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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12.9.2 PATTERN CLEAR
Clearing a pattern will remove all trigs from all tracks. Before performing a pattern clear operation, make
sure you are not in GRID RECORDING mode.
Select the pattern you want to clear. Press and hold [FUNC]. Then press [PLAY] to clear the pattern. A
message “CLEAR PATTERN” will be shown in the display.
The clear pattern operation can be undone by pressing [FUNC] + [PLAY] directly after it has been per-
formed. A message saying “UNDO PATTERN“ will be shown in the display.
12.9.3 TRACK COPY
When copying a track, the copied information will consist of trigs, parameter locks, machine and FX
assignments. Before performing a track copy operation, make sure you are in GRID RECORDING mode.
If not, press [RECORD].
Select the track you want to copy by pressing the appropriate [TRACK] key. Press [FUNC] + [RECORD]
to perform the copy operation. The message “COPY TRACK” will be shown in the display. Select the
destination track to which you want to paste the copied content. Paste the data by pressing [FUNC] +
[STOP]. A message saying “PASTE TRACK” will be shown in the display. Pasting a track overwrites any
previous trigs, parameter locks, machine and FX assignments.
The paste track operation can be undone by pressing [FUNC] + [STOP] immediately after it has been
performed. A message saying “UNDO TRACK” will be shown in the display.
If the track copy operation is performed when the TRACK TRIG EDIT menu is open,
only trigs will be copied. Read more about this menu in section “12.10 TRACK TRIG EDIT
MENU” on page 73.
12.9.4 TRACK CLEAR
Clearing a track will remove all trigs from the active track. Before performing a track clear operation,
make sure you are in GRID RECORDING mode.
When you have selected the track you wish to clear, press [FUNC] + [PLAY] to clear the track. The mes-
sage “CLEAR TRACK TRIGS” will appear.
The clear track operation can be undone by pressing [FUNC] + [PLAY] directly after it has been per-
formed. The message “UNDO TRACK TRIGS” will be shown in the display.
12.9.5 TRACK PAGE COPY
A track page is one of the up to four pages of sequencer steps a pattern can contain. Copying a track
page includes all trigs and parameter lock settings of the track page. Before performing a track page
copy operation, make sure you are in GRID RECORDING mode. If not, press [RECORD].
Select the track containing the data you want to copy, then select the track page you want to copy by
pressing the [PAGE] key. Hold the [PAGE] key and press [RECORD] to copy the track page. A message
saying “COPY PAGE” page will appear. Select the track page you want to paste the copied page to by
pressing the [PAGE] key. Paste the data by holding [PAGE] while pressing the [STOP] key. A message
saying “PASTE PAGE” will be shown in the display. Pasting a track page overwrites any previous trigs,
parameter locks, machine and eects assignments.
The paste track page operation can be undone by pressing [PAGE] + [STOP]. The message “UNDO
PAGE” will be shown in the display.
The copied data can be pasted to another track. After having performed the track page
copy command, select the new track and, if needed, the track page. Then paste.
12.9.6 TRACK PAGE CLEAR
It is possible to clear all trigs from a track page. Before performing a track page clear operation, make
sure you are in GRID RECORDING mode. If not, press [RECORD].
Select the track page you want to clear by pressing the [PAGE] key. Clear the track by pressing [PAGE]
+ [PLAY]. The message “CLEAR PAGE” will appear.
The clear track page operation can be undone by pressing [PAGE] + [PLAY]. The message “UNDO
PAGE” will be shown in the display.
12.9.7 TRACK PARAMETER PAGE COPY
The settings of the TRACK PARAMETER pages can be copied and pasted. The content of both the
MAIN and SETUP pages will be copied when performing this operation.










