User Manual

11. TRACKS
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If track 8 has been turned into a master track it won’t be aected by mutes.
If Neighbor machines are used, muting the track or tracks preceding the last Neighbor ma-
chine will not have any eect. To mute the chain, mute the last Neighbor machine.
Tracks can be also be muted in the MIXER menu. For more information, please see “8.8 MIX-
ER MENU” on page 42.
11.6 MAIN AND CUE OUTPUTS ROUTING
Tracks and audio inputs can be routed to either the main outputs or the cue outputs. Tracks and audio
inputs are routed to the main outputs by default. Read more about dierent routing scenarios in section “16.
OCTATRACK MKII SETUP EXAMPLES” on page 96.
11.6.1 MAIN OUTPUT ROUTING
This is the default setting. All tracks and inputs are routed to the main outputs.
11.6.2 CUE OUTPUT ROUTING
Pressing [CUE] + [TRACK] will route the selected track to the cue outputs. A cued track will still be au-
dible from the main outputs. When a track is cued the [TRACK] key will flash. Note that cue output is not
available on track 8 if it is set to be the master track. By pressing [CUE] + the [REC1/2/3] keys it is also
possible to route the audio inputs to the cue outputs. Cued inputs are indicated by alternating <REC>
LEDs.
11.6.3 PARAMETERS AFFECTING MAIN AND CUE LEVELS
Dierent parameters aect the volume of the track or inputs depending on how they are being routed.
TRACK MAIN LEVEL is set by the LEVEL knob. It will aect the post eects signal of the track when it
is being routed to the main outputs. It will not aect the cue level of a cued track. The screen shows a
graphic indicator of the level (and its numerical value while the knob is being turned).
TRACK CUE LEVEL is set by pressing and holding [CUE] while turning the LEVEL knob. It will aect
the post eects signal of the track when it is being routed to the cue outputs. It will not aect the main
level of a track. The cue level has a separate graphic level indicator which is shown instead of the
main level indicator while [CUE] is pressed. This is not applicable to track 8, if it has been set to be the
master track, in which case the cue output is unavailable and the level graphic indicator will be shown
in gray.
VOL is found in the AMP MAIN menu of the track. It will aect the pre eects signal of a track, regard-
less of the track being routed to the main or cue outputs.
DIR is found in the MIXER menu. It aects the signal of incoming audio routed to the main outputs. It
doesn’t aect the cue level when the audio inputs are cued. When cueing the audio inputs, the cue
level will be an equivalent of a DIR setting of 100.
By enabling the STUDIO mode, the default main and cue output routing behavior can be
changed. STUDIO mode is handy when wanting to use the cue outputs as a pair of assign-
able outputs. For more information, please see “8.6.1 AUDIO” on page 35.
If a cued track is muted it will only be audible from the cue outputs.
When the CUE MUTES TRACK setting, found in the PERSONALIZE menu, is activated
a track being cued will be muted at the same. Read more in the section “8.5 SYSTEM” on
page 32.
The XLV, XVOL and XDIR parameters are available exclusively to scenes. They are useful
for avoiding dips in volume when doing fades between tracks or inputs. Read more about
these parameters in the section “10.3.2 SCENE VOLUME LOCKING” on page 54.
The MIX parameter in the MIXER menu sets how much of the main and cue signals that
should be sent to the headphones output. Read more about the parameter in the section
“8.8 MIXER MENU” on page 42.