Noob questions

[Rusty]

Is there a way to dump midi files of patterns?

No.

OctaEdit has Midi Export functionality that handles Notes, MicroTiming and Parameter Locks.

Or should I just point the OT midi out at a daw and hit record?

Yes.

Edit: You’ll have to play around and see if you can capture Trigless Trigs / Trigless Locks / One Shot Trigs / Parameter Locks etc.

[dizzy]

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[disco]

So this guy made a video pointing some Octa’s downsides. Most of them i already knew and just got used to them.

But one got me worried : he said if you put a filter on a FX slot, even if you keep the filter completely open, it will degrade the sound. Is it true ?

Currenlty i’m using a filter on my master channel. Shouldn’t i ?

[Rusty]

But one got me worried : he said if you put a filter on a FX slot, even if you keep the filter completely open, it will degrade the sound. Is it true ?

What do your ears say?

[GirTheRobot]

That’s @defenestration and he knows his shit when it comes to the Octa. Good vid too.

I haven’t done close comparisons before and after. Try it and like Rusty said, use your ears.

[Open_Mike]

Here’s from the mothership:

OT throughput mixer audio quality?

I’ve tested (objectively measured) the conversion of the Octatrack quite extensively - it is at least on par with an RME sound card. However, do take note that FX loaded onto a slot may color the sound (albeit only slightly) - for example the filter will remove some extreme upper harmonics. Be mindful of this if you want playback or playthrough without any coloring at all.

[Open_Mike]

Haven’t had much OT time lately but my last sessions I raised the resonance a bit when using a master filter for its fully open resting state (usually I raise it along with width/base changes using a scene) just to boost the high end a tad, a little extra sparkle…

[sezare56]

if you put a filter on a FX slot, even if you keep the filter completely open, it will degrade the sound. Is it true ?

Not noticeable on all audio material.
Noticeable on distorted material, high harmonic content, or after several resampling…
The worse fx in that concern is LOFI.

[defenestration]

I also state in the video that the filter is probably my most used FX on Octatrack

however, in a setup where OT is the only sound source and/or is the final mixer, I would be extremely unlikely to use filter on the master bus; it dulls the signal and smears the phase (this degradation is most easily heard when processing full arrangements/mixes), which makes perfect sense as it’s an aggressive resonant filter and not a linear phase EQ

[disco]

What do your ears say?

To be honest i’m not noticing such a difference but actually i’m using a filter FX on C D inputs, where i’m pluggin the audio out from the Rytm. On my master channel i have only a compressor that simulates a limiter.

[disco]

I also state in the video that the filter is probably my most used FX on Octatrack

however, in a setup where OT is the only sound source and/or is the final mixer, I would be extremely unlikely to use filter on the master bus; it dulls the signal and smears the phase (this degradation is most easily heard when processing full arrangements/mixes), which makes perfect sense as it’s an aggressive resonant filter and not a linear phase EQ

Thanks for answering and congrats for the video, very very good ! The funny thing is, after seeing your video i like my Octa even more

[disco]

I have a million LOGxxxxxx.txt files on the root of my CF card. Is it safe to delete them ?

[spacemonkey]

I loaded about 50 samples from my computer to the audio folder in the OT. They’re all in .wav format(converted from .mp3) and the OT only plays about 5 of the samples and the rest get sample load errors. Does anyone have an idea how I can get them all to play?

[sezare56]

I have a million LOGxxxxxx.txt

Make a book? Apparently just report files, all you need should be in your set(s) folder(s).

Does anyone have an idea how I can get them all to play?

Probably a bad convertion. Make a good convertion with the right settings / software.
Uncompressed Wav or Aiff, 44.1 khz, 16 bit or 24 bit.

OT deserves better than mp3 files as source.

[spacemonkey]

Thanks! They were being converted at 32-bit

[spssky]

Quickquestion: why do I sometimes have stereo image issues when I’m recording from just a single recorder input (input A) I have a prefader aux send from my mixer. I am using TRS cable but it doesn’t happen all the time. Sometimes it seems like there’s slight phasing happening but that could just be my room but sometimes the whole Left or Right channel will be completely missing and I have to subtract from the opposite channel in the audio editor.

[sezare56]

In REC SETUP, don’t you choose INAB = A ?

[roadmoviemusic]

I am using TRS cable

TRS cable on a single input=balanced mono, not stereo. If you use a TRS cable from a stereo source into a single OT input, you will indeed either hear (severe) phasing, and everything that was dead center in the stereo image will be missing. That is because the two Tip and Ring signals are polarity inverted then combined on arrival. It’s not meant to be used that way.

[spssky]

Hah I just went I’d course I did and went back and realized that the samples I’ve been working two days on had somehow changed

[spacemonkey]

Is there a way to play audio and midi tracks simultaneously? On my digitakt I have audio tracks on trigs 1-8 and midi tracks on trigs 9-16 and can layer them on top of one another while playing live. I can’t seem to do this on OT since I have to push the midi button every time I want to play midi tracks, and going back and forth from audio to midi while live jamming is a bit of a hassle. There’s gotta be a way to play both audio and midi tracks live simultaneously that i haven’t figured out yet. I’m pretty new to OT and Im sequencing 7 midi tracks from my Virus TI and my 0-coast with the other track. They’re all set in flex machines