Sampling whole instruments for Octatrack

The OTs the kind of thing where you can sample yourself sitting down to the piano, clearing your throat, opening up the cover of the keys, playing one note, and with that create an entire track with beats, melodies, sound effects, glitched out rhythms, and more…

You can do what you would like to do in various ways, but if I were you I’d take a step back and start by simply exploring the various features of the OT and how they work. Maybe sample a note and a chord and see what you can do with it. Maybe add some beats with factory samples… Create some scenes, have fun!

Basically I wouldn’t spend too much time setting up anything before you have a good idea of what you can do with it. By starting very simply and learning things you’ll gain a better idea of how to go about doing what you would like to do, or you’ll change your mind completely and become more excited about some other idea you have…

Are you wanting to make full tunes with beats and everything on the OT, or do you want to use it more as a single instrument for certain duties to be used with other gear? Or maybe you don’t even know yet?
Perhaps tell us more about the type of music you play and what is your vision of using the OT / what place do you see it having in your rig?

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