Octasmacked!

Surprised how much it went for… that’s $550 AUD. there was a guy locally selling one in mint condition with decksaver and gig bag for $1100 recently :laughing:

I bought this one from audio fanzine.
2 broken encoders, but they were just disassembled, anyway I replaced them.
Crossfader was plugged incorrectly, get it fixed because some users put images of the octatrack’s internals on the web.
Compact flash reader was totally screwed, octatrack would only startup in demo mode, I disassembled it and managed to unbent the pins, for now, it’s working but I need to replace the socket.
A led was destroyed (the right one of the crossfader), still waiting my spare one, but I does not affect the octatrack.
The screws of the top were replaced by Parker ones :laughing:
And finally, a friend of mine did some work to put the case in a good shape.

So, a good deal but required good soldering material to get sort of…

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It was a bit risky ! :thup:
Tell me if you want to sell it one day. :slight_smile:

It took me a Saturday to make it work, for now I use it at 12%, still have a lot to learn but I love it.
Usually I only keep machines that creates sounds but I think this sampler will stay with me a long time… :slight_smile:

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He obviously didn’t read Merlin’s OT guide!
:joy:

I wonder who the heck will buy this train wreck of an OT?