I know it's possible

Elektron Gear Octatrack
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I just can’t find it in the manual to have a trigger just play once - or - twice

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You can have the trig fire once in two ways off the top of my head:

  • Make it a one shot trig, which is yellow when armed, and flashing yellow/red when triggered. You’ll need to arm the track by pressing stop twice, or pressing Yes with the track open to rearm it. Create a one shot by holding Func when creating a trigger, or hold Func then click the trig to change it to a one shot.
  • Use trig condition of 1st. Hold down a trig, press the right arrow and use the data/lvl encoder to set it to 1st. This will play once on the first play through of the track, and never again until the pattern is started from the begining.
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thanks a bunch you second suggestion is exactly what I want :slight_smile:

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You can also play manually a track or a sample at will by setting its track as a free track in the FUNC+Pattern menu.

Then to play Track 1 for instance, in non recording mode just press Trig 1 to play the track or Trig 9 to play the sample.

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I feel like “I know it’s possible” is the absolute archetypal octatrack forum post title.

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