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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the workspace to and press [TRACK] keys 1-4. The same procedure applies for assigning a location
workspace 2, but [TRACK] keys 5-8 are used instead. Once workspaces have been assigned, jump to
workspace 1 by pressing [TRACK] keys 1-4 and to workspace 2 by pressing [TRACK] keys 5-8.
The files belonging to the project are located in the folder with the same name as the project. Each file
of the project exists in two variants, one with the file extension .strd and one with the extension .work.
Files with the extension .strd are the files that previously have been saved by performing a project
SAVE command. The files with the .work extension contain the active project.
At the bottom of the screen the available commands are listed. The commands are chosen with the
[TRACK PARAMETER] keys. Press [FUNC] to gain access to more commands.
• MK DIR will create a folder. The NAMING menu will appear where the folder can be named.
• RENAME will rename a file or folder. The NAMING menu will appear where the file or folder can
be renamed.
• DELETE will delete a file or folder.
• COPY will copy a file or folder.
• PASTE will paste a copied file or folder.
• CUT is accessed when holding [FUNC]. Will cut a selected file or folder.
Be very careful when working within the file manager. If the wrong files are accidentally
deleted or renamed projects can be ruined.
By copying a bank file to another project you can create a project featuring your favor-
ite banks. Note that only sequencer data, parts, scenes and parameter settings will be
copied when copying a bank file. No samples will be copied and the machines assigned
to the tracks will refer to the same Flex and Static sample slot positions as before.
Hence you might need to load the samples used by the copied bank to empty Flex and
Static sample slots of the new project and assign these sample slots to the correct ma-
chines of the tracks.
FORMAT CARD formats the card. Once selected and [YES] is pressed a prompt will appear, asking
if the operation should proceed. Press [YES] to format the card. Note that all information on the card
will be lost and any partitions gone.
8.5.6 STATUS
This is the menu where information relating to the OS, battery and Compact Flash card is found.
8.6 CONTROL
This is where various track and sequencer settings can be modified.
8.6.1 AUDIO
Controls the behavior of the outputs and selects whether track 8 should be used as a master track or
not. Activate and deactivate settings by pressing [YES].










