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This is the best example of what elektron intended when they named the octatrack a "performance" sampler. Great video Matthew, so informative and inspiring.
Thanks for the reliably excellent content! I always learn something from your videos, but I must have learned a DOZEN hyper useful things from this one. Love it man! Thank you!
Probably the best explanation I've seen on this. Still trying to wrap my head around loop based music since I'm into performing on an instrument, but this looks like a nice middle ground between DJ -style loop playback and musicianship.
This is the inspiration I need. I'm using the exact setup. Bought the OT anniversary when it dropped and it was so daunting to learn I've put it on the backburner for a year now. Finally going to get motivated to learn it in this format.
The OT is packed with functions on purpose due to its multi-purpose capabilities. It is not necessarily meant to be used as all it can do all of the time, you can start using it for what you need NOW, it is NOT overwhelming this way. Start easy, you don't need to use the resampling features, midi tracks and parts all together.make a little music using a few sampler tracks and some effects. you will find you can make some great music and expand your knowledge as you go. I have personally explored it completely when I first got it, and tried to learn 99% immediately. I have never again used the arranger, I never used pick up machines, hell I never really used on the fly resampling like in this video, yet the OT is where most of my live is based and I really could not do without right now.
Ok, wow. This is exactly the kind of thing I've been trying to do for a few years now, I had no idea the Octatrack could do it. I have a lot to think about now. Thanks!
I just use mine for production so far, but this Jedi level performance stuff fascinates me and looks fun. Seems like this mode of operation would be excellent for preventing dementia too! 😉 I'd be really keen to see what territory you could cover if you uploaded a long (~30 to 60min) mix using this template. Def feeling the vibe on this tune
Nice. This would also solve that problem of, oh i need to stop the music to load a new project into my (mpc/mc707/etc). You could use the Octatrack as your master tempo, be playing back your flux track master loop, and be quickly loading in an entirely new project. Which you could then mix in bit by bit using the crossfader. Very cool concept thanks for this video.
yeah i felt this comment as a MPC One owner. 100% facts! transition is so key... this video shows how to execute it very nice and seamlessly. one of the pain points of MPC for live performances. but this video gave me new inspiration so I'm gonna come up with a workaround on my MPC until i have enough luxury to buy new gears like Octatrack
Ive been rocking an mpd ($100) for the past few years. And i will not upgrade to anything else except the Octatrak mkii for the very reasons you explain. The mix attribute is so underrated.
you smart man.. yeah dont waste money. i'm 6 months in with my MPC One, SP404mkII and MicroFreak, been training hard and i love it. but i cant help but admit my stronger desire to go more LIVE performance building with the audience. this video really makin me feel some type of way lol. it's so good
If you want to record one handed from any of the 3 inputs without record trigs in this setup, just set REC1 setup to AB, CD, and SRC3, then setup REC2 for quantized recording to PLEN, then make sure you have quick record mode enabled. Now you just select the track on which you wish to record then press one or more of the REC buttons, just before the end of your pattern loop, and bam it records it on the next “1”. Anyway Matthew, great video as usual, and nice jam too! 💯
@@EZBOT_ Ah, I thought you were only using 1 shot rec trigs when I wrote that. QREC is so handy isn’t it? BTW OT is by far my fave piece of gear too ❤️🤘
Brilliant Matthew! Demystifying the OT again and again..AND a banger tune! Very inspiring. learning something new every 10 seconds here and I look forward to watching over and over..
I usually turn my Flex and Recorder Formats from 44.1/16-bit to 44.1/24-bit (PROJ>CONTROL>Memory) and that seems to make a significant quality difference to my ears. The only sacrifice is a smaller flex mem buffer.
this is crazy good! Was always overwhelmed / lazy with all the gain staging and "lofi" fx to build cool sets. This seems to help a lot! As I'm not a DJ this will kickstart my not existing career! 😀
This is exactly why I bought an OT. I have a mk1 which seems to be a bit more convoluted but they are much cheaper and can do most of what you're demonstrating.
A second OT Mk1 is probably one of the best value for money pieces of gear you can get your hands on. Insanely powerful. Same goes for the A4 Mk1 if your not worried about using Overbridge
Nice setup, I could see this working well with ableton where the instruments are coming from ableton -> OT + pair K2s and then you're using the OT to take things further. While I enjoy working with hardware I feel like it takes a HUGE investment of time for what can be done in a tenth of the time with ableton. My personal workflow has been to use hardware to create sounds and come up with new ideas and then move that over to ableton so I can take it further.
