Yeah... Off the back of this video I just purchased the Octatrack Mk2. Both excited about the new sounds I can make and terrified at the potential learning curve!
Right. I want to second this. Not that I don’t mind edm or techno stuff. But I LOVE that this video shows such a new dimension of the possibility. And this is what I seek when deciding what gear to add to the arsenal. With this video.. this machine definitely seems fun and a way to use creative flux in such unique ways not confined to a typical “drum machine” or in the box jam box. This thing literally can do everything I want and I wouldn’t have known this from those typical edm jam videos 😂 So moral here.. this is a fantastic video showing the details often missed! ❤
Man, I didn't really understand what the octatrack could be for me until this video. I mean, I'd seen plenty of people jamming out awesome dance tunes but something about your style deeply resonated with me, as primarily I'm a guitar player with various experimental electronic influences. I've been trying to ditch the laptop recently and start writing in a way that allows for more fun in a live performance. I just purchased one of these yesterday and I fully blame you, Knobs (in the best way lol). Thanks for taking the time to put this out there - great quality, great tunes, great knobs.
Hahahahahahah hey Caylin it's Alex, Chanler's friend. I've been thinking of buying one of these myself, found a Knobs vid for it, and then stumbled upon your comment. Hope u been well dude
@@brucebrannon whaaaaat, haha small world man! that's crazy lol. This thing ended up being too much of a monster for me, it was like trying to learn guitar from scratch and programming at the same time lol
I posted mine for sale. Hated it. Watched this video and decided I need to put the work in. So many people I KNOW and look up to just swear by it. So I forced myself to learn. God am I grateful. Now I feel like I GET what everyone who’s ever clicked with this gets. Long story short, thank you sooo much for this video. The Octatrack is finally the brain I intended it to be when I bought it ❤️
I've done that with gear before, myself. Most worthwhile things take a bit of work to get the most out of it. Glad you stuck it out! This thing sounds pretty cool.
People are too lazy to bother to learn the full potential of things now, when equipment was limited people would learn every tiny detail to get the most out of it, now they moan if it doesn’t do their chords at the push of a button
First off.. tonals and little spices is what I crave in a box like this. You blew me away. I love the techniques and sounds here. Showcases the details often missed in demo videos. It’s more amazing how you literally made some banger ambient tracks and this thing alone can probably make an entire track start to finish where albeit you don’t really need a mixer unless you want it. Obviously that’s just to highlight how lovely I enjoyed this video start to finish with all the intricacies. Blows my mind the power of technology with the creative flux of human minds. Brilliant video’
I don't know who's and how many are behind knobs. But man, everything is superb. Gears are always tested in a unique way, sound has it's own flavour, like channel's graphics and video editing. Keep it up. It's so relaxing: music, sounds, text, colors...no words. Thank you
No joke..I use the octatrack. I could (and I will) actually cite this specific video of the octatrack as a full on influence in what I’m aiming to achieve…crazy….this “trivial” presentation video.
I honestly thought I was safe with the knowledge I didn’t need this piece of kit. My first mistake was watching your video. The second was watching more videos. There’s smoke coming out of my credit card now. BTW really lovely music
Best I’ve seen, heard, and … this was an art piece- so much more than a demo or instructional. Thank you (from the 6 years in the future) for making this video!
Stumbled across knobs videos when I was researching Chase Bliss pedals a few weeks ago and now own two of them! (Best pedals I own) Well put together, clean simple, artistic video productions, and I love the music in the demos. Found you on Patreon through a previous comment on here and have since pledged monthly! Keep killin it bro, you and Joel make some badass stuff!
silenthillmaster755 I’ve had mine for a few years now and would never get rid of it. It is the most flexible sampler I’ve ever owned. I own quite a few samplers
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this great video! I love your musical, tonal, and technical sensibilities in a major way, and you’ve inspired me to get back into learning new ways to use my own Octatrack.
maybe the most nice, intriguing sentence written while presenting an electronic-music stuff: "actually we'll be focusing on why a guitarist (or experimental musician) might want to use the octatrack"
cuckoomusic Hello dear talented Cuckoo.... i love your music and attitude. Read my comment about fennesz, jim o rourke .. i could have included the talented Four Tet.... Early 2000's, we were just using lo memory computers + diskettes samplers....... with all my deep respect for you again.
