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Table Of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION
- 1.1 CONVENTIONS IN THIS MANUAL
2. THE BACKGROUND OF THE OCTATRACK MKII
- 2.1 SUGGESTED APPLICATIONS OF THE OCTATRACK MKII
3. PANEL LAYOUT AND CONNECTORS
- 3.1 FRONT PANEL
- 3.2 REAR CONNECTORS
- 3.3 OCTATRACK MKII ACCESSORIES
  - 3.3.1 RACK MOUNT KIT
  - 3.3.2 CARRYING BAG AND PROTECTIVE LID
- 3.4 THE COMPACT FLASH CARD READER
  - 3.4.1 COMPACT FLASH CARD SPECIFICATIONS
- 3.5 CONNECTING THE UNIT
- 3.6 CARE INSTRUCTIONS
4. OVERVIEW OF THE OCTATRACK MKII STRUCTURE
- 4.1 SETS
- 4.2 AUDIO POOL
- 4.3 PROJECTS
- 4.4 FLEX AND STATIC SAMPLE SLOT LISTS
- 4.5 BANKS
- 4.6 PATTERNS
- 4.7 PARTS
- 4.8 SCENES
- 4.9 ARRANGEMENTS
- 4.10 TRACKS
- 4.11 MACHINES
- 4.12 HOW INFORMATION IS HANDLED
5. THE USER INTERFACE
- 5.1 MENUS AND WINDOWS
- 5.2 PARAMETER EDITING
  - 5.2.1 QUICK PARAMETER EDITING
  - 5.2.2 PARAMETER VALUE JUMP
- 5.3 QUICK SCROLLING
- 5.4 COPY, CLEAR AND PASTE
- 5.5 THE NAMING MENU
  - 5.5.1 POP-UP MENU NAMING
6. QUICK START
- 6.1 DEMO MODE
- 6.2 MOUNTING A SET AND LOADING A PROJECT
  - 6.2.1 MOUNTING A SET
  - 6.2.2 LOADING A PROJECT
- 6.3 LOADING SAMPLES
  - 6.3.1 ASSIGNING A MACHINE TO A TRACK
  - 6.3.2 ASSIGNING A SAMPLE TO A MACHINE
7. SETS
- 7.1 CREATING AND MOUNTING A SET
- 7.2 AUDIO POOL
  - 7.2.1 ADDING CONTENT TO THE AUDIO POOL
  - 7.2.2 AUDIO FILE COMPATIBILITY
8. PROJECTS
- 8.1 PROJECTS AND RAM MEMORY
- 8.2 LOADING AND CREATING A PROJECT
- 8.3 LOADING SAMPLES TO THE SAMPLE SLOTS
- 8.4 THE PROJECT MENU
  - 8.4.1 PROJECT
- 8.5 SYSTEM
- 8.6 CONTROL
- 8.7 MIDI
- 8.8 MIXER MENU
- 8.9 TEMPO MENU
9. TRACK RECORDERS AND PICKUP MACHINES
- 9.1 RECORDING EDIT AND SETUP MENUS
- 9.2 TRACK RECORDER SAMPLING METHODS
- 9.3 PICKUP MACHINE SAMPLING
10. BANKS, PARTS AND SCENES
- 10.1 BANKS
- 10.2 PARTS
- 10.3 SCENES
11. TRACKS
- 11.1 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FLEX AND STATIC MACHINES
- 11.2 ASSIGNING MACHINES TO TRACKS
  - 11.2.1 ASSIGNING MACHINES IN THE QUICK ASSIGN MENU
  - 11.2.2 ASSIGNING MACHINES IN THE SRC SETUP MENU
- 11.3 ASSIGNING FLEX AND STATIC SAMPLES TO MACHINES
  - 11.3.1 ASSIGNING SAMPLES IN THE QUICK ASSIGN MENU
  - 11.3.2 ASSIGNING SAMPLES IN THE SRC SETUP MENU
- 11.4 TRACK PARAMETER PAGES
- 11.5 DIRECT TRACK MUTING
- 11.6 MAIN AND CUE OUTPUTS ROUTING
12. PATTERNS
- 12.1 TRIG INDICATIONS
- 12.2 BASIC PATTERN OPERATIONS
- 12.3 RECORDING MODES
  - 12.3.1 GRID RECORDING MODE
  - 12.3.2 LIVE RECORDING MODE
- 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
  - 12.11.1 PATTERN
- 12.12 MICRO TIMING
- 12.13 CONDITIONAL LOCKS
- 12.14 FILL MODE
- 12.15 SCALE SETUP
  - 12.15.1 NORMAL
  - 12.15.2 PER TRACK
13. THE AUDIO EDITOR
- 13.1 ACCESSING THE AUDIO EDITOR
- 13.2 AUDIO EDITOR FUNCTIONALITY
14. THE ARRANGER
- 14.1 THE ARRANGER MENU
15. THE MIDI SEQUENCER
- 15.1 ACCESSING THE MIDI SEQUENCER
- 15.2 HOW MIDI IS ROUTED
- 15.3 MIDI MODE RECORDING AND PARAMETER LOCKING
- 15.4 MIDI TRACK PARAMETER PAGES
16. OCTATRACK MKII SETUP EXAMPLES
- 16.1 OCTATRACK MKII AS A PERFORMANCE HUB
  - 16.1.1 DIR METHOD
  - 16.1.2 THRU MACHINES METHOD
- 16.2 OCTATRACK MKII WITH EXTERNAL EFFECTS
- 16.3 OCTATRACK MKII PROCESSING LIVE INSTRUMENTS
- 16.4 OCTATRACK MKII AS A DJ MIXER AND SAMPLER
  - 16.4.1 DJ MIXING USING THE DIR METHOD
  - 16.4.2 DJ MIXING USING THE THRU METHOD
- 16.5 OCTATRACK MKII AS A MIDI CONTROL CENTER
  - 16.5.1 MIDI CONTROL USING CC DIRECT CONNECT AND THE AUTO CHANNEL
17. OCTATRACK MKII TUTORIALS
- 17.1 TRACK RECORDER SAMPLING
- 17.2 LOOP REMIXING
  - 17.2.1 LOOP REMIXING USING SLICES
  - 17.2.2 LOOP REMIXING USING THE CROSSFADER
- 17.3 PREPARING LOOPS AND SAMPLES
- 17.4 THE OCTATRACK MKII AS A DJ DECK
- 17.5 THE OCTATRACK MKII AS AN EFFECTS PROCESSOR
18. STARTUP MENU
- 18.1 TEST MODE
- 18.2 EMPTY RESET
- 18.3 MIDI UPGRADE
- 18.4 SEND UPGRADE
- 18.5 EXIT
19. SUMMARY OF KEY PRESS COMBINATIONS
20. TECHNICAL INFORMATION
21. CREDITS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
APPENDIX A: MACHINE REFERENCE
- A.1 THRU MACHINE
- A.2 FLEX MACHINE
- A.3 STATIC MACHINE
- A.4 NEIGHBOR MACHINE
- A.5 PICKUP MACHINE
APPENDIX B: EFFECTS REFERENCE
- B.1 NONE
- B.2 12/24DB MULTI MODE FILTER
- B.3 2-BAND PARAMETRIC EQ
- B.4 DJ STYLE KILL EQ
- B.5 2-10 STAGE PHASER
- B.6 FLANGER
- B.7 2-10 TAP CHORUS
- B.8 SPATIALIZER
- B.9 COMB FILTER
- B.10 DYNAMIX COMPRESSOR
- B.11 LO-FI COLLECTION
- B.12 ECHO FREEZE DELAY
- B.13 GATEBOX PLATE REVERB
- B.14 SPRING REVERB
- B.15 DARK REVERB
APPENDIX C: MIDI CONTROL REFERENCE
- C.1 STANDARD NOTE MAPPING
- C.2 CHROMATIC NOTE MAPPING
- C.3 SLOTS NOTE MAPPING
- C.4 SLICES NOTE MAPPING
- C.5 QUICK MUTE NOTE MAPPING
- C.6 DELAY CONTROL NOTE MAPPING
- C.7 CTRL CHANGE MAPPINGS
- C.8 MIDI MODE CTRL CHANGE MAPPINGS
INDEX

