Approaching the Octatrack: 5 Tips to Make it EASY

[@propostus_]

Your channel is by far the best and most entertaining about the Octatrack. I already watched videos of you explaining things that I do not understand a bit yet (my OT is 3 days old) because it was so entertaining and lovely made. Thank you for your content

[@IvarTryti]

Thanks a lot for the tips! Your videos are making me less scared of digging into the Octatrack again. I've been using it as a big Digitakt and used the fader mostly for transitions and not as much for variation, so that's something I want to explore more. Setting up templates is definitely the first thing I'm doing next time I use the Octatrack.

[@MilesKvndra]

Great channel, thanks for all these Octatrack insights! Really helping to understand how the Octa works and what it's capable of without even owning it

[@ryanholmberg]

Got my octatrack a week ago, which was also the day I started having covid symptoms. Been stuck at home watching your vids and I just wanna say your voice is very comforting :)

[@awilsonator]

Here’s my nice tip: buy your OT a lil buddy that has MIDI in and CC parameters, like a Volca Keys. Set up an arp (choose what key you want it in), P-lock those CCs to some steps, assign them some LFOs and there’s a whole new world of evolving sound that grows and comes to life. Great way to learn about the MIDI side of it. Also: Nord Drum 2 is particularly good if you can find one.

[@awilsonator]

MicroMonsta 2 just out - might pair well kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5Czk4J9ac2LlcU

[@howardanderson3061]

So glad that OT users/learners have your channel to get such excellent content. You are really keeping this beast alive by covering aspects of the OT that at least I avoid. The OT is such an amazing machine but it's so easy to stay away from it, you.... have brought me back to it. Love the complete honesty, humor and intelligence the you bring to so many of my favorite devices. Thanks!

[@navedoesthings]

Subscribed within the first 2 mins because of the great editing, stuck around for the great advice. Keep it up dude I'll def be coming back

[@publika6883]

Bro I love your attitude so much

[@dataklysm4863]

"octadad" :) love it, just picked up a mk2, can see this series is gonna be really helpful

[@raj-krishanmistry9374]

I was genuinely sad today because I wasn't getting anywhere with the Octatrack and this made me feel better

[@milesbenson9772]

Great tips!

[@NullStaticVoid]

I hear you on the broad strokes. I always get the essential rhythm and melody down before I start going to town mutilating the beats. One thing I notice about a lot of people trying to be producers or beatmakers etc is that they don't want to do the work. What old musicians used to call woodshedding. There are no shortcuts to getting good with a DAW. I bought the Apple Press Logic book and went front to back on that doing every stupid thing in the book. Same for Elektron products. To really rock these things you have to learn all the features and bugs. That said, I did just buy an Octatrack and it's a lot more of a learning curve than the Digitone, Machinedrum or A4!

[@PatchMonger]

Pure gold man. I’m gonna take some time looking at your vids this week. Really enjoying your style. Need to make some templates next!! Thanks!!

[@creaturefarm2698]

This is so helpful!!!! Really great advice. Thank you. Great channel! Super personable and approachable.

[@des7638]

Excellent. Thanks

[@patrickhewitt14]

This is speaking directly to me lol These are the hot tips, friends! Seriously, very very good advice:)

[@kirillbelotserkovsky7305]

Coool 100% true, chaos needs to be ordered

[@synthsbythesea4091]

Thank You 🎉

[@nooooddy]

Subbed for beatboxing. But really, this was a helpful and thought-provoking video, thank you.

[@kisho2679]

OK, but how do you store n recall templates?

[@Tolognabullets]

Very useful stuff. Appreciate u, dood.

[@LikeSomeDude]

Haven’t jumped into this video yet but I saw your channel and am hoping it can help me bc I’ve had the octatrack for two years and still can’t figure it out. It’s the least intuitive piece of musical equipment I’ve ever owned. I paid a fortune for this frustration and part of the reason I refuse to give up is it cost so much but man, this thing is confusing!

