Elektron Octatrack - Manual (Page 61)

TRACK RECORDERS AND PICKUP MACHINES
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• Captured samples can be saved either directly in the audio pool or in the project
folder. The setting controlling this is found in the PERSONALIZE menu. Read
more on page 33.
• Recorded samples can immediately be time stretched or time compressed to
match the BPM of the Octatrack. Note that TSTR in the PLAYBACK SETUP menu
must be set to either AUTO, NORM or BEAT for this to function. If set to AUTO,
make sure time stretch is activated for the recorder buffer. That is done in the
ATTRIBUTES menu of the audio editor. Read more in the section “ATTRIBUTES”
on page 102.
• The samples captured by the track recorders can be opened directly in the audio
editor for further editing. First select the track whose corresponding recorder
buffer sample should be edited. Then press [AUDIO RECORD] + [BANK] to open
the recorder buffer sample in the audio editor. Read more about the audio editor in
section “THE AUDIO EDITOR” on page 95. The audio editor can also be accessed
from the RECORDING SETUP EDIT menu. Access this menu by pressing [FUNC-
TION] + [BANK] while either RECORDING SETUP menu is active.
• It is possible to sample even though the DIR parameters in the MIXER menu are
set to 0.
• It is possible to cue incoming audio by pressing [CUE] + [AUDIO RECORD] keys.
RECORDING SETUP MENUS
Each track recorder features two dedicated RECORDING SETUP pages, where settings
relating to what and how the track recorder should sample are found. Placing recorder trigs
on the step sequencer, which is needed for recorder trig sampling, is also carried out while
either of the two menu pages is active. As track recorders are directly linked to the tracks,
the track whose track recorder you wish to edit must be active. To open the RECORDING
SETUP menus, press [FUNCTION] + [AUDIO REC AB]/[AUDIO REC CD]
Pressing [FUNCTION] + [PLAY] while inside the RECORDING SETUP menus will clear
the recorder buffer of the active track recorder from any audio content. GRID RECORDING
mode needs to be inactive for this to function.
While in either RECORDING SETUP menu, an EDIT menu can be opened by pressing
[FUNCTION] + [BANK]. This menu offers various commands relating to the track recorder.
EDIT THIS RECORDING will open the recorded sample in the audio editor. The audio edi-
tor is covered in the section “THE AUDIO EDITOR” on page 95.
SAVE THIS RECORDING will save the recording made by the active track recorder to the
Compact Flash card.
SAVE ALL RECORDINGS will save all recordings of all track recorders to the Compact
Flash card.