"… is this possible?.. (i.e. have slice mode active but from more than just one track)
as I don’t think it is possible just on the OT itself, I was wondering if any of you guys know whether this could work with an xternal (pad) controller?
I had a lengthy dabble with the rytm and after muting all samples of the presets not much to my liking was left (sonically) so I figured I should revert to the OT as my drum machine (I had to abandon my beloved MD for a bit)
I was thinking of getting a beat step and mapping 4 slices of 4 separate tracks to the 16 pads so I’d get some sort 4voice poly samples…
… so can this be done? any pointers are much appreciated
ta!"
It’s pretty easy to set up a 4x4 slice grid/slice switching setup.
tracks 1-4 on the octatrack would have the 4 slice samples you want to use…
midi ch1 cc17 value 0 = slice 1 on track 1
midi ch1 cc17 value 2 = slice 2
midi ch1 cc17 value 4 = slice 3
midi ch1 cc17 value 6 = slice 4 etc…
the value goes up 2 every for every slice you want to go up
change midi ch to 2 and you control track 2 … etc
Make a pattern on the octatrack with a trigger on the 1 beat of each track. make sure the samples are setup to hold out for the entire length of your pattern and that no slice start point is p-locked. press play. now you can switch slices on any track. they won’t change until the OT sequencer hits the trigger again
If you want to trigger (vs switch) slices you need to send note number c1 on the appropriate midi ch. This is the part I need more experimenting with because I’m not sure if these external triggers ever get quantized. which makes launching loops in sync on the fly a bitch… hence the pattern programmed method above.
Also, I’m not sure if the beatstep will work for this or not… you would have to check the midi implementation.
I hope that can help!