I’ve heard a lot of people on the internet talking about how hard it is to understand Parts on the Octatrack. I even remember some YouTube video where someone said “but I won’t get into Parts, because that’s basically rocket science”. I wonder if this has made people avoid the topic, but I don’t think it’s really that scary. I think it’s harder to use the machine while ignoring Parts.
Was it Merlin’s guide that talked about an invisible line above the sequencer, saying everything above that line is stored in the Part? I thought that was a great way to think of it.
Personally speaking, I sort of get the concept of parts but as I’m relatively green, rather than avoiding parts, I’m learning how to use the OT with one part before moving onto more than one.
Yes, that diagram helped me also.
I asked in another thread but it got lost probably:
Some people use the method of using ( associated they say, as above) part one with patterns 1-4, part two associated with ptn 5-8 etc
My question would be you save part 1 ? And if (or if not) what are you doing exactly usually when you change from ptn 4 to 5 and part 1 to 2?
Save, copy paste part1 immediately and then save again part 2 later or something simpler or open?
I mean it as example also when using ptn 1 with part1 and having ptn2 „ associated“ to part2…
Edit: not a question but in general what makes the thing ( parts here and kits on a4 ) even more complex, interesting or complicated is that the famous elektron parameter locks ( step or live rec) are stored with the pattern…
So, someone suggests saving pattern 1-4 with part 1, 5-8 with part 2….etc.
BUT, while in pattern 1, you could effectively switch to part 2 changing all the sounds in pattern 1….not ruining any of the patterns. And reload part 1 returning the pattern sounds back to how you started.
Yes? [Assuming all parts and patterns were saved] Or am I way off.
I don’t think I’ve ever used Static. I was just looking for confirmation that what I was thinking was correct. BUT I could have also just tried it, which I immediately did after posting…to find, yes that’s how it werks. Why have I NEVER done this
Flex machines hand fast changes of modulation slightly better than static machines due to reading from RAM, rather than the flash card. And of course, static machines can handle very long samples.
Ya I know all that re: flex and static. Always avoided Parts. But this convo got me more interested. I usually try stuff before I reach out. Dunno what happened here. Momentary laps of reason I guess.
This was one of the many fun aspects of the MD - switching kits (ie parts in Octa-speak) randomly within a pattern. Many cool patterns happened
I always wondered why they chose a different implementation for the Octa, with four kits/parts tied to each bank. It always felt less intuitive and more limiting.
