Elektron Octatrack Tips & Tricks - Episode 1 - Single Cycle Waveforms

[@Mobiluks]

Still relevant after all these years. At that time I had the Octatrack mk1 and sold it much too early. This magic inspiring machine(and your clip) won't let me go. So I have now bought the mk2(used). Now I have a sampler and a Synthesizer in one machine. The single cycle waves are comparable with osc-waves of synthesizers. And you can load nearly unlimited of it on the octatrack. In combination with the all envelopes, lfo's and the filter, I see no difference to a Synthesizer - this and the advantage of a sampler... I will never sell it again. Thanks for uploading this great tutorial !!!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

@@Mobiluks Great to read that! Enjoy it!!

[@reneheijt]

Still relevant !!! Thanks !

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Glad to read that!!

[@stolester]

Best octa tutorials, please make more, about live setup, patern changes and parts, how you macking live set, thank u very much

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Hey Protocol_Violation, very happy to read your comment, thanks a lot!! Make sure to subscribe and stay tuned!! cause there are more tutorials being prepared, many of the topics you mentioned will be covered. Thanks again and have fun!

[@stolester]

Indeed vere best tuto, i use VCV Rack 2, Octatrck and some others hardware synths, but I canot macke midi learn with octatrac and VCV Rack, but i find similar solution😃, greatings from Bosnia

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Thanks again!! If VCV rack can send and receive MIDI then it could be made for sure.

[@Mobiluks]

@@MULTIMAN-MUSIC Hey glad to hear that you have more tutorials planned. I watched your great vids years ago with my first octatrack. Now again, while my new one is on its way.

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Hey thanks a lot for the kind words! And glad the tutorials helped then and now, I hope 2023 will be the year when I will manage to develop a more efficient methodology and finish many videos I have recorded but not edited… anyway happy new year and look forward to releasing helpful videos!

[@howardanderson3061]

Thank you so very much for your tutorials and your collection of samples....I’m finally starting to get this Octatrack thing, thanks to people like yourself. I can’t thank you enough

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Hello Howard, those are very nice words, thanks! very glad ity helped you out :) Enjoy!

[@howardanderson3061]

Thank You!

[@philsimmons5438]

Thank you so much for the Soundpacks and the clear explanation on how to do this x

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

You are very welcome, merry christmas! and glad you enjoyed the explanarion :)

[@donaldlykins4548]

I am very excited to wake up tomorrow and dive into this new realm of sonic possibilities you've enlightened me to! Thank you!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

+Donald Lykins Glad to hear that Donald, enjoy the adventure!!

[@NullStaticVoid]

It would be wonderful if the OT natively supported wavetables. You can fake it a couple different ways, but this is one of the better ones I've seen.

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Agreed, it seems rather easy to implement being a sampler or sample based machine, and maybe the workaround is not for everyone but it definitely adds a lot to an already fantastic machine. Glad it was useful!

[@AndrewJohnClive]

Thank you. This is a very useful tutorial and you are very generous to offer your hard work for free.

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Andrew Turner Thanks for your words Andrew, its allways a pleasure to see it helps people! Cheers!

[@256k_]

Thank you so much for the very educational video! Also thank you for making a video about something else other than the basics of the octatrack. I’ve been researching the same stuff everyday with nothing much to learn I was looking for these kinds of more advanced experimental tips & tricks and this was fantastic! Looking forward to more content!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Hello fayekhelmi, thanks so much for your words, it really means a lot to me... hopefully I will be preparing more content soon, lots of ideas/tips written down but not much time to make the videos. Make sure to subscribe to be notified when new content is added. Best and enjoy! Julian

[@vordkaze]

Thanks for sharing your wave form sample chains and this video!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

You are welcome vordkaze, glad they are usefull for you!

[@papykog7772]

Thank you for the hard work and making it easy on us!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

+Keith Duncan Thanks for your words, I allways try to make the demo quick and simple but end up more long and messy, very happy to hear people actually find them usefull... Really organizing my time to start putting together some more videos soon... cheeers!

[@MattKeenanMusic]

Thanks for making this. Before, I wasn't understanding the particular settings you needed for single cycle waveforms, now I do! You had a nice groove going there, too :)

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Matt Keenan Hello, I´m glad it helped :) All the best!