I have a Digitakt and am learning some FM synthesis with a budget level device (Sonicware Liven XFM). My hope is to grab a Digitone in the future. The workflow here does seem like a lot of fun. Definitely saving for the future!
i came here looking how i can use my octatrack to feed my guitar through so i can have one output to feed into a line out input to a camera for recording videos. brilliant video. THANK YOU
The looper functionality is why I got thé Octatrack, but it doesn’t always seem to record when I want it to. Probably am doing something wrong or I am not understanding everything about it. There are some more steps involved then are logical to me. Which probably also gives it more options. I guess getting the template is also a good option 😀
It will wait for the beginning of whatever you're trying to record. I believe it depends on your settings, when looping. It won't matter that you pressed the record button on time, It will wait.
@@whendoesthisend yes, you have to set a record trigger that can be set to armed, or unarmed. This to make sure that you don’t constantly overwrite the buffer. Then I think there is also a setting that sets how to arm a trigger, by just pressing yes or having to both select a channel and pressing yes.
i wish i never came across this video... i been training hard core with my MPC One, SP404 MkII and MicroFreak. Now i wanna throw these out the window and go all elektron... damn that octatrack really kills it. i realize more and more that my soul has much stronger appetite for BUILDING live music.. that could go on without stopping for a long time. you just demonstrated a quick masterclass. genius stuff. i think im eventually going to follow your footsteps. this looks too fun AND a solid way of doing cool gigs and earn some money too. subbed
This is great! I’m looking to add an OT to my DT/DN setup as a performance mixer. I’ve been back and forth with the idea due to the learning curve and that it’s 44.1khz 16 bit. Watching your resources helped me to finally make the decision to just do. I’ll probably be hitting you up on your xip site. 😂
Awesome video Matt on all levels. Your video quality game has gone next level 🔥. This has given me some fresh ideas which is awesome 😎 and I thank you for that 🙏
When you look for a tutorial your expecting fundamentals but here you get the feel of. "hey, do you want to play like me? Well, I do it this way." Well, yes. Yes as a matter of fact, I do want to play like you. This is why I like this tutorial :)
Im enjoying the vibe about what you said about the live performance aspect as much as the music itself. This shit isn’t said much, I don’t know why but basic statements like that need to be said and heard, respect 💯
1010 Blackbox is very close to having all the same features, if accompanied with a controller and one Elektron device Along with multi sampling and granular stuff.
Oh. Damn. I've been on the fence about the octotrack because I hear people say things like "it's it most uninspiring gear I've ever owned" but those effects plus the mixer function, I can see why people also love it. And why the price tag. You should be sponsored by electron, I'm sold. Now I just need to rob a bank or something.
Do you have a analog heat - great on the cue outs of OT. Another idea for this setup if you are not using all the midi tracks on OT is to use them for multimap control of DN, can be handy when you want a extra pair of hands to change stuff on the DN. Well worth experimenting with, you can change patterns etc just by setting up midi tracks on OT to call patterns by note on DN, you can also do cool stuff like select sound by note velocity etc, pretty powerful.
this is great - the crossfader is going to sell me on the octatrack, can't believe there is nothing else with the same functionality it's so perfect for performance and inspiration
Unpopular opinion. When I route my Digitakt (or Digitone) through the OT it loses some dynamics. Wonder if you notice that too. Especially when you make Track 8 a master track. But even without that, make sure all the gains are nicely set and compare the headphone output form DT with that of the OT. Just less punchy.
That’s just a fact. Digitakt is 48/16 and OT is 44.1, so is not gonna be as sharp. You can only notice this when you compare them though and you can compensate with external gear like an analog heat
you already convinced me to get an OT months ago. lol. i'm just back here for more entertainment, amazement, education and inspiration. i like how you said one of your goals when practicing is to think ahead further. well, right now, i can only think 1 step ahead. otherwise, i'll throw myself off and get lost. 😁 thank *YOU* 🙏
13.47 .. onwards is the only thing I understood..‘I have a few boundaries when it comes to finances.. so I won’t be getting one in the near future,but I’ve got a few drum machines to learn on for now and theirs tons and tons to understand on those ,/so without music tuition ../self teaching mainly ,thease videos are so helpful
@@EZBOT_ hahah never sell!! Its power will grow while it’s resting (or something). But honestly, this workflow looks like what I loved about the OP-1’s tape tricks & general perform-ability combined with the Elektron workflow, and it seems so appealing
I just sub'd on Patreon. This template seems like the perfect mate for the Hapax, which has two project capability but is limited to mutes / unmutes for smoothly making the transition between them.
