Playing octatrack like a wavetable voice synth

[Masterblaster]

What is the best configuration of track’s parameters for playing single or complex wave samples like a synth engine?

How playable is morphing between scenes with different samples each? Does it sound good?

[hrrld]

https://www.elektronauts.com/search?q=single%20cycle%20%23elektron-gear:octatrack

[Merv]

Here’s a premade OT set named monolith, with instructions included. Good playground for trying out these kinds of configurations, comes with a load of single cycles as well:

http://project1404.com/monolith2/

Here’s an elektronauts thread about the project:

Octatrack Monolith

Octatrack Monolith : turn your Octatrack into a 4 voice wavetable synthesizer So, basically some nice guy (Note: Not me, I’m just a messenger!) has set up a project and provided a bunch of Single Cycle Wave Forms (SCWF) sourced from Adventure Kid, to turn your Octatrack into a four oscillator, two filter subtractive synth with effect slots. In essence: T01: Oscillator 1 via SCWF loaded into a Flex Machine T02: Oscillator 2 via SCWF loaded into a Flex Machine T03: Oscillator 3 v…

I haven’t delved too much in myself, but I have used single-cycle chains and p-locked STRT with slides/scenes to sweep the cycles. Works ok, i’d say i’ve had more interesting results from just trimming samples super short and playing them chromatically, far easier to get weird timbral variations if that’s what you’re after. Happy cycling!

[Masterblaster]

@hrrld @Merv I must have searched for the wrong keywords because I had no results, thanks