Octatrack safe workflow with patterns

[Open_Mike]

Here’s some clips from previous posts I’ve made…

When you switch parts all sorts of stuff can happen, especially if your not doing it from quantized pattern switch and just switching in the middle of a pattern.
You will hear the results of every parameter that is different changing and affecting already playing audio tails on each track until a new trig kicks in and plays straight with the new parts settings…
It’s not always just going to work smooth, but has potential to be exploited to vast degrees…

If really wanting to switch parts mid pattern, it may be wise to copy the first part and make changes to it when creating the second part, so that parameters don’t jump back to default values and only the ones you want change, allowing a smoother transition…

(Referring to someone experiencing “artifacts” changing parts mid pattern)
Seemless part switches are possible but they must be programmed in a way that works mid pattern or used on pattern change. Some could make artifacts on pattern change too but it’s because of certain changes or fx happening to playing audio, my first two posts try to explain that more… It’s all about what changes are made from one to the next, the audio is always a result of those changes and not an error…
There’s start silent options for tracks which can eliminate this on pattern change, but note that it can be planned to do cool things and doesn’t have to be avoided, it can be utilized…

It’s not a fault of the OT it’s just the results of a drastic switch of parameters that affect the audio in real time, with a sequencer running that is also changing the parameters to complicate things…

All from this thread and there’s more on there too… I’m sure there are other useful threads about this too.
Strange issue when changing parts