Very helpful video. Have been looking for a creative performance submixer option since I'm running out of inputs in my Model 12 and seemed boring just to plug another standard mixer into it. Thank you kindly for this walkthrough!
Hi Matt Is there any way at all to have a delay on the cross fader so the tail continues to play if you go from A-B-A?? I saw in ur video with Andrew it was the difference between mix and send delay but cannot find the solution to this.?
Have watched a bunch of vids on the Octatrack and read a good amount of the manual and this is the first video that really made its use click for me. Many thanks. Will Patreon the fuck out of the template if I get the unit… but I’m gonna hold out for a MK3. They’ll do it. Too many people love this machine but have gripes about it which are easy to fix. 🤘
dude you need to get a CME Bitstream 3x to control that octatrack at an even deeper level! believe me! this would be the cherry on top of your performance. i`ve used the exact same setup including the bs 3x and am controlling all OT tracks with bitstream. more hands on control over the OT. this gives you a fader plus 3 routable knobs for each track. bs also has a crossfader that ive mapped to the OT's crossfader. still trying to figure out a way to put the joystick to some use.
Love this.. I'm getting back into my original octatrack, loving this, I was actually considering a workflow like this except running a laptop w/ Bitwig into the octatrack. I already wrote a max patch that lets me control scenes in bitwig using the midi from the OT crossfader and scene buttons, adding the looping would knock this out of the park though
@@EZBOT_ so let’s say I want to plug my turntables to the octatrack how can I plug and set each deck to each slot? You think it’ll be possible to scratch with the OT and a set of turntable? I remember elektron releasing a video long time ago of the OT and someone scratching but only with one turntable, I’ve been curious if I could do dual decks or even dual sp404 dj sets with the OT as a mixer
I hope this q makes sense… can you use the Octa as shown in the video + use it for sounds(drums/synths/etc)? Do you need the digis to be producing sound?
How much do you have to look at those screens when live? Do you feel you can muscle memory the interfaces so when its really dark and in the heat of the moment, you can do all these things? Thanks for making this video!
I usually plug my OT and external gear into my Mackie 402-VLZ3 mixer. Now I’m thinking I could plug the synths into the Mackie and plug the Mackie into the OT..
What’s up OoraMusic :) not sure exactly what you mean. 2 of the flex tracks are listening to recorders that are pointed at the end of the FX chain for the individual inputs. 1 of the recorders (7) is listening to a recorder that’s is recording from the master track. Does that help?
Hello, man :) Super sick video and knowledge sharing here ! I have one question please : will i lose the audio quality of the digitakt if i run it thru the Octatrack MK1 ? Thx
Would like to use this setup, but then still make two separate channels go from thé Octatrack into an other mixer. I can use the que tracks from thé Octatrack to do this, but when I do, I don’t think I can change the volume of the que track with the octatrack slider to fade between looper and throug track. Maybe it is possible using the Studio mode. Have to check Update: in studio mode, assigning the the level in a scene also doesn't seem to work, but a FX1 DJ equalizer does
Forgive me for the stupid question, but what are 9-16 being used for since only one effect can be used at a time? Are they acting as mutes? Hope that made sense. Cheers!!
Excellent video 👏👏👏 I joined your Patreon to get your template and it immediately helped me LEVEL UP what I do on my OT!!! If and when you do another template. Can you have this template on Part 1 and a second new template on Part 2? So, is that what Parts on the OT are for? Or, will one template be the primary exclusive template on all four Parts?
Visit my Patreon to get the download link. Unzip the file and place the folder in your current set on the Octatrack with your other projects. Load the project :)
Admittedly the OT is lower on my list of gassy elektron products, but you def reignited some interest. I was after the analog heat and analog 4 next. Have DT and DNkeys presently.
Hi! Great job, good explained and super inspiring. Can i ask you if you can use octa this way and in the same time sounds from the octatrack's tracks itself? I mean, resampling external source and internal at the same time???
