User Manual

17. OCTATRACK MKII TUTORIALS
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To permanently link the start point and ORIGINAL TEMPO settings to the sample, use the
SAVE SAMPLE SETTINGS command found in the FILE menu.
17.4 THE OCTATRACK MKII AS A DJ DECK
The Octatrack MKII can function as a complete DJ setup, eliminating the need for both DJ decks and a DJ
mixer.
1. Connect a pair of headphones to the Octatrack MKII headphones output.
2. Double press [TRACK 1] to open the QUICK ASSIGN menu. Assign a Static machine to track 1. Press
[TRACK 5] and assign a Static machine to track 5. This makes it easier to remember where the dierent
tracks you are going to mix between are located. The left block of tracks could be said to represent one
DJ deck and the right track block another. Make sure none of the tracks contain any trigs.
3. Double-click either [TRACK 1] or [TRACK 5] to open the Static sample slot list. Select an empty sample
slot and press [YES] to open the file browser. Select a long sample, preferably a complete song, and
press [YES] to load it to the sample slot. Load three or four songs to the Static sample slot list.
4. Prepare the songs as described in the tutorial “PREPARING LOOPS AND SAMPLES” on page 136. This
will time stretch or time compress them so they play in sync with Octatrack MKII BPM.
5. Double-click [TRACK 1] to open the Static sample slot list. Assign one of the songs to the Static machine
of track 1. Press [TRACK 5] and assign another song to the Static machine of track 5.
6. Press [MIXER] to open the MIXER menu. Make sure MIX is set so a cue signal will be audible once a
track is cued.
7. Assign a Scene to Scene A by pressing [SCENE A] + a [TRIG] key. Assign a Scene to Scene B by press-
ing [SCENE B] + a [TRIG] key. We assume scene 1 was assigned to Scene A and scene 2 to Scene B.
8. Select track 1 and press and hold [SCENE A]. Note how the LEV parameter changes to XLV. While keep-
ing [SCENE A] pressed, turn the LEVEL knob so XLV is set to MAX. Release [SCENE A] and press and
hold [SCENE B]. Turn the LEVEL knob so XLV is set to MIN.
9. Select track 5 and press and hold [SCENE A]. While keeping [SCENE A] pressed, turn the LEVEL knob
so XLV is set to MIN. Release [SCENE A] and press and hold [SCENE B]. Turn the LEVEL knob so XLV
is set to MAX. When the crossfader is at its leftmost position only the audio from track 1 will be routed to
the main outputs. When it is at its rightmost position only the audio from track 2 will be routed to the main
outputs. Any other crossfader position will mix the between the audio of the tracks.
10. Set the crossfader to its leftmost position. Make sure GRID RECORDING mode is not active and press
[TRIG 9] to trig the machine of track 1. The sample assigned to the machine will start playing through the
main outputs.
11. Press [CUE] + [TRACK 5] to cue listen to the other song using the headphones. When it is time to mix in
song 2, first trig it by pressing [TRIG 13] at the downbeat of song 1. Then slide the crossfader from left
to right. Song 2 will now be heard, mixed in sync with song 1. Press [CUE] + [TRACK 5] to de-cue song 2.
12. Assign a new sample to the Static machine of track 1. Press [CUE] + [TRACK 1] to cue the new song.
Trig it by pressing [TRIG 9] at the downbeat of song 2. Slide the crossfader from right to left to mix in the
new song.
Prepare a DJ set by loading a lot of songs to the Static sample slot list. The songs should be
prepared according to the tutorial “17.3 PREPARING LOOPS AND SAMPLES” on page 109.
This will make it easy to mix between songs.
Use the track eects to make for example filter sweep transitions when mixing between two
songs.