This is one of the best demo videos for the MKII I've seen so far. Not a review or tutorial, exactly, but it does highlight the creative potential of this machine very well. As a guitar player, it also makes me even more keen to add this to my studio. Now I just need to single out which pieces of existing studio gear I am willing to sell to pay for one! Thanks for an inspirational and creative video!
The best video I've seen showcasing the potential of the Octatrack. The fact that it's more melody and texture-focused is just genius. I'm gonna sell everything I own and get me one.
Best demo ive seen so far... this is exactly the angle Im looking to use this for too...big thanks for making this! Rdy to get one... great music too btw
I’ve watched this video so many times. Pretty this video is the reason I went ahead and got the Octatrack mk2. For me the learning curve has been quite steep and really confusing, but I’ve stuck with it and things get easier every day. My favorite piece of hardware I’ve ever owned. Thanks again!
The best product presentation I've ever seen. And the sound / music just sells the hell out of both your as the presenter, and the thingy itself. I'm going for an Octatrack MkII right now, even if it involves (maaaybe) selling my OP-1 to afford it.
This is impressive. Elektron should hire you to demo this product. Very musical utilization of Octatrack II . Thanks for the detailed instruction on how you are manipulating the sound. Kudos!
After watching this video I began to research the Octatrack MKII. Momentum compelled me to purchase it a couple of months ago. But a busy work schedule and a new school kept me too occupied to devote time and energy into this magnificent machine. But today it finally came together and I'm starting to see a path through.
I enjoyed this immensely - the sounds you’re making are basically what I’ve been looking to achieve with an insanely-sized pedal board. I think I could probably slim down my live pedal rig and just get one of these. Thanks for posting, Knobs!
I too am another happy camper because of this video and am VERY surprised to see on the electronauts forum how many of "us" there is who got the bug after seeing this! You, my dear sir" is a legend! (all the way from Cape Town, South Africa)
Great work and presentation, and a refreshing change from the typical dance music videos for the Octatrack. The Mk2 really looks a lot more inviting to use, from the OLED down to the integrated LEDs and buttons. This is the smart industrial design that made their first instruments stand out. Added points for the terrific harmonies and textures here - I really liked the slippery pitches around 16/17 minutes in; they reminded me of Mouse on Mars.
Cool to see you playing with an Octatrack. My favorite thing is to send the cue outs into pedals, and then you have a looper with an effects loop, and can record samples through the pedals when you have it tweaked just right.
Yep. It's impossible to show everything with this pup, but I definitely regret not showing the cue outputs. Really useful feature. (I also wish I had shown the LFO sorting through slices!! AGH)
Using the LFO to pick slices like that is also incredible. I did a generative piece where I was constantly sampling the inputs and rearranging the slices with an lfo as it played back and resampled. It would be impossible to fit all the little tricks like that into one video!
Thank you and that big heart of yours for NOT explaining the OT and sticking to explorations:::) There are stupid amount of boring info on how to and etc. stay artistic my friend
Inspirational! Been wavering on getting an OT but you really showed how it can be used to create more acoustic sounding music as well. Love your style! More OT vids please!
This such a fine demo. I really enjoy listening to all the different ambient tracks that you go through. The effects sound gorgeous too. I must have an Octatrack!
They mentioned bringing al the new features to the original OT. And somehow you still have a knack for making things look awesome so I may have to sell and upgrade:) I'm literally sitting on an OT and after watching your video, I feel like I need the MK2 like " knobs is doing it, must be right". Great video once again!!!
beware knobs bewitchery, besotted! OT is an extraordinary thing, like the piano, the violin, Spanish, tennis, drawing ... and the learning curve is similar. There’s a reason knobs addresses the creative guitarist then concedes “rather than try to explain everything (this takes time) ..”. Before you buy read the manual, watch every tutorial then spend at least a day with one.
