Octatrack 64 breakbeat x 16 slices megabreak of doom:

[mrjayjayjay]

Cool!

[Laser]

Nice!

Is it possible to map a CC to select the slots?

(I don’t own a DT).

[sezare56]

@Laser

Is it possible to map a CC to select the slots?

No mapping but CC 19 is Sample Select (Slot) CC for DT1.
(No CC in DT2 manual)

[Laser]

Confused…

So you can use an external controller to control Slot on DT but not DT2?

Ex-Octatrack owner, had great fun doing this with my Octatrack, using a Launchpad!

[sezare56]

@Laser

not DT2

No CC yet, I hope it will come back. NRPN only.
(From manual, and I just tested CC and NRPN send from DT2 knobs)

[markov_process]

this is sooo cool! thank you for making this

[Watto]

@sezare56 and @Laser

DTog has 128 slots/project, DT2 has 8x128 slots/project… thats why they’ve gone with nrpn instead of cc to control sample slot on DT2, CC just doesnt provide enough available values unfortunately!

[sezare56]

@Watto

CC just doesnt provide enough available values unfortunately!

It does for slots. You just need another CC for the 8 banks.

[Laser]

Yeah f*ck NRPN!

I’m exploring OSC at the moment… I look down on MIDI mortals and sneer

[Bobe]

Guys i’m having a headache trying to do this again, can someone please explain easy or indicate where i can find the answer in th etopic to make the megabreak and instal with the octachainer?

[flyweight]

I am new to the Octatrack have it for 1 day.
Thought it would be a funny challenge to set this up.
So i took 16 breaks, sliced them up in Ableton.
All the 1st slices in sample 1, 2nd slices in Sample 2 etc. up to slice 16 in sample 16.
Then applied 16 slice grid in the octatrack, set slice on.
Then added 16 trigs in slice mode slice 1- 16 and added a scene lock to slice 16.
now when i move the fader i get to hear any of the 16 breaks.

Is this correct or did i miss something?

Cheers

T

[sezare56]

@Bobe

can someone please explain easy

Can’t be easy.

@flyweight

Is this correct or did i miss something?

Seems correct. Works well ?
Not sure if Scene B should be set to 16 or 17…

[flyweight]

Yeah works wel. Very addictive.
This break and some loops made with the Behringer ms1 are the first things i did on the Octatrack. I have to say i really like it. Not so difficult as the interwebs are stating.
Do not have much Elektron experience. Only i have a Analog Keys on wich i can work a little.

Wil try slice 17. Thanks. /( Tried but 16 is enought)

I have prepared another set of breaks in ableton.
Its some work but one in the octa its so much fun.

[Zelio]

Could this technique work with multiple tracks on the OT ? Or is there a sample/slot/memory limit that restrict it to a single track ?
I envision a lot of sound design madness with this.

[sezare56]

@Zelio

Could this technique work with multiple tracks on the OT ?

It is recommended to use FLEX (clicks with Static), so there is slot and ram limit.

I’d use slice every 2 steps.
8 or 16 tracks…

(It is possible to reduce slots by shifting slices with plocked lfos, but it adds complexity)

Octatrack 64 breakbeat x 16 slices megabreak of doom:

I found a new way to plock matrix samples, less slots consuming : For a 8 steps x 8 loops, I have the 8 matrixed loops in one file instead of 8 files. Instead of sample locks, I plock an lfo depth with Start dest. Crossfader assigned as usual to Slices. The lfo depth add an offset to slices, in order to play the right loops.

[Zelio]

Thanks ! Maybe it’s better for me to directly implement this technique in Bitwig.

[sezare56]

@Zelio

Maybe it’s better for me to directly implement this technique in Bitwig.

Mimic it or prepare samples ?

[micabeza]

@sezare56 is the only person who still uses an OT.
If I were to give the OT another chance, I’d listen to everything he says

[Zelio]

Yeah trying to mimic this technique in Bitwig might be interesting.