Panel layout and connectors, Front panel – Elektron Octatrack User Manual
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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 <AUDIO RECORD> 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 <TRACK> LEDs indicate which track
is active as well as the mute and cue status of the tracks.
5.
The LCD graphical interface.
6.
<CARD STATUS> 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 <TEMPO> LED. Tapping the BPM is done by holding [FUNC-
TION] and then repeatedly tapping [TEMPO].
9.
DATA ENTRY knobs. Used for tweaking parameters.