACK button of the track that should be muted The TRACK LEDs indicat...

Page 56: ...e routed to the main outputs CUE OUTPUT ROUTING Pressing CUE TRACK will route the selected track to the cue outputs A cued track will still be audible from the main outputs When a track is cued the TRACK LED of the track will flash If a cued track is muted it will only be audible from the cue outputs ROUTING EXAMPLES Here are some examples of how the Octatrack can be integrated in various setups f...

Page 57: ...1 AUX2 PRE AUX3 PRE AUX4 PRE ON PFL 50 ST 1 2 3 4 30 20 10 5 0 MIC INSERT 7 GAIN COMP PEAK HI 0 10 7 7 7 MID LO LO AUX1 AUX2 PRE AUX3 PRE AUX4 PRE ON PFL 50 ST 1 2 3 4 30 20 10 5 0 MIC INSERT 8 GAIN COMP PEAK HI 0 10 8 8 8 MID LO LO AUX1 AUX2 PRE AUX3 PRE AUX4 PRE ON PFL 50 ST 1 2 3 4 30 20 10 5 0 MIC INSERT 9 GAIN COMP PEAK HI 0 10 9 9 9 MID LO LO AUX1 AUX2 PRE AUX3 PRE AUX4 PRE ON PFL 50 ST 1 2 ...

Page 58: ...phones output is set to monitor the cue outputs The crossfader is assigned to control the main output bal ance between the two incoming signals Cue ing one of the input pairs will send the sig nal to the cue outputs and the headphones output regardless of the signal being audible from the main outputs or not Thanks to the flexible routing of the Octatrack the cue d signal can still be sampled and ...

Page 59: ...y active bank Available patterns are indicated by red TRIG LEDs If the currently active pattern resides in the selected bank its TRIG LED flashes red Select a pattern from another bank by first selecting the bank by using the BANK TRIG keys After the CHOOSE PATTERN prompt appears press one of the TRIG keys to select a pattern located in the chosen bank PATTERN CHAINING You can use pattern chaining...

Page 60: ... trig NOTE TRIG PARAMETER LOCKS Apply parameter locks to a note trig by pressing and holding the TRIG key of the note trig and then using the DATA ENTRY knobs adjust the parameter you want to lock to the intended value The graphics in LCD will become inverted for the locked parameter and the locked parameter value will be displayed The TRIG LED of the locked note trig will begin to flash rapidly i...

Page 61: ...1 trigs track 1 TRIG key 2 trigs track 2 and so on Disconnected tracks will not play when PLAY is pressed SEQUENCER COPY PASTE AND CLEAR OPERATIONS To make it easier and quicker to compose using the Octatrack a number of different copy paste and clear operations are available To avoid accidentally overwriting or deleting data paste and clear operations can be undone PATTERN COPY A pattern can be c...

Page 62: ...lected the track you wish to clear press FUNCTION PLAY to clear the track The message CLEAR TRACK will appear The clear track operation can be undone by pressing FUNCTION PLAY directly after performing it The message UNDO TRACK will be shown in the display TRACK PAGE COPY A track page is one of the up to four pages of sequencer steps a pattern can contain Cop ying a track page includes all note tr...

Page 63: ... can be undone by performing the operation one more time The message UNDO NOTE LOCKS will be shown in the display SCENE COPY It is possible to copy scene and paste it to a new scene location Press and hold a SCENE button to access the available scenes While keeping the SCENE button pressed press and hold the TRIG key of the scene you want to copy and press the REC key A window saying COPY SCENE wi...

Page 64: ...is reached SWING In the SWING menu rhythmic groove signatures of various intensity can be applied to tracks The menu is located in the EDIT PROJECT menu Press FUNCTION BANK to open the EDIT PROJECT menu Select TRACK and then SWING PATTERN Press ENTER YES to open the SWING menu Choose the track you wish to apply swing to by pressing the appropriate TRACK button Place out swing trigs by pressing the...

Page 65: ...e its own scale settings Two general modes exist NORMAL and PER TRACK Access the SCALE SETUP menu by pressing FUNCTION PATTERN PAGE NORMAL In this mode the all tracks of the pattern share the same length and time signature By default a pattern is 4 4 bars 16 steps of length The maximum length of a pattern is 64 steps PATTERN SCALE sets the number of steps in a pattern and thus the total amount of ...

