Octatrack recording Flex and Thru tracks at different levels

Elektron Gear Octatrack
#1

Pardon me if this has been covered before.

Not sure of quite what to search for, even explaining everything is a bit of a pain, but hey, that’s the OT right!?

I have long static samples on Tracks 1 and 2.
Track 3 is a Thru machine with a synth on it.
Track 5 is a Flex machine with a one-shot record trig on step 1, and a play trig on step on.
8 is master.
Tracks 1 and 8 have a compressor on them.

Scene A has Xlev at Max for Tracks, 1, 2 & 3, Xlev at Min for Track 5
Scene B has the opposite.

Mixer screen is all zeros.

Obviously I want to record a loop on track 5 and be able to crossfade between the live stuff and the loop.

At Scene A everything is mixed nicely, however at Scene B Tracks 1 and 2 are extremely quiet.

This happens whether I set Track 5 Source 3 to be either Main, Cue (with 1-3 cued) or T8.

I have loved this machine for years but really, every single time I go to do something on it I’m stymied by something seemingly basic like this.

#2

Recorting Level depends on AMP VOL, not track LEVEL. That can explain…
We need to know your values to find out…

#3

Thank you sezare56. I checked all the AMP levels and they were all zero…

Even though I didn’t didn’t change anything it seems to have righted itself.

Does the INAB VOL on the THRU machine Playback page affect recording?

#4

Doesn‘t master track level has to be at 127 to avoid level inconsistencies when crossfading between playback and recorded loop?

#5

THRU PLAYBACK VOL has to be at +63 for unity…

#6

Thanks Schnork and sezare. I must have known about the Master track level before because I haven’t had this issue previously when I’ve used this trick. Such a use-it-or-lose-it device.