+1 for the Cenk video. I think he does exactly what you are looking to do. It also cleared up a few little questions I had about one-shot recording trigs.
He is very clear in his explanation - a worthy thing with this machine!
If you have any midi controller sending notes, you can use it to try.
There were originally no Pickups on OT, made to work with Recorders and Flex.
You can use both.
So yes you can prepare a Flex track playing its recording buffer, switch to a Pickup (better for overdub, reverse recording, auto sequencer tempo changeā¦), then go back to Flex (Trigs, timestretch off possibleā¦).
Recorders and Pickups of a track uses the same recording buffers.
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SICK thread. Merci @sezare56 !!
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I think so.
Playback goes to say track 7. Mute track on/off.
Using 1 shot record trig on track 5, say, to record variants. Record to track 6 buffer with a 1 shot playback trig on track 6. Arm t5 to record. Arm t6 to playback, and mute t7 at the first beat.
Better to do it with the slider though.
I am kind of overloaded with Elektron gear at the moment, being as I got a used Octatrack last year right before the DT2 was released, and then went all in on the DT2/DN2 workflow, leaving my Octa on a shelf.
However, in a addition to solo stuff Iām also in a band playing guitar/keys, and have been using the DT on a few songs to send click to the drummer and some sequenced backing synth.
But lately Iāve been considering doing some guitar looping in the band and havenāt really found any looping pedals that lock to a grid (that actually work), which is kind of paramount if a drummer is going to stay in time with the loop.
Soooā¦Iāve been pondering exchanging the DT2 with the Octa for live use. The sequencing and click-part would be straight forward on the Octa, but am unsure how well it will function as a live guitar looping device. I have seen a few youtube videos of people creating guitar loops with it, but in their studios on desktops, and I havenāt really heard any testimonials on how functional guitar looping is in a live band context.
Very curious to hear peoples experience with this kind of setup before devoting precious time on trying to set this up. Like, is it possible to start loop recording with a midi foot controller, potential pitfalls when simultaneously holding a guitar etc,.
This is the reason I got an Octatrack.
OT is a very capable MIDI controlled looper.
I helped a singer friend debut a record she made with a RC-505.
We ended up doing many gigs as a duo, me using OT as a looper following the RCās clock.
OT is usually the clock gen in my setup, because of the PickUp Machines ability to derive clock from arbitrary points in time, and then start and manipulate sequences as instructed - but when it canāt be (like when itās following clock) Flex Machines and 1-shots do the job.
What youāre asking of it seems to be one of the things it was specified for, and itās very easy to set up reliable, stage worthy macros that will allow you to do things like
Setup a loop
overdub
kick off a count-in for the drummer
play the tune
manipulate the loop if you need to
fade out / stop the tune / kick off the next song
All with your foot.
Some kind of foot switch with programmable buttons and a wah-style CC controller would give you everything you need. Especially if the buttons can output Note#ās and CCās.
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Thanks for the reply! That gives me exactly the excuse I need to get back into the Octatrack! Seems like I can simply send midi from presets I create on my Tone Master Pro pedal board with a wah/CC-pedal then. That is truly fantastic.