[@outsaneoutsane2747]

Your tutorials are some of the best, thanks!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

It's an honour to read that, glad it was helpfull !

[@grandmasterjo1]

Thank you for your effort and the tutorials for sharing this. It’s capable of some fascinating results. 👍👍

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Glad it was useful! Yeah this technique opens up a massive field for investigation :) Enjoy!

[@bystnik]

Wow! Thanks for sharing.!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Very happy to read you enjoyed that!

[@0Metatron]

Wicked thanks for the time and dedication

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Thanks for your words!

[@jizzmaster2000]

very well done, some new ideas to try....

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Thanks! That´s the idea, this technique is extremely wide and full of posibilities... Enjoy it! :)

[@DJjondent]

Fabulous tutorial. Keep up the great work

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Thanks for your words! enjoy! :)

[@rich_qwik]

really nifty - gives me some ideas for sure!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Glad to read that, enjoy!

[@rhudson3290]

this is awesome!!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Glad you like it!

[@donaldlykins4548]

Your sound pack is very modular capable very kool

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

+Donald Lykins Yeah, the Single cycle technique trully expands the OT capabilities with tiny audio samples. :)

[@grege4069]

excellent tutorial and downloadable content. really really helpful, thanks!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Thanks for you words! Glad it helped :)

[@josmart2299]

trabajo guay,a ver si practicamos un poco y tengamos tan buenos resultados

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Me alegro!

[@TherapyHiccup]

awesome! thanks for the informative video and free download =]

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Thanks! have fun! :)

[@jeromesantiago8752]

I'm still wondering why the octarack doesn't have this built in! but this is great information, I dont think we have overbridge but the ability to produce and read wave forms would be a nice second prize. granular synthesis on all waves in and out, even better.

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Hi yeah not overbridge. But getting around limitations brings inspiration too ;)

[@FelixBernhardt]

thx for this nice tutorial

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Hello Felix, Im glad it helps and you find it useful. All the best!

[@allanroney]

Excellent - a real help.

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

+allanroney Enjoy!

[@run5t0p]

Super helpful - Thanks!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Hi Michael, glad it helped! :)

[@cameldiaz]

Thank you so much for this.

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Glad to read so many positive comments still this far in time, I can assure soon I will get back on to making yummy tutorials since my situation has improved, look forward to share them! Enjoy and stay safe!

[@cameldiaz]

Respect and admiration brother!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

@@cameldiaz All the best!

[@karstenkonrad4876]

Thank you very much.

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

You are very welcome!

[@aboxinthesea]

So good. Love this technique.

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Indeed! me too :) full of possibilities.

[@lwpweb]

video masking could dim the oled screen to make it more visible and clear. With masking exposure corrections only for the oled screen are possible. This is a trick in video editing.

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Hello, I’m sorry that the video wasn’t helpful for you due to the LCD screen light. I’m aware of masking options but this video was done 10 years ago and at the time I used poor lighting and a primitive video editor… I’m not going to edit and re-upload it since 99,9% of users found it useful, but I will take it in to consideration for future ones. Peace out!

[@Digiphex]

Great tutorial.

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Glad you guys find it useful! more videos coming soon! :) Cheers!

[@kaitlynmika4418]

Excellent!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Glad it helped!

[@TerekkiTerekki]

brilliant tut - thank you!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Glad you liked it, your are very welcome!

[@tilt12345678]

Very interesting! Thank you! :)

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

tilt12345678 You are welcome!

[@gvickerschtick]

great demo!!!!!!!!!!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Thanks!

[@almohadillaseisefes]

de guays Inspektor! Gracias por compartir tus movidas :)

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

+almohadillaseisefes Hey de nada! hacia tiempo que no escuchaba la expresion "de guays" xD

[@almohadillaseisefes]

***** xD en realidad yo también, me salió del alma ;)

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

almohadillaseisefes :)

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

Do you know if it is possible to do wave table or granular synthesis on the Octatrack or Analog 4 like that on the Waldorf Blofeld and Access Virus TI? If so how would we set this up?

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Hi! It is not a feature in the OT itself, but there are workarounds to get similar results... Ive been quite busy lately but have some tutorials on the making. Since I own a Virus TI I plan to make a soundpack using wavetables to use in the OT, hopefully it wont take me too long!

[@UltramarineAfterglow]

very good tutorial tx

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Im glad you liked it Michael!

