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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

6. QUICK START

After a set has been mounted the menu where projects are loaded is automatically

opened.

6.2.2 LOADING A PROJECT

After a set has been mounted a project should be loaded. The Compact Flash card that came shipped

with the unit contains one project, named “PRESETS”. This project contains 16 demo patterns. If an

empty Compact Flash is used the newly created set will not contain any projects and a project should

therefore be created. For more information, please see “8. PROJECTS” on page 28.

1. Press [PROJ] to open the PROJECT menu. Select PROJECT. Select CHANGE, located in the PROJ-

ECT section.

2. Press [YES] to open the menu.

3. If the bundled Compact Flash card is inserted, and the set called “PRESETS” has been mounted,

select the project “PRESETS” and press [YES]. The project will be loaded. If a new Compact Flash is

used select <CREATE EMPTY PROJECT> and press [YES]. Name the project and press [YES]. The

newly created project will be loaded.

6.3 LOADING SAMPLES

When a set has been mounted, and a project preferably has been loaded, the samples in the audio pool of

the set can be processed by the Flex and Static machines. To do so a Flex or Static machine needs to be

assigned to a track and samples need to be loaded to the Flex or Static sample slot lists. Note that if the

audio pool of the mounted set doesn’t contain any samples it ﬁrst needs to be ﬁlled with content. For more

information, please see “4.2 AUDIO POOL” on page 16.

Two main methods of assigning machines and samples exist. This quick start guide covers the one where

the SRC SETUP menu is used. The other method, using the QUICK ASSIGN menu, is covered in sections

“11.2.1 ASSIGNING MACHINES IN THE QUICK ASSIGN MENU” on page 55. and”11.3.1 ASSIGNING SAM-

PLES IN THE QUICK ASSIGN MENU” on page 56.

6.3.1 ASSIGNING A MACHINE TO A TRACK

1. Select the ﬁrst track by pressing [TRACK] key 1.

2. Enter the SRC SETUP menu by pressing [FUNC] + [SRC]. From here the machine list needs to be

accessed. If a sample slot list was opened move to the machine list by pressing the [LEFT] arrow key.