Hey guys
Is it possible to record different material onto multiple trigs on one track? So I have a flex machine going, and I want to record something onto the first step. Then, record something else on the 9th step. Without recording those in the same take.
Have a feeling it isn’t possible …
Thx!
You can assign different samples to different trigs on the same track by holding a trig and turning the knob that normally does track volume and select any sample that you have in the flex slot list. From memory I think the procedure is called ‘sample lock’.
yep, sounds like you want to create a sample with material A, a second sample of material B, and use sample locks to switch between samples on the same track.
however, when you trigger material B on the 9th step, material B will start playing from the very beginning. instead, you may want it to start playing from the 9th step.
solution 1) if A and B are the same length, create a slice grid and turn on slices. now when you sample-lock material B on the 9th step, it should play the 9th step of material B
solution 2) if the samples arent the same length, slices may not help. when you sample-lock material B on the 9th step, also:
[ul]
[li]p-lock STRT on the Playback page start to 9[/li]
[li]p-lock Hold on the Amp page to the number of steps you want the sample to play for[/li]
[li]p-lock Rel on the Amp page to zero.[/li]
[/ul]
i’m doing all of this by memory, but i think it will work.
hope this helps.
Nice tips. I hadn’t thought about switching samples on the same track and them not starting from their begining. Sure I will at some point tho and this sounds like nice way to do it 
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[quote=“robotunes”]yep, sounds like you want to create a sample with material A, a second sample of material B, and use sample locks to switch between samples on the same track.
however, when you trigger material B on the 9th step, material B will start playing from the very beginning. instead, you may want it to start playing from the 9th step.
solution 1) if A and B are the same length, create a slice grid and turn on slices. now when you sample-lock material B on the 9th step, it should play the 9th step of material B
solution 2) if the samples arent the same length, slices may not help. when you sample-lock material B on the 9th step, also:
[ul]
[li]p-lock STRT on the Playback page start to 9[/li]
[li]p-lock Hold on the Amp page to the number of steps you want the sample to play for[/li]
[li]p-lock Rel on the Amp page to zero.[/li]
[/ul]
i’m doing all of this by memory, but i think it will work.
hope this helps.
[/quote]
Nice tips. I hadn’t thought about switching samples on the same track and them not starting from their begining. Sure I will at some point tho and this sounds like nice way to do it [/quote]
hope it helps!
OT frustrates the hell out of new users, because it does so many things and there are so many ways of doing them.
after a few months of working with it and hanging out here to ask questions, you start seeing that having multiple ways of doing things is actually a blessing, not a curse. it will change the way you view samples/sampling and, if you experiment enough, it will change the way you make music. how many instruments can you say that about?
the deeper you get into the OT, the more you realize what a thing of beauty it is.
but it’s definitely not for everybody.
Thanks guys!
Oh yeah I’m deep into the octatrack and love it so far, its true to keep an open mind and clearly it can do things no other machine has been able to.
But I was actually after this scenario:
With a microphone, for instance, record one word on the first trig (in real time, quantize record). That starts playing back.
Then, set up a sample trig on, say, 13, and quantize record in real time another vocal noise onto that trig. etc etc
It would be a really cool way to build tracks, with guitar, bass, whatever … It’s different than recording on a flex and slicing (which has to be done all in one take).
I’m assuming this can’t be done because it just re-records over that same slot.
(Originally that is what I would’ve thought recording trigs do), but as I understand those, they keep re-recording onto that same slot.
sounds like a job for pickup machines, which allow you to make layered recordings. but i have no experience with them… yet.
have you tried experimenting with pickup machines?