Really fantastic video, thank you very much for making this! The musicality is awesome, this helped me understand and makes me wanna get the Octatrack Mk2 :)
You can get the mk1 used for about 800. It does everything the mk2 does. The mk2 was only a hardware update... new screen, new buttons, some additional buttons, new colour etc. But the os is the same
The "young" musician in me said "holy shit! Look at all those lights and buttons! ". The adult musician that I am said " Jesus Christ, that's a lot of lights and buttons..."
loppy lops. yh i used to think gear was amazing if it had more buttons and lights. i went mentle when buttons had lights on them. but then it became dimensional
Amazing job man would love more octatrack videos. This was inspiring to watch. I currently own an analog rytm and will be buying octa now due to your vid. Keep the good shit coming imm sub
Is there a place where you’ve uploaded the uncut version of any of the sessions used in this video? The session that started at 1:42 sounded really chill.
58 thumbs down...crazy world we live in. The way you are using the OT is the exact reason I bought one a few months ago...sadly, I’m still a bit in the dark on many aspects, but it’s getting there!
Love the new stuff. Thanks to your channel, my band actually has bought pedals seen here. Like the Julia. Have you considered demoing modulars? Like boutique Roland's or Waldorf. I'm currently using the Streichfett and I think you would like it too :). Keep up the awesome videos!
Yep! First modular demo will be up later this month. Streichfett is awesome, came very close to picking one up awhile back. It just nails that sound. Keep an eye for modular demo 1! It will be a combo demo.
Wanted to pin a little thank you up here. This was a hefty video and it's been really encouraging to read the comments. Appreciate the thoughts!
Yeah... Off the back of this video I just purchased the Octatrack Mk2. Both excited about the new sounds I can make and terrified at the potential learning curve!
I just started watching it and got distracted with people messaging me - and just left the lovely sounds on in the background :)
Tom Jepson how did you get on Tom?
I love the music - is it available anywhere?
And folks are still enjoying it. Great work, and thank you for putting this together!
So refreshing to see a non-EDM/techno/glitch demo of this box. Really wonderful soothing sounds. Thanks for making this!
Right. I want to second this. Not that I don’t mind edm or techno stuff. But I LOVE that this video shows such a new dimension of the possibility. And this is what I seek when deciding what gear to add to the arsenal. With this video.. this machine definitely seems fun and a way to use creative flux in such unique ways not confined to a typical “drum machine” or in the box jam box. This thing literally can do everything I want and I wouldn’t have known this from those typical edm jam videos 😂
So moral here.. this is a fantastic video showing the details often missed! ❤
Man, I didn't really understand what the octatrack could be for me until this video. I mean, I'd seen plenty of people jamming out awesome dance tunes but something about your style deeply resonated with me, as primarily I'm a guitar player with various experimental electronic influences. I've been trying to ditch the laptop recently and start writing in a way that allows for more fun in a live performance. I just purchased one of these yesterday and I fully blame you, Knobs (in the best way lol).
Thanks for taking the time to put this out there - great quality, great tunes, great knobs.
How are you liking it so far?
Two years later...how did it turn out?? :)
@gusisagreatname Looks like not so good. This is a menu dive-y device. Setting heavy. If you’re a tech enthusiast, then it’s great.
Hahahahahahah hey Caylin it's Alex, Chanler's friend. I've been thinking of buying one of these myself, found a Knobs vid for it, and then stumbled upon your comment. Hope u been well dude
@@brucebrannon whaaaaat, haha small world man! that's crazy lol. This thing ended up being too much of a monster for me, it was like trying to learn guitar from scratch and programming at the same time lol
This is the best Elektron demo ever.
And still is tbh
I posted mine for sale. Hated it. Watched this video and decided I need to put the work in. So many people I KNOW and look up to just swear by it. So I forced myself to learn. God am I grateful. Now I feel like I GET what everyone who’s ever clicked with this gets. Long story short, thank you sooo much for this video. The Octatrack is finally the brain I intended it to be when I bought it ❤️
I've done that with gear before, myself. Most worthwhile things take a bit of work to get the most out of it. Glad you stuck it out! This thing sounds pretty cool.
Nah they were wrong. Sell it to me.
People are too lazy to bother to learn the full potential of things now, when equipment was limited people would learn every tiny detail to get the most out of it, now they moan if it doesn’t do their chords at the push of a button
First off.. tonals and little spices is what I crave in a box like this. You blew me away. I love the techniques and sounds here. Showcases the details often missed in demo videos. It’s more amazing how you literally made some banger ambient tracks and this thing alone can probably make an entire track start to finish where albeit you don’t really need a mixer unless you want it. Obviously that’s just to highlight how lovely I enjoyed this video start to finish with all the intricacies. Blows my mind the power of technology with the creative flux of human minds.
