Having a hard time tracking my octatrack into studio one
It’s tedious recording the individual tracks separately and I have clock issues where when I align to grid in the DAW and it often sounds off in timing
Does anyone know ways around this maybe some way of multi tracking changing the clock or even linking the record and play buttons
The OT is the center of my studio and need to find a better system of recording into the box, I’ve thought about linking another sampler with multiple outs with the OT and see if that works
Basically, there is no perfect way of doing this. I have a workflow with Bitwig. I use Midi Offset only. This starts the clock a little late to make up for latency. I test it with a 4/4 BD. I also, just do what you call tedious, an record track by track. Although if I did find that tedious, I would go to my arranger and use track mutes to arrange the individual parts out, then hit play and walk away. Then after that, go back and split it all up. For years, before I found my workflow, I just recorded into Ableton without sync, then went to the first beat and set warp from there. Anyways, you could search this forum for sync, and you will find loads of advice. Good luck.
Just recently got an Octatrack mk2 so I know this is going to be an issue I’ll be brushing up against once I get to know it better. Based on my manual reading I think I’ve figured out how I’m going to achieve this, but it’s going to involve buying a new audio interface that can eat four inputs minimum. I’ll use the cue outs in addition to the main outs. This will allow me to dump four tracks at a time in mono, for example Track 1 and 2 panned hard left and right, Track 3 and 4 sent to the cues also panned hard left and right respectively. If I need them to be stereo then I’ll only be able to do 2 at a time.
Obviously none of this is ideal. This machine is damn near perfect, the only thing I would add is the ability to record the 8 separate outs to the CF card directly while performing. Not sure if Elektron is even able to swing something like with the hardware, but if they can please do!
I’ve always had a little latency recording hardware whether it is simultaneous multitracking or one track at a time. Trimming audio hardware recordings in a DAW is just part of the process imho. Some people smarter than me will tell you how to mitigate it but probably not avoid it entirely : )
Set up each recorder for whatever length you need. For more than 64 steps, use max- go to your memory, reserve length- 256 steps is 32 seconds. Once you have your recorders set, put a oneshot trig on each recorder. Then hit func/yes. Hit play. Should work.
Yes…Hit func and then the trig. The rec trig should light up yellow. That’s a one shot trig. When you hit func/yes in record mode, it should arm all trigs. Actually that’s 2 buttons, but whatever.
I’m using Studio One as well and have a setup where I’m tracking the OT and my entire mixer’s direct outputs and I’m doing this for both multi track recordings (usually done in the start - printing the basics from OT Arranger) and individual tracks such as syncing along to those initial multi tracks.
I find that using Studio One with a Presonus interface (using Studio 192 mobile) is the first thing to take care of. Any of the Presonus interfaces allowing for the HW ”zero”- latency mode is the key. This actually gives me the feeling of just recording into a tape recorder - being able to play for example the upright piano without worrying about the drift.
Another massively important device for the clock sync to allow for individual tracks to be added on top of the ”foundation” is the Expert Sleepers USAMO. It’s using one of the audio outs of your interface instead of relying on midi (for that part) and then you’re able to fine tune as well as select what to actually send out (from the USAMO to OT there’s regular MIDI).
I’m finding that I can run the OT looped to a specific section in Studio One over and over again without drifting - allowing me to perform multiple takes and actually comp them together if needed.
I’ve just done it this way with the USAMO for a few months but it’s been solid - very much recommended!
It took me, arguably not that smart, about 10 minutes to get it running. There’s a test procedure where you feed it in and out of MIDI and then activate the clock, SPP, etc. When doing that, the red led on the unit starts flashing and you just simply turn the knob next to it and follow the on-screen feedback of the log to complete it.
It’s (I’m sure you know but just writing for possible other interested ) a VST instrument with it’s own track and trigger for it’s VST interface. In that interface you simply active/de-activate clock, SPP, and 0 separately. In the instrument track you just select whatever output to send to and then the red led should start blinking as hell and you’re good to go .
I’ll also add that if you don’t have a Presonus interface with this HW-optimised latency, you could probably make it work by offsetting the recording (as mentioned by someone else above) in the recording preferences.
) a VST instrument with it’s own track and trigger for it’s VST interface. In that interface you simply active/de-activate clock, SPP, and 0 separately. In the instrument track you just select whatever output to send to and then the red led should start blinking as hell and you’re good to go 