Page 66: ...mum number of steps available is determined by the total length set by the rightmost parameter This can be either 16 32 48 or 64 steps If you use 17 steps or more in a track the PATTERN PAGE key is used in GRID RECORDING mode to toggle the focus between the different track pages TEMPO MULTIPLIER offers seven possible settings 1 8X 1 4X 1 2X 3 4X 1X 3 2X and 2X A setting of 1 8X will play back the ...

Page 67: ...aps the average tempo of the taps will be set as the new tempo and it will be showed in the TAP TEMPO window You can continue tapping the TEMPO key the tapped tempo average will then continue updating TEMPO NUDGE You can temporarily shift the tempo up or down by 10 by pressing the LEFT or RIGHT arrow keys When the key is released the BPM will revert back to the original setting This functionality ...

Page 68: ...n opened directly in the audio editor First select the track whose recorder should be edited by pressing the relevant TRACK button Then press any of the AUDIO RECORD keys BANK to open the recorder sample in the audio editor AUDIO EDITOR FUNCTIONALITY The audio editor contains four subpages While in the audio editor the DATA PAGE keys function as soft keys for selecting the subpages At the top of t...

Page 69: ...ther zoomed in or out is indicated by a black square in the middle of the slider Pressing ENTER YES will open the TRIM EDIT menu Different options exist here SET START HERE will set the start point at the position of the waveform marker The same functionality can be obtained by turning the A knob SET LOOP HERE will set the loop point at the position of the waveform marker The same functionality ca...

Page 70: ...ill start from the location of the waveform marker Pressing ENTER YES opens the SLICE EDIT menu Different options exist here ADD SLICE HERE adds a slice The marker must be on a non sliced area of the waveform for this alternative to appear DISABLE LOOP will delete the loop point of the selected Flex slice This alternative only appears when the waveform marker is positioned on a slice DELETE SLICE ...

Page 71: ... example 16 slices STRT values ranging from SL17 SL64 will select the last slice Hold FUNCTION while moving the waveform loop start or end markers to snap the selected marker a zero amplitude crossing Zero crossings are indicated by a small rectangle in the middle of the marker When scrolling the start end or loop points the menu bar at the bottom of the page will display the sample exact position...

Page 72: ...herefore be set to match the original BPM of the sample Altering this setting will alter the TRIM LEN BARS and LOOP LEN BARS settings An arrow will appear next to the ORIGINAL TEMPO setting indicating this setting has priority TRIM LEN BARS displays the length of the sample in bars Altering this setting will alter the ORIGINAL TEMPO and LOOP LEN BARS settings An arrow will appear next to the TRIM ...

Page 73: ...ed to the chosen sample name SAVE TRIM AND AUTO ASSIGN will save the adjusted sample in the audio pool of the set It will also assign the saved sample together with any trim and slice settings to the Flex or Static sample slot from which the original sample was opened This operation is handy after having recorded a sample and quickly wanting to both save it and associating it with the recorder ...

Page 74: ...he right a counter showing the number of bars and beats played is found The UP and DOWN keys can be used to manoeuvre the two indicators When they are located on any other row apart from the one currently playing they will be colored white Navigating to a new row and pressing ENTER YES will make the selected row play once the currently playing row has finished playing When a row contains repeats t...

Page 75: ...he active arrangement EDIT The arrangement editor is where the arrangement is built In the ARRANGER menu choose EDIT and press ENTER YES to open this menu The two filled arrows on each side of one of the rows are the position pointers They indi cate which arrangement row the sequencer currently is playing It is possible to start play back from any row position Move the editing focus to the row you...

Page 76: ...til the location before pattern A01 is reached When HALT appears move the focus to the value located after HALT Turn the LEVEL encoder clockwise and HALT will change to JUMP Set the row number the arrangement should jump to by using the LEVEL knob REM adds text to the arrangement This is only a visual cue and won t affect the timing of the arrangement Turn the LEVEL knob anti clockwise until the l...

Page 77: ...ated with a B M offers mute settings per arrangement row Move the focus to the M column and press ENTER YES to open the ROW MUTE window Enter mutes by pressing the TRIG keys The first eight keys mute internal tracks Rows with mute settings are indicated with an M Copy paste clear and undo functions are available in the ARRANGMENT EDIT menu ...

