Elektron Octatrack - Manual (Page 24)

THE USER INTERFACE
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THE USER INTERFACE
The center of Octatrack editing is the LCD display. The main interface screen is shown
below:
1. Track icons showing the machine assignments and status of the tracks. The active track
is highlighted. Track assignments are abbreviated. “F” = Flex machine, “S” = Static
machine, “T” = Thru machine, “N” = Neighbor machine, “P” = Pickup machine, “M” =
Master track. Beneath the track assignment symbols the status of the track is shown. A
play symbol means the sample of the track is playing, a stop symbol means the track is
not playing, a plus sign means the track recorder or the Pickup machine of the track is
recording. For Pickup machines, more track icons exist. For a complete list, see
“PICKUP MACHINE SAMPLING” on page 54. If the Octatrack MIDI mode is active, the
icons will show the MIDI channels the tracks send data to.
2. The current tempo displayed with one decimal.
3. Four boxes showing the playback position. Each box represents a downbeat.
4. The playback/recording status shown by the standard “record”, “play”, “pause” and
“stop”
symbols; , , and .
5. Level bar showing the overall volume level of the machine of the active track.
6. Up to six track parameters. They show what the DATA ENTRY knobs control and also
indicate the current parameter values. When two parameters belong to each other in
some way, they will have a small “clip” between them as shown below:
7. Assigned scenes and the current position of the crossfader.
8. Graphics indicating which TRIG mode that is currently active.
9. Info about which TRACK PARAMETER page is active.
10. Info box where the name of the active part and the name of the sample assigned to the
machine of the track is shown.
11. The currently active pattern.