Fresh Baked and was a good discussion on the process can you make another video on that I've been looking for a live reusable process to perform my music I can make awesome music with my stuff but I lack a performance version of the making process which seems to part of the fun and joy too!😊
A great video - thanks for this. I'm thinking about getting back into techno music production - i've owned a rytm, analog four, digitatk and a digitone in the past, besides many other synths. The A4 was my favorite synth, for its really deep, organic sound - always found it excellent for techno chords and synth lines. Curious how it would compare to a syntakt. I've never had an Octatrack though - and am somehow leaning towards getting my hands dirty with one. if you had to chose an absolute minimal studio setup (form factor not important) for ALL studio duties (3 machines), what would that be? I have no interest in using a DAW other than maybe doing a final mix down + mastering. Would you use the Octatrack as the center piece? What would the other 2 machines be next to it? much appreciated! and subscribied of course!
@@EZBOT_ Sounds great. I can wait until Wednesday. Please share a video or whatever on how to purchase/download the template. Can't wait to dig in further to the Octatack. Thank you for the quick reply. :)
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This is the best example of what elektron intended when they named the octatrack a "performance" sampler. Great video Matthew, so informative and inspiring.
true and elektron design their products to be an extension of your brain and Matthew definitely shows us that.
just doing the best tutorials. easy and calm. but allways on point. all big features are mentioned.
Brilliant video, I’ve owned 3 machinedrums which I love.
@@dfreeman120 Why 3? Using two or more at once?
@@Vingul just one at a time. Check out Mr. Dataline (Cenk).
Bro you nailed it here in terms of what an electronical live performance should be, your templates and creative approach is on the money
Thank you!
Matt you keep getting better with this live performance setup
Assignment of scenes are amazingly put together to enhance your live act. Nice 👍
You're right, it's so much more involving to see someone perform with instruments, rather than just spinning prepared tracks. Wicked!
Thanks for the reliably excellent content! I always learn something from your videos, but I must have learned a DOZEN hyper useful things from this one. Love it man! Thank you!
Probably the best explanation I've seen on this. Still trying to wrap my head around loop based music since I'm into performing on an instrument, but this looks like a nice middle ground between DJ -style loop playback and musicianship.
This is the inspiration I need. I'm using the exact setup. Bought the OT anniversary when it dropped and it was so daunting to learn I've put it on the backburner for a year now. Finally going to get motivated to learn it in this format.
The OT is packed with functions on purpose due to its multi-purpose capabilities. It is not necessarily meant to be used as all it can do all of the time, you can start using it for what you need NOW, it is NOT overwhelming this way. Start easy, you don't need to use the resampling features, midi tracks and parts all together.make a little music using a few sampler tracks and some effects. you will find you can make some great music and expand your knowledge as you go. I have personally explored it completely when I first got it, and tried to learn 99% immediately. I have never again used the arranger, I never used pick up machines, hell I never really used on the fly resampling like in this video, yet the OT is where most of my live is based and I really could not do without right now.
Ok, wow. This is exactly the kind of thing I've been trying to do for a few years now, I had no idea the Octatrack could do it. I have a lot to think about now. Thanks!
I just use mine for production so far, but this Jedi level performance stuff fascinates me and looks fun. Seems like this mode of operation would be excellent for preventing dementia too! 😉
I'd be really keen to see what territory you could cover if you uploaded a long (~30 to 60min) mix using this template. Def feeling the vibe on this tune
Nice. This would also solve that problem of, oh i need to stop the music to load a new project into my (mpc/mc707/etc). You could use the Octatrack as your master tempo, be playing back your flux track master loop, and be quickly loading in an entirely new project. Which you could then mix in bit by bit using the crossfader. Very cool concept thanks for this video.
yeah i felt this comment as a MPC One owner. 100% facts! transition is so key... this video shows how to execute it very nice and seamlessly. one of the pain points of MPC for live performances. but this video gave me new inspiration so I'm gonna come up with a workaround on my MPC until i have enough luxury to buy new gears like Octatrack
Thanks for this. It's the best example of what I've been hoping to do with the Octa and you're even sharing the template!!
