Elektron Octatrack User Manual

Elektron Musical Instruments

This manual is related to the following products:

Octatrack MKII Dynamic Performance Sampler (Black)

Table of contents

Document Outline

INTRODUCTION
- CONVENTIONS IN THIS MANUAL
THE BACKGROUND OF THE OCTATRACK
- SUGGESTED APPLICATIONS OF THE OCTATRACK
PANEL LAYOUT AND CONNECTORS
- FRONT PANEL
- REAR CONNECTORS
- OCTATRACK ACCESSORIES
  - RACK MOUNT KIT
  - CARRYING BAG AND PROTECTIVE LID
- THE COMPACT FLASH CARD READER
  - COMPACT FLASH CARD SPECIFICATIONS
- CONNECTING THE UNIT
- CARE INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW OF THE OCTATRACK STRUCTURE
- SETS
- AUDIO POOL
- PROJECTS
- FLEX AND STATIC SAMPLE SLOT LISTS
- BANKS
- PATTERNS
- PARTS
- SCENES
- ARRANGEMENTS
- TRACKS
- MACHINES
- HOW INFORMATION IS HANDLED
THE USER INTERFACE
- MENUS AND WINDOWS
- PARAMETER EDITING
  - QUICK PARAMETER EDITING
  - PARAMETER VALUE SKIP
- QUICK SCROLLING
- COPY, CLEAR AND PASTE
- THE NAMING MENU
  - POP-UP MENU NAMING
QUICK START
- DEMO MODE
- MOUNTING A SET AND LOADING A PROJECT
  - MOUNTING A SET
  - LOADING A PROJECT
- LOADING SAMPLES
  - ASSIGNING A MACHINE TO A TRACK
  - ASSIGNING A SAMPLE TO A MACHINE
SETS
- CREATING AND MOUNTING A SET
- AUDIO POOL
  - ADDING CONTENT TO THE AUDIO POOL
  - AUDIO FILE COMPATIBILITY
PROJECTS
- PROJECTS AND RAM MEMORY
- LOADING AND CREATING A PROJECT
- LOADING SAMPLES TO THE SAMPLE SLOTS
- THE PROJECT MENU
- MIXER MENU
- TEMPO MENU
TRACK RECORDERS AND PICKUP MACHINES
- RECORDING SETUP MENUS
  - RECORDING SETUP 1 MENU
  - RECORDING SETUP 2 MENU
- TRACK RECORDER SAMPLING METHODS
- PICKUP MACHINE SAMPLING
BANKS, PARTS AND SCENES
- BANKS
- PARTS
- SCENES
TRACKS
- THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FLEX AND STATIC MACHINES
- ASSIGNING MACHINES TO TRACKS
  - ASSIGNING MACHINES IN THE QUICK ASSIGN MENU
  - ASSIGNING MACHINES IN THE PLAYBACK SETUP MENU
- ASSIGNING FLEX AND STATIC SAMPLES TO MACHINES
  - ASSIGNING SAMPLES IN THE QUICK ASSIGN MENU
  - ASSIGNING SAMPLES IN THE PLAYBACK SETUP MENU
- TRACK PARAMETER PAGES
- DIRECT TRACK MUTING
- MAIN AND CUE OUTPUTS ROUTING
PATTERNS
- TRIG LED INDICATIONS
- BASIC PATTERN OPERATIONS
- RECORDING MODES
  - GRID RECORDING MODE
  - LIVE RECORDING MODE
- TRIG TYPES
- PARAMETER LOCKS
- SAMPLE LOCKS
- TRIG MODES
- SEQUENCER COPY, PASTE AND CLEAR OPERATIONS
- TRACK TRIG EDIT MENU
- PATTERN SETTINGS MENU
  - PATTERN
  - TRACK 1-TRACK 8
- MICRO TIMING
- SCALE SETUP
  - NORMAL
  - PER TRACK
THE AUDIO EDITOR
- ACCESSING THE AUDIO EDITOR
- AUDIO EDITOR FUNCTIONALITY
