There are pros and cons. Slices definitely the efficient option. Slots nice in that you see names of samples.
I posted the same request on the small tweaks thread years ago. Didn’t happen in the big update but would really appreciate it
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Time when both are great but that the sample lock behaviour is annoying:
I have a hi hat track and a toms track. They both play from sliced buffers (64 hats, 64 toms). But here’s the thing - I have an alt slice slot for both (64 open hats, 64 high toms - created in the same order as their counterparts ). That way I can select the hat with the slice, and switch to an open hi hat with a sample lock (it still picks out the correct slice).
That’s when I get tired of scrolling down from slot 1 every time
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Yeah I think way back when OT was pre 1.0 and pre sample locks I asked for a way to lock samples using regular p-locks. Slice locks was one of my FR too, 1 out of 2 ain’t bad 
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exactly
Yes you are right, slices can be the way…
But that means you have to make a chains first…
I understand your point, but i dont see that as a resolution
As @darenager said earlier, you can use slot mode to play your samples.
Which means you can create sample chains by locking samples on a track, recording the track, then slicing the sample.
But otherwise sample chains are extremely easy to create with @Abhoth’s OctaChainer tool.
I even made a quick and dirty tutorial for this:
You can make some crazy stuff with sample chains, including chaining chords
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… the OT itself.
- place some sample locks on trigs
- record the pattern
- slice the recording
- save and have fun
(of course this may become quite cumbersome if you want to produce really long sample chains)
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Also cumbersome for different specific length, like tuned single waveforms.
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if what you mean is ability to control both Track Vol Lev and Track Cue Lev simultaneously, YES PLEASE i need this!
Cursor follows screen mode option in the Sample/slice edit pages.
Especially with big audio chunks, when playing, the cursor follows automatically the wave in stead of scrolling manually.
Second:
It’s been said before many times but here it is again Metering on inputs/outputs and GR meter for the compressor.
Thank you for the amazing work so far.
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Same results with VOL, and if you plocked VOL you can use XVOL (relative, with crossfader and/lfo)
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i meant that track level and track cue level stay despite changing part,pattern,banks
this way when i am working with midi controller once i set vol or cue on particular track i do not need to worry what happends when i switch to different part,pattern,bank
sure if i have snapshot function on controller that is a solution
but that is not the point,also not every controller have this
and you have to remember to press it every time you change part,pattern,bank
i am allready working on PureData patch in Raspberry PI that do this ,
basicaly i am using Nanokontrol2 for track 1-8 vol and cue ,that values are constantly stored in PD,
then i am taking Program Change message to PD from OT
so when PC occurs from OT,PD is sending stored values of vol/cue of tracks 1…8 data to OT
so far it works fine ,
only thing now i noticed is that when next pattern i swtich to is from other bank and have different part e.g. A1 (part 1) to B2 (part 2),then PD sends data but OT is too late to receive it,
i am guesing that when next pattern is from different bank and have diiferent part then previous one ,it takes more time to switch to(obviously) ,
so i am adjusting now delay between receiving PC from OT ,and PD sending all vol/cue track 1…8 data
ok so turned out that i need 210 ms delay to send data in right time,
which in turn makes audible changes,by which i mean that i can hear volume change (if sample is on 1st sequencer step) for circa 200-300 ms of that sample
is not very bad
if you stay within same BANK ,it is fine ,50ms is enough and no audible changes
but once you wanna switch between banks
you need 250 ms delay, and then is audible
so that is why if it is implemented in OT, would be faster of course(as i guess i would only require for OT to ignore stored track vol,cue data incoming from parts and and stay with global settings of 1…8 vol,cue data ,16 messages) and could be without changes being adible
and of course i meant it to be as option(maybe in PERSONALIZE menu),so one can choose,with or without
your option 
fffiiissshhh is nice as well
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Active Track Up/Down for midi tracks
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Here’s one that might be a pretty simple implementation: scale division per page with looping functionality. So you. An theoretically still have longer loops than standard 64 step 16 notes but have the advantage of accessing 32nd notes so long as you have an 1/8th note or longer on other bars.
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1.) Modern effects that don’t suck, especially reverb and filter
2.) Digitakt style display and UI graphics.
3.) Overbridge ( at minimum) , for streaming the 8 internal tracks to PC.
4.) More internal RAM ( Why not? it’s 2022 )
5.) Eight inputs instead of four
There’s no reason why the FX couldn’t be better. The Virus TI came out like five years before the Octatrack, and it has 16 multitimbral patches. Each with it’s own instance of an entire effects suite on par with modern Strymon or Eventide effects.
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OT filter,reverbs and fx’s have nothing to be shame of,they are simple,doing what they should and are musical(in my opinion filter resonance is great,its not just whistling like in maaaany other hardware running on dsp ,but actualy adding harmonics,and that is rare)
also i am sure that reverb is as good as possibly can be
new effects,and especialy reverbs!=more calculations ,and will require basicaly new cpu ,so no can do,unless OT mk3 with new cpu
please do not forget that you have a given cpu performance and that is what you have to work with.
in my opinion Elektron did amazing job on OT, sqeezing 101% out of cpu, while ensuring
overall system performance and keeping it safe from overloads(which virus TI actualy have problems with) thus keeping sequencer timing correct which is essential for musical application
that is exactly what i said before,
please dont forget virus have rudementary sequencer (no comparision to OT!),no live sampling, etc,
its aim is purely for osc and fx ,so all cpu resources goes there ,it is basicaly different machine
so this comparision is missed by far
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your requests fits rather in OT mk3 department OT mk3
i hope there is still room for some fine dialing of OT,
personaly i secretly hope something can be done to separetely control MIDI tracks just like AUDIO tracks
could be amazing if MIDI/AUDIO editing mode beign switchable via midi ,then in conjuction with MUTE focusing track when invoked via MIDI that would solved it,or active track up/down in MIDI editing mode,
or perhaps one of the CC responsable for doing that for example via auto channel
this way you have to send for example 2 extra messages e.g. cc# 100 switch to MIDI editing mode followed (possibly with some delay to give OT time to switch)by CC #101 v7 to choose MIDI track #7,
but that would give remote control over midi tracks,so you could remotely control midi lfo’s,note etc… of seperate tracks,
and maybe whats more exciting you could have midi multitrack recording ,
again you would have to send first CC’s to set the mode and track but hey ,that would work
that is my dream
so keep dreaming,that’s what being scientist is all about…
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Yes, this thread is feature requests for the existing OT.
g’day
today i want to propose quicker way to assign FILL to a trig
and also some way to mark this fact by differenttrig led color/blink
i feel this way it would be much quicker/easier/attractive to work with FILL(and other) conditions,since
rotarys do not have mechanical steps you always have to look on the screen
press&hold deisred trig(or more then one) + hit SCALE SETUP button to assign it to FILL
to mark trig maybe idea would be yellow led color?why not ,at least then you know is FILL
coming to think of it, why not yellow led to mark if any condition in a trig…?
and maybe assignable(fill,pre,nei,1st,%A:B) condition for trig + SCALE SETUP combination (in PERSONALIZE menu)
all the best
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Direct jump…that is all…
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