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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functionality can be achieved by pressing [FUNC] + [YES] or [FUNC] + [NO]. Read more about one
shot trigs in section “12.4.5 ONE SHOT TRIGS” on page 66.
DIS. STOP-STOP ARM will when checked disable one shot trig arming when double pressing [STOP]
while the sequencer is stopped.
DIS. PAGE AUTOCOPY will when checked no longer auto copy existing trigs when extending the
length of a track or pattern. Read more about how to change pattern and track length in section “12.15
SCALE SETUP” on page 78.
DEFAULT TRIG MODE selects the default track trigging mode when creating new projects. Read
more about the modes in the section “12.11 PATTERN SETTINGS MENU” on page 75.
DEFAULT REC MODE selects the default trig mode for the track recorders when creating new proj-
ects. For more information, please see “9.1 RECORDING EDIT AND SETUP MENUS” on page 44.
SAVE SAMPLES TO oers two settings.
• AUDIO POOL will when saving recorded audio or saving samples in the audio editor save the data
to the audio pool of the set.
• PROJECT DIRECTORY will when saving recorded audio or saving samples in the audio editor
save the data to the project folder.
SHORT SAMPLE NAME controls how samples will be abbreviated when loaded to the Flex and Static
sample slot lists.
• BEG+END will combine the five first characters of the file name with the five last characters. This
is the default option.
• BEG ONLY will show the first ten characters of the sample name.
• END ONLY will show the last ten characters of the sample name.
RECORD QUICK MODE will when checked alleviate the need to press a [TRACK] key in combination
with the [REC1/2/3] keys to initiate manual sampling. Instead, pressing the [REC1/2/3] keys will di-
rectly initiate manual sampling for the track recorder of the active track, making one handed sampling
operation possible. This quick mode of sampling works a bit dierent when sampling internal sources.
Read more about manual sampling in the section “9.2.1 MANUAL SAMPLING” on page 47.
EXT LEN GRID-REC will when checked include note length data when using an external MIDI device
to record to a MIDI track in GRID RECORDING mode.
LED BRIGHTNESS sets the brightness of the key LEDs and screen, (LOW, MID, MAX).
8.5.5 CARD TOOLS
Oers tools for managing the Compact Flash card. The card can be formatted and files copied, erased,
renamed etc.
FILE MANAGER is where files on the Compact Flash card are handled. It exists as an alternative to
handling files and folders with a computer. When entering the FILE MANAGER mode, sequencer play-
back will be stopped and the project synced to card.
Navigate in the file manager using the [ARROW] keys. At the top of the screen a folder path is visible.
Two workspaces are available, acting as user-definable short cuts to dierent locations on the
Compact Flash card. To assign a location to workspace 1, navigate to the location you want to assign










