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Table Of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION
- 1.1 CONVENTIONS IN THIS MANUAL
2. THE BACKGROUND OF THE OCTATRACK MKII
- 2.1 SUGGESTED APPLICATIONS OF THE OCTATRACK MKII
3. PANEL LAYOUT AND CONNECTORS
- 3.1 FRONT PANEL
- 3.2 REAR CONNECTORS
- 3.3 OCTATRACK MKII ACCESSORIES
  - 3.3.1 RACK MOUNT KIT
  - 3.3.2 CARRYING BAG AND PROTECTIVE LID
- 3.4 THE COMPACT FLASH CARD READER
  - 3.4.1 COMPACT FLASH CARD SPECIFICATIONS
- 3.5 CONNECTING THE UNIT
- 3.6 CARE INSTRUCTIONS
4. OVERVIEW OF THE OCTATRACK MKII STRUCTURE
- 4.1 SETS
- 4.2 AUDIO POOL
- 4.3 PROJECTS
- 4.4 FLEX AND STATIC SAMPLE SLOT LISTS
- 4.5 BANKS
- 4.6 PATTERNS
- 4.7 PARTS
- 4.8 SCENES
- 4.9 ARRANGEMENTS
- 4.10 TRACKS
- 4.11 MACHINES
- 4.12 HOW INFORMATION IS HANDLED
5. THE USER INTERFACE
- 5.1 MENUS AND WINDOWS
- 5.2 PARAMETER EDITING
  - 5.2.1 QUICK PARAMETER EDITING
  - 5.2.2 PARAMETER VALUE JUMP
- 5.3 QUICK SCROLLING
- 5.4 COPY, CLEAR AND PASTE
- 5.5 THE NAMING MENU
  - 5.5.1 POP-UP MENU NAMING
6. QUICK START
- 6.1 DEMO MODE
- 6.2 MOUNTING A SET AND LOADING A PROJECT
  - 6.2.1 MOUNTING A SET
  - 6.2.2 LOADING A PROJECT
- 6.3 LOADING SAMPLES
  - 6.3.1 ASSIGNING A MACHINE TO A TRACK
  - 6.3.2 ASSIGNING A SAMPLE TO A MACHINE
7. SETS
- 7.1 CREATING AND MOUNTING A SET
- 7.2 AUDIO POOL
  - 7.2.1 ADDING CONTENT TO THE AUDIO POOL
  - 7.2.2 AUDIO FILE COMPATIBILITY
8. PROJECTS
- 8.1 PROJECTS AND RAM MEMORY
- 8.2 LOADING AND CREATING A PROJECT
- 8.3 LOADING SAMPLES TO THE SAMPLE SLOTS
- 8.4 THE PROJECT MENU
  - 8.4.1 PROJECT
- 8.5 SYSTEM
- 8.6 CONTROL
- 8.7 MIDI
- 8.8 MIXER MENU
- 8.9 TEMPO MENU
9. TRACK RECORDERS AND PICKUP MACHINES
- 9.1 RECORDING EDIT AND SETUP MENUS
- 9.2 TRACK RECORDER SAMPLING METHODS
- 9.3 PICKUP MACHINE SAMPLING
10. BANKS, PARTS AND SCENES
- 10.1 BANKS
- 10.2 PARTS
- 10.3 SCENES
11. TRACKS
- 11.1 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FLEX AND STATIC MACHINES
- 11.2 ASSIGNING MACHINES TO TRACKS
  - 11.2.1 ASSIGNING MACHINES IN THE QUICK ASSIGN MENU
  - 11.2.2 ASSIGNING MACHINES IN THE SRC SETUP MENU
- 11.3 ASSIGNING FLEX AND STATIC SAMPLES TO MACHINES
  - 11.3.1 ASSIGNING SAMPLES IN THE QUICK ASSIGN MENU
  - 11.3.2 ASSIGNING SAMPLES IN THE SRC SETUP MENU
- 11.4 TRACK PARAMETER PAGES
- 11.5 DIRECT TRACK MUTING
- 11.6 MAIN AND CUE OUTPUTS ROUTING
12. PATTERNS
- 12.1 TRIG INDICATIONS
- 12.2 BASIC PATTERN OPERATIONS
- 12.3 RECORDING MODES
  - 12.3.1 GRID RECORDING MODE
