Octatrack Sunday

Dom · 2013-10-27T19:34:53.000Z

I think it’s a great idea. The theme idea should keeps things focused.

It’d be educational to have limitations each week like certain songs, “samples”, or or other source material to manipulate and compose. That way, others can see what can be done with the same material others were given to use. Y’know, learn intimately how one another did this or that with the original files. Maybe, I’m describing beat battles… but it doesn’t have to have a “beat”.

nedavine · 2013-10-28T11:08:36.000Z

Cool, looking forward to receiving submissions.

GovernorSilver · 2013-10-28T21:01:50.000Z

The old forum had “Octatrack Labs” in which the idea was similar. For example for Lab #4 (I think), the theme was to create a piece using only the Wilhelm Scream.

This new forum is missing an Octatrack Lab subforum.

nedavine · 2013-11-01T22:14:12.000Z

Don’t forget to get your spooky tracks in. PM the link and I’ll put them up on the tumblr. Let’s say the deadline is Sunday 8pm Tokyo time.

Also if anyone has any suggestions for the next theme, please let me know.

nedavine · 2013-11-03T14:29:48.000Z

So far only one submission (although a very good one) which is a little disappointing. But I have my fingers crossed hoping a few late comers might PM me their links.

Because of the time difference, I wont upload the links until the morning (my time).

EDIT: First two submissions are up on the tumbr.

http://octatracksunday.tumblr.com/

Lemajik · 2013-11-03T18:26:40.000Z

Its a shame only 2 submissions came up… hope next time more will join. Maybe it was the graphics you did on satantrack that got people scared…
Cool track nedavine

G0n35y · 2013-11-03T19:48:57.000Z

I actually intended to spend a bit of time on this this week and had a bare bones idea put together. Work kind of took over and then sleep and now I’m too late! Sake!

Anyway, I’ll share the cheesy amateurish effort I did, I dont have a camera so will just be a sound file. How best to do this? I’ve set up a Soundcloud account, will that help?

Will jot down notes about what I did too - will PM a link with chat shortly Ned

G0n35y · 2013-11-03T20:11:46.000Z

Haha I can’t believe how, well, crap my track is! Apolgies for the mix issues. And major apologies for that howling sound that goes on for basically forever!

Interested to see what OT Sunday 2 will hold.

neilbaldwin · 2013-11-03T20:22:03.000Z

Not quite like the old Octatrack Labs: the rules there was that you used what you were given and nothing else but the OT.

Otherwise it’s just “Gear Sunday”, surely?

Lemajik · 2013-11-03T20:30:21.000Z

""neilbaldwin"":

Not quite like the old Octatrack Labs: the rules there was that you used what you were given and nothing else but the OT.

Otherwise it’s just “Gear Sunday”, surely?

I think you are right. Only octatrack should be used. I agree.

G0n35y · 2013-11-03T22:13:17.000Z

I thought it was an unspoken rule anyway! So OT only from me - which probably explains why my effort was a mess!

nedavine · 2013-11-04T00:20:50.000Z

Hey guys J0n35y’s track is up on the tumblr too now. Thanks for that and please go and have a listen.

Well I take people’s point about only OT, however if I had pre-sampled my synths into it the track would sound exactly the same as it does now, just flex vs thru.

As for OT only, I suppose we could do that though, if people would prefer that. I’m just not sure I wanna make it about using only 1 sample or something EVERY time.

The idea was to be broad to get others involved. Also, I kinda wanted to get a chance to see how other people use the OT in their own set up. Not just for gear purposes but in the sense that the OT is often the hub of peoples set up and its integration with other gear is a BIG part of the OT’s appeal for me. Obviously everyone is different though and that might not be appealing to some.

I thought this week’s theme could be the LFO’s. I thought we could focus on doing interesting different things with them… but if people want to do something more akin to the old labs thing then please send me some more specific suggestions as I was never a part of the old labs so don’t quite know what to suggest.

As always, thanks everyone, especially J0n35y and Lemajik.

captcatfist · 2013-11-04T02:40:24.000Z

Lfo’s it is good sir i’m in.

Lemajik · 2013-11-04T06:09:40.000Z

Sounds great.

nedavine · 2013-11-06T06:23:20.000Z

OK then lets go with LFO for now.

Be creative, LFO crazyness please. I think this time a bit of detailed explanation would be good so tat we can share what we did to integrate the LFO. Deadline for submission is Sunday November 10th.

Good luck.

nedavine · 2013-11-11T12:32:20.000Z

So I was sick so I couldn’t make my own submission this week but unfortunately no one else submitted either. Bit of a shame but oh well, we are all busy people. I will extend the LFO theme until next sunday in the hopes that this didn’t die already.

<3

Lemajik · 2013-11-12T00:50:20.000Z

Hey man. I hope you are better now. I was making something but it was more crap than something. So I will make some new crap into something so that this week’s OT Sunday doesn’t die out. I really like the idea but I think we are the only ones here…

I will post it soon. With explanation what I did. I hope it will encourage others to get involved…

Peace

nedavine · 2013-11-12T01:41:33.000Z

""Lemajik"":

Hey man. I hope you are better now. I was making something but it was more crap than something. So I will make some new crap into something so that this week’s OT Sunday doesn’t die out. I really like the idea but I think we are the only ones here…

I will post it soon. With explanation what I did. I hope it will encourage others to get involved…

Peace

Thanks man. I’m feeling better today so if I get some time tonight I will finish up what I had already started.
Thanks for the support, hopefully it’ll pick up. around here.

Lemajik · 2013-11-16T23:41:35.000Z

BumpidiBump
Lets get jiggy with it… again…

So what i did:

-Used Tarekit’s technique of transitions between scenes. Great one! Thank you
-Sliced the recorded sample once so when recording a new sample the slices are still there ready to be mangled. Sliced on 16 slices and placed trigs on every beat in a bar. So thats 1-5-9-13… (i hope i named it correctly) in 64 steps. Slices are then set accordingly SL1, SL2, SL3, SL4 so that the sample is played back in original state when on scene B. I have some scenes assigned with different depth and speed of LFOs and some other stuff like Filter and filter envelopes.
Placed some simple LFO modulation on trigs on Sampler track (my case T4). The last trig in every bar has parameter locked different LFO speeds and depths. What LFO is driving is Rate. Simple scratches are formed with it. Needs some work of course to get that fresh scratch in time. I could take some more time myself…
Thats about it.
O yea… and i sampled Hakuna Matata
If you have any questions let me know. I’m happy to share ideas.

Have fun guys…

Leemajik

nedavine · 2013-11-18T00:04:15.000Z

This is absolutely brilliant. So the ipad is being grabbed and sampled live right for the LFO scratches?

The beat was pretty funky too. Great effort as always.