Baseck Plays: Elektron Octatrack MKII - Now in Black

[@PerfectCircuit]

04:37 Lets Go Crazy!

[@auraglasswerks4900]

Velocity sensitive pads on the MKII???

[@monomakes]

@@auraglasswerks4900 nope.

[@kiickinballistics]

Reminds me of the opening tack on Orbital’s The Altogether album....”tension”.

[@cybermortal1983]

I'm not convinced. Maybe you guys can get Baseck to do a few more demos ;-)

[@NedRush]

I'm having a good time.

[@Andybruff]

It’s like we’re in Wayne’s basement, only…. This isn’t Wayne’s basement….

[@darrensmith5336]

Best octatrack performance I've seen yet.

[@JarlHJ]

wow, it sounds so much better in black!

[@JohnLozo]

This is hands down one of the best promotional jams I have ever heard

[@monomakes]

Might I ask - what makes you say that?

[@JohnLozo]

@@monomakes it's not every day a promotional jam breaks into a drum n bass/breakcore jam like 4:37, to follow it up with this little piece 7:42 cemented my love for this vid! Also I'm biased as fuck (see my vids haha)

[@monomakes]

@@JohnLozo You’re right that promotional videos don’t often include deep use of the product they are made to promote, but this one is very genre specific - the music is fucking awful for the most part in my opinion (but I understand that others like it, fair enough), but if you know what can be done with the OT, this is just like all the other promos. Jam videos are best done without all the quick edits and flashing lights so that the true musicianship can be seen and not be distracted from. It would be interesting to see exactly what this bloke is doing from one, overhead camera angle. I’d hold that Dataline, Cenk Sayilini (so), who now works for Elektron in Berlin, has skills that would blow this clown out of the water on the OT - do check him out if you haven’t already.

[@marizuokereke7347]

@@monomakes there are different types of promo. This shows some of the breadth of what you can do with the product. It's inspirational and aspirational. You don't have to like the music to appreciate that Octatrack can be used alone to create a complete, interactive and hands on set. Btw, just because you don't enjoy his music doesn't make him a 'clown.'

[@monomakes]

I wouldn't say there were only two kinds, but I know what you mean. And yes, perhaps I was harsh in my judgement, I apologize - but as a promotional video meant to show the capability of the machine, it fails. The name Octatrack in the title is hardly needed as with all the quick edits and distracting effects, it's often difficult to see exactly how he is playing/ using the OT - I know, I've had one. But if that's what the kids like, which it's clear that they do by the large amount of praise for the artist (as opposed to the machine) that one can see in the comments, then cool. 😒😉

[@anthonymetcalf660]

Finally someone who gets that these electronic devices are actually instruments and not just things to collect. Seems like so many people lack the raw skill element.

[@AdamsBrew78]

I guess that’s true of every musical instrument out there, synth, sampler or acoustic. Some people just like to make noise , like the pretty lights and sounds or just don’t have the motivation to sink time into practicing/learning. I’m glad these types exist, as they help contribute to the industry more than true artists, which helps fund innovation and creation of more instruments :)

[@AdamsBrew78]

The drawback is when companies start to focus more on the needs of mainstream consumers rather than technically proficient artists who helped propel their initial growth. Which is predictable, but a bit discouraging. Octatrack level depth is probably a thing of the past for Elektron, but hopefully others will come along and fill the void.

[@murhaq]

Definitely an odd phenomenon, practice makes progress!

[@TheInternetIsDeadToMe]

This set is fucking banging! You could shake a club to pieces with this!

[@aikighost]

Bassec bringing back those old school RAVE stabs. As an old school British raver I'm SO here for it. :)

[@alchimerical2613]

I’ve watched this five times now. 🤘

[@maarzt]

This is first and foremost about the fanticness of Baseck, and only then that of the Octatrack, which is awesome in its potential.

[@nalaeel219]

Holy christ. Ive never seen anyone play the octa like this. Pretty incredible.

[@njdpdv]

I love the smell of 🔥distorted breaks🔥 in the morning. ✊️EPIC✊️

[@michaelsolano2783]

My goodness! He has a gift for figuring out how to get his sound from any machine. This is up there with his varigate 8 /voltage block/ BIA demo .

