Elektron Octatrack - Manual (Page 151)

OCTATRACK TUTORIALS
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3. Double-click either [TRACK 1] or [TRACK 5] to open the Static sample slot list. Select
an empty sample slot and press [ENTER/YES] to open the file browser. Select a long
sample, preferably a complete song, and press [ENTER/YES] to load it to the sample
slot. Load three or four songs to the Static sample slot list.
4. Prepare the songs as described in the tutorial “PREPARING LOOPS AND SAMPLES”
on page 136. This will time stretch or time compress them so they play in sync with
Octatrack BPM.
5. Double-click [TRACK 1] to open the Static sample slot list. Assign one of the songs to
the Static machine of track 1. Press [TRACK 5] and assign another song to the Static
machine of track 5.
6. Press [MIXER] to open the MIXER menu. Make sure MIX is set so a cue signal will be
audible once a track is cued.
7. 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.
8. Select track 1 and press and hold [SCENE A]. Note how the LEV parameter changes to
XLV. While keeping [SCENE A] pressed, turn the LEVEL knob so XLV is set to MAX.
Release [SCENE A] and press and hold [SCENE B]. Turn the LEVEL knob so XLV is
set to MIN.
9. Select track 5 and press and hold [SCENE A]. While keeping [SCENE A] pressed, turn
the LEVEL knob so XLV is set to MIN. Release [SCENE A] and press and hold [SCENE
B]. Turn the LEVEL knob so XLV is set to MAX. When the crossfader is at its leftmost
position only the audio from track 1 will be routed to the main outputs. When it is at its
rightmost position only the audio from track 2 will be routed to the main outputs. Any
other crossfader position will mix the between the audio of the tracks.
10. Set the crossfader to its leftmost position. Make sure GRID RECORDING mode is not
active and press [TRIG 9] to trig the machine of track 1. The sample assigned to the
machine will start playing through the main outputs.
11. Press [CUE] + [TRACK 5] to cue listen to the other song using the headphones. When
it is time to mix in song 2, first trig it by pressing [TRIG 13] at the downbeat of song 1.
Then slide the crossfader from left to right. Song 2 will now be heard, mixed in sync with
song 1. Press [CUE] + [TRACK 5] to de-cue song 2.
12. Assign a new sample to the Static machine of track 1. Press [CUE] + [TRACK 1] to cue
the new song. Trig it by pressing [TRIG 9] at the downbeat of song 2. Slide the cross-
fader from right to left to mix in the new song.
• Prepare a DJ set by loading a lot of songs to the Static sample slot list. The songs
should be prepared according to the tutorial “PREPARING LOOPS AND SAM-
PLES” on page 136. This will make it easy to mix between songs.
• Use the track effects to make for example filter sweep transitions when mixing
between two songs.