Elektron Octatrack - Manual (Page 104)

PATTERNS
92
To start the playback of for example audio track 1, it needs to be trigged manually by press-
ing the first [TRIG] key. To trig MIDI track 1, press [TRIG] key 9 while in MIDI mode. Dis-
connected tracks will be stopped when [STOP] is pressed. Read more about track trigging
in the section “TRACK” on page 81.
ONESHOT TRACK controls whether the track will loop or not. When the setting is acti-
vated the track, once it has started playing, will stop after it has reached its full length. This
setting is only available when the PLAYS FREE setting is activated.
TRIG MODE controls how the track should react when it is being trigged. This setting is
only available when the PLAYS FREE setting is activated.
• ONE will make the track start playing once the [TRIG] key initiating trigging of the
track is pressed. The playback of the track will be restarted when pressing the button
again. To stop the playback of the track [STOP] needs to be pressed.
• ONE2 will make the track start playing once the [TRIG] key initiating trigging of the
track is pressed. The playback of the track can be stopped either by pressing the
button again or by pressing [STOP].
• HOLD will make the track play for as long as [TRIG] key initiating track playback for
the chosen track is pressed and held. Playback of the track will stop when the button
is released.
TRIG QUANT is only available when the PLAYS FREE setting is activated. It allows both
quantized start and stop of the playback of the tracks. Note that the sequencer needs to be
playing for this setting to have any effect. The TRIG MODE setting, covered above, also
affects the how the [TRIG] keys will control the playback. Choose between the TRIG
QUANT settings with the LEVEL encoder.
• DIRECT will make a disconnected track start playing as soon as the corresponding
[TRIG] key initiating track playback is pressed.
• TR. LEN will quantize the start and stop of the disconnected track according to the
total length of the track.
• 1/16... will quantize the start and stop of the disconnected track according to set
step length. If the chosen value starts to blink that indicates the value, depending on
whether NORMAL or PER TRACK scale is active, exceeds either the length of the
pattern or the set master length. The track quantization will then will then be set
either according to the pattern length or the master length, again depending on
active scale mode.
MICRO TIMING
The MICRO TIMING menu allows for precise and detailed trig editing. To be able to access
this menu GRID RECORDING mode must be active. Open this menu by pressing and