Elektron Octatrack - Manual (Page 34)

SETS
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SETS
A set is the top layer of the Octatrack hierarchy. Sets are completely self contained. Sets
contain:
• An amount of projects only limited by the size of the Compact Flash card.
• An audio pool, where the samples shared by the projects of the set are stored.
A set needs to be mounted in order for the Octatrack to be able to load a project belonging
to the set. A mounted set and a loaded project is required for the Octatrack to work as
intended. Read more about projects in section “PROJECTS” on page 25.
When booting, the Octatrack automatically mounts the previously mounted set and loads
the previous project, but sometimes that might not be possible, for instance when a freshly
formatted Compact Flash card has been inserted or when switching cards to a card con-
taining other sets. Sets then have to be manually mounted.
If Compact Flash cards are changed a window stating “WRONG COMPACT FLASH CARD
INSERTED. CONTINUE?” will appear. This is a prompt indicating a new Compact Flash
card has been inserted. Press [ENTER/YES] to continue. If you decide to proceed a win-
dow stating “NO SET IS MOUNTED! PLEASE MOUNT ONE.” will appear. Pressing
[ENTER/YES] will automatically open the menu where sets can be created and mounted. If
the inserted card contains sets, mount one of them. If the card doesn’t contain any sets,
create and mount one.
If the Octatrack boots with a set, but no project is active, a window stating “YOU ARE NOT
WORKING IN ANY PROJECT. USE THE SAVE AS NEW COMMAND TO KEEP ANY
CHANGES!” will appear. Press [ENTER/YES] to make the prompt disappear. Since no pro-
ject is active, any changes made while in this state will be discarded when mounting
another set or loading another project. Use the SAVE TO NEW command found in the
PROJECT menu to save any changes to a new project. Otherwise, just create or load a
new project.
• Back up your sets to a computer. Should you lose your Compact Flash card it is
easy to transfer the sets from the computer to a new card.
• Sets are stored as folders in the root directory of the Compact Flash card. This
can be seen when for example connecting the Octatrack to a computer via USB
and browsing the content of the Compact Flash card with the computer. Read
more on how to connect the Octatrack to a computer in the section “SYSTEM” on
page 31.