Hey there folks,
The ever present Octatrack question here…
Here is my situation: I set my “Octatrack Learning Goal of the Day” to be writing a drum sequence on Digitone and recording it into a track on the OT. I have read the manual. I have read Merlins guide. I have owned the DT and DN for several years. Blah blah blah, excuses excuses excuses.
So, I ran Midi Out from OT to Midi In on DN to make the start/stop easy
DN Outputs run into INCD on OT
I set out to record a 64 step sequence and set RLEN to 64 steps in REC1 Setup
With MIDI Sync setup for the OT to send and the DN to recieve
In Grid REC mode i set a one shot REC trig on Step 1 of the sequence.
I hit play and playback starts on the DN, then at about page 3 of the sequence, recording seems to start for the OT.
I look at the Audio Editor page and i captured a nice loop…
but when i play it back, with volume turned down on the DN, there are two pages of silence before the loop starts playing, effectively on Page 3 step 1…
There are no Trigs in the sequence besides Page 1 Step 1.
Even while looking at the loop in the AED Page it doesnt start playing until halfway through the sequence.
i have checked The AMP page and the SRC page…and it all looks square…
i do not get it.
Even with the loop triggering on Step 1 Page 1 Track one, it doesnt start playing until Page 3 Step 1…
Edit: I did not have a trig set on Track 1 Page 1 Step 1, but when i DO set one there, the loop still has 2 bars of silence before playing and then it seems to be triggered on Page 3 Step one, thus restarting it without a Trig being placed there.
ive been at this for hours and i obviously need to step away for a bit.
should i format the CF card and wipe everything? i wouldnt lose much…ive only had this machine for about 3 weeks…