  - 12.3.2 LIVE RECORDING MODE
- 12.4 TRIG TYPES
- 12.5 PARAMETER LOCKS
- 12.6 SAMPLE LOCKS
- 12.7 TRIG MODES
- 12.8 MIDI NOTE MAPPING FOR AUDIO TRACKS
- 12.9 SEQUENCER COPY, PASTE AND CLEAR OPERATIONS
- 12.10 TRACK TRIG EDIT MENU
- 12.11 PATTERN SETTINGS MENU
  - 12.11.1 PATTERN
- 12.12 MICRO TIMING
- 12.13 CONDITIONAL LOCKS
- 12.14 FILL MODE
- 12.15 SCALE SETUP
  - 12.15.1 NORMAL
  - 12.15.2 PER TRACK
13. THE AUDIO EDITOR
- 13.1 ACCESSING THE AUDIO EDITOR
- 13.2 AUDIO EDITOR FUNCTIONALITY
14. THE ARRANGER
- 14.1 THE ARRANGER MENU
15. THE MIDI SEQUENCER
- 15.1 ACCESSING THE MIDI SEQUENCER
- 15.2 HOW MIDI IS ROUTED
- 15.3 MIDI MODE RECORDING AND PARAMETER LOCKING
- 15.4 MIDI TRACK PARAMETER PAGES
16. OCTATRACK MKII SETUP EXAMPLES
- 16.1 OCTATRACK MKII AS A PERFORMANCE HUB
  - 16.1.1 DIR METHOD
  - 16.1.2 THRU MACHINES METHOD
- 16.2 OCTATRACK MKII WITH EXTERNAL EFFECTS
- 16.3 OCTATRACK MKII PROCESSING LIVE INSTRUMENTS
- 16.4 OCTATRACK MKII AS A DJ MIXER AND SAMPLER
  - 16.4.1 DJ MIXING USING THE DIR METHOD
  - 16.4.2 DJ MIXING USING THE THRU METHOD
- 16.5 OCTATRACK MKII AS A MIDI CONTROL CENTER
  - 16.5.1 MIDI CONTROL USING CC DIRECT CONNECT AND THE AUTO CHANNEL
17. OCTATRACK MKII TUTORIALS
- 17.1 TRACK RECORDER SAMPLING
- 17.2 LOOP REMIXING
  - 17.2.1 LOOP REMIXING USING SLICES
  - 17.2.2 LOOP REMIXING USING THE CROSSFADER
- 17.3 PREPARING LOOPS AND SAMPLES
- 17.4 THE OCTATRACK MKII AS A DJ DECK
- 17.5 THE OCTATRACK MKII AS AN EFFECTS PROCESSOR
18. STARTUP MENU
- 18.1 TEST MODE
- 18.2 EMPTY RESET
- 18.3 MIDI UPGRADE
- 18.4 SEND UPGRADE
- 18.5 EXIT
19. SUMMARY OF KEY PRESS COMBINATIONS
20. TECHNICAL INFORMATION
21. CREDITS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
APPENDIX A: MACHINE REFERENCE
- A.1 THRU MACHINE
- A.2 FLEX MACHINE
- A.3 STATIC MACHINE
- A.4 NEIGHBOR MACHINE
- A.5 PICKUP MACHINE
APPENDIX B: EFFECTS REFERENCE
- B.1 NONE
- B.2 12/24DB MULTI MODE FILTER
- B.3 2-BAND PARAMETRIC EQ
- B.4 DJ STYLE KILL EQ
- B.5 2-10 STAGE PHASER
- B.6 FLANGER
- B.7 2-10 TAP CHORUS
- B.8 SPATIALIZER
- B.9 COMB FILTER
- B.10 DYNAMIX COMPRESSOR
- B.11 LO-FI COLLECTION
- B.12 ECHO FREEZE DELAY
- B.13 GATEBOX PLATE REVERB
- B.14 SPRING REVERB
- B.15 DARK REVERB
APPENDIX C: MIDI CONTROL REFERENCE
- C.1 STANDARD NOTE MAPPING
- C.2 CHROMATIC NOTE MAPPING
- C.3 SLOTS NOTE MAPPING
- C.4 SLICES NOTE MAPPING
- C.5 QUICK MUTE NOTE MAPPING
- C.6 DELAY CONTROL NOTE MAPPING
- C.7 CTRL CHANGE MAPPINGS
- C.8 MIDI MODE CTRL CHANGE MAPPINGS
INDEX