Brilliant video’
Knobs branching out! Love it!
More branching later this month! Diving into some modular
I don't know who's and how many are behind knobs. But man, everything is superb. Gears are always tested in a unique way, sound has it's own flavour, like channel's graphics and video editing. Keep it up. It's so relaxing: music, sounds, text, colors...no words. Thank you
No joke..I use the octatrack. I could (and I will) actually cite this specific video of the octatrack as a full on influence in what I’m aiming to achieve…crazy….this “trivial” presentation video.
Most musical demo of the Octatrack I've seen so far. Very well done! It's a great machine. I love my MKI.
I honestly thought I was safe with the knowledge I didn’t need this piece of kit.
My first mistake was watching your video.
The second was watching more videos.
There’s smoke coming out of my credit card now.
BTW really lovely music
Miguel d'Oliveira totally feel you on that :))) was thinking exactly the same thing :)))
Best I’ve seen, heard, and … this was an art piece- so much more than a demo or instructional. Thank you (from the 6 years in the future) for making this video!
Stumbled across knobs videos when I was researching Chase Bliss pedals a few weeks ago and now own two of them! (Best pedals I own)
Well put together, clean simple, artistic video productions, and I love the music in the demos. Found you on Patreon through a previous comment on here and have since pledged monthly!
Keep killin it bro, you and Joel make some badass stuff!
Great demo. As an owner of the octatrack that isn’t primarily focused on techno using it for more experimental purposes myself you really nailed it.
tris hows that working out? Im really interested in it but not to make dance music. I love what hes done here
silenthillmaster755 I’ve had mine for a few years now and would never get rid of it. It is the most flexible sampler I’ve ever owned. I own quite a few samplers
love how you edited this video, it made it have fun to watch even if you don't have a clue of what the octatrack.
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this great video! I love your musical, tonal, and technical sensibilities in a major way, and you’ve inspired me to get back into learning new ways to use my own Octatrack.
Woah... Knobs giving Cenk a run for his money on the most awesome Elektron product demo. Great stuff.
Rowsby Woof Ha no chance. Cenk is too good at using the Octatrack
maybe the most nice, intriguing sentence written while presenting an electronic-music stuff: "actually we'll be focusing on why a guitarist (or experimental musician) might want to use the octatrack"
The most lovely Octatrack presentation video. And beautiful sounds!
Lovely music mate! 🌈
Thanks Cuckoo. Your videos were mighty helpful when I first got my hands on the mk1
Knobs super happy to hear it!!
so true!!!
cuckoomusic Hello dear talented Cuckoo.... i love your music and attitude. Read my comment about fennesz, jim o rourke .. i could have included the talented Four Tet.... Early 2000's, we were just using lo memory computers + diskettes samplers....... with all my deep respect for you again.
Cuckoo :D I finally got my OP-1...now am looking for money for Octa MK2 - you should be the best promoter of Elektron/TE mate
Octagaze - a new genre! Nice stuff.
Digiphex Electronics ,,,p
Knobs' demos are so great. Awesome sounds, great presentation!
This is by far, the best demonstration of an Octatrack on RUclips- all with interesting music. Thanks.
What a pleasure it is to hear you shred
enjoyed this hugely
This is one of the best demo videos for the MKII I've seen so far. Not a review or tutorial, exactly, but it does highlight the creative potential of this machine very well. As a guitar player, it also makes me even more keen to add this to my studio. Now I just need to single out which pieces of existing studio gear I am willing to sell to pay for one! Thanks for an inspirational and creative video!
After watching your great walkthrough video all I can say is this is an incredible machine!
The best video I've seen showcasing the potential of the Octatrack. The fact that it's more melody and texture-focused is just genius. I'm gonna sell everything I own and get me one.
Thanks, this is great!
Noice!!!