[@3039-m9o]

You can listen to hard music for your whole life but sometimes there comes something and hits you even harder in the face...

[@swarm69]

you should listen to more breakcore... have fun

[@aikighost]

@@swarm69 Go back to the old skool rave, the origins.

[@jammystraub488]

If felt the same way after finding EL-P and RTJ. Totally different sounds, similar whoa moment.

[@kelvint03]

love that crowd noise and the reverb. honestly reminds me of being in a club watching baseck perform.

[@crazyFrankyy]

Killer!

[@mmafrance]

This is the best Octatrack demo i saw on the Internet. Now i need a walktrough video because i dont understand what he is doing with "Pattern + Scale" at the beginning, and everything else for sure...

[@MattLab-wr2eu]

THIS dude always inspires me more than anyone I have seen.

[@wraggal]

boy have i completely overlooked the fill function on my OT

[@Nachtdwaler]

Get after it!

[@wraggal]

@@Nachtdwaler what do you think I've been doing the last couple of weeks! Using it to superimpose midi arps on top of chords, love it

[@JC-pu3vl]

That was wicked!

[@Tripwelleverday]

Best damn demo I’ve ever seen

[@lornemalvo4936]

Mad skill

[@BXLrules]

Awesome! Baseck denoting gear is always a treat! Thank you 🙏

[@tomesmusic]

this is the best thing I've ever seen

[@maarzt]

I absolutely love this, really speaks to me. would love get my hands on the project just to learn from. Great musician.

[@jeremjerem]

What a joy to see Baseck again on this Channel 😉👍

[@remixland7768]

finally someone making music with elektron devices 👌🏻🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@scaremeister]

the one and only Baseck

[@samman5980]

If I sell my gray mkII for a black one will I be able to make music like Baseck?!???!

[@sunnyschramm9650]

there is no "gray" octatrack mkII.

[@samman5980]

@@sunnyschramm9650 Um

[@ModernDevotion]

@@sunnyschramm9650 ...

[@tysoncarlson6778]

Has been for years

[@Klocaine237]

Dope AF. Glad I found you and this missing bag of 🍄🍄🍄🍄 they both go great with a big bowl of 🥦🥦🥦

[@freejazzbone]

hard hittin’ music box, that Octatrack Mk2B, rock solid!

[@Sinnersainthuman]

I'm really curious about the trigger + page stutters. He kept doing it and I've never seen this being done on an octatrack. Is there a hidden function to get this done? I know the beat repeat but this is different @perfectcircuit @baseck

[@marike1100]

Now available in kicks ass. 🥁 🏆

[@drumcell]

daaaang! Homeboy baseck just wrecked anyone that has ever tried to give a product demo...mad props brother

[@channelite]

awesome performance!

[@officialLINKSIS]

That was incredible

[@disxiple_113]

thank u @baseck and @perfectcircuit!!! shits dope!!! i had the opportunity to see baseck shred live in pdx a few years ago, super fresh!

[@guidewired]

Inspirational stuff. Time to start saving up.

[@KrisBarton432]

Ridiculously awesome!

[@Sinnersainthuman]

Brutality! always killin it 💨

[@alefillman]

So amazing!

[@juliengiuliano628]

Breakcore! 🔥

[@modefreelive]

It was so fun to watch! THANK YOU :)

[@stef_kob]

Amazing 🤩

[@Zeal808]

Crowd goes wild!!! AHHHH 🔪🔪🔪⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️🎶🎶🎶👽👽👽👽💜💜💜

[@nuyorcubariqueno3634]

Ssssssick! Awesome performance and sound!

[@Supacomputer]

Amazing 👏

[@iglooo6497]

Baseck kills it AGAIN.

[@fray3dendsofsanity]

Has anyone made a song sound so rich, interesting, and full on an OT only quite like this? This blows every other jam on an Octatrack out of the water, ever.

[@monomakes]

Yes they have. No it doesn't. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2q2int5fdRoibs for example, but look around mate.

[@fray3dendsofsanity]

@@monomakes that's not nearly as impressive. Cenk is great but even this wasn't that impressive by his standards, and certainly not to what Baseck came up with here. but ok different strokes I guess

[@ItsThatJahncke2]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqHaeK14irF3e8k

[@ItsThatJahncke2]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2THoqCpYrqXgNU Inspiring performances

[@Kokachi826]

dude youre a monster. bigup

[@khammarutchaimongkon663]

What the masterful of this guy!!!!!

