User Manual

16. OCTATRACK MKII SETUP EXAMPLES
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4. Exit the menu and open the PROJECT>MIDI>CHANNELS menu. Set the auto channel to 16. Now the
active track, regardless if it is an audio or MIDI track, will always respond to messages sent on this
channel.
5. Press [MIDI] to access the MIDI mode of the Octatrack MKII.
6. Select track 1 and either double-tap the [SRC] key or press [FUNC] + [SRC] to open the NOTE SET-
UP page. Turn knob A to set CHAN to 1. Press the knob to confirm the choice. MIDI track 1 now sends
out data on MIDI channel 1. This track will control the synthesizer.
7. Repeat the procedure for MIDI track 2, but set the MIDI channel to 2. This track now controls the
synth module.
8. Now it is time to set the CC messages that will be possible to record and lock by the Octatrack MKII
MIDI sequencer. In this tutorial the filter cuto parameter of the synthesizer will be set so it is record-
able by turning the cuto knob of the synthesizer directly. Select track 1 and open the CTRL 1 SETUP
menu by either double-tapping [FX1] or pressing [FUNC] + [FX1].
9. To avoid having to assign the CC value of the cuto knob of the synthesizer manually, the MIDI learn
functionality can be used. Press [FUNC] + knob C to initiate the MIDI learn function.
10. Turn the cuto knob of the synthesizer. That CC value will automatically be assigned to the CC1 SET-
UP parameter.
11. For track 2, the cuto CC value of the synth module needs to be assigned manually. Open the CTRL
1 SETUP menu of track two, look up the CC value for the cuto knob in the synth module manual and
assign this value to the CC1 SETUP parameter.
12. The Octatrack MKII can now sequence the two synths using the MIDI sequencer. When entering LIVE
RECORDING mode, selecting track 1 and turning the cuto knob of the synthesizer, the knob move-
ments will be recorded by the Octatrack MKII MIDI sequencer. Parameter locks can also be applied
in the same way. Press and hold a [TRIG] key, turn the cuto knob of the synthesizer and the chosen
value will be locked to the step. It is of course also possible to sequence the cuto knob by turning the
C knob when the CTRL 1 MAIN page is active. To control the cuto parameter of the synth module,
select MIDI track 2, make the CTRL 1 page active and turn the C knob.
The keyboard of the synthesizer can now control both the audio tracks of the Octatrack MKII as well as
play melodies on both the synthesizer itself and the synth module. To make the synthesizer play itself,
simply make MIDI track 1 active. Use the keyboard to play the synthesizer module by selecting MIDI track
2. Incoming notes from the keyboard can be real time recorded on the MIDI tracks when in LIVE RE-
CORDING mode.