Page 78: ...oosing this option the Octatrack prepares itself to receive an OS upgrade via MIDI 1 Check that all MIDI cables are connected correctly 2 Load the new OS in an appropriate program capable of sending sysex files We recom mend the program C6 which can be found on the Elektron website 3 Choose MIDI UPGRADE by pressing the third TRIG key The Octatrack will wait for the OS to be transmitted to it and a...

Page 79: ... the message READY TO RECEIVE MIDI UPGRADEX on the screen 3 Press the fourth TRIG key on the Octatrack that is used to send the OS upgrade This will start the transmission of the OS to the other Octatrack For faster OS updates utilize the speed of the Elektron TurboCharge protocol You will need to have the MIDI IN port of the receiving machine connected to the MIDI OUT port of the transmitting mac...

Page 80: ...20 20 000 Hz Unbalanced audio inputs Input level 8 dBu maximum Audio input impedance 9 k SNR inputs 99 dBFS 20 20 000 Hz Unit power consumption 8 W typical 18 W maximum Recommended power supply 6 V DC 3 A HARDWARE 128x64 pixel backlit LCD MIDI In Out Thru 4 x 1 4 impedance balanced audio out jacks 4 x 1 4 audio in jacks 1 x 1 4 stereo headphone jack Advanced dual DSP system 44 1kHz 24 bit D A and ...

Page 81: ...iel Troberg ADDITIONAL DESIGN Thomas Ekelund Jesper Kouthoofd FACTORY DEFAULT SOUND DESIGN Daniel Troberg USER S MANUAL Thomas Ekelund Jon Mårtensson CONTACT INFORMATION ELEKTRON WEBSITE http www elektron se DELIVERY ADDRESS Elektron Music Machines MAV AB Sockerbruket 9 SE 414 51 Gothenburg Sweden TELEPHONE 46 0 31 743 744 0 ...

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Page 83: ...d affect external audio signals THRU MAIN INAB sets how input pair AB should be lis tened to VOL sets the volume of the signal coming from the input or inputs chosen by the INAB setting The max setting will boost it 12 dB The min setting will mute it INCD sets how input pair CD should be lis tened to VOL sets the volume of the signal coming from the input or inputs chosen by the INCD setting The m...

Page 84: ...ge When set to 0 the sample won t be played back at all Negative values make the sample play backwards RTRG sets the number of retrigs that should occur when a note is trigged RTIM sets the time between each retrig The time is relative to the tempo FLEX SETUP LOOP sets the master loop mode setting of the track When set to AUTO the individual loop settings made in the audio editor will apply Each s...

Page 85: ...LEX SETUP page When set to 0 the sample won t be played back at all No nega tive values can be chosen meaning Static samples can not be played backwards RTRG sets the number of retrigs that should occur when a note is trigged RTIM sets the time between each retrig The time is relative to the tempo STATIC SETUP LOOP sets the master loop mode setting of the track When set to AUTO the individual loop...

Page 86: ...ten to the output of the preceding track Multiple tracks with Neighbour machines can form extremely powerful effects chains They turn the Octatrack into a deluxe effects device NEIGHBOR MAIN No main parameters are available NEIGHBOR SETUP No setup parameters are available ...

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Page 88: ...A 6 Appendix A MACHINE REFERENCE ...

Page 89: ... are explained The individual effect parameters are presented for reference NONE The none effect is a blank effect Use it if you don t want to affect the audio of the track what so ever NONE MAIN No main parameters are available NONE SETUP No setup parameters are available ...

Page 90: ...t of resonance applied to the cutoff frequency or frequencies set in the multi mode filter SETUP menu DEPTH controls how much the filter envelope affects the cutoff frequency or frequencies Negative values invert the envelope ATK sets the attack time of the filter envelope DEC sets the decay time of the filter envelope MULTI MODE FILTER SETUP HP sets the high pass filter slope Select between 12 dB...

Page 91: ...narrower the frequency curve FRQ2 sets the center frequency the second band of the EQ will affect GN2 attenuates or boosts the set frequency Q2 controls the width of the frequency range the GN2 setting affects The higher the value the narrower the frequency curve PARAMETRIC EQ SETUP TYP1 sets how the first band of the filter will operate It can act as a low shelf shelving filter a full parametric ...

