Octatrack difficult beast

[santhrax]

lots of are available: (just to name a few)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVXH8wh3uOfgE__OnhxxKaw

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5AwpKcfeiiMljrITsBhDng

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOojfmX4Wq3Ww-XP_IkvviQ

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4OAAbxtB6QEKaTDb-SEe-Q

also MUST READ lecture:

A polished version of Merlin's OT guide here

As you should all be aware, a few years back @Merlin wrote an excellent guide on how to approach the complexity of the Octatrack. It certainly helped me get to grips with the relationship between patterns and parts, which I think trip up a lot of new users. Consider it essential reading alongside the user manual. After reading it again recently, I thought it could be tidied up to enhance readability. I’ve left the meat of the content alone and simply corrected typos and altered the style somewh…

OCTATRACK beginner's tips

[li]Read the manual[/li] [li]Read the manual again[/li] [li]Read the manual but take notes this time[/li] [li]Read the manual while sitting with the OT and familiarising yourself with physical locations of menus and button combinations.[/li] [li]learn how to create, save and backup projects[/li] [li]create a scratch project . this is your learning playground.[/li] [li]do not worry about creating songs yet and don’t get too attached to your experiments . you will inevitably lose stuff at th…

happy reading / learning / producing