19. SUMMARY OF KEY PRESS COMBINATIONS

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19. SUMMARY OF KEY PRESS COMBINATIONS

[REC1/2/3] + [BANK] opens the recorder buer, corresponding to the active track, in the audio editor.

[BANK] + [TRIG] selects the active bank.

[CUE] + [YES] previews the selected sample through the cue outputs while in the audio editor, the Flex or

Static sample slot lists or the ﬁle browser.

[CUE] + [AUDIO RECORD AB/CD] cues the chosen audio input.

[CUE] + [TRACK] cues the chosen track.

[CUE] + LEVEL sets the cue level of a track.

[NO] + [TRACK] will in LIVE RECORDING mode erase trigs on the track.

[NO] + KNOB push will in LIVE RECORDING mode erase parameter locks on the track.

[FUNC] + [REC1/2] opens the RECORDING SETUP menus.

[FUNC] + [REC3] opens the RECORDING EDIT menu.

[FUNC] + [BANK] opens TRACK TRIG EDIT menu. If GRID RECORDING mode is not active the PATTERN

SETTINGS menu will be opened. If the QUICK ASSIGN or SRC SETUP menus are active the selected sam-

ple will be opened in the audio editor. If the ARRANGER mode is active various options will be accessed. If

the PARTS menu is active, various options for the parts will be accessed.

[FUNC] + [CUE] reloads the active part to its saved settings.

[FUNC] + [PROJ] saves the project.

[FUNC] + [PART] to edit the current part.

[FUNC] + [AED] opens the CREATE SLICE GRID menu.

[FUNC] + [MIX] toggles the metronome on/o.

[FUNC] + [MIDI] opens the MIDI sync settings.

[FUNC] + [TRACK] mutes the chosen track.

[FUNC] + [PTN] opens the ARRANGER menu.

[FUNC] + [TRACK PARAMETER] opens the SETUP menus of the TRACK PARAMETER pages.

[FUNC] + [SCENE A/B] mutes scene A or scene B.

[FUNC] + [PAGE] opens the SCALE SETUP menu.

[FUNC] + [TRIG] places lock trigs and one shot trigs on the sequencer when GRID RECORDING mode is

active.

[FUNC] + [TRIG 9...16] will when no RECORDING mode is activated manually trig trigless trigs instead of

sample trigs. This is only relevant when TRACKS or CHROMATIC trig mode is active.

[FUNC] + [TEMPO] makes it possible, through repeating [TEMPO] key presses, to tap the BPM of the

sequencer.

[FUNC] + [RECORD] performs a copy command. The content that will be copied depends on the currently

active menu or mode of the Octatrack MKII.

[FUNC] + [PLAY] performs a clear command. The content that will be cleared depends on the currently

active menu or mode of the Octatrack MKII.

[FUNC] + [STOP] performs a paste command. The content that will be pasted depends on the content that

was copied.

[FUNC] + [UP]/[DOWN] increases the scrolling speed in various menu lists.

[FUNC] + [UP]/[DOWN] will when no scrollable menu is active change the active TRIG mode.

[FUNC] + [LEFT]/[RIGHT] will while in GRID RECORDING mode nudge trigs back or forth one step.

[FUNC] + [YES] previews the selected sample through the main outputs while in the audio editor, the Flex

or Static sample slot lists or the ﬁle browser.

[FUNC] + [NO] will for as long as held remove all parameter locks from the active track while in LIVE RE-

CORDING mode.

[FUNC] + LEVEL adjusts the MAIN parameter of the MIXER menu.

[PTN] + [TRIG] selects the active pattern.

[PAGE] + [RECORD] copies the active pattern page.