Elektron Octatrack - Manual (Page 16)

PANEL LAYOUT AND CONNECTORS
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PANEL LAYOUT AND CONNECTORS
FRONT PANEL
The Octatrack front panel. For a more comprehensive list of key combinations, please see
“SUMMARY OF BUTTON COMBINATIONS” on page 142.
1. HEADPHONES VOLUME CONTROL sets the volume for the stereo headphones jack.
2. [AUDIO RECORD] buttons are used for real-time sampling through the external inputs.
There is one [AUDIO RECORD] button per audio input pair. The functionality of these
button change if a Pickup machine is assigned to the active track.
3. The LEDs indicate the strength of the signal received on the exter-
nal inputs. When in the RECORD SETUP menu these LEDs also indicate the source
selection for recorder trigs.
4. [TRACK] buttons. Press a [TRACK] button to move the focus to the corresponding
track. Pressing a [TRACK] button + an [AUDIO RECORD] button will record audio to
the recorder of the selected track. [FUNCTION] + [TRACK] will mute the selected track.
[CUE] + [TRACK] will cue the selected track. The LEDs indicate which track
is active as well as the mute and cue status of the tracks.
5. The LCD graphical interface.
6. LED, indicating the activity of the Compact Flash card.
7. The LEVEL encoder sets the overall volume level of the active track. [FUNCTION] +
LEVEL controls the main output volume.
8. [TEMPO] key. Brings up the TEMPO menu. The current tempo is always indicated by
the flashing speed of the LED. Tapping the BPM is done by holding [FUNC-
TION] and then repeatedly tapping [TEMPO].
9. DATA ENTRY knobs. Used for tweaking parameters.