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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

3. PANEL LAYOUT AND CONNECTORS

1 2 43 5 6

15 1116

12131718

1920 14

24 25 26 27 28

3.1 FRONT PANEL

The Octatrack MKII front panel. For a more comprehensive list of key combinations, please see “19. SUM-

MARY OF KEY PRESS COMBINATIONS” on page 114.

1. [REC1], [REC2] keys are used for real-time sampling through the external inputs. There is one key per

audio input pair. The <REC> LEDs indicate the strength of the signal received on the external inputs.

When in the RECORD SETUP menu these LEDs also indicate the source selection for recorder trigs.

[FUNC] + [REC1/2] opens the RECORDING SETUP 1/2 menus.

2. [REC3] key is used for real-time sampling from internal sources. [FUNC] + [REC3] opens the

RECORDING EDIT menu.

3. [TRACK] keys. Press a [TRACK] key to select the corresponding track. Pressing a [TRACK] key +

[REC1/2/3] keys will record audio to the recorder of the selected track. [FUNC] + [TRACK] will mute

the selected track. [CUE] + [TRACK] will cue the selected track. The [TRACK] keys indicate which

track is active as well as the mute and cue status of the tracks.

4. Screen.

5. <CARD STATUS> LED, indicating the activity of the Compact Flash card.

6. LEVEL sets the overall volume level of the active track. [FUNC] + LEVEL sets the main output

volume.

7. DATA ENTRY knobs. Used to set parameter values. Press the knob when turning to change values in

larger increments.

8. [TEMPO] key. Brings up the TEMPO menu. The current tempo is always indicated by the ﬂashing

speed of the [TEMPO] key. Tapping the BPM is done by holding [FUNC] and then repeatedly tapping

[TEMPO]. Press [TRACK] + [TEMPO] to sync the sequencer to a Pickup machine loop.

9. [SCENE A]/[SCENE B] + [TRIG] assigns one of 16 scenes to the A and B scene slots.[SCENE A]/

[SCENE B] + a DATA ENTRY knob will assign the chosen parameter value to the scene. [FUNC] +

[SCENE A]/[SCENE B] mutes the scene.

10. [PAGE] selects the active pattern page when GRID RECORDING mode is active. Above the [PAGE] key

four <PAGE> LEDs are found. The LEDs indicates what pattern page that is currently played or edited.

If for example 64 steps, or four pattern pages, are used in a pattern, all four LEDs will be lit. For scale

lengths up to 16 steps, the <1:4> LED will stay lit and pressing [PAGE] will have no eect. [FUNC] +

[PAGE] opens the SCALE SETUP menu where you can set track length and time signature.