Ive been rocking an mpd ($100) for the past few years. And i will not upgrade to anything else except the Octatrak mkii for the very reasons you explain. The mix attribute is so underrated.
you smart man.. yeah dont waste money. i'm 6 months in with my MPC One, SP404mkII and MicroFreak, been training hard and i love it. but i cant help but admit my stronger desire to go more LIVE performance building with the audience. this video really makin me feel some type of way lol. it's so good
If you want to record one handed from any of the 3 inputs without record trigs in this setup, just set REC1 setup to AB, CD, and SRC3, then setup REC2 for quantized recording to PLEN, then make sure you have quick record mode enabled. Now you just select the track on which you wish to record then press one or more of the REC buttons, just before the end of your pattern loop, and bam it records it on the next “1”. Anyway Matthew, great video as usual, and nice jam too! 💯
That’s how it’s set up! I just wanted to show both ways of triggering recordings. :) thank you for the kind words
@@EZBOT_ Ah, I thought you were only using 1 shot rec trigs when I wrote that. QREC is so handy isn’t it? BTW OT is by far my fave piece of gear too ❤️🤘
Brilliant Matthew! Demystifying the OT again and again..AND a banger tune! Very inspiring. learning something new every 10 seconds here and I look forward to watching over and over..
I'm just getting into the Octatrack and am noticing that I understand more and more of what you're talking about - very rewarding!
thank you for this! put a smile on my face, bc I can feel your enthusiasm!!! greetings from Bavaria!
I usually turn my Flex and Recorder Formats from 44.1/16-bit to 44.1/24-bit (PROJ>CONTROL>Memory) and that seems to make a significant quality difference to my ears. The only sacrifice is a smaller flex mem buffer.
this is crazy good! Was always overwhelmed / lazy with all the gain staging and "lofi" fx to build cool sets. This seems to help a lot! As I'm not a DJ this will kickstart my not existing career! 😀
This finally made it click in my head what the Octatrack is actually "for." Great video
This is exactly why I bought an OT. I have a mk1 which seems to be a bit more convoluted but they are much cheaper and can do most of what you're demonstrating.
They can do 100% of what I am demonstrating. :)
A second OT Mk1 is probably one of the best value for money pieces of gear you can get your hands on. Insanely powerful. Same goes for the A4 Mk1 if your not worried about using Overbridge
Nice setup, I could see this working well with ableton where the instruments are coming from ableton -> OT + pair K2s and then you're using the OT to take things further. While I enjoy working with hardware I feel like it takes a HUGE investment of time for what can be done in a tenth of the time with ableton. My personal workflow has been to use hardware to create sounds and come up with new ideas and then move that over to ableton so I can take it further.
I have a Digitakt and am learning some FM synthesis with a budget level device (Sonicware Liven XFM). My hope is to grab a Digitone in the future. The workflow here does seem like a lot of fun. Definitely saving for the future!
i came here looking how i can use my octatrack to feed my guitar through so i can have one output to feed into a line out input to a camera for recording videos.
brilliant video. THANK YOU
The looper functionality is why I got thé Octatrack, but it doesn’t always seem to record when I want it to. Probably am doing something wrong or I am not understanding everything about it. There are some more steps involved then are logical to me. Which probably also gives it more options.
I guess getting the template is also a good option 😀
It will wait for the beginning of whatever you're trying to record. I believe it depends on your settings, when looping. It won't matter that you pressed the record button on time, It will wait.
@@whendoesthisend yes, you have to set a record trigger that can be set to armed, or unarmed. This to make sure that you don’t constantly overwrite the buffer.
Then I think there is also a setting that sets how to arm a trigger, by just pressing yes or having to both select a channel and pressing yes.
i wish i never came across this video... i been training hard core with my MPC One, SP404 MkII and MicroFreak. Now i wanna throw these out the window and go all elektron... damn that octatrack really kills it. i realize more and more that my soul has much stronger appetite for BUILDING live music.. that could go on without stopping for a long time. you just demonstrated a quick masterclass. genius stuff. i think im eventually going to follow your footsteps. this looks too fun AND a solid way of doing cool gigs and earn some money too. subbed
This is great! I’m looking to add an OT to my DT/DN setup as a performance mixer. I’ve been back and forth with the idea due to the learning curve and that it’s 44.1khz 16 bit. Watching your resources helped me to finally make the decision to just do. I’ll probably be hitting you up on your xip site. 😂
That’s great! It’s gonna be a good time :)
It’s also 24 bit.
