Document Outline

• INTRODUCTION
  • CONVENTIONS IN THIS MANUAL
• THE BACKGROUND OF THE OCTATRACK
  • SUGGESTED APPLICATIONS OF THE OCTATRACK
    • LOOPER DEVICE
    • RADICAL SOUND PROCESSOR
    • BACKING TRACK MACHINE
    • LIVE SETUP HUB
    • REMIX TOOL
    • EFFECTS UNIT EXTRAORDINAIRE
• PANEL LAYOUT AND CONNECTORS
  • FRONT PANEL
  • REAR CONNECTORS
  • OCTATRACK ACCESSORIES
    • RACK MOUNT KIT
    • CARRYING BAG AND PROTECTIVE LID
  • THE COMPACT FLASH CARD READER
    • COMPACT FLASH CARD SPECIFICATIONS
  • CONNECTING THE UNIT
  • CARE INSTRUCTIONS
• OVERVIEW OF THE OCTATRACK STRUCTURE
  • SETS
  • AUDIO POOL
  • PROJECTS
  • FLEX AND STATIC SAMPLE SLOT LISTS
  • BANKS
  • PATTERNS
  • PARTS
  • SCENES
  • ARRANGEMENTS
  • TRACKS
  • MACHINES
  • HOW INFORMATION IS HANDLED
• THE USER INTERFACE
  • MENUS AND WINDOWS
  • PARAMETER EDITING
    • QUICK PARAMETER EDITING
    • PARAMETER VALUE SKIP
  • QUICK SCROLLING
  • COPY, CLEAR AND PASTE
  • THE NAMING MENU
    • POP-UP MENU NAMING
• QUICK START
  • DEMO MODE
    • PLAYING THE DEMO PATTERNS
    • ADJUSTING PARAMETERS
    • EXPERIMENTING WITH SCENES
    • RECORDING A PATTERN USING GRID RECORDING
    • RECORDING A PATTERN USING LIVE RECORDING
    • PARAMETER LOCKS
  • MOUNTING A SET AND LOADING A PROJECT
    • MOUNTING A SET
    • LOADING A PROJECT
  • LOADING SAMPLES
    • ASSIGNING A MACHINE TO A TRACK
    • ASSIGNING A SAMPLE TO A MACHINE
• SETS
  • CREATING AND MOUNTING A SET
  • AUDIO POOL
    • ADDING CONTENT TO THE AUDIO POOL
    • AUDIO FILE COMPATIBILITY
• PROJECTS
  • PROJECTS AND RAM MEMORY
  • LOADING AND CREATING A PROJECT
  • LOADING SAMPLES TO THE SAMPLE SLOTS
    • LOADING FROM THE QUICK ASSIGN MENU
    • LOADING FROM THE PLAYBACK SETUP MENU
    • FILE BROWSER
  • THE PROJECT MENU
    • PROJECT
    • SYSTEM
    • CONTROL
    • MIDI
  • MIXER MENU
  • TEMPO MENU
    • TAP TEMPO
    • PATTERN TEMPO NUDGE
    • SAMPLE TEMPO NUDGE
• TRACK RECORDERS AND PICKUP MACHINES
  • RECORDING SETUP MENUS
    • RECORDING SETUP 1 MENU
    • RECORDING SETUP 2 MENU
  • TRACK RECORDER SAMPLING METHODS
    • MANUAL SAMPLING
    • RECORDER TRIG SAMPLING
    • PLAYBACK OF CAPTURED RECORDER SAMPLES
  • PICKUP MACHINE SAMPLING
    • MASTER AND SLAVE PICKUP MACHINES
    • CONTROLLING THE PICKUP MACHINES
    • SEQUENCER TO PICKUP SYNC
• BANKS, PARTS AND SCENES
  • BANKS
  • PARTS
    • PART QUICK SELECT
    • PARTS EDIT
    • PART RELOAD
  • SCENES
    • ASSIGNING AND ADJUSTING SCENES
    • SCENE VOLUME LOCKING
    • SCENE MUTE
    • SCENE COPY
    • SCENE CLEAR
• TRACKS
  • THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FLEX AND STATIC MACHINES
  • ASSIGNING MACHINES TO TRACKS
    • ASSIGNING MACHINES IN THE QUICK ASSIGN MENU
    • ASSIGNING MACHINES IN THE PLAYBACK SETUP MENU
  • ASSIGNING FLEX AND STATIC SAMPLES TO MACHINES
    • ASSIGNING SAMPLES IN THE QUICK ASSIGN MENU
    • ASSIGNING SAMPLES IN THE PLAYBACK SETUP MENU
  • TRACK PARAMETER PAGES
    • TRACK MAIN LEVEL
    • TRACK CUE LEVEL
    • PLAYBACK MAIN
    • PLAYBACK SETUP
    • AMP MAIN
    • AMP SETUP
    • LFO MAIN
    • LFO SETUP
    • LFO DESIGNER
    • EFFECT 1 AND EFFECT 2
  • DIRECT TRACK MUTING
  • MAIN AND CUE OUTPUTS ROUTING
    • MAIN OUTPUT ROUTING
    • CUE OUTPUT ROUTING
    • PARAMETERS AFFECTING MAIN AND CUE LEVELS
• PATTERNS
  • TRIG LED INDICATIONS
  • BASIC PATTERN OPERATIONS
    • SELECTING A PATTERN
    • PATTERN CONTROL
    • PATTERN CHAINING
  • RECORDING MODES
    • GRID RECORDING MODE
    • LIVE RECORDING MODE
  • TRIG TYPES
    • SAMPLE TRIGS
    • TRIGLESS LOCKS
    • TRIGLESS TRIGS
    • ONE SHOT TRIGS
    • SWING TRIGS
    • SLIDE TRIGS
    • RECORDER TRIGS
  • PARAMETER LOCKS
  • SAMPLE LOCKS
  • TRIG MODES
    • TRACK
    • CHROMATIC
    • SLOTS
    • SLICES
    • QUICK MUTE
    • DELAY CONTROL
  • SEQUENCER COPY, PASTE AND CLEAR OPERATIONS
    • PATTERN COPY
    • PATTERN CLEAR
    • TRACK COPY
    • TRACK CLEAR
    • TRACK PAGE COPY
    • TRACK PAGE CLEAR
    • TRACK PARAMETER PAGE COPY
    • TRACK PARAMETER PAGE CLEAR
    • TRIG COPY
    • TRIG LOCK CLEAR
  • TRACK TRIG EDIT MENU
    • TRIGS
    • SLIDE
    • SWING
    • RECORDER TRIGS
  • PATTERN SETTINGS MENU
    • PATTERN
    • TRACK 1-TRACK 8
  • MICRO TIMING
  • SCALE SETUP
    • NORMAL
    • PER TRACK
• THE AUDIO EDITOR
  • ACCESSING THE AUDIO EDITOR
    • ACCESS FROM THE QUICK ASSIGN MENU
    • ACCESS FROM THE PLAYBACK SETUP MENU
    • ACCESS FROM TRACKS AND TRACK RECORDERS
  • AUDIO EDITOR FUNCTIONALITY
    • TRIM
    • SLICE
    • EDIT
    • ATTRIBUTES
    • FILE
• THE ARRANGER
  • THE ARRANGER MENU
    • EDIT
    • RENAME
    • CHANGE
    • CHAIN
    • CLEAR
    • SAVE
    • RELOAD
• THE MIDI SEQUENCER
  • ACCESSING THE MIDI SEQUENCER
  • HOW MIDI IS ROUTED
  • MIDI MODE LIVE RECORDING AND PARAMETER LOCKING
  • MIDI TRACK PARAMETER PAGES
    • NOTE MAIN
    • NOTE SETUP
    • ARPEGGIATOR MAIN
    • ARPEGGIATOR SETUP
    • MIDI LFO MAIN
    • MIDI LFO SETUP
    • CTRL 1 MAIN
    • CTRL 1 SETUP
    • CTRL 2 MAIN
    • CTRL 2 SETUP
• OCTATRACK SETUP EXAMPLES
  • OCTATRACK AS A PERFORMANCE HUB
    • DIR METHOD
    • THRU MACHINES METHOD
