Project Organization

I’m a noobile OT owner of two days now. I studied the instrument via forums, online tutorials, and the manual PDF for about two months before making the purchase, and I thought I had a good grasp on the hierarchical structure of the OT… until today!

I’m only just getting the hang of this beast, but I eventually plan to use it for three different bands I play in, in addition to a more electronic-oriented project of my own. I created five different projects under one set: one for each musical endeavor, plus one for a sort of experimental “playground” or sample workshop.

I attempted a jam session last night with reasonable results with one band. Today, I tried to begin work on a new song for that project. I was under the impression that a bank would serve as a “composition” or song. Now I’m not so sure. In bank 1, I had a thru machine that was receiving the output of a Kaossilator for that particular song. In bank 2, I added a thru machine for the same purpose, but the Kaossilator seemed to be operating under the parameters of bank 1 and would not respond to adjustments to the thru machine parameters of bank 2. What am I doing wrong here? On top of that, I found that changing the BPM in bank 2 changed the BPM of bank 1 as well. I intend to have different tempos for different songs and would prefer to have them saved, though I understand that manually adjusting the BPM is not a particularly arduous task.

It seems that banks do not function as independent compositions as I would like them to. Will I be better off making a new project for each song and creating a new set for each band I plan to use the OT with? I’m kind of leaning in that direction and wondering if there are any consequences I should prepare for regarding file management if I choose to go this route. It seems like the CF card could get messy that way.

Yes.
Consequences? Few if you are able to organize your projects with meaningful names. Usually I begin a project using the default project name - if it turns into something I want to keep I will “Save as New”.