im on my 4th day with the OT and im trying to either export the tracks and I guess by that I mean resample them and save as wav. file? which any advice on how to do that would be appreciated. or just record direct into DAW which I’ve done and sounds horrible and loses a lot of clarity, not so much distorted which I would think it would be more of a gain staging issue. any tips or ways you get the audio OUT of the OT?
I just take my L+R main outs into a small mixer which then goes direct to my Focusrite 2i4 - no quality loss or signal degradation. I record a stereo track in Logic Pro X.
What are you recording into?
I usually resample with OT.
Memory Config > Dynamic Recorders = Yes.
Without samples in Ram :
16 bits : 8m28s (508s)
24 bits : 5m39s (339s)
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Right through an Apollo twin into logic. thanks for the response
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so are you able to resample all 8 tracks into one? which u can then drag from the Octatrack through usb?
or one track at a time then arrange it in a daw? sorry if im missing the obvious.
No midi or audio thru USB. Only for CF card.
Resample sources are the 8 tracks T1-T8, CUE, MAIN.
You can record 8 individual tracks at a time with the 8 recorders (limited to 1mn at 16 bit depending on RAM).
You can record CUE for a premix.
You can record MAIN, for main mix, or individual tracks in solo…
Recording stuff through the Apollo should sound great. Check your signal isn’t too hot?
thats what I was expecting, so not sure what the problem is. heres a clip of what it sounds like " distorted " it sounds hollow/thin/airy compared to listening directly on the Octatrack.
Couldn’t listen to the audio, but your description “hollow/thin/airy” may indicate a phasing issue, which sometimes is caused by an unwanted audio feedback loop.
Example: If a monitoring signal is overlayed with the original recording signal, such a degradation can happen, because there will be a tiny time difference between the signals and phasing effects will kill many frequencies. The result can sound like blowing through a tube or singing in a chamber (hollow), mid-frequencies are lost (thin/airy). In this case switching off the monitoring helps. This effect exists always, if we mix two identical signals with tiny time differences (it’s the principle of phasers, flangers, comb-filters etc.).
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