Page 92: ...the high shelf filter LOWG controls the gain of the first band of the EQ A max setting will boost the signal 12 dB A min setting will kill the band completely MIDG controls the gain of the second band of the EQ A max setting will boost the signal 12 dB A min setting will kill the band completely HI G controls the gain of the third band of the EQ A max setting will boost the signal 12 dB A min sett...

Page 93: ...center phase of the phase modulation DEP sets the depth of the phase modulation SPD adjusts the speed of the phase depth modulation FB controls the feedback of the original signal WID controls the stereo width of the affected signal MIX adjusts the output between the original dry signal and the phased signal PHASER SETUP NUM selects the number of stages that should be used ...

Page 94: ...cy spectrum FLANGER MAIN DEL controls the amount of delay of the flanged signal DEP controls the depth of the flanger SPD adjusts the speed of the flanger FB controls the feedback of the original signal WID controls the stereo width of the affected signal MIX adjusts the output between the original dry signal and the flanged wet signal FLANGER SETUP No setup parameters are available ...

Page 95: ...aps DEP controls the depth of the modulation of the chorus taps SPD sets the low frequency modulation speed of the taps FB controls the feedback of the delay taps WID controls the stereo width output of the chorus MIX adjusts the output between the original dry signal and the chorused wet signal CHORUS SETUP TAPS sets the number of chorus taps that should be used FBLP controls the low pass filteri...

Page 96: ... release time from 50 ms to 5 s THRS controls the compressor knee threshold RAT sets the compression ratio between 1 1 and 1 255 GAIN can be used to adjust the output level of the compressor MIX adjusts the output between the uncom pressed dry signal and the compressed wet signal COMPRESSOR SETUP RMS adjusts the way the compressor works A zero setting makes the compressor look for amplitude peaks ...

Page 97: ...dulator The amplitude modulator is essentially a volume control which is control led by a low frequency oscillator A high setting makes for extreme changes in the timbre of a sound SRR controls the amount of sample rate reduction BRR controls the amount of bit rate reduction AMD controls the modulation depth of the amplitude modulator LO FI SETUP AMPH sets the start phase of the amplitude modulati...

Page 98: ...much of the signal that will be sent to the delay DELAY SETUP X sets if the delay will act as a ping pong delay or not TAPE sets the mode of the delay An ON set ting will make the delay interpolate between delay times when the TIME parameter in the DELAY MAIN page is changed An OFF set ting will not interpolate between the delay times when the TIME parameter is changed DIR sets the how much of the...

Page 99: ... the sound will die out Damp ing differs from the DEC parameter in the way that certain frequencies disappear quicker GATE sets the gate time The reverbated sig nal is gated after this time if the signal level is low The maximal value for this parameter gives infinite time in other words the gate is turned off HP controls the high pass filtering of the reverb signal LP controls the low pass filter...

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Page 101: ...HI SCORE NAMING 13 L LFO designer 43 LFOs LFO designer 43 LFO main 42 LFO setup 42 M MACHINE TRIGGING 51 MAIN OUTPUTS 46 MICRO TIMING 54 MIXER 26 MUTE TRACKS Direct mute 45 Mixer mute 26 O OS UPDATE Between Octatracks 69 Via Compact Flash 25 Via MIDI 68 P PARAMETER LOCKS 50 Trigless trigs 50 PARTS 33 Reload 34 PLAYBACK Playback main 40 Playback setup 40 POWER SUPPLY SPECIFICATIONS 6 PROJECTS 20 Ch...

Page 102: ... tempo 57 Tempo nudge 57 TRACK PARAMETER PAGES 39 Amp 40 Effect 1 Effect 2 44 Lfo 42 Playback 40 TRACK PARAMETERS 13 Cue level 39 Parameter value skip 13 Quick parameter editing 13 Track level 39 TRACK RECORDERS 28 TRACK TRIGGING 51 TRACKS 37 Direct mute 45 Effects 44 Machine assignment 40 Mixer mute 26 Routing 46 Solo 26 TRIGGING 51 Machine trigging 51 Track trigging 51 U UNDO Clear track 52 Clea...

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