User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. THE BACKGROUND OF THE OCTATRACK MKII
- 3. PANEL LAYOUT AND CONNECTORS
- 4. OVERVIEW OF THE OCTATRACK MKII STRUCTURE
- 5. THE USER INTERFACE
- 6. QUICK START
- 7. SETS
- 8. PROJECTS
- 9. TRACK RECORDERS AND PICKUP MACHINES
- 10. BANKS, PARTS AND SCENES
- 11. TRACKS
- 12. PATTERNS
- 12.1 TRIG INDICATIONS
- 12.2 BASIC PATTERN OPERATIONS
- 12.3 RECORDING MODES
- 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
- 12.12 MICRO TIMING
- 12.13 CONDITIONAL LOCKS
- 12.14 FILL MODE
- 12.15 SCALE SETUP
- 13. THE AUDIO EDITOR
- 14. THE ARRANGER
- 15. THE MIDI SEQUENCER
- 16. OCTATRACK MKII SETUP EXAMPLES
- 17. OCTATRACK MKII TUTORIALS
- 18. STARTUP MENU
- 19. SUMMARY OF KEY PRESS COMBINATIONS
- 20. TECHNICAL INFORMATION
- 21. CREDITS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
- APPENDIX A: MACHINE REFERENCE
- APPENDIX B: EFFECTS REFERENCE
- APPENDIX C: MIDI CONTROL REFERENCE
- INDEX
8. PROJECTS
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2. Press [YES] to open a list of the projects available to the set. Below the header of the menu the name of
the active set is visible. The currently active project is indicated by inverted graphics.
3. To load a new project, select one from the list and load it by pressing [YES]. The currently active proj-
ect will automatically be synced to card, meaning all settings and assignments will be saved to the card,
before the new project is loaded.
4. Create a new, empty, project by selecting <CREATE EMPTY PROJECT> and pressing [YES]. A naming
menu will appear where the new project can be named.
It is possible to rename and delete projects while in the CHANGE menu. Press [FUNC] +
[BANK] to open a menu where rename and delete options are present.
8.3 LOADING SAMPLES TO THE SAMPLE SLOTS
For the Flex and Static machines to be able to play back audio, samples need to be loaded to the Flex and
Static sample slots lists of the project. Samples loaded to the 128 Flex sample slots are called Flex sam-
ples. They are only available to Flex machines. Samples loaded to the 128 Static sample slots are called
Static samples. They are only available to Static machines. The samples in the sample slot lists are accessi-
ble by all Flex and Static machines of the project. Read more how to assign the samples of the sample slot
lists to Flex and Static machines in section “11.3 ASSIGNING FLEX AND STATIC SAMPLES TO MACHINES”
on page 56.
To load samples to the sample slots the audio pool must contain samples. Read more about how to fill the
audio pool with content in the section “4.2 AUDIO POOL” on page 16.
8.3.1 LOADING FROM THE QUICK ASSIGN MENU
1. The quickest method to load samples to the sample slots is to quickly double press a [TRACK] key.
The QUICK ASSIGN menu for that track will appear. The Flex sample slot list will be displayed if the
active track contained a Flex machine. The Static sample slot list will be displayed if the active track
contained a Static machine. If the track contained any other machine type the machine list will appear.
If so, open the Flex sample slot list by moving the cursor to FLEX and press the [RIGHT] arrow key.
Open the Static sample slot list by moving the cursor to STATIC and pressing the [RIGHT] arrow key.
2. Select an empty sample slot position and press [YES] to open the file browser. For more information,
please see ”8.3.3 FILE BROWSER” on page 30. It reflects the content of the audio pool of the
mounted set.
3. Locate the sample you wish to load and press [YES]. Both the Flex and Static sample slot lists can be
entered and samples loaded without the machine of the track being changed.
If you want to replace a sample already loaded to a sample slot position, but don’t want to assign the
sample to the Flex or Static machine of the track, press the [RIGHT] arrow key to open the file browser.
It is possible to load samples to the recorder buers, just as if they were Flex sample slots. The recorder
buers, which contain any audio captured by the track recorders, are found in the Flex sample slot list,
located above Flex sample slot position 1. The length of the sample is restricted by the reserved memory
of the buer. If the loaded sample is longer than allowed by the buer it will be truncated. Mono samples
will also be converted to stereo.










