Elektron Octatrack - Manual (Page 66)

TRACK RECORDERS AND PICKUP MACHINES
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enough to make the track recorder of the active track start sampling. Read more
about RECORD QUICK MODE on page 33.
• The QREC parameter is very useful when manually sampling external gear synced
to the Octatrack. Perfect loops are then easy to capture. When manually trigging
the loops, use QPL to ensure they are played in perfect sync with the Octatrack
pattern.
RECORDER TRIG SAMPLING
Recorder trigs allow an automated sampling process as each recorder trig initiates sam-
pling. Recorder trigs can be placed on the sequencer while being in either the RECORD-
ING SETUP menus or in the TRACK TRIG EDIT menu, covered on page 87. To be able to
place recorder trigs on the sequencer GRID RECORDING mode must be active. Recorder
trigs are entered by pressing the [TRIG] keys.
A recorder trig defaults to sampling from all three input sources, but the source selection
can be changed for each recorder trig. When in the RECORDING SETUP 1 menu, the
source a recorder trig samples from can be seen by pressing and holding the [TRIG] key of
the recorder trig. The activated sources are indicated by inverted graphics in the LCD and
by lit <AUDIO RECORD> and <MIDI> LEDs.
To activate or deactivate a sampling source for a recorder trig, keep the [TRIG] button of
the recorder trig pressed while pressing either [AUDIO REC AB], [AUDIO REC CD] or
[MIDI]. Subsequent recorder trigs being placed on the sequencer will default to the latest
activated source selection.
Recorder trigs can be turned into one shot recorder trigs. They trig sampling only once,
which can be very useful when for example sampling live and not wanting to have to
remove a recorder trig once it has initiated sampling. One shot recorder trigs are entered
by pressing [FUNCTION] + [TRIG] and are indicated by yellow <TRIG> LEDs. Read more
about one shot trigs section “ONE SHOT TRIGS” on page 79.
• If a recorder buffer contains a sample and the corresponding track recorder starts
to sample, the original buffer sample will be overwritten by the new sample.
• When sampling using recorder trigs the captured sample will be assigned the
same BPM as the current BPM setting of the Octatrack. In the ATTRIBUTES menu
of the audio editor the BPM assignment of the sample can be changed. Read more
in “ATTRIBUTES” on page 102.
PLAYBACK OF CAPTURED RECORDER SAMPLES
Each track recorder samples to a dedicated recorder buffer. The eight recorder buffers are
located in the Flex sample slot list, directly above the first sample slot position.