OT problem - only first channel audible?

[Alexeh]

So this has happened twice now. The OT came back from repairs a few weeks ago. Never had a problem before this, been making songs for years. Now, it’s out of warranty…

This is baffling to me. I saved a project and was listening fine. I leave the table.

I come back to the Octatrack and when I press play I only hear the first track.
The track is blinking green. I try to disable the CUE, but it doesn’t matter.

I have tried everything but no sound is coming from the other channels. How should I troubleshoot this?

I tried enabling/disabling CUE, but it doesn’t matter. Even with the first channel turned off, it is still audible.

I can turn off all channels (both CUE and regular) - but all channels except 1 are only audible with CUE enabled. The first channel is audible the entire time, even being off…

(PS: I did not change any mixer settings on this project and did not enable quick mute. I tried to look at the CUE/Monitor settings, but I hadn’t changed them in the first place)

[Open_Mike]

Track 1 is soloed?
Try opening the mixer and pressing cue+trig1. If it’s soloed that will unsolo it…

[sezare56]

How do you listen to? Main Outs, headphones?
If headphones, do you listen Main + Cue?
(Mixer Level knob setting)
Any midi connection, that would send Control Changes modifying mixer or other settings?

I can check your project if you don’t find. PM.

[Alexeh]

Hey, I see ‘S’ is labelled in the mixer on Track one. When I ‘enable’ another track, it only shows an empty square.

I can not unsolo it with cue+track1… any other options? Thanks man

[sezare56]

Mixer mode, CUE + Trig 1 (corresponding to Track 1)
If soloed, it should be green.
You’re lucky, @Open_Mike is a solo specialist :

Weird MIDI Issue ; no midi out from sequencer

Is another midi track soloed? One track would have a gren light and the track your trying to play would be half bright red instead of full bright…

[Alexeh]

Thanks for the responses guys, I really appreciate it. I emailed elektron, they asked for a video - they said it’s weird…

The led is solid red.

When I turn it off, it is solid orange.

The sound on the first channel keeps playing regardless.

In the mixer, it says ‘S’ on track one - regardless of me pressing anything - it doesn’t go away with the above mentioned button presses. And, nothing else will play except if they’re CUE.

The mixer setting is pure default. I checked and turned it to CUE and M fully. No difference to channel one - keeps playing.

[sezare56]

Check Trigs in mixer mode, not track buttons.
Trig1 is probably green. Press CUE + Trig1

Trigs

Track buttons

[Open_Mike]

Whoops, I meant cue+trig1 instead of track1. While in mixer mode…
Edited…

[Open_Mike]

Hey, I see ‘S’ is labelled in the mixer on Track one.

That does mean it’s soloed…

I’d try to:
-make sure nothing is cued (no flashing track LEDs)
----if any track lights are flashing uncue with cue+track
With mixer open:
-set mix in the middle if using phones
-make sure main master volume is at 0 or slightly above
-press cue+trig1 and see if the S for solo goes away…

-hopefully make music…

[Open_Mike]

MUTE:

MUTE offers a visualization of the mute and solo status of the tracks. When the MIXER menu is open the [TRIG] keys can be used to mute and solo both audio and MIDI tracks. [TRIG] keys 1-8 affect the audio tracks and [TRIG] keys 9-16 affect the MIDI tracks.

To mute a track, simply press the corresponding [TRIG] key. An unlit [TRIG] key and a line instead of a square in the track mute section indicate a muted track. A lit red [TRIG] key and an outlined square in the track mute section means a track is audible. While holding [FUNC] and pressing the [TRIG] keys, the mute changes will be held until [FUNC] is released. A track that is currently muted but will be unmuted when [FUNC] is released is displayed as a “+” sign. A track that is currently not muted but will be muted when [FUNC] is released is displayed as an “X” sign.

SOLO:

It is possible to solo tracks by pressing [CUE] + the [TRIG] keys corresponding to the tracks you want to solo. A solo’ed track is indicated by a green [TRIG] key and the letter “S”. Unsolo a track by repeating the key combination. Tracks that will be audible once all tracks are unsolo’ed are indicated by half bright red [TRIG] keys and dotted squares. The [TRIG] keys of tracks muted before the solo operation will be unlit. When exiting the solo mode these tracks will stay muted. Muted tracks being soloed will revert to their muted status once solo mode is exited.

If a track is cued, muting it prevents it from being sent to the main outputs. The track will however still be audible from the cue outputs. A cued track being solo’ed will be audible from the main and cue outputs.

[AAdra]

lol you made this all sound extremely dangerous

[sezare56]

OT can be dangerous for mental health !
Especially with ghost tracks / sounds.

[Open_Mike]

[sezare56]

Admiral Benson had an OT :

[Alexeh]

SOLVED

Thanks so much for your time, everyone Saved my ass!

Have a great day!

[ebrainv]

i had the same problem with Alexeh and cue+trig1 solved it.
Thank you Open_mike.

[sezare56]

@Open_Mike, are you soloed?

[tnussb]

My guess is he is muted (on this channel here) …

[Open_Mike]

Haven’t been able to post, all lfo dep’s at zero, maybe I have a scene lock on naut vol?
Might have to test on a new user account…

[sezare56]

Haven’t been able to post

I thought it was mentally possible for you to post from space…
Too far, to much Reverb?