Thomann.de says 2-5 days
Octatrack is waiting patiently in the wings to beat the livin’ bejaysus out of Octatrack “Mk II”, the new young upstart with its extra nipples, its super pressable buttons, its juicy screen and the ‘Mk II’ after its name, thinkin it’s all that.
THE Octatrack vs this “Mk II” showdown, the rumble in the sample, the fight to beat all fights. I’m with Octatrack, the Original, the Formidable, there can never be a better and it refuses to be called “Mk I”.
It is, Octatrack.
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Sure…
First the external source needs to be set at a healthy level, which makes the LEDs go orange and possibly flash red here and there, definitely above green.
A trick I found is to use the noise gate which gives you a db reading, and crank it up until your signal disappears, this will tell you what the OT thinks the input level is, hitting at -20db to -12db seems good to get a healthy signal and still have headroom for OT to sum.
You can also open the audio editor while recording and watch the waveform, changing your source volume until the waveform is around 70 to 90% of the available height in the display…
Since one might often be monitoring a source elsewhere and reroute to OT for sampling, the following settings will ensure the same volume is heard when switching from the other monitoring to monitoring through the OT:
For all:
Master volume: 19
If using a master track: track level 127
Mixer direct monitoring: dir 127
Flex playback of buffer: track level 127
PU: track level 127, monitoring level on rec pg2: 127
Thru: track level 127, amp vol +49
Any values not listed: default
I’m sure there’s other ways to go but this setup works great for mixing and matching monitoring of external gear for sampling/looping/fx processing and maintaining constant volume… 
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I think probably the biggest pitfall is thru machines with default settings…
If you enable a thru with default settings, the signal is really weak and one would think that the sound is nowhere near as if it were not going through OT…
I think the level is dropped to account for extreme fx, but it’s way too much… As shown above it takes a whopping +49 on amp vol along with full track level, full master track level, and main at +19 to get back to unity…
As I’m primarily loop and live instrument based, all my settings are for use with external gear…
I don’t have much experience with using already existing samples and flex machine playback, there might be some more details in that area to get a good mix…
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ok, have to put an update to my video! that was completely unexpected after the response i got several months ago ^^ Trig Conditions coming to both Octatracks … grrreat!
forget what i said guys 
seems that this guy from Elektron back at the day was either misinformed, or not allowed to tell me the truth. shame on you, Fredrik Alm!!! 
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Really?
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I thought that’s what I read- is that not true?
Both the Mark 1 and Mark 2 are described as having USB 2.0 ports. I don’t think there’s anything to indicate any difference.
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Same as Mk 1: 128 flex + 128 static.
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Oh yeah, of course. Long day at work today.
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Local dealer here says he’s got’em next week. But who knows?
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I’ll see it when I believe it…
Or something like that… 
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I’m still hoping that it’ll bring support for my shiny expensive fast 128G CF card!
Conditional trigs - this is even more exciting now. I’ve got a circuit of four octatrack web sites I obsessively refresh a few times a day; alongside Elektronauts, there are two online stores, a real life store, and elektron.se itself. I’m glad to be among people here who might even feel the same way ^^
It’s great to be waiting with y’all!
Then start believing, for all our sake😊
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I truly am a believer… 
yeah me too. I am looking forward to the new Octatrack and Rytm as well.
my dream triumvate: Octatrack+Rytm+Virus will be pure bliss for home and stage
Let’s wait until the OT update is out… It is a fine enhancement, but only if it is available…
I am waiting since several weeks for the overdue digitakt update and right now it seems as if it takes a while until it’s there …
meh
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Digitakt will wait. We’ve been waiting for Ot’s cond trigs for 6 years ! 
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argh
Octatrack OS 1.25H — Oct 21, 2015
As Digitakt seems to be a stable machine (haha) the next update will come in two years