Is it possible to stack multiple samples on the same track/trig?
Essentially, what I like to do in a DAW is stack several Kick drums on top of one another to make a new/unique kick drum. Can I do this in the OT MK2 without having to use multiple tracks?
I know I could make the samples first in a DAW but I had hoped to take advantage of the OT features.
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I dont believe you can since tracks are mono and even locking a sample very close to the trig would cut out the first sample. You can resample them internally though, just takes a bit more time.
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Not in the way you want it, but you can utilize a temporary pattern, āstackā there the samples on different tracks and re-sample the result (single trigs or the complete pattern). IMHO there is no need to use a DAW for that.
Bonus: if you keep the temporary pattern around you can still change whatever afterwards, resample again and replace the previous result with the new one. With a little bit of practise this can become a quite fluid workflow.
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Hmm OK - I need to look into this. Are you aware of any examples on how to do this floating around on the web? Do Is search for Temporary Pattern Stack?
Thanks! Sounds interesting
- Start a new pattern
- Make track 1 the first āstackā (letās say kick 1)
- Make track 2 the second āstackā (letās say kick 2)
- Place a trig on beat 1 for both tracks 1 and 2
- Make track 8 a master (I believe this is the best way, Iām sure someone will point out something Iāve forgotten)
- Set up a recording so that it records track 8 (any rec buffer will do)
- Place a rec trig on beat 1 and now you have your stacked sample in your rec buffer
- Save the sample, assign it to a slot and now put it on a track.
This does make me wonder if recording the master is the easiest way to do it, but off the top of my head I canāt think of any other way to record two tracks at once and sum their inputā¦Except maybe cue out stuff? Which I havenāt messed with at all.
You can record either the main output, or the cue output, or any track (which can be the master track nĀ°8) by setting SRC3. Advantage of recording the master track is that you can apply processing to the stack (global EQ, filters, compressionā¦) to āglueā everything together before you sample it.
Itās pretty easy to do actually. As easy if not easier than in a DAW.
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There we go I knew I was forgetting the recording of the main output and didnāt feel like turning on my OT to check 
Great stuff - thanks so much! Will give this a go. I pick my OT up tomorrow 
Oh my youāre in for a treat. In addition to the manual (which you should already be readingā¦) you should read Merlinās Guide and read through the Noob Questions thread around here. Those all combined with just playing around with the OT will get you feeling like you understand it in no time.
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I managed to get two samples pseudostacked on the same trig same track by using the delay - with the right delay settings and p-locks you can get a sound to trig āsilentlyā on one step and then hear its echo on the next step along with a different sample which doesnāt feed into the delay.
I was looking into it because I was running out of tracks one time but concluded not worth it.
Resampling is something the OT does so well that itās usually the best way to work around restrictions. I sometimes have separate banks within a project for generating the resampled stuff/track-saving bounces, so that I can go back to them, tweaks and remake if needed.
Resampling is good for working round another OT restriction too - pitching up more than an octave.
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Man, that gives me the idea of live track combining re-sampling. You got all your tracks going, you switch to another pattern part that combines several or all into one or two tracks, switch again to a pattern/part that plays the resample and now you got a bunch of free tracks. All without stopping.
OT just goes on and on.
(Edit:I guess thatās pretty similar to transition trick which Iāve done before, but good to be reminded anyway, itās been awhileā¦ )
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Silently? More details please?
Iām working on this with the One Year Lab, we have to use only 1 track, 1 part, a sample chain, and the track recorder.
I stacked loops with long delay and feedback, but Iād like to record a new stacked sample chain on the flyā¦
Tape echo off.
I think he means with delay full wet. It plays into the fx, but you wonāt hear it immediately.
Maybe but as the Dry level is Fx2 Setup page (non plockable), it wouldnāt be a solution for me.
I canāt get to OT for a while so hereās my hazy recollection that may help - pretty sure it used the freeze delay type setup where the send becomes like a toggle - zero does something, above zero does something else - and also there are some settings in the setup page to do with whether you can hear the source. It wasnāt just control of wet/dry, but I believe there is a setting in setup page where the send knob (plockable) can become a mix knob.
Sorry not to give better details - when I get a chance I will - but right now canāt even look up in manual so forgive vague terms and good luck!
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OT needs practice, itās not a bike! 
Thanks. I already tried Freeze delay, but as it uses Setup Lock I/O Iām not sure Iāll use it (no part changes allowed).
I think already found enough interesting stuff to make a stacked sample chain. Not simple!
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