  • OCTATRACK WITH EXTERNAL EFFECTS
  • OCTATRACK PROCESSING LIVE INSTRUMENTS
  • OCTATRACK AS A DJ MIXER AND SAMPLER
    • DJ MIXING USING THE DIR METHOD
    • DJ MIXING USING THE THRU METHOD
  • OCTATRACK AS A MIDI CONTROL CENTER
    • MIDI CONTROL USING CC DIRECT CONNECT AND THE AUTO CHANNEL
• OCTATRACK TUTORIALS
  • TRACK RECORDER SAMPLING
    • MANUAL SAMPLING
    • SAMPLING USING RECORDER TRIGS
    • PLAYBACK OF CAPTURED RECORDER SAMPLES
    • PICKUP MACHINE SAMPLING
    • CONTROLLING THE PICK UP MACHINES WITH A MIDI FOOT CONTROLLER
  • LOOP REMIXING
    • LOOP REMIXING USING SLICES
    • LOOP REMIXING USING THE CROSSFADER
  • PREPARING LOOPS AND SAMPLES
  • THE OCTATRACK AS A DJ DECK
  • THE OCTATRACK AS AN EFFECTS PROCESSOR
• EARLY STARTUP MENU
  • TEST MODE
  • EMPTY RESET
  • MIDI UPGRADE
  • SEND UPGRADE
• SUMMARY OF BUTTON COMBINATIONS
• TECHNICAL INFORMATION
  • SPECIFICATIONS
• CREDITS
  • PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
  • ADDITIONAL DESIGN
  • FACTORY DEFAULT SOUND DESIGN
  • USER’S MANUAL
• CONTACT INFORMATION
  • ELEKTRON WEBSITE
  • DELIVERY ADDRESS
  • TELEPHONE
• Appendix A: MACHINE REFERENCE
  • THRU MACHINE
    • THRU MAIN
    • THRU SETUP
  • FLEX MACHINE
    • FLEX MAIN
    • FLEX SETUP
  • STATIC MACHINE
    • STATIC MAIN
    • STATIC SETUP
  • NEIGHBOR MACHINE
    • NEIGHBOR MAIN
    • NEIGHBOR SETUP
  • PICKUP MACHINE
    • PICKUP MAIN
    • PICKUP SETUP
• Appendix B: EFFECTS REFERENCE
  • NONE
    • NONE MAIN
    • NONE SETUP
  • 12/24DB MULTI MODE FILTER
    • MULTI MODE FILTER MAIN
    • MULTI MODE FILTER SETUP
  • 2-BAND PARAMETRIC EQ
    • PARAMETRIC EQ MAIN
    • PARAMETRIC EQ SETUP
  • DJ STYLE KILL EQ
    • DJ EQ MAIN
    • DJ EQ SETUP
  • 2-10 STAGE PHASER
    • PHASER MAIN
    • PHASER SETUP
  • FLANGER
    • FLANGER MAIN
    • FLANGER SETUP
  • 2-10 TAP CHORUS
    • CHORUS MAIN
    • CHORUS SETUP
  • SPATIALIZER
    • SPATIALIZER MAIN
    • SPATIALIZER SETUP
  • COMB FILTER
    • COMB FILTER MAIN
    • COMB FILTER SETUP
  • DYNAMIX COMPRESSOR
    • COMPRESSOR MAIN
    • COMPRESSOR SETUP
  • LO-FI COLLECTION
    • LO-FI MAIN
    • LO-FI SETUP
  • ECHO FREEZE DELAY
    • DELAY MAIN
    • DELAY SETUP
  • GATEBOX PLATE REVERB
    • PLATE REVERB MAIN
    • PLATE REVERB SETUP
  • SPRING REVERB
    • SPRING REVERB MAIN
    • SPRING REVERB SETUP
  • DARK REVERB
    • DARK REVERB MAIN
    • DARK REVERB SETUP
• Appendix C: MIDI CONTROL REFERENCE
  • NOTE MAPPING
  • CTRL CHANGE MAPPINGS
  • MIDI MODE CTRL CHANGE MAPPINGS
• INDEX
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