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
10. BANKS, PARTS AND SCENES
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10.2.2 PART EDIT
Use the [ARROW] keys to select the part that should be edited and then press [FUNC] + [PART] to
open the PART EDIT pop-up menu.
RENAME makes it possible to give each part a unique name. After selecting this option and pressing
[YES] a naming window will appear.
RELOAD makes a part revert to its saved settings. If performing this command and the part previously
hasn’t been saved a prompt will appear asking to do so.
SAVE saves the part. It is necessary to save a part to be able to perform the part reload command.
SAVE ALL saves all changes made to all parts.
Copy/paste/clear commands are available in the EDIT PARTS menu.
10.2.3 PART RELOAD
If the parameters of a part have been adjusted and you want to revert them to their saved state, press
[FUNC] + [CUE]. This command can only be applied to parts that have been saved. Should an unsaved
part be active when pressing the key combination a prompt stating “SAVE PART FIRST” will appear.
This command is great in a live setting if a lot of parameters has been tweaked and you
want the part to sound as it originally did.
10.3 SCENES
Each part contains 16 scenes. A scene is a set of locked parameter values that can be assigned to the two
scene slots of the crossfader. Scene locks function much like parameter locks, which are covered in “12.5
PARAMETER LOCKS” on page 67.
The scene assigned to slot A comes into full eect when the crossfader is at its leftmost position and
the scene assigned to slot B comes into full eect when the crossfader is at its rightmost position. For all
other crossfader positions interpolation between the locked scene parameters will occur. If only one of the
assigned scenes contains locked parameters the crossfader will interpolate between those values and the
general parameter values of the active part.
The currently assigned scenes are displayed in the lower right part of the screen. Another way to see the
assignments is by pressing one of the [SCENE] keys. The scene already assigned to the scene slot of the
pressed [SCENE] key is indicated by a red [TRIG] key. The scene assigned to the other scene slot is indi-
cated by a green [TRIG] key. Scenes containing locks are indicated by half-bright green [TRIG] keys.
When moving the crossfader, locked scene parameters have priority over parameter locks.
This ensures smooth transitions between scene parameters without the sudden changes
that might be caused by parameter locks.
10.3.1 ASSIGNING AND ADJUSTING SCENES
To assign a scene to scene slot A, press [SCENE A] + a [TRIG] key. The chosen scene will now be
assigned to scene slot A. The procedure is the same for assigning a scene to scene slot B, but instead
press [SCENE B] + [TRIG]. It is possible to assign an empty scene to a scene slot, but note that if two
empty scenes are assigned crossfader movements will have no eect.
Once a scene is assigned you can lock its parameters. The functionality is similar to assigning param-
eter locks to a sample trig. Press the [SCENE] key containing the scene you want to assign locks to
and choose the value of the track parameters you want to lock by turning the DATA ENTRY knobs. The
graphics of the parameters will become inverted and their locked values displayed. Remove a scene lock
by holding the [SCENE] key and pressing the corresponding DATA ENTRY knob.