11. TRACKS

11.4.5 AMP MAIN

Access the AMP MAIN page by pressing [AMP]. Here settings aecting the amplitude and the stereo

positioning of the track are found.

TIME

AMPLITUDE

Trig

Attack Release

Hold

TIME

AMPLITUDE

Trig

Attack Release

Hold

TIME

AMPLITUDE

Note On

Attack Release

Hold

Note O

TIME

AMPLITUDE

Note On

Attack Release

Hold

Note O

ATK (Attack) sets the time it will take for the amplitude envelope to reach its full level.

HOLD sets the hold time of the amplitude envelope. The signal will be held at during the duration of

the hold phase. (From trig to end of hold time.) The Attack time is included in the hold phase. If the

Attack length exceeds the hold time, then Release is delayed until the attack is completed.

If the envelope is triggered by a note signal, like from a keyboard, then releasing a key (Note O) will

initiate the release phase if the time between Note On and Note O is shorter than the Hold time. If

the Hold time it shorter than the time between Note On and Note O, then the release phase will start

when the Hold time reaches its end.

The hold phase is by default dependent on the BPM. The parameter is expressed in the amount of

sequencer steps the hold phase will last.

If you set Hold to inﬁnite length and use a keyboard to trigger the envelope, then the

sound will be sustained for as long as you press a key on the keyboard (or until the

sample ends).

REL (Release) sets the time it will take for the signal to fade out.

VOL sets the volume of the track, pre eects. This setting aects signals being sent to both the main

and cue outputs.

BAL positions the sample in the stereo ﬁeld.