Currently going through Cuckoo’s tutorial, however, is there any other videos which can help me too understanding the OT. Say for example a song from start to finish?.
Thanks
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Congrats. Best tip. Use the forum’s search function
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Cheers just on my mobile at the moment, just itching for instant gratification in the meantime if anyone can help.
Instant gratification and Octatrack is an Oxymoron…
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With any Elektron device - start with reading manual, play some music then read it again. Congrats on buying OT.
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The Merlin’s guide is helping me a lot. Not a video though.
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Cheers going through Merlin’s guide.
Yeah I had an OT ages ago but its been a while that I totally forgot how to use it again.
ask audios tutorials by Thavius Beck is a really good starting guide, have to pay for it tho but worth it.
Id start with Cuckoos tutorial on Arrangement. How to structure a song.
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Congrats !
Try, read the manual, try again, ask if you can’t.
I think it’s the best way to learn…and remember for good.
My favourites
Octatrack Tip Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF3D8CADF642840A7
And these will be a good investement for a beginner
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That course was excellent, pretty much gave me a much needed referesher. Is there any thing else that wasn’t covered in the course that I need to know?
Stuff covered in the course:
: Section 1: Introduction
1
Introduction
2m 47s
Section 2: Section 2: Getting Familiar
2
Octatrack’s Structure
4m 39s
3
Track Machines
8m 11s
Section 3: Section 3: Sequencing
4
The Sequencer (Loading Samples)
6m 57s
5
The Sequencer (Slots)
6m 23s
6
Personalize and Control menus
6m 38s
Section 4: Section 4: Sampling
7
Sampling Audio Manually
9m 14s
8
Editing our Samples
10m 1s
9
Slicing Audio
10m 49s
Section 5: Section 5: Track Parameters
10
Playback Setup
10m 56s
11
Effects
9m 3s
12
LFOs
7m 41s
Section 6: Section 6: MIDI Sequencer
13
MIDI Sequencer
9m 35s
14
MIDI CCs
6m 50s
15
Record Trigs
10m 37s
Section 7: Section 7: Arrangement
16
Arrangement
9m 32s
Section 8: Section 8: Resampling
17
Resampling
10m 40s
18
Scenes
10m 16s
19
Parts
7m 39s
Section 9: Section 9: DJ Setup
20
DJ Setup
10m 44s
21
Scenes for Live Performance
6m 14s
22
DJ Setup (FX)
The Thavius Beck Guy explain this Maschine very well. He offers a full Video at Macprovideo.
This is a good starting point for me.
I have bought the course as I have the mk1 and gone through it, so need to know is there anything I needed to learn in case he’s missed anything?
He didn’t tell you how to make it your own instrument. 
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Depends on your needs. You can’t do all what OT can do at the same time anyway.
Almost everything (99.9%?) is in the manual, read it to check if Thavius missed something. 
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I think thats more a basic course to learn the maschine.
Yeah reading is hard because I’m dyslexic so watching videos is easier for me to learn things.
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