OctaEdit - Octatrack Software Editor and Librarian [ OSX / Windows ]

Now this is some great news … :open_mouth:

Please keep us updated.

Drop us a quiet update in time, … to keep the OTmk2 resale value in a reasonable price range :wink:

If you see me suddenly selling all my Octatracks… that’s your cue.

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alright, thanks for the insight.
If you could suggest the workflow for this, I would appreciate it.

So basically, I would make multiple projects with the slots filled with tracks that I want and save those o for later dragging and managing via manager-module?
Downside is only that the user ends up with a lot of unused projects in his project list in a set.
Using the manager for this is no problem for me though.
I was thinking that the “playlists” or “slotlists” that I was hoping for would have been exactly something for the manager and archive-module.

I’d probably just use the a combination of the Samples and Audio Finder modules.

Create your “playlists” in a folder, or folders. So you could have a folder for “House”, folder for “Techno” etc.

Use the Samples Module and just Export required Samples and Settings from a Project into one of your “playlist” folders.

Then in the new/target Project, use the Audio Finder module and drag/drop into the Samples module and import to whichever slot you want.

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noted. thx a lot :slight_smile:

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I could write up some more detailed notes, or walk you through all that, maybe via messaging / IRC / something else; or on a Skype call if you wanted.

Fairly quick and straight forward though; the tricky part is just how you organise / maintain your music library / playlists on your Octatrack or hard drive (i.e. housekeeping / non OctaEdit stuff)

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awesome, big thanks.
More details are always welcome. But I can see how far I get and then ask you when I get lost :smiley:

Yeah i’m waiting to ask questions once i have it installed and i get stumped.

So can you confirm there’s no behaviour differences between MKI and MKII except with button combinations related ones ?
I read just one behaviour difference related to this :
Technique: pickup mayhem

Trying to keep it tidy :wink:

Beta Testers

If you’ve put your hands up for Beta Testing, please head over to the OctaEdit forum and register there.

I am going to be centralising all beta testing / feedback / updates / enhancements over there.

As registration is manual / by my approval; if I can’t easily identify your user name, I might ignore/delete it, so let me know via pm as well.

Thanks

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Totally support this one (except the babies part, of course).

Any news on that?

Unfortunately due to a family medical emergency, I will be offline for a little while.

Beta Testing is therefore on hold until I am back online.

Apologies for any delays or inconveniences.

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This sounds serious … best wishes to you and your family for recovery and that everything turns out all right at the end.

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Take care, Rusty. Best to you and your family.

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I’m slowly getting back online / minimal access. Will attempt to push beta release out this week to all those who have signed up.

Obviously got a lot of emails etc to wade through, have an emergency dev environment to configure, get my head back in the zone first and so forth.

More news soon…

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Take care, no rush, summer holidays here.

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Yes, Rusty, be sure to take good care of you and yours first.

The ones and zeroes will still be fresh when you’re good and ready for ‘em.

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Thanks for the update. Very excited about this release. Hope all is well and take care.

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Important Beta Release / Testing

Note: This is very much a Beta. Do NOT use it with anything you value, as there will be bugs.

Decided to go with open/public Beta due to my limited availability; so OSX Beta now available to any existing OSX (OSX 10.9 to OSX 10.13) users who want to grab it.

Please head over to the OctaEdit Forums and register there, so I can centralise all beta testing and updates and make my life easier.

Beta Testing will be an iterative process as per below. The Beta has a lot of restricted functionality, and I have locked a lot of the modules, to fit in with the testing/release process.

This is to ensure I’m not stretched too thin, or trying to test/fix too many items at once.

You are welcome to play around with modules and functions that are not part of the current testing stage; however bear in mind that you are more likely to encounter bugs; I am more likely to be making some slight tweaks to the code already, and/or will not prioritise any issues reported.

  • Stage 01: Main | Project | Options | Support | Analytics | Library
  • Stage 02: Samples | Chainer | Audio Finder | Analytics
  • Stage 03: Sequencer | Arp Designer | LFO Designer | Analytics | Library
  • Stage 04: Manager | Analytics
  • Stage 05: Arranger
  • Stage 06: Odds and Ends

Thanks,
Rusty

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