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10. BANKS, PARTS AND SCENES
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10. BANKS, PARTS AND SCENES
Each project contains up to 16 banks. Banks contain:
• 16 patterns.
• 4 parts.
Each part contains:
• Information about which machines are assigned to the tracks.
• Information about which Flex and Static sample slots that are assigned to the machines.
• Track eects assignments.
• Track parameter settings.
• 16 scenes.
Scenes contain:
• Scene locks.
10.1 BANKS
An Octatrack MKII project consists of 16 banks. Each bank hosts 16 patterns. Patterns in bank 1 are labeled
A01-A16, patterns in bank 2 B01-B16 and so on.
Select a bank by pressing the [BANK] key plus one of the [TRIG 1–16] keys. [BANK] + the first [TRIG] key
will access the first bank, pressing [BANK] + [TRIG] key 2 will select the second bank and so on. Please
note that you also have to select a pattern to complete the bank change.
As soon as [BANK] is pressed a prompt saying “CHOOSE BANK” will appear. Banks with content are
indicated by green [TRIG] keys. A red [TRIG] key indicates the currently active bank. As soon as a bank is
selected the prompt will change to “CHOOSE PATTERN”. Pressing a [TRIG] key now will select a pattern
located in the selected bank. Patterns with content are indicated by green [TRIG] keys. A red [TRIG] key in-
dicates the currently active pattern. This method of pattern selection allows for quick changes of the active
bank and pattern. If you don’t wish to select a pattern, just release the key combination after the “CHOOSE
PATTERN” prompt appears.
If you are not working within a project only the active bank will be retained in memory after
the Octatrack MKII has been switched o. If you have made changes to other banks, and
want to keep them, it is very important to save the project. Use the SAVE TO NEW com-
mand for this. Read more about this command in section “8.4.1 PROJECT” on page 31.
10.2 PARTS
Parts are very useful for adding variations to the patterns of a bank. A part consists of machine, sample and
eect assignments along with track parameter settings and up to 16 scenes. Each pattern is linked to a part
and one part is thus always active. Each bank hosts 4 parts.
All patterns of a bank default to using part 1. If you for example want the machines of patterns A01 and A02
to use dierent sample slots or have dierent settings, it is important these patterns are linked to dierent
parts.
10.2.1 PART QUICK SELECT
To link a part to the active pattern, press [PART] to access the PART QUICK SELECT menu.
The part currently linked to the pattern is shown with inverted graphics. If a part has been altered but
not saved it will be marked with an asterisk. Select the part that should be linked to the active pattern by
pressing the appropriate [ARROW] keys. Press [YES] to link it. It is possible to quick-link a part by keep-
ing [FUNC] pressed when selecting the part.