Happy to be doing these science labs, because I always end up running into a challenge/quirk of the Octatrack that I need to learn about, so I’ve got a list of notes here:
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When I record a sample and save it, I can assign to self, free static or flex. When I assign to self, that rec buffer gets named after the sample, which can then be weird if I record another sample on top of it. Is the general rule of thumb to not assign to self? Sometimes I’d just like to avoid the rigmarole of assigning to flex/static, then picking flex/static for the track, going to the sample and selecting it there.
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Sometimes there is a little x next to the rec buffer, why is this?
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I take it there’s no way to speed up a sample other than changing the BPM/number of bars in the file settings? i.e. I can’t automate a speedup? Not even a cute little Octatrack hack?..Now that I think about it and say it out loud I guess I could double the speed in the file settings, then set the rate to 32 for half speed, and automate it that way. Neat.
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How can I guarantee a sample stays at the same volume once it’s recorded? For example: Track 1 is playing a bass part. I tell rec buffer track 1 to record track 1, and it does so, but the recorded audio is now quieter. Why is this? What is the best way to ensure my levels are even for this kind of stuff?
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Any way to get a ping pong delay without panning the source? I know it typically works by feeding back opposite (then back to same) the side of the source, but what if I have a clap up the middle and I want a delay to pan left and right? I tried setting up a neighbor track with a delay and setting the LFO to pan, but that didn’t work.
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Lastly, I posted this in the OT Noob Questions thread but I may as well copy and paste it here. I’m trying that wavetable thing for the science lab and I can’t get the start time to be modulated. When I move the start time in the audio editor the timbre changes and it sounds cool, but moving it in the playback does nothing, sending an lfo to it does nothing, setting it to a different start on scene b does nothing. It’s a static machine but I tried in a flex and nothing happened. I played with all the playback setup parameters and they didn’t make a difference.
Whats going on here?
Thanks dudes