Just bought one, waiting for its arrival. Now I'm VERY excited!!
wow, the best octa vid there is. knobs is boss
Best demo ive seen so far... this is exactly the angle Im looking to use this for too...big thanks for making this! Rdy to get one... great music too btw
I’ve watched this video so many times. Pretty this video is the reason I went ahead and got the Octatrack mk2. For me the learning curve has been quite steep and really confusing, but I’ve stuck with it and things get easier every day. My favorite piece of hardware I’ve ever owned. Thanks again!
The Snipecatcher would you say it’s possible to learn with this as a total beginner ?
Dear lord, the sounds coming out of this thing. Its a breath of fresh air. Finally a sound thats not soo brain numbing Kardashian. Bravo my friend.
Best video i watched on the Octatrack so far, Thank you
The best product presentation I've ever seen. And the sound / music just sells the hell out of both your as the presenter, and the thingy itself. I'm going for an Octatrack MkII right now, even if it involves (maaaybe) selling my OP-1 to afford it.
Amazingly well done! it's very inspiring to see the OT used as sampler with plucked instruments. Fantastic!
This is impressive. Elektron should hire you to demo this product. Very musical utilization of Octatrack II . Thanks for the detailed instruction on how you are manipulating the sound. Kudos!
After watching this video I began to research the Octatrack MKII. Momentum compelled me to purchase it a couple of months ago. But a busy work schedule and a new school kept me too occupied to devote time and energy into this magnificent machine. But today it finally came together and I'm starting to see a path through.
your demonstration will rock me in all my car journeys
I enjoyed this immensely - the sounds you’re making are basically what I’ve been looking to achieve with an insanely-sized pedal board. I think I could probably slim down my live pedal rig and just get one of these. Thanks for posting, Knobs!
absolutely the most insane piece of equipment I have ever seen
This is such a good demonstration for the Octa! Love mine and I agree that it can be a guitar player’s dream tool
I too am another happy camper because of this video and am VERY surprised to see on the electronauts forum how many of "us" there is who got the bug after seeing this! You, my dear sir" is a legend! (all the way from Cape Town, South Africa)
This video is perfectly beautiful.
Keep coming back to this vid, just awesome thank you.
Once again, you guys made my day. Please keep them coming :) :) :)
There are demos. Then, there is the definite demo that trumps all demos. This is that definitive life changing demo.
these guitar bits really playin my heart strings
I have no idea whats going on in this video
Sean Griffey but it's beautiful isn't it.
Possibly my favourite ever video on RUclips.
Great work and presentation, and a refreshing change from the typical dance music videos for the Octatrack. The Mk2 really looks a lot more inviting to use, from the OLED down to the integrated LEDs and buttons. This is the smart industrial design that made their first instruments stand out. Added points for the terrific harmonies and textures here - I really liked the slippery pitches around 16/17 minutes in; they reminded me of Mouse on Mars.
Knobs is the worlds best salesperson
Do you have a bandcamp or something ? Because I love the music you're making
Cool to see you playing with an Octatrack. My favorite thing is to send the cue outs into pedals, and then you have a looper with an effects loop, and can record samples through the pedals when you have it tweaked just right.
Yep. It's impossible to show everything with this pup, but I definitely regret not showing the cue outputs. Really useful feature. (I also wish I had shown the LFO sorting through slices!! AGH)
Using the LFO to pick slices like that is also incredible. I did a generative piece where I was constantly sampling the inputs and rearranging the slices with an lfo as it played back and resampled. It would be impossible to fit all the little tricks like that into one video!
Thank you and that big heart of yours for NOT explaining the OT and sticking to explorations:::)
There are stupid amount of boring info on how to and etc. stay artistic my friend
Inspirational! Been wavering on getting an OT but you really showed how it can be used to create more acoustic sounding music as well. Love your style! More OT vids please!
100% engaging, i was surprised when 17 minutes was up.
This such a fine demo. I really enjoy listening to all the different ambient tracks that you go through.
The effects sound gorgeous too. I must have an Octatrack!
that pedal is amazing :P
These sounds are like album worthy....so fockinn good omg
Thanks for the superb demo, glad to see this not used as simply a techno machine.
They mentioned bringing al the new features to the original OT. And somehow you still have a knack for making things look awesome so I may have to sell and upgrade:) I'm literally sitting on an OT and after watching your video, I feel like I need the MK2 like " knobs is doing it, must be right". Great video once again!!!
So sweet video, thanks!
Thanks for this Fun and Fresh feeling overview of the Octatrack, I'm late to the party (getting mine this week). Excited.
Knobs is awesome and you are a great musician. We want to hear all the pedal beauty poured into an album bro!
Great presentation. Seems like a composers dream machine.
How did you sample the guitars? With a preamp? Or an mic'd amp? Any effects before the OT?
the jams in the end made me buy it. such a great tool.
I just freakin' love what you do.
You killed it, as always.
Great choice from elektron to ask you to demo the new octa. So nice to hear something other than techno coming out of one of these boxes.
beware knobs bewitchery, besotted! OT is an extraordinary thing, like the piano, the violin, Spanish, tennis, drawing ... and the learning curve is similar. There’s a reason knobs addresses the creative guitarist then concedes “rather than try to explain everything (this takes time) ..”. Before you buy read the manual, watch every tutorial then spend at least a day with one.
Really fantastic video, thank you very much for making this! The musicality is awesome, this helped me understand and makes me wanna get the Octatrack Mk2 :)
This looks like so much fun
the track that starts at 1:48 is doing things to my soul.
Same. I didn’t want it to end
Amazing. Thank u so much for showing us.
Many thx for this vid. You are king, as a Hungarian said for the best.
Lovely! You pretty nailed it, octatrack and rytm are some lonely island synths indeed! Built like tanks
Amazing work with this demo. Really inspiring stuff 🙌🏻
Wow! Beautiful music.
Great 👍 job showing off the Octatrack! Thank you 🙏
*checks price*
*sobs in corner*
how much was it? I couldn't find it
Danny Keyes last I saw, thomann had it for €1444, or $1705
1300 new
$1299 new. zzounds has awesome financing options. I got mine that way. $250/month
You can get the mk1 used for about 800. It does everything the mk2 does. The mk2 was only a hardware update... new screen, new buttons, some additional buttons, new colour etc. But the os is the same
loved this :-) music + demonstration = WOW!!
What a great demo. Finally some experimental music, not just techno. I´d love to try one out..but I guess I would never get how it works..
Realy nice! This will be also my next gear.
Absolutely love your video style!
The "young" musician in me said "holy shit! Look at all those lights and buttons! ". The adult musician that I am said " Jesus Christ, that's a lot of lights and buttons..."
Lol
Josh Mathus its a very deep machine. This demo only scratched the surface. But in a goood way
I know what you mean...couldnt have put it better myself...
How steep is the learning curve? that's what I'm affraid of. (visions of me going to work without any sleep ) :(
loppy lops. yh i used to think gear was amazing if it had more buttons and lights. i went mentle when buttons had lights on them. but then it became dimensional
This is simply amazing!
en verdad este video es musical no es una demostración normal.. voy a descargar el audio para escucharlo en mi computadora.. gracias Knobs"""
I was already sold on getting one.. but wow.. this demo was amazing.
Amazing job man would love more octatrack videos. This was inspiring to watch. I currently own an analog rytm and will be buying octa now due to your vid. Keep the good shit coming imm sub
Is there a place where you’ve uploaded the uncut version of any of the sessions used in this video? The session that started at 1:42 sounded really chill.
58 thumbs down...crazy world we live in. The way you are using the OT is the exact reason I bought one a few months ago...sadly, I’m still a bit in the dark on many aspects, but it’s getting there!
You are amazing. Thank you for this art.
beautiful demo
Great presentation and creative direction! keep it up
Finally...
You’ve forced me to have to get one before I die...
what a great machine and what a great video about it.
This video made me order a octatrack. Very Nice.
@knobs anymore Octatrack MKii videos planned? Are getting on with it pretty good?
Love the new stuff. Thanks to your channel, my band actually has bought pedals seen here. Like the Julia.
Have you considered demoing modulars? Like boutique Roland's or Waldorf. I'm currently using the Streichfett and I think you would like it too :).
Keep up the awesome videos!
Yep! First modular demo will be up later this month.
Streichfett is awesome, came very close to picking one up awhile back.
It just nails that sound.
Keep an eye for modular demo 1! It will be a combo demo.
Please don't do modular demos. Viewers are already bankrupt because of the pedal demos ;)