Elektron Octatrack - Manual (Page 137)

OCTATRACK SETUP EXAMPLES
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5. Assign recorder buffer 1 to track 1. Assign recorder buffer 2 to track 2. Do likewise for
tracks 3 and 4. Now guitar, bass, synth and vocals can be sampled and immediately
played back.
6. You can now listen to the incoming sounds using a pair of headphones connected to the
Octatrack headphones output. The incoming sounds will not be heard on the main out-
puts as they are cued. Once you have sampled the sounds and applied effects, parame-
ter locks etc, they can be played back by the recorder buffers which are routed to the
Octatrack main outputs. The processed audio will thus be sent to the stage mixer and
mixed with the other sounds.
OCTATRACK AS A DJ MIXER AND SAMPLER
Fig 4. Two DJ decks are connected to the Octatrack inputs. The headphones output is set
to monitor both the main and cue outputs. The crossfader is assigned to control the main
output balance between the two incoming signals. The Octatrack can mix between the DJ
decks by either using the DIR method or the Thru machines method.
DJ MIXING USING THE DIR METHOD
1. Connect the first DJ deck to Octatrack input pair AB. Connect the second DJ deck to
input pair CD.
2. Assign a Scene to Scene A by pressing [SCENE A] + a [TRIG] key. Assign a Scene to
Scene B by pressing [SCENE B] + a [TRIG] key. We assume scene 1 was assigned to
Scene A and scene 2 to Scene B.
fig. 4.