Hey thanks so much for enjoying it and leaving a compliment!

I actually made a song this morning doing that! I'll definitely make a walkthrough of that track, thanks for the suggestion!

So glad this video helped you set everything up!

Totally, basically the thru machine still utilizes the sequencer to trigger the input. This means you can also adjust the ADSR to get some pretty wild effects just gating the signal with the sequencer!

Richard Terrell totally. I still kinda miss crossfader functionality but it makes sense why they don’t have it, given the potential CPU strain. LFOs can definitely make things real interesting real fast!

Congrats on the new octatrack, hope you’re able to find your way through this amazing instrument!

Thanks for watching!

Amazing, glad they've been helpful to you! Yeah I've definitely looked over their product catalog for some potential additions. Came away with an Analog Heat which I've yet to unlock the full potential. But for now the Octatrack continues to be an unpredictable and exciting ride :)

Appreciate the comment! The MIDI section is one of the most daunting to me still, so I've tried to whittle things down to the most practical components first :) thanks for watching!

The Midi section is full bells and whistles and very powerful, so it's slow as you go when it comes to learning..

Sweet! Yeah it's been a great pairing :) Particularly if you use one voice per track, you can create a lot of interesting polyrhythms just by adding LFOs and muting different combinations

Thanks for watching!

qualia universe thanks for watching!

no problem, glad to help!

Thanks for watching, glad you could learn something! Yeah the Control page still confuses me quite a bit, but I believe both those boxes in particular are only referring to CC/note info coming into the Octatrack to control certain functions directly, as opposed to traditional keyboard information. (I know. Still confuses me just to say that)

They said it's technically impossible due to limited MIDI throughput, too many MIDI events fired out might clog receiving devices.

@@AMar4enko But you can use the LFOs on MIDI parameters, right?

@@somnambulantable true, but those changes are predictable thus can be optimized, while cf movements are not.

@@AMar4enko That's fair.. And I've heard that rationale before, but technical challenges aside, it doesn't change the fact that I just wish it was possible on the OT! :) Even if there was a more limited number of parameters controllable via MIDI.

@@somnambulantable agree

For sure, glad you enjoy these tutorials!

In terms of MIDI control I’ve fount the Teenage Engineering stuff to be much less cooperative, since they never have direct MIDI in/out. I end up using them anyway since they sound so great, but they do require their own additional attention and can’t simply be chained together.

Jacob Siener ooh, super good to know. Thanks for the tip!

Yep, so when you play a chord on the keyboard while holding the trig it will remember the four notes you have held down, including velocity/length information. This actually becomes a bit of a nuisance sometimes because when you're trying to play chords you're not necessarily playing them at the velocity you want, so I find it helps to dial those in manually later. Four notes can only be played *per track*, but you can combine as many tracks to control the same synth, as your synth can handle! This also means you can be using different arps simultaneously, on the same channel!

I don't do a ton of program change stuff to be honest, you may be better suited to ask someone like EZBot about this question!

@@KennyZhao thank you!

Yep, basically you hold "record" and hit "play," and it basically saves all of your motions as P-locks - anything you do pretty much becomes automated in the pattern

@@KennyZhao nice! I've used those P-Locks on other stuff, but just learned to use it with CCs messages here. Will try to record some modulations on my Mopho. Thanks again.

Yes I’m quite certain it can, though I’ve personally rarely set it up that way. I believe the default arrangement is a little awkward, where the MIDI will control whatever track you have selected and at the sampling setting you’ve chosen (slice/start/chromatic/etc, which you have to manually select on startup). I also tend to avoid MIDI chains, opting instead for a single device for MIDI in and MIDI out. So as a result I haven’t explored that avenue much. But it can be done!

Hah I thought that as well, but I think he did set it to 7 but then moved the knob slightly to SELECT 6 but not initiate it, which would require pressing the encoder in. You can tell because the writing is dark above it. If he were to move it back to 7 it wouldnt be.

Oh yeah haha, my one slight gripe about these encoders is that they are so sensitive you have to be really careful selecting stuff.

