Elektron Octatrack - Manual (Page 92)

PATTERNS
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SAMPLE TRIGS
Sample trigs trig the machine of the track, making the sample assigned to the machine
play. Enter by simply pressing a [TRIG] key. Sample trigs are indicated by red <TRIG>
LEDs.
TRIGLESS LOCKS
Trigless locks do not trig machines, LFOs or FX envelopes. Enter them by pressing
[FUNCTION] + [TRIG].
Trigless locks are indicated by half-bright green <TRIG> LEDs. Already existing sample
trigs can be turned to trigless locks by pressing [TRIG] + [EXIT/NO] twice. To turn a trigless
lock to a trigless trig, press [TRIG] + [ENTER/YES]. When pressing the [TRIG] key of a tri-
gless lock, it will turn into a sample trig. Press the [TRIG] key again to remove the sample
trig altogether.
When in LIVE RECORDING mode and changing lockable parameters, trigless locks con-
taining the locked parameters will be entered on the sequencer by default.
TRIGLESS TRIGS
Trigless trigs function similarly to trigless locks, but trig LFOs and FX envelopes. They can
only be applied by converting sample trigs or trigless locks.
Trigless trigs are indicated by green full-bright <TRIG> LEDs. An already existing sample
trig can be turned to a trigless trig by pressing [TRIG] + [EXIT/NO]. To turn a trigless lock to
a trigless trig, press [TRIG] + [ENTER/YES]. When pressing the [TRIG] key of a trigless
trig, it will turn into a sample trig. Press the [TRIG] key again to remove the sample trig alto-
gether.
ONE SHOT TRIGS
One shot trigs trig a sample or a track recorder only once. They are especially useful when
using the Octatrack as a backing track machine, as they for example can trig very long
Static samples without retrigging them once the pattern loops. This trig type is also availa-
ble to recorder trigs. One shot trigs are not available to MIDI tracks.
If a track contains several one shot trigs, all one shot trigs of that track will be disarmed
once one of the one shot trigs has been activated by the sequencer. This extends to the
tracks of other patterns as well. If a one shot trig has been trigged on track 1 of pattern A01,
any one shot trigs on the first track of patterns A02-P16 will also be disarmed.
One shot trigs are entered by pressing [FUNCTION] + the [TRIG] key of an existing sam-
ple trig. The <TRIG> LED will change from red to yellow, indicating the trig now is now a
one shot trig. One shot trigs that have been activated by the sequencer are indicated by
alternating yellow and red <TRIG> LEDs. Quickly pressing [STOP] + [STOP] while the
sequencer is stopped, power cycling the Octatrack or changing projects will re-arm all one
shot trigs. The [STOP] + [STOP] behavior can be disabled in the PERSONALIZE menu.
Read more on page 33.
There exists several ways of arming and disarming one shot trigs. While in GRID
RECORDING mode and either the RECORDING SETUP menus or the TRACK TRIG EDIT
menu with REC TRIG chosen, is active, all one shot recorder trigs of the active track will be
re-armed when pressing [ENTER/YES]. The text “ARM REC TRK” will be visible. The one
shot recorder trigs will keep re-arming for as long as the key is held. Note that one shot
sample trigs will not be affected. This way of arming and disarming can be disabled in the
PERSONALIZE menu. Read more on page 32.