OCTATRACK / TD3 Slide

Elektron Gear Octatrack
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Hello Elektronauts,

Just got TD3 to pair with Octatrack’s midi capabilities. TD3’s internal sequencing is just rocket science for me ))

At this point everything is connected properly, audio and midi as well. Midi notes notes are recieved from Octa, Accent corresponds to velocity trigs but slide is not working. Was scrolling through similar topics and was mentioned that this particular problem is solved via firmware update on TD3.
*UPDATED firmware but problem stays the same.

Maybe some settings must be changed on Octa ? I don’t know…

Please share your experience , I’m pretty sure that there are much more experienced people than me so any thoughts will be much appreciated

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Slide on the TD-3 works when a midi note overlaps the next one. On the Octa I’d try to use the legato mode.

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Can you give me a little insight where to find that legato mode ?

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Sure! It’s on the arp page.

This thread might be of use: Octatrack MIDI Legato '303' Slides Video & Introduction

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Thank you! I’ll try and will make an update

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I’ll add that the arp page isn’t a bad place to explore and possibly remain when sequencing your td-3. Some happy accidents, unexpected time signatures, and fun stutters can occur there(if memory serves). Utilize your parameter locks. Ya know what, I gotta get back to that combo. It’s been a while. Thanks for reminding me.

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And yes, legato needs to be turned on, or parameter-locked per step. Have fun.

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I didn’t try TD3 with OT’s arp yet…tempting…

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So I’ve played with Legato mode on. That’s doing slides as I wanted, only the weird behaviour is that won’t slide between the same notes. For example if one step is C1 and next step is C1 as well, it won’t slide, If I change the note value than it starts sliding. Long story short, If I want to slide, the step must have different note value than previous step. Weird!

Hope it makes sense

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Nope. Normal behaviour.
Legato On.
First note needs to overlap the second next one.
Eg 1st note length 1/8th next step 1/16th, bingo slide event.

Of course there is no slide between C1 and C1, those are the same pitch. There is no where to slide to or from.

Legato means hold note down while playing next one.

All slide/glide events sequenced from octatrack to any external synth are done in this way.

Also, all slide/glide events sequences on say digitone, done in the exact same way.

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You are right , I was expecting exact same behaviour of 303 sequencer. And lost the logic )))

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Thank you guys ! Everything is working fine and It is already fun ! Cheers :heart:

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Here is some experimental sequencing with Arp , quite educational , worth to check the channel in general .

Midi Arp Sequencing

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Slides between same note on 303 like sequencers ? :sketchy:

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It’s very possible it’s was my imagination but the slides I got when sequencing the TD-3 externally (via a few different devices) never were quite the same as those from the internal sequencer, that liquid gurgley glide wasn’t quite right

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Yep, for example if you want looong C1 note than
you have to chain 4 (C1) steps with slides , you can not make just 1 long step on it . That’s how x0xb0x worked at least …

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Originaly the gate length is 1/32 on TB 303 , on TD3 as well. I don’t know the exact gate length of slided notes , my guess is that it’s 1/16 or 1/8. That’s the information what you should keep in mind I think to achieve similar results with external sequencing.

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Those are ties.
Not slides.

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You can put it that way. I’m sayin that tied notes are achieved with chainig of couple of steps by slide. Again , that’s how it is on x0xb0x.

On Octatrack you can just make long gate simply without chaining steps with slide , that’s the point I was refering to.

As I mantioned above I was expecting the same behaviour from an Octa , which is not a necessity for sure. Just long gate , done . :slight_smile: