2nd OT I just bought, this is MK1, (just put in the latest firmware 1.40 yesterday) I had a MK2 w/similar problems— could never get live sampling to work…
Recording from a mixer out into AB, I see the signal green/red light in Record AB, the little tape is moving and I assume recording, and I playback with a trig initiated, I literally watched the freakin video 10 times. I rebooted to factory setting etc., my head is gonna explode.
Something with the sampling/loop/edit menu no doubt. o assignment of the sample.
Damn. Maybe take a break. We’ve all been there.
What are your settings on your record machine?
You can watch the audio being recorded by pressing the track you are recording on and hitting bank.
What kind of trig are you using? Are you in rec or play mode?
when i started sampling, I did not assign a new project. I just did that now, so I will see if it accepts the sample recording now. I just assumed it would sample without a new project being opened…
Let’s do first things first. In this case: get your incoming signal level right.
On a new project do nothing else than open up the mixer menu by pressing [MIX] and (temporarily) enable direct monitoring by using the DIR parameter like this:
MAIN=+0 DIR=+127 GAIN=0 in the first row (effects AB inputs)
This sends the signal from the inputs AB directly and unmodified to the main outs.
Now raise the level on your mixer device until you clearly hear the signal. The leds should be hitting orange, maybe even hitting red from time to time.
If the signal is still too low and you cannot increase the signal further on your mixer, you can use also the GAIN parameter on the mixer menu of the OT to increase the incoming signal.
(sorrily it’s too late for me here to stay further awake, but I’ll guess there are enough nice people around to take it from here)
What are the settings for your track recorder pages? Do they match the physical inputs you want to record?
Are you grid recording (using a trig to automate recording) or live recording? (Pressing active track button plus rec to start recording.
What are your memory settings?
Basically, theres nothing wrong with the octatrack, theres just some detail missing from your set up. Have a break. Sleep on it, go for a walk. Come back fresh and it will probably leap out at you.
yeah thanks, theres definitely some Brain blockage I created somewhere, had this same problem when I had the OT-MK2, and I gave up, and just made wav files from my samples and loaded to the CF card…still really pisses me off that I cant solve this, it should just work!
That’s the wrong conclusion. This large dark block from your photo means there is tons of data, but zoomed out extremely so you don’t see the details. Just use the F knob to zoom in on the x-axis to see the details …