I used the O as a live mixer a lot. It's an amazing machine.
And, as always, great video!
Awesome video Matt on all levels. Your video quality game has gone next level 🔥. This has given me some fresh ideas which is awesome 😎 and I thank you for that 🙏
I got you Troy!
You commented on Wayne’s channel and I found your videos, mad thankful.
Thank you for all the info and inspiration!
Awesome! Thank you!
Great Vid, thanks! Always great to see Octatrack use cases. So inspiring! It's an endless tool.
This video is pure gold. Your strategy on the OT is flawless.
The best Octatrack tutorials of the web ! Thanks Matthew 🙏
When you look for a tutorial your expecting fundamentals but here you get the feel of. "hey, do you want to play like me? Well, I do it this way."
Well, yes. Yes as a matter of fact, I do want to play like you.
This is why I like this tutorial :)
Thank you, I like this comment :)
Im enjoying the vibe about what you said about the live performance aspect as much as the music itself. This shit isn’t said much, I don’t know why but basic statements like that need to be said and heard, respect 💯
You seriously are such a badass. I love these videos
Thank you!
1010 Blackbox is very close to having all the same features, if accompanied with a controller and one Elektron device
Along with multi sampling and granular stuff.
Oh. Damn. I've been on the fence about the octotrack because I hear people say things like "it's it most uninspiring gear I've ever owned" but those effects plus the mixer function, I can see why people also love it. And why the price tag. You should be sponsored by electron, I'm sold. Now I just need to rob a bank or something.
Those turnarounds are bananas. It’s all creative and just plan old dope.
It's been so long that I've wanted one of these that I KNOW the moment I finally get an octatrack, they're going to release the dodecahedrotrack🤣
dodecahedrotrack, lol
Do you have a analog heat - great on the cue outs of OT. Another idea for this setup if you are not using all the midi tracks on OT is to use them for multimap control of DN, can be handy when you want a extra pair of hands to change stuff on the DN. Well worth experimenting with, you can change patterns etc just by setting up midi tracks on OT to call patterns by note on DN, you can also do cool stuff like select sound by note velocity etc, pretty powerful.
awesome video! and yes, you did inspire me to pull the trigger to get an octatrack, its amazing
this is great - the crossfader is going to sell me on the octatrack, can't believe there is nothing else with the same functionality it's so perfect for performance and inspiration
MPC…
Brilliant. I finally understand what that box is for :) Thanks for the inspiration!
Unpopular opinion. When I route my Digitakt (or Digitone) through the OT it loses some dynamics. Wonder if you notice that too. Especially when you make Track 8 a master track. But even without that, make sure all the gains are nicely set and compare the headphone output form DT with that of the OT. Just less punchy.
That’s just a fact. Digitakt is 48/16 and OT is 44.1, so is not gonna be as sharp. You can only notice this when you compare them though and you can compensate with external gear like an analog heat
you already convinced me to get an OT months ago. lol. i'm just back here for more entertainment, amazement, education and inspiration. i like how you said one of your goals when practicing is to think ahead further. well, right now, i can only think 1 step ahead. otherwise, i'll throw myself off and get lost. 😁 thank *YOU* 🙏
13.47 .. onwards is the only thing I understood..‘I have a few boundaries when it comes to finances.. so I won’t be getting one in the near future,but I’ve got a few drum machines to learn on for now and theirs tons and tons to understand on those ,/so without music tuition ../self teaching mainly ,thease videos are so helpful
I don't know if you're a salesman for Elektron or not but you definitely did sold me on the octa with this video.
Woweeee you got me dreaming here. Definitely inspiring me to do some more research into the OT, that’s for sure
You've got me wondering why I haven't sold my OP-1 :P
@@EZBOT_ hahah never sell!! Its power will grow while it’s resting (or something). But honestly, this workflow looks like what I loved about the OP-1’s tape tricks & general perform-ability combined with the Elektron workflow, and it seems so appealing
@@SlowHaste haha 😂 we shall see!
One more great video, thanks. I'm glad I've discovered your channel now than I'm going back to my Octatrack for a new liveset, it helps a lot!
I just sub'd on Patreon. This template seems like the perfect mate for the Hapax, which has two project capability but is limited to mutes / unmutes for smoothly making the transition between them.
Very helpful video. Have been looking for a creative performance submixer option since I'm running out of inputs in my Model 12 and seemed boring just to plug another standard mixer into it. Thank you kindly for this walkthrough!
Hi Matt
Is there any way at all to have a delay on the cross fader so the tail continues to play if you go from A-B-A?? I saw in ur video with Andrew it was the difference between mix and send delay but cannot find the solution to this.?
Turn up the feedback before you lock the feedback into a scene
@@EZBOT_ gonna give this a pop ! Cheers
solved it - thanks matt
@@EZBOT_
Have watched a bunch of vids on the Octatrack and read a good amount of the manual and this is the first video that really made its use click for me. Many thanks. Will Patreon the fuck out of the template if I get the unit… but I’m gonna hold out for a MK3. They’ll do it. Too many people love this machine but have gripes about it which are easy to fix. 🤘
dude you need to get a CME Bitstream 3x to control that octatrack at an even deeper level! believe me! this would be the cherry on top of your performance. i`ve used the exact same setup including the bs 3x and am controlling all OT tracks with bitstream. more hands on control over the OT. this gives you a fader plus 3 routable knobs for each track. bs also has a crossfader that ive mapped to the OT's crossfader. still trying to figure out a way to put the joystick to some use.
faderfox would do the job too
Now i definitely need one, thanks for the demo!
Love this.. I'm getting back into my original octatrack, loving this, I was actually considering a workflow like this except running a laptop w/ Bitwig into the octatrack. I already wrote a max patch that lets me control scenes in bitwig using the midi from the OT crossfader and scene buttons, adding the looping would knock this out of the park though
You think I can use the cross fader as a regular dj mixer? Plug my turntables to the OT and use the fader to transition?
Yep!
@@EZBOT_ so let’s say I want to plug my turntables to the octatrack how can I plug and set each deck to each slot? You think it’ll be possible to scratch with the OT and a set of turntable? I remember elektron releasing a video long time ago of the OT and someone scratching but only with one turntable, I’ve been curious if I could do dual decks or even dual sp404 dj sets with the OT as a mixer
You're a genius man, amazing template.
Its about time I set up the looper! Thx Matthew
F****** awesome dude🤙🏼your video editing is top notch too!!!
Would love to catch your set live, this sounds amazing
Thanks Aldo! ❤️
I hope this q makes sense… can you use the Octa as shown in the video + use it for sounds(drums/synths/etc)? Do you need the digis to be producing sound?
100% this is something we discuss often in the discord/Patreon
Thx for the reply!
I think this: Octatrack is maybe the best partner for a Roland MX-1 using like AUX FX/LOOPER
I'm teetering on the edge of buying an Octatrack. I think this vid may have sealed the deal.
Beautifully done! Sick video!
How much do you have to look at those screens when live? Do you feel you can muscle memory the interfaces so when its really dark and in the heat of the moment, you can do all these things? Thanks for making this video!
great explanation - thanks for sharing
would you mind to make a video how to setup those fxs you are using?
I’ve made a few videos on how to make the fx :) is that what you mean?
@@EZBOT_ sorry, got into "too much to read" syndrom 🙃 and completely overlooked it
I found them within your elektron playlist!
I usually plug my OT and external gear into my Mackie 402-VLZ3 mixer. Now I’m thinking I could plug the synths into the Mackie and plug the Mackie into the OT..
Great video man!! Quick question, you have 3 flex machines, how you record on the DT and DN flex track the master fx?
What’s up OoraMusic :) not sure exactly what you mean. 2 of the flex tracks are listening to recorders that are pointed at the end of the FX chain for the individual inputs. 1 of the recorders (7) is listening to a recorder that’s is recording from the master track. Does that help?
@@EZBOT_ gotcha! I thought the first two recorder were listening to input AB and CD. So they listen to your track 2 and 4 am I right?
Yeah they listen to the track, I guess I didn’t say that did I, haha.
This thing still confuses the hell out of me. Also, didn't the MKII upgrade its storage type? Weird that it's still Compact Flash and not SD.
Hello, man :) Super sick video and knowledge sharing here ! I have one question please : will i lose the audio quality of the digitakt if i run it thru the Octatrack MK1 ? Thx
Just barely, you likely won't notice it
@@EZBOT_ thanks man ;)
Awesome demonstration and video! Thanks for the info. Could this same workflow be achieved if the digitone was swapped for a Minilogue XD?
