I’m new here and to the OT. Have an OT mk1 with midi out to my synth (Micromonsta) and audio coming in from the synth to inputs C-D on the OT.
I switch to MIDI and set track 5 to output to midi channel 11 and set the synth to rec on channel 11 and set trig mode to Chromatic and use the trigs to play notes on the synth. Sounds good. I play my sequence and hear my synth playing as I touch the trigs.
But can I sample the notes that I play live? Doesn’t seem possible since you have to flip over to the MIDI tracks to play the synth, but then I can’t record. And if I go back to the audio side then I no longer am able to play the synth on the trigs.
I realize I can set the trigs to play the synth - or live record those trigs in the midi channel - and sample that - but was looking for a way to record live from the synth using the OT trigs.
On the midi side you can long-press a track button then the appropriate recording source button, then release the track button. This will make the corresponding buffer start recording according to your rec trig setup without leaving the midi side
Not correct.
All functions of all layers (midi, audio, recorders) on all tracks are available concurrently.
Either by the above method (long press) while sequencer not running, or automated with trigs while sequencer is running.
But to be clear - and this is not a big deal I am just trying to learn - if you’ve got the sequencer playing and you are in MIDI playing chromatically, you can only live record trigs, you can’t live sample your playing. Is that correct?
Live recording is recording what your are playing. It is then visible on the trigs.
Since 1.40 you also have an option to record the length of your note (not sure if it affects external hardware, live recording or both TBH).
I didn’t try yet to check if your recording is not quantized wether trigs are played at the time you play them. Then they should appear as micro timed in the grid recording mode.
No, not correct.
You can sample anything at any time. This process can be automated. Or not.
This allows you to do other things at the same time, for example- playing midi tracks chromaticly.
He says to use the Recorder Trig Sampling method, that means I basically have to set a recorder trig up before I go to the MIDI tracks, which is totally fine. I was asking specifically if there’s a way to initiate sampling from the MIDI side while the sequencer is running. I apologize if I’m being very dumb here. I just don’t see how.
You set up your parameters for a recorder (i.e. recorder 1) being on track 1 with FN+Rec 1 and FN+Rec 2. On that same track you put a record trig and a play trig.
Then when you are in Midi mode, pressing Track1+Rec1 will record input A/B
Track1+Rec2 will record input C/D
Track1+Rec3 will record internal
This last thing depends on the settings you entered for the track recorder.
You can trigger sampling manually also, you don’t have to use recorder trigs!
Manual sampling can be quantized (QREC parameter in the Recording Setup 2), or unquantized, recorder trigs can be one shot trigs, that only execute once and then have to be re-armed.
When in midi mode, you can press any of the track buttons + audio record A/B or audio record C/D to sample from external sources. When Record Quick Mode (personalize menu) is on, you can sample on the active track by pressing Record A/B or Record C/D only.
OT Mk2 has a dedicated button for resampling, which Mk1 does not have. Resampling internal tracks is done by pressing track button + midi on the Mk1.
OT will sample then according to the settings you made in recording setup.
If you set QREC to ‘pattern’, you can trigger sampling and OT will sample when the pattern reaches step 1.
If you have already a trigger on a flex machine set, OT will automatically play what you have sampled.
Also you can initiate recording manually to start after a set duration - for example after one pass of the pattern using the quick sampling method @Schnork describes, you can find the QREC (quantised recording) function in the record setup menu.
