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
12. PATTERNS
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Note that the SLIC parameter of the SRC SETUP menu need to be set to ON for individual slices to
be trigged. If SLIC is set to OFF, no slices will be trigged. Instead the sample of the active track will be
trigged and the [TRIG] keys will aect the STRT value of the sample. Each [TRIG] key will start the
sample from a dierent position. When pressing the first [TRIG] key of the first page the sample will be
trigged as if STRT was set to 0. The STRT value then increases in increments of 2 for the consecutive
[TRIG] keys.
In this mode the [TRIG] keys send no MIDI out.
12.7.5 QUICK MUTE
This mode works like the mute settings in the MIXER menu. The dierence is that the various track pa-
rameters are still visible while in this mode.
The eight leftmost [TRIG] keys mute the audio tracks, the eight rightmost [TRIG] keys mute the MIDI
tracks. For detailed mute and solo functionality, see “8.8 MIXER MENU” on page 42.
In this mode the [TRIG] keys send no MIDI out.
12.7.6 DELAY CONTROL
When in this mode the TIME parameters of any Echo Freeze Delay eects can quickly be set.
Green lit [TRIG] keys above the [TRIG] keys 9-16 indicate which tracks that contain the Echo Freeze
Delay eect. Select one or more of these tracks by pressing and holding the corresponding [TRIG] keys.
When doing so the eight [TRIG] keys to the left will adjust the TIME parameter of the selected delays.
The lower the [TRIG] key number, the lower the TIME value.
Which values the eight leftmost [TRIG] keys will select depends on the chosen parameter scale. Two
scales exist. 1:2, which is the default scale, and 1:3. The active scale is selected by pressing the [PAGE]
key. When 1:2 is selected [TRIG] keys 1-8 will select TIME values 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 ,64 and 128. When 1:3 is
selected [TRIG] keys 1-8 will select TIME values 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96 and 128.
In addition to setting TIME, a second parameter will be set depending on the current LOCK setting,
which is found in the Echo Freeze Delay SETUP page. If LOCK is enabled the SEND parameter will be
set to 0. If LOCK is disabled VOL will be set to 127. This is useful when the delays are functioning as
repeaters.
In this mode the [TRIG] keys send no MIDI out.
12.8 MIDI NOTE MAPPING FOR AUDIO TRACKS
Similarly, as the TRIG modes decide how the 16 [TRIG] keys are used to aect the tracks, you can also
choose how incoming MIDI note data aects the audio tracks. The overall setting for this is the AUDIO
NOTE IN parameter in the PROJECT > MIDI > CONTROL menu. For more information, please see “8.7.1
CONTROL” on page 39. The options are:
OFF No incoming MIDI notes aect the tracks, meaning tracks or machines can’t be trigged externally.
STANDARD Incoming MIDI notes aect the tracks according to the STANDARD MIDI note mapping. For
more information, please see “C.1 STANDARD NOTE MAPPING” on page 137.
FOLLOW TM Incoming MIDI notes aect all audio tracks according to the chosen TRIG mode. For more
information, please see “12.7 TRIG MODES” on page 68. The MIDI note mappings are the same as
described below for the various MIDI MAP configurations.










