Is it possible to do something like the Machinedrum “Ctrl-Al Ram Machine IDM Trick” with the Octatrack ?
Using scenes
never got the exact same results… but:
Yeah, you can get weird glitchy stuff, that keeps on revolving:
Having great fun with triggered recorders, that automagically chop up stuff…
here is the basics :
use 4!! trackrecorders (for argument sake use track 1 to 4)
place triggers … as an example…
trackrecorder4, records 4 steps of main-output starting on step 01
trackrecorder3, records 4 steps of main-output starting on step 05
trackrecorder2, records 4 steps of main-output starting on step 09
trackrecorder1, records 4 steps of main-output starting on step 13
put a flextrack on track 5.
place triggers like this:
step01 P-lock to recorder1
step05 P-lock to recorder2
step09 P-lock to recorder3
step13 P-lock to recorder4
Use scenes, to mute whatever your playing on octatrack, and unmute track5
Because you record on a difrent time, then you play it back… you can do all kinds of reverse / repitch / filter . whatever trickery on track5… without things going bad…
its neat… I usually use it for instant breaks… Its one of the techniques I describe and use
in the following topic http://www.elektronauts.com/t/another-simple-octatrack-video/6636/55526
which itself links to another topic with info on simular knowledge…
Enjoy
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Thank you very much !
If you’re using scenes, you can’t p-lock the scene adjustments. but if you plug a MIDI cable from the OT outputs to the OT inputs, and carefully set up the MIDI settings (you will have to work this ot for yourself, but I would turn off everything except CC and check your channel asignments carefully…try this out on a blank project first), then you could use the OT MIDI sequencer to manage both the two scene selections and the position of the crossfader…which means they can be p-locked, controlled with LFOs…!
Likewise, if you have other gear connected to the OT you can use that, eg I typically have the OT sequencing a Nord modular, which in turn is connected tot he MIDI in of the OT 
Quite easy. Plug midi out to in, set all audio midi channel to the same channel, set CCs on midi tracks with that channel. Done.
glancing through I thought this post had something to do with the RAM music machine. oh well
Actually it seems I misunderstood the Ctrl-Al Ram Machine trick, as I don’t know Machinedrum.
Can anybody explain it ?
Thanks, it seems to be the same as Digitakt’s CTR-AL, isn’t it ?
What’s the relationship with “Ram” ?
…you might want to have a look at this little piece of hardware that does a similar thing but to MIDI parameters (got to do some advertisement now and then 
) - on the forum here
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them goliaths are awesome…