[@mike_qbik]

There is an interesting thread on Elektronauts about OT not sounding rich, loud. I would be curious if what we hear was processed or is this OT out without any further processing. Kudos to Basecks . . one of his bests!

[@ComradeClassen]

It's a fresh ass Octatrack which is why the sound is CRISP! XD

[@wraggal]

the thing about the OT is that the gain staging is highly flexible, which also means that it's quite hard to get right and consistent. there's headroom everywhere, and the compressors and other effects can dramatically affect the levels and tone, so managing it all for a set with multiple songs, parts & scenes like this takes a lot of effort. You kind of have to accept that there's a bunch of stuff you need to consider that you wouldn't usually worry about, and the trade-off is that there's a bunch of flexibility and possibility that you would otherwise never have thought of.

[@tronlake]

@@wraggal well put!

[@monomakes]

I found it to have a rather limited frequency response in comparison with something like the MPC One (I've owned both BTW). The same samples played through MPC sound far fuller, brighter and deeper. This video is for promotional purposes and has professional visual, and doubtless audio, editing.

[@ownedbymykitty270]

Disabling the default filter in effect slot 1 on all tracks and master will improve the sound as well as starting each track’s volume at 127 and working from there. The OT sounds “flat” to me which is a good thing. You can add “sparkle” to it which another piece of gear if you want.

[@sepixsound]

you're a wizard harry!

[@not-hank-s]

Well, found my new morning hype vid.

[@RobertPurdam]

This is sick!!!!

[@threeinitiates8260]

That was NUTS!

[@romtieche]

this is fire !!

[@jasoncaldwell0613]

Damn he made that thing sing 🎶 🥁🎸🎹🎻🎷🪗🪘🪕👨🏻‍🎤

[@B_bio]

Brutal

[@Romanowitch]

He got sleeves ! \o/

[@kostantinosmag2986]

Nice one

[@uly1981]

Amazing performance! Unfortunately & understandably, as in all demos, it doesn't show the hours of prep work (making or curating samples, setting up scenes, etc) that went into preparing this though

[@cloeten93]

this is NICEEEEEEEEEEEEE 😁

[@Steve81M]

Whoa! This is wild!

[@chrisgilkes1687]

Damn!! Baseck video always hammer the point home 😎 - superb mate.

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

Baseck's touch is always the power made in music! 🎶💪🎶

[@dr.eville]

How much of this is the Octatrack being awesome and how much of this is just awesome samples?

[@PerfectCircuit]

you should find our for yourself ;)

[@junglist920]

It's Baseckily awesome

[@Screenshot1015]

This is like watching Neil Armstrong walking on the moon and convincing yourself you need to buy a space shuttle.

[@MathHammer]

The OT seems made for this kind of music.

[@M1L31]

Awesome !

[@angllfx6741]

OMG🔥🔥🔥

[@usuwaniestukotu722]

Is there a video of Baseck playing thats not absolutely banging? Lad is legitimately insane

[@iglooo6497]

I have one of him when he's sleeping if you want.

[@petersambrini6693]

The Black OT is made in Poland(check sticker on the back). Theres been a lot of people complaining of quality control compared to Swedish built OT. Its a bit concerning.

[@Nachtdwaler]

Is this also true for the Rytm and A4 versions?

[@petersambrini6693]

@@Nachtdwaler Im not sure i dont think so its only a recent move.

[@Nachtdwaler]

@@petersambrini6693 Im talking about the Black versions of those! Didnt they come out around the same time?

[@petersambrini6693]

@@Nachtdwaler No. The OTMk2 black came out about 5 months later

[@Nachtdwaler]

@@petersambrini6693 Ah I didn't know! Cheers!

[@HelicopterRidesForCommunists]

Ridiculously awesome

[@ubiquitousreverser]

Umm..... I stand corrected....back in BLACK IS THE DEFINING DIFFERENCE!! Do more Baseck, do MORE!

[@isjoedigital]

Simply fantastic!

[@AdamJayTechnoElectro]

please upload a version with stereo audio instead of mono!

