Had the Octatrack a couple of months and still trying to tame this wild machine.
I noticed in the factory patterns some of the scenes only do the parameter changes when the fader is at the halfway point. I’ve tried looking through the manual and searching online but can’t seem to figure out how to set this up.
My desired goal is to have it so that some parameter changes only happen when I fully engage Scene B. (I can go into the specifics about what I’m trying to accomplish, if that helps.)
Is this possible or are the only options smooth interpolation from one scene to another, or simply engaging at the halfway point? Is it possible to have some parameters in a scene smoothly transition while others only switch at a certain point?
No worries. I guess what I’m asking then is how do I switch a parameter from a gradient to a binary scene change. And is it possible to do some parameters on a gradient while others in the same scene are binary?
Also, can I set where the binary jump happens or is it always at the halfway point.
It’s not possible to choose. I guess the freeze delay on the factory pattern works like that because (iirc, I don’t really use it) if delay send is 0 it will be active, otherwise no. And I guess the send is 1 by default and 0 on the Scene so when the fader reaches the midpoint it is interpreted to be 0 for this purpose.
Each parameter has a different number of states, i.e. values.
Playback Pitch has 120
Playback Start has 127
Amp XVol has 2
Crossfader has 128 values [*], that then need to be diluted down into parameter values.
Imagine that the crossfader goes from 0 to 11, and we have different target parameters.
Two values? When the crossfader is between 0 and 5, the target parameter is set to 0. When the crossfader is between 6 and 11, the target parameter is set to 1.
Ah, okay. So parameters are either gradient or binary. So it seems like what I’m trying to achieve isn’t possible then.
I’ve got a track that I wanted the rate to slowly transition down to single digits, and then once the crossfader fully hit scene B (the 11 position in that chart) suddenly have the amp vol jump to zero as well.
I understand there are other ways to accomplish this but I was hoping I could automate it in one movement with the fader.
A parameter can be switched in the middle position : RATE.
It switches from normal to reverse with these settings :
RATE with TSTR mode, with TSTR = Off
With lfo designer you can set 2 values, and freeze 1 value with a SPEED 0 assigned to a scene.
You can cut or engage sound in any position of the crossfader, using an lfo designer to offset the position. It works, I just made a test.
Thanks for asking !
Found another trick.
No worries. I guess what I’m asking then is how do I switch a parameter from a gradient to a binary scene change. And is it possible to do some parameters on a gradient while others in the same scene are binary?