THE ARRANGER
- THE ARRANGER MENU
THE MIDI SEQUENCER
- ACCESSING THE MIDI SEQUENCER
- HOW MIDI IS ROUTED
- MIDI MODE LIVE RECORDING AND PARAMETER LOCKING
- MIDI TRACK PARAMETER PAGES
OCTATRACK SETUP EXAMPLES
- OCTATRACK AS A PERFORMANCE HUB
  - DIR METHOD
  - THRU MACHINES METHOD
- OCTATRACK WITH EXTERNAL EFFECTS
- OCTATRACK PROCESSING LIVE INSTRUMENTS
- OCTATRACK AS A DJ MIXER AND SAMPLER
  - DJ MIXING USING THE DIR METHOD
  - DJ MIXING USING THE THRU METHOD
- OCTATRACK AS A MIDI CONTROL CENTER
  - MIDI CONTROL USING CC DIRECT CONNECT AND THE AUTO CHANNEL
OCTATRACK TUTORIALS
- TRACK RECORDER SAMPLING
- LOOP REMIXING
  - LOOP REMIXING USING SLICES
  - LOOP REMIXING USING THE CROSSFADER
- PREPARING LOOPS AND SAMPLES
- THE OCTATRACK AS A DJ DECK
- THE OCTATRACK AS AN EFFECTS PROCESSOR
EARLY STARTUP MENU
- TEST MODE
- EMPTY RESET
- MIDI UPGRADE
- SEND UPGRADE
SUMMARY OF BUTTON COMBINATIONS
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
- SPECIFICATIONS
CREDITS
- PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
- ADDITIONAL DESIGN
- FACTORY DEFAULT SOUND DESIGN
- USER’S MANUAL
CONTACT INFORMATION
- ELEKTRON WEBSITE
- DELIVERY ADDRESS
- TELEPHONE
Appendix A: MACHINE REFERENCE
- THRU MACHINE
  - THRU MAIN
  - THRU SETUP
- FLEX MACHINE
  - FLEX MAIN
  - FLEX SETUP
- STATIC MACHINE
  - STATIC MAIN
  - STATIC SETUP
- NEIGHBOR MACHINE
  - NEIGHBOR MAIN
  - NEIGHBOR SETUP
- PICKUP MACHINE
  - PICKUP MAIN
  - PICKUP SETUP
Appendix B: EFFECTS REFERENCE
- NONE
  - NONE MAIN
  - NONE SETUP
- 12/24DB MULTI MODE FILTER
  - MULTI MODE FILTER MAIN
  - MULTI MODE FILTER SETUP
- 2-BAND PARAMETRIC EQ
  - PARAMETRIC EQ MAIN
  - PARAMETRIC EQ SETUP
- DJ STYLE KILL EQ
  - DJ EQ MAIN
  - DJ EQ SETUP
- 2-10 STAGE PHASER
  - PHASER MAIN
  - PHASER SETUP
- FLANGER
  - FLANGER MAIN
  - FLANGER SETUP
- 2-10 TAP CHORUS
  - CHORUS MAIN
  - CHORUS SETUP
- SPATIALIZER
  - SPATIALIZER MAIN
  - SPATIALIZER SETUP
- COMB FILTER
  - COMB FILTER MAIN
  - COMB FILTER SETUP
- DYNAMIX COMPRESSOR
  - COMPRESSOR MAIN
  - COMPRESSOR SETUP
- LO-FI COLLECTION
  - LO-FI MAIN
  - LO-FI SETUP
- ECHO FREEZE DELAY
  - DELAY MAIN
  - DELAY SETUP
- GATEBOX PLATE REVERB
  - PLATE REVERB MAIN
  - PLATE REVERB SETUP
- SPRING REVERB
  - SPRING REVERB MAIN
  - SPRING REVERB SETUP
- DARK REVERB
  - DARK REVERB MAIN
  - DARK REVERB SETUP
Appendix C: MIDI CONTROL REFERENCE
- NOTE MAPPING
- CTRL CHANGE MAPPINGS
- MIDI MODE CTRL CHANGE MAPPINGS
INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
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