[@goodboid]

Coming from the Digitakt, I suffer from Octatrack paralysis. This helped, thanks!

[@distantcomets]

Same here! Coming from the Digitakt (which I adore, actually) and this approach definitely seems helpful. I'm on my second OT after buying and soon thereafter selling one in frustration. Really appreciate this...

[@IhorMedia]

Same thing here, dude! :)

[@modgrip805]

How good is the Octa at providing opportunities for harmonic variation? Also, Dune ref 👌

[@playgroundofsound7683]

Octa-dad to the rescue!!!

[@joshatlas]

nice video, thanks! Do you have a template you follow for scenes in general? Having a hard time figuring out a good one...

[@xisotopex]

is there a significant difference between the octatrack and the digitakt?

[@alamunez]

Yes!

[@xisotopex]

@@alamunez just found out no slicing samples in digitakt

[@el_dani]

Stereo samples, live resampling/playback, THE crossfader - more/longer memory, 8 record machines in the same moment.. Octadad covered the topic in one of his videos

[@cls6200]

Messy, do you have a video for your live looping/remixing template? Or a video you used that got you up and running well with that? I’m using a pickup machine and assigning to flex tracks to affect them. Any better recommendation? It feels like there must be a more efficient way.

[@jxtajxta2083]

Good advice, can you make posters with them? ^^

[@xisotopex]

can crossfader movements be recorded or is it a live performance only?

[@el_dani]

only live - Octatrack gives you other tools to record (do you know everything about the Trigs?)

[@ouvi]

how does one go about making templates?

[@dirthawk]

templates are just bare bone projects with a setup that gets you going directly

[@doak1694]

cool video thanks

[@chromecodec]

What's that melodic sample around 8:40? It sounds so familiar

[@AtTheTableGames]

it’s a sample from the artist Blankforms! he goes really magical stuff with tape over on IG. he has a youtube too, i’d highly recommend checking him out.

[@MassimilianoGallieri]

We need digitakt tutorial!

[@jxtajxta2083]

Estoy en una reunion bolchevique, pero termino y vengo a verte. Besitos :*

[@lorrehuggan]

liked before i even watched

[@motoboy6666]

Sad that theres no overbridge support and no good way to multitrack

[@EggZema_]

Can i sample your cool breath sound?

[@riotghandi]

get a bomebox and a bunch of midi controllers. controlle your own cc commands. have unlimited fun.

[@Two-Eyed_Boy]

If you unscrew the faceplate, it will only outpatient Drake-type beats. Just a little lifehack for ya

[@hellohogo]

Who's packin a big Digitakt!? Imeanamirite? ok, ill see myself out...

[@robert.melter]

Beautiful clickbait picture :D

[@LamboLoveBaby]

Oh Lord……Jesus brought me here.

[@Amatteus]

This machine scares me so much... I can not even understand your first step... What the heck is a template?. You talk about templates without explaining what is a template and showing one.

[@el_dani]

He mentioned and linked to a whole video he did about this topic - a template is just a project you saved with Octatracks settings you would like to get go

[@Amatteus]

@@el_dani Thank you very much bibi.. SORRY, English is not my first language and I did not get it.

[@ShineRecordings]

I still have the same opinion that the Elektron products are overpriced, have uggly screens and are designed for Nurds Producers! For that Price I can get a Maschine+ or a Push and Ableton License. And they dictate you their way how they want you to make musik!! why pay a lot of money for a Limited Piece of Hardware?

[@lordgeronimo72]

UGGS are boots, not displays. The producer of “Nurds” is a bit obscure...perhaps Ted Templeman? We can agree totalitarianism is bad, but the OTMK2 SE seems to be quite popular on EBay and Reverb, so I find myself asking as many questions as you... Thank all the sky gods for the Messy Desk, we need a real leader during these trying times

[@leifmarkthaler7809]

I paid it because its a great multichannel live loop/ live sampler / performance mixer. If you rather want to produce music, i think the machine+ is awesome

[@MidiFister]

besides the solid advice, the "today" oasis sample absolutely made this video