For sure
I'm about to buy an ocktatrack, can i use some fx of this template while using a track as looper and another track for samples?
I have a template for that included when you download 2.1.1 from Patreon or Ko-Fi
Thanks! Will be joining your Patreon as soon as i get the box! Thanks for the inspiration!
Awesome stuff man. New sub!
Thanks!
Would like to use this setup, but then still make two separate channels go from thé Octatrack into an other mixer. I can use the que tracks from thé Octatrack to do this, but when I do, I don’t think I can change the volume of the que track with the octatrack slider to fade between looper and throug track.
Maybe it is possible using the Studio mode. Have to check
Update: in studio mode, assigning the the level in a scene also doesn't seem to work, but a FX1 DJ equalizer does
Great use of the gear and really funky music.
Cheers.
Wow, this looks so cool! I have to get me some of those!
Forgive me for the stupid question, but what are 9-16 being used for since only one effect can be used at a time? Are they acting as mutes? Hope that made sense. Cheers!!
Dude you are absolutely killing it. I wish you could just sit in my studio and show me shit.
I do private online lessons, which is basically that :)
@@EZBOT_ the mustache is pretty convincing...
@@iancain6647 power-stache
That was great. Thank you for the inspiration!
Dammit. I'm... I'm going to have to get the OT. It really is a silver bullet for sequencing and effects... and composition. Wow, great vid :)
perfectly aligned this time!
Excellent video 👏👏👏 I joined your Patreon to get your template and it immediately helped me LEVEL UP what I do on my OT!!!
If and when you do another template. Can you have this template on Part 1 and a second new template on Part 2? So, is that what Parts on the OT are for? Or, will one template be the primary exclusive template on all four Parts?
Sup my friend! 4 Templates per Bank all housed on patterns. I am working on a few new versions of it :P
Came here for the octatrack tips, stayed for the mustache.
Such a n00b question but how do I get this project template onto the octatrack?
Visit my Patreon to get the download link. Unzip the file and place the folder in your current set on the Octatrack with your other projects. Load the project :)
Admittedly the OT is lower on my list of gassy elektron products, but you def reignited some interest. I was after the analog heat and analog 4 next. Have DT and DNkeys presently.
Remember the octa will never have overbridge. Prepare to the struggle
Hi! Great job, good explained and super inspiring. Can i ask you if you can use octa this way and in the same time sounds from the octatrack's tracks itself? I mean, resampling external source and internal at the same time???
not for every music style but very inspiring, congrats!
Fresh Baked and was a good discussion on the process can you make another video on that I've been looking for a live reusable process to perform my music I can make awesome music with my stuff but I lack a performance version of the making process which seems to part of the fun and joy too!😊
Wtffffff this is sooo epic I NEED THIS!!!!!
Man. I have an AR and A4 and this video makes me want and OT so so bad. And then get your templates.
A great video - thanks for this. I'm thinking about getting back into techno music production - i've owned a rytm, analog four, digitatk and a digitone in the past, besides many other synths. The A4 was my favorite synth, for its really deep, organic sound - always found it excellent for techno chords and synth lines. Curious how it would compare to a syntakt.
I've never had an Octatrack though - and am somehow leaning towards getting my hands dirty with one.
if you had to chose an absolute minimal studio setup (form factor not important) for ALL studio duties (3 machines), what would that be? I have no interest in using a DAW other than maybe doing a final mix down + mastering. Would you use the Octatrack as the center piece? What would the other 2 machines be next to it?
much appreciated! and subscribied of course!
OT+DT+DN all day
thank you so much for this! very inspiring
So helpful my man!
Does the OT preserve the stereo image coming in? Seems obvious but the digitakt doesn't sample in stereo so just curious.
Yes the OT does, Digitakt does too except for when sampling.
Is patreon the only way to buy the Octatrack template?
Currently, yes. I was thinking about setting up another way when I release the 2.0 version this Wednesday.
@@EZBOT_ Sounds great. I can wait until Wednesday. Please share a video or whatever on how to purchase/download the template. Can't wait to dig in further to the Octatack. Thank you for the quick reply. :)
As you said, dope. Cheers from OR
Do you have a video on how to set up those performance effects?
I want to ask but couldn’t find anywhere: what headphones do you use? Thanks :D
They are AKG 240. They are quite affordable ☺️