In this way, you can, for example, have a sample that is spread over only three cells (i.e. cut into three slices).
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Thanks. As I mentioned, I should probably wait to receive my units before asking these questions.
question anyway
Simple example :
Letās say you have a drum sample that is two bars in 3/4. In other terms, 6 beat long. Is there a way to have the 6 first cells access to the start of the 6 beats ?
Yes, thatās possible and what I tried to explain before. 
(as long as the track length including the āemptyā cells is not longer than 10.9 sec)
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Perfect, thanks for taking the time to answer !
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Yep @chapelierfou, as said @ccr. Another solution is to record up to 8 beats. And use 6.
I think that you can load files with the right length at a given tempo. Then record over it (replace mode), it will have the same length.
If the tempo is defined, that way you can play and record 6 beats, the recording will be 8 beats and you donāt have to trim.
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You canāt edit each cell as a slice.
Trim (start / end) only on tracks.
So the trimmed sample length is divided in 8 cells in the Y axe. Each of the 4 grain emitters can shilft playback start position precisely with REL Y, and this can be modulated by step lfo or keytracking for instance.
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I really thought Iād be able to glean some workflow expectations on this thing, but so far itās alluding me. Still kinda want it though
yeah, it is really hard to understand what it does by watching videos. I have started reading the manual.
Did you have some before buying Octatrack ? Not only one way to use itā¦I couldnāt imagine the possibilities without trying it. Manual and demos couldnāt suffice, because I used it my way.
Same for Tempera. I am not interested in any workflow from someone else. Much easier to understand it with practice.
The samples slicing and granular background helps of course.
To get sound, place an emitter on track 1 (X), cell 1 (Y), and play a note with the keyboard overlay.
By default cell 1 is played with Length = 1 cell and density 1. That cell is repeated, as a slice.
If you increase density and reduce length you start to get into granular territory : add spray to give jitter to playback position, pan jitter, tune spread, and you can get a multi osc synth from any sourceā¦
Here is the playlist I made before buying Tempera. Quite a few informationsā¦
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF_fVWYMla-Nm2b-lt8dCpdVekjqyBB8D&si=NAPR1ihgP0_AjDaP
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Thanks man!
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Iāve been reading the manual. In your opinionā¦ How deep tempera is? Is there a wide sound palette? Thanks! (Iām asking because manual is short but I guess it doesnāt imply that Tempera isnāt deep enough)
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I do have a Tempera but I donāt understand it either 
You beed a scinetific mind for this beast: many mathematical parameters affect each others.
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The thing is rhythmic is more dictated by the emitters than the tracks. Actually you can replace ātracksā by ālanesā, that will put less confusion to understand whatās going on.
The Discord is very active and there was a lengthy discussion to introduce a x:y:z parameter that would act a bit like semi euclidean, allowing some very interesting stuff out of the 4/4 dictatorship 
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Thereās no sound palette as such: the Tempera doesnāt produce sound like a synth which would have a VCO. You need to feed it with samples then itās all about how you set things to read them.
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And you can feed it with VCO samples, wavetablesā¦It can be a very good synth.
Tonight I fed Tempera Live Grains it with Hydrasynth with one single note (wavetable drone with polyaftertouch), disabling its pitch keytracking.
I controlled Tempera notes with Hydraās notes via midi.
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This is why you rock! And i think this might be the best path with it too. It sorta seems like a puzzle, played and sampled into to solve it or something like that.
Im not even sure i like using it with premade looped samples. Its fun for a second but i have way more fun sitting down and sampling guitar, bass, vocals, a beat from a different instrument into itā¦ā¦
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Mine arrived yesterday. Itās great. Iām exploring it. At first it was very confusing but now I can see a little bit of itās potential. It remembers me to Absynth wich is one of my favourites vst of all time.
Correcte if Iām wrong but it doesnāt have FX parameters modulation, wich would be absolutely awesome.
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Probably not much new for those of you already deeply involved in the subject. But perhaps a little help for anyone who has trouble tackling their own canvas from scratch, and for anyone who the āexoticā appearance of the Tempera gives the impression that this device is complicated to use.
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Hi there I canāt find the Discord server of Beetlecrab Audio? Iāve checked on the website but no link
Is it wtill active? thanks