I have a volca kick, and have noticed some weird things about how they set up MIDI. If you use their single MIDI in, I think you lose all onboard control of the volca. If you use their sync it only sets the tempo. At least that's how I remember it. Long story short...volcas are tricky to sync with Octatracks! Sorry I don't have a better answer for you

@@KennyZhao No worries, thankyou for your reply ! :)

Hi! There should be a setting in your Octatrack MIDI preferences that turns on Transport receive and send with external devices. Under PROJECT > MIDI > SYNC, activate transport send and clock send. You may also need to enable transport receive on your MPC, but I’m unfamiliar with the settings on that device.

hmm I'd give it a shot. Never tried to route it directly to software, but if you're working in Ableton I believe you should be able to create some sort of MIDI CC knob for internal functions with Max. Here's a link to a Max device that can do what you're looking for - ControlChange8. monolake.de/technology/m4l.html Once you map your NI control to one of these knobs you should be able to control it with Octatrack!

I believe if you turn the notes off and then on they reset back to their original positions

Jango Alchemist yep unless you have a monosynth!

Great question! I'd say my best video in that regard is probably the first one I made...that said you probably need some basic understanding of where things are to begin with. For that I'd recommend Merlin's Guide if you haven't checked it out yet (www.elektronauts.com/t/a-polished-version-of-merlins-ot-guide-here/42860) Most of my videos are specific to certain functions or applications, so once you have certain tasks you want to accomplish, they'll hopefully be a bit more helpful!

ok so first the instrument controlled by Octatrack is DSI OB6, not Korg OP-Six (for the sake of clarity for those who read and may search for midi implementation chart). If I understood you correctly, you are asking how you can record midi chord played on external keyboard to the specific step? For that, you need to be in live-rec mode, and you can check if you are by holding a step without assigned midi parameters and playing your external midi/synth whatever it is - if it changes the midi data on that step, all is good. if not, you need to enter live rec mode.

@@earlsfield hey thanks for a quick reply! I did try live record (blinking light on) to input some chords but it didn't register.. maybe something to do with my midi set up? I can place trigs and have it activate my synth, but I can't play my synth and record on to a midi track..

​@Kuronoichig01 did you ever figure out what the problem was? I am also have issues playing the chords/notes directly

@@conswaygo6723 I'm away from my octatrack atm but I recall having to need another midi cable. Out from oct into opsix and out of opsix into octa.

I honestly haven't done a ton of MIDI transport triggering on the Octatrack. Perhaps I got flustered with the settings :/ but there is a setting in the preferences that lets you adjust if the Octatrack follows transport commands.

Yeah it's taken some finagling just to get used to. How is it set up on the Digitakt?

@@KennyZhao It's per pattern on the DT which, so far, seems to be easier to conceive. ..although I can see changing parts while pattern continues in some 4D chess ensemble.

@@Soundwrecker Yeah the Octatrack really excels in the 4D chess areas :) unfortunately it's only about 30% of the time that I'm in the mood for 4D chess. Sometimes you just want to play checkers...

Doing triplets in MIDI is tricky. In order to get those rhythms you basically have to adjust your sequence to 12-step or whatever equivalent time signature you're working with. That can be a bit awkward to get used to but it works fine once you adapt. I'm not sure what the DIgitakt can do (I don't have one), but you can shift your entire sequence (per track) over a step by hitting FUNC + [right arrow]

Forgot to mention you can also create triplets with the MIDI arp, but that obviously has some limitations (no direct control over note sequencing).

Hey Stephen. I'm definitely not an expert, but from what I've noticed the Octatrack seems to have trouble MIDI learning functions that don't have a 1-to-1 function. For example, my Bass Station has trouble mapping its envelope, I think because there's a switch that toggles between filter and amplitude envelope. An additional thing to remember is if your knobs are set to a system in which they don't change their value until you turn the knob past its default value, you need to move the knob past that value in order for it to register with the MIDI learn.

hey thanks for the response. so i havent been able to get anything to work with MIDI learn. and with the knob thing ive tried it both ways and still nothing. what i really want to figure out is how to be able to send midi notes from my prophet to the octatrack so it would be easier to make sequences like in your video.

Yes! You can use it to play slices or notes out of the samples. But it's kind of annoying to set up, since you still have have the desired track and play style selected on the machine, which take some extra steps and can't really be saved.

Kenny Zhao can you save projects with midi files in it ?

@@austinimbastari2760 unfortunately no, the Octatrack does not generate any midi files. That would be awesome though, I'd never even thought about that. That said, you can certainly connect an Octatrack to an existing audio interface via midi, and forward those midi signals into Ableton. That should allow you to record them the way you'd record any input from a keyboard.