Elektron Octatrack - Manual (Page 152)

OCTATRACK TUTORIALS
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THE OCTATRACK AS AN EFFECTS PROCESSOR
The Neighbor machines offer the possibility to chain tracks. As the sound from the first
track in the chain will be routed through the rest of the chained tracks and their respective
track effects, very powerful effects chains can be formed. In this example an external
sound source will be affected by up to eight track effects.
1. Connect an external sound source to input pair AB of the Octatrack. Make sure the
LEDs indicate an audio signal is being sent to the input pair.
2. Open the MIXER menu by pressing [MIXER]. Make sure DIR for AB and CD is set to 0.
This will make incoming sound available to only Thru machines.
3. Double-click [TRACK 1] to open the QUICK ASSIGN menu. Assign a Thru machine to
track 1. In the PLAYBACK MAIN menu, set INAB to A B. This will make the machine lis-
ten to input pair AB.
4. Double click [TRACK 2] and assign a Neighbor machine to track 2. Do the same for
track 3 and 4.
5. Select track 1. Double press [EFFECT 1], select an effect from the list and assign it to
the track by pressing [ENTER/YES]. Assign an effect to the second track effect block as
well. Repeat the procedure for track 2, 3 and 4. An effects chain has now been created.
6. Select track 1, press [REC] to enter GRID RECORDING mode and place a trig on the
first step of the sequencer. Trigging the Thru machine is necessary for it to start passing
through incoming audio.
7. Press [PLAY]. The external sound, shaped by the track effects, should now be heard
from the Octatrack main outputs.
• Use scenes and the crossfader to control multiple effects parameters in real time.
Add parameter locks for rhythmical effect applications.
• For strange and interesting results, remove the Thru machine from track 1 and
instead assign a Flex machine to which recorder buffer 1 is loaded. Open one of
the RECORDING SETUP menus and place some recorder trigs on the sequencer.
Make sure the trigs record from input AB. Trig the recorder buffer by placing sam-
ple trigs on track 1. Parameter lock the sample trigs so the recorded audio is
pitched up or down, is affected by effects in various ways et cetera. Use the LFOs
to further modulate the track parameters. Press [PLAY] to enjoy automated real-
time sampling and extensive audio manipulation.