Elektron Octatrack - Manual (Page 52)

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will have not have any track recorder memory allocated, making it impossible
for them to sample unless DYNAMIC RECORDERS is set to YES. These
track recorders will then use the Flex RAM memory when sampling.
• NONE will add all track recorder memory to the Flex RAM memory, making
the total amount of available RAM, which is 85.5 MB, consist of only Flex
RAM. As no track recorder memory will be available to the track recorders,
sampling will be not be possible unless DYNAMIC RECORDERS is set to
YES. The track recorders will then utilize the available Flex RAM memory
when sampling. When NONE is selected the RESERVE LENGTH setting will
have no effect at all.
RESERVE LENGTH makes it possible to reserve sample time to the track recorders
chosen by the RESERVE RECORDINGS setting. These track recorders will always
be able to sample the amount of seconds set here. When selecting the reserved
sample time, the equivalent in sequencer steps based on the current Octatrack
BPM, as well as the amount of RAM the reserved time will occupy, is shown in the
upper left corner of the LCD screen. The black bar in the lower right corner of the
LCD will also change according to size of the reserved track recorder memory . The
more track recorders affected and the more sampling time reserved, the less Flex
RAM will become available for Flex samples. This works the other way around as
well. Less reserved sampling time means more Flex RAM will be available. If
DYNAMIC RECORDERS is set to YES and the reserved sampling time is exceeded
when sampling, the track recorders will start using the available Flex RAM memory.
• By reserving a large amount of RAM memory to a track recorder, internal sam-
pling of complete Octatrack songs are possible.
METRONOME configures the Octatrack metronome. A click track is very useful when for
example inputting sample trigs or note trigs while in LIVE RECORDING mode. Note that
the metronome will only sound when the sequencer is running. The metronome can quicky
be toggled on/off by pressing [CUE] + [TEMPO]. Use the LEVEL knob or the [LEFT]/
[RIGHT] arrow keys to change the settings of this menu.
ACTIVE activates/deactivates the metronome.
TIME SIG. NUMER controls the note measure of the time signature of the metro-
nome.
TIME SIG. DENOM controls the beat measure of the time signature of the metro-
nome.