Octatrack Livesets

Elektron Gear Octatrack
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Hi guys, I’m pretty new to the octatrack but I feel I’m getting a good workflow so I’m going to share my currejnt setup even if I’m still working on it

My Music

Techno with ambient and dub elements

My Gear

Working on an Octatrack only live set at the moment, I’m going to add a Shruthi, Nord drum and T-resonator as soon as I finish to write all the songs for the set.

My Octatrack Setup

  1. Flex Filter, LO-FI
    kick drum + closed hihat or rimshot. I write the basic 4 on the floor rhytm with some variations for each pattern

  2. Flex Filter/LO-FI, Delay/Reverb
    claps, snare drums, rimshots etc have their place here

  3. Flex Chorus/Phaser, Plate or Dark reverb
    hihats track

  4. Flex Filter, Delay
    Track mostly used for chord stabs.

  5. Static Filter, Dark reverb/Delay
    I use this track for longer samples and for pads

  6. Flex Filter/comb filter, Delay/Reverb
    Different for every song, it could be additional pad/stabs/synth riff/resampling of another track

  7. Flex Filter, LO-FI
    Bassline track, here I mostly use single cycle waveforms

  8. MASTER Compressor
    Master track with compression. I’m planning to add another fx in order to use it as a global fx in transitions between songs

####BANKS
Each banks hosts two songs. Pattern 1-9 is a song, 10-18 another one.

####PARTS
Two parts per song. Usually the second part is for the transition

####PATTERNS
Each pattern is a piece of the song.

####SCENES
I use them to add variation elements to the song. I like to setup scenes in order to have two different “version” of the pattern I’m playing.

####LFOs
I use LFOs for adding slight variations on some track’s parameter-> hold on hihats, filter width/base on the pad track.
I like to control LFO depth with scenes

How I prepare the set

My samples come from my own productions and gear and from sound packs found on the web. I write the sequence for each track and use different patterns to add variations to the song.
Defined the structure of the song and the overall fx parameter settings I save the part and start jamming changing parameters and experimenting with different settings. When I find some interesting result I start to lock fx, amp and lfo to scenes.

How I Play

I try to set my pattern and scenes in a way in which they almost always sound good so I can jam without having to worry that much

My Transitions

I’m still figuring out how to make transitions between songs :thinking:

I have a gig in less than a month, I hope I’ll be able to set up my set by then

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