[@DJKakeKaze]

Wow! 😱🤯

[@CoffinNachtmahr]

Baseck makes everything sound better

[@Noizedas]

You are a fn magician I swear

[@FullFledged2010]

8:02 damn! Now I want one 🤯

[@raaasteeer]

DAAAAMN !!!!!

[@edz1850]

The more I learn about elektron the more I enjoy and buy their instruments. A performance breakdown video would be great so more people learn the capabilities of this amazing instrument. In turn more people will buy it. Awesome video, great editing. (Hope I don’t get slammed with RTFM or go practice more in the replies ; ))

[@ianbroome6652]

Have a look at Ricky Tinez and Cuckoo on here, they have loads of films about the OT, live looping etc. Really useful. I agree with you though, I thought there maybe a few more lessons from Elektron. Reading the manual is one thing but seeing a film about it being applied can be totally different.

[@monomakes]

Despite being overly strict, the Elektronauts forum is a wealth of knowledge and people are helpful.

[@mylarmelodies]

This should be illegal, but I'm glad it isn't

[@adamsmith7058]

Under John Major they did actually in fact try to make this sort of stuff illegal. Like you, I'm glad they didn't.

[@adamsmith7058]

@UCCQvi7wzIhoG7eoxbR1lSHA This is true, diabolus in musica is the term, if I can remember correctly. It's do with the concept of certain mathematical ratios being "pure" in terms not just of music or harmony , but also relationship to Mediaeval concepts of the Cosmos, where the idea of the harmony of spheres was in vogue. So, to the average Mediaeval theorist, the tritone was not only percieved as an unpleasant interval but also as being contrary to their notions of a cosmological foundation and order to the Universe On a more pedestrian note though, my original reply was just a callback to various attempts to make raves and rave music illegal, in the early to mid 90's, that happened in several countries including the US and quite notably under the UK Prime Minsister, John Major. This mostly happened because of various moral panics at the time over recreational drug use that was associated with this type of music, in particual ecstasy. It was mostly abandoned because of the difficulty of making specific legislation to ban a musical genre and the scene associated with it.

[@mrautomatech2329]

Baseck, most modest name ever. Shit was hella intricate.

[@OIP_1]

baseck is too good at this

[@SethB]

🔥 FUCK YES 🔥 🪦 YOU KILLED IT 🪦

[@davidjcartenutoiii8542]

Holy Moly

[@pablumpicasso9207]

Props to anyone who actually knows how to use this damn thing! This is virtuosic.

[@wbaloo1]

Yyyyyyeeeaaazzzzuss man what a performance! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@octahedron3337]

Holy faaaack. Mind melted! What a talent!

[@ownedbymykitty270]

I keep seeing him doing a Trig Mode ^ (up) + Page key combo. What does this do exactly? He also uses the same Trig Mode button + Scene B button combo at 3:08 which I don’t get. Can someone please explain? Thanks.

[@toshea1980]

I was wondering the same, I think it's this (from the manual): 12.14 FILL MODE FILL mode can be used to create a temporary variation, such as a drum fill, to a pattern. The trig condition FILL is affected depending on if the OCTATRACK MKII is in FILL mode or not.Press [DOWN] + [PAGE] to activate FILL mode for one pattern cycle. It will become active when the pattern loops, and remain active until it loops again. You can also activate FILL mode at any time, and for any duration, by pressing and holding the [UP] + [PAGE] keys when the pattern is playing. The FILL mode is active for as long as the keys are held. If you want to latch FILL mode, press [UP] + [DOWN] + [PAGE]. Press [UP] + [PAGE] to unlatch FILL mode

[@Sinnersainthuman]

Thx! was wondering about this!@@toshea1980

[@beatsbybrian7417]

Holy shit!!!

[@foxglove9]

7:00 *ting* *ting*

[@k-teck9056]

In love

[@alexanderpalm481]

Perfect)

[@orangewiggler6838]

BASECK!!

[@clarkflavor]

Holy crap, this reminds me of the Locked Club shows (RIP DIMA)

[@timt6626]

Wow... just... wow. That early 90s hardcore vibe around 6:00 brought me back to those raves. Awesome performance, makes me love my (grey) OT MK2 even more.