Korg Volcas Mangled by Octatrack Video

Elektron Gear Octatrack
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Here it is :angry: More details in the video description!

Part 1 uses THRU machines and Part 2 uses Flex Buffers.

There are One Shot trigs in the Recorder tracks. By pressing YES I can capture the loop playing, then switch to Part 2 and start mangling that audio :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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thatā€™s lush! :+1:

how many volcas do you think fit in the side pocket of an Elektron bag?
any one Elektron + one of these should be a great live setup that one can easily transport by bicycle.

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great video!:+1:

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Glad I only ordered the Volca Bass, sounds nice. Good work.

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I like that use of parts and one shot recorders. Iā€™ll have to give that a go. Iā€™m excited to get some time in with the Volcas. Mainly happy to have an anywhere/anytime box.

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I wasnā€™t much convinced by the volcas before that vidā€¦ Datalineā€™s magic changed the game, i guess!

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Amazing sample manipulation, very cool jam!

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Sorry for bringing this up after long time, but I am struggling to record my 303 with the same targetā€¦

Maybe somebody can help me to fix this ā€¦

So I have in PART 1 A THRU machine with the input set to AB where my 303 is connectedā€¦ in first STEP I have a ONE SHOT TRIG which records 16 step WHEN i press enterā€¦

then when I switch to PART 2 I have the FLEX machine recordings 1 because I am using track 1 with same step and assigned to different slicesā€¦

when I switch from PART 1 to PART 2 I can still hear my 303 which I donā€™t want because I wanna hear only whatever has been sampledā€¦

Thanks in advance for the help

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Ok so i have a rec trig on part one how to I then setup the flex on part two to hear the recorded loop?

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Ok I figured it out!

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Me no :frowning:

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You put a record trig down on part one the thru channel. Switch to part 2 and select flex record buffer that has the same thru channel number as part one you will have to scroll up with arrow key to find it I think . But a normal trig on this channel. Switch back to part one arm your one shot record trig.

When you press play your sequence will record now switch to part 2 to hear your recording. Job done!

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To find the record buffer select any channel select flex and scroll up you will see eight buffers select the same one as part one.

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Giuseppe, do you have your Flex machine on the same Track as for the THRU?

You still hear the THRU maybe because you havenā€™t used the very same track for Flex too, so it doesā€™t get silenced.

if any problem give me a call :wink:

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Hi guys,bumping here because I am trying this simple thing:

ā€¢PART 1ā€¢

T1: THRU A/B
T2: THRU C/D

ā€¢PART 2ā€¢

T1: RECORDER1
T2: RECORDER2

I can switch seamlessly from Thru audio to sampled version, switching between the two Parts (as in the video).

BUTā€¦when I switch from PART2 to PART1 -doing this prior the pattern loop back- I hear a sort of distorted reversed audio of somethingā€¦maybe the same bufferā€¦? Indeed it sounds as the buffer but with RATE set to -32

Does any of you experienced the same?

P.S.
I am just switching between the two partsā€¦no crossfader fx lush transtions for nowā€¦just a practical try of this sampling technique.
Maybe that noise happens in the video too and I cant hear it? :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

EDIT

After some trials I believe that if there is not a trigger as soon as you switch Parts altering the behavior of the same track, this results in this kind of glitch.
In Datalineā€™s video there are, commonly, more live created trigs for the Flex track.
Soā€¦when the Part-switch happens, the Thru track now ā€œseeā€ a trig, so it gets properly triggered.
Since I had only one trig on the first step (while I was trying for the first time the technique), switching Parts (2>1) at, say, step ,8 resulted in this reversed -32 version of the buffer while the Thru was not ā€œseeingā€ any trig to get properly triggered.

Can someone else test this out prior to me sending a Ticket to HQ?

Thanks!

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Great jamā€¦very well done!!!

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I get exactly the same, glitchy stretch reverse thing happening to the audio, basically it sounds a bit odd, when i jump back to the thru, but as a technique in itself iā€™m missing something still, the audio drops both ways (on account of having just one trig though) so the technique needs something else to be musically viable, but yes, i get the glitch you describe

edit: the way to smooth it out obviously involves the scenes as can be seen from cenkā€™s vid : )

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Thanks for your test avantronica

Gonna send a ticket.

One last question: do you get the glitch even when you go from THRU > FLEX?
I thought it was happening only FLEX > THRU

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Just the one way, same as you, but the sound drops out both ways occasionally, the technique needs some scene magic for that !

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Completely ! :alien: