Elektron Octatrack - Manual (Page 72)

BANKS, PARTS AND SCENES
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BANKS, PARTS AND SCENES
Each project contains up to 16 banks. Banks contain:
• 16 patterns.
• 4 parts.
Each part contains:
• Information about which machines are assigned to the tracks.
• Information about which Flex and Static samples are assigned to the machines.
• Track effects assignments.
• Track parameter settings.
• 16 scenes.
Scenes contain:
• Scene parameter locks.
BANKS
An Octatrack project consists of up to 16 banks. Each bank hosts up to 16 patterns. Pat-
terns in bank 1 are labeled A01-A16, patterns in bank 2 B01-B16 and so on.
Select a bank by pressing the [BANK] button plus one of the 16 [TRIG] keys. [BANK] +
the first [TRIG] key will access the first bank, pressing [BANK] + [TRIG] key 2 will select
the second bank and so on.
As soon as [BANK] is pressed a prompt saying “CHOOSE BANK” will appear. Banks with
content are indicated by green <TRIG> LEDs. A red <TRIG> LED indicates the currently
active bank. As soon as a bank is selected the prompt will change to “CHOOSE PAT-
TERN”. Pressing a [TRIG] key now will select a pattern located in the selected bank. Pat-
terns with content are indicated by green <TRIG> LEDs. A red <TRIG> LED indicates the
currently active pattern. This method of pattern selection allows for quick changes of the
active bank and pattern. If you don’t wish to select a pattern, just release the button combi-
nation after the “CHOOSE PATTERN” prompt appears.
• If you are not working within a project only the active bank will be retained in
memory after the Octatrack has been switched off. If you have made changes to
other banks, and want to keep them, it is very important to save the project. Use
the SAVE TO NEW command for this. Read more about this command in the sec-
tion “PROJECT” on page 30.
PARTS
Parts are very useful for adding variations to the patterns of a bank. A part consists of
machine, sample and effect assignments along with track parameter settings and up to 16
scenes. Each pattern is linked to a part and one part is thus always active. Each bank hosts
4 parts.