[@bigdap100]

Brilliant.

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

:)

[@agitator1]

Hi thank you for your awesome tutorial, but when i slice the sample chain into 64 slices, I just gets blips and bloops...my sliced waveforms don't sound as musical as yours...am I missing something here ? I am not getting any tonality...just really short tick sounds....

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Hi glad you like the tutorials. The answer to your question is actually in the video xD. You have to set channel to "loop" and Slice mode. Also change the settings in the AMP page for adjusting the Release and attack values. Hope it helps!

[@DayflightTrok]

Thx, I will try this ...

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

You should... Its lots of fun! :)

[@bigkingsha]

Press Function and Yes to preview samples in directory

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Hi King shaman, not sure what you mean. I know how to preview samples from the folder directory, but since these are 64x single cicle waveforms in one file, preview of them wont help you recognize the sounds, for that I use file names.

[@bigkingsha]

***** Yes that's what I meant, previewing samples. Very good tutorial though and thanks for teaching us!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

king shaman Glad you like them!

[@m0n0c0n]

cool thanks for the tutorial....

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

You are welcome! glad it helps ;)

[@lukassssi]

thx a lot! very nice guy

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jorgejaramillo6374]

hi there, i am trying to change the presets in the minitaur, from the octatrack, but i can't find the way. i did it from the ableton and it was no problem... that function it's working on the moog... do you know something about it? thanks!!!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Hi, you can send program changes from the Midi tracks. Make sure u select the correct Midi CH, bank and program... Also make sure your menu MIDI settings is set to send Prog changes and any other data you want to send. I donnot own a minitaur but I have succesfully changed presets in many external gear so it should work. Hope it helps.

[@jorgejaramillo6374]

Thanks, I did everything and it doesn't work.... Neither the jx 03... I dont understand whats wrong.... Have you some tutoriales about it?

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Hi, No I dont but maybe send me a private message and I will try to make one :) it defenitely work with some stuff so let see.

[@vladmohilny2985]

Thanx Man!!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

You ar welcome!

[@midinerd]

11:30 is dope

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Glad you liked it !! lolol

[@RusticRaver]

so I follow the instruction but once I get out of the flex it seems to go back to static when i exit the menu, sorry I'm beginner. how can i transfer all your samples to the internal memory of the machine? bought that octatrack second hand and they have wiped the memory so i never managed to use the flex machine so far, if you had a tutorial showing how to reset the machine to factory settings with the internal samples and where to find them, you would have many hits. After going through the forums it seems like many people have the same problem. I e-mailed Elektron about it and searched their site but really nothing there, and they did not reply yet. thank you for your help anyway.

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Hello Music is a secret. I don´t know really what your problem is. Flex machines must be able to be used the same than static one. Is just a different way of managing the audio samples. If you are a begginer, make sure you read the whole manual a couple of times in order to learn the devices structure. Loading samples is very simple, either plug the CFlash card on the computer, or connect the Octatrack using the USB, then drag and drop your sample folder in to the "Audio" folder within your project. The factory content samples should be available in the download section, make sure you create an account and can access those sounds, plus many other Free Sample Packs ready available. Hope it helps, cheers, Julian.

[@RusticRaver]

thanks Julian for that precision, great advice , I read the manual once but sounded a bit chinese to me, not got good notion of what they call synthesis neither I guess. but I'll persevere. it will take time to crack the mystery, thank you for the tutorials hopefully they will make sense soon. congrats for the channel and samples, best I have seen so far!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

music is a secret Glad it helps! The OT definitely needs some time to understand, specially if you are not made to the elektron menus and architecture, but soon you will! Enjoy the ride ;)

[@Caustic13]

Recording and re-sampling tut plz!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Hey Gegeg, It was in my list and I have already a Recording tutorial in the process,including manual recording, using recorder triggers and a second one using Pickup machines... I´m now uploading a video in MIDI learning functionallity for controlling external gear, but I assure you, the next one is Recroding... Suscribe and keep and eye on it!! :) All the best.

[@Caustic13]

***** The MIDI learning will also be swell, cheers man!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

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[@Caustic13]

too bad I no longer own an octatrack =c I will again someday!

[@Mariedu01]

thank you for tutoriel +++

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

You are welcome! :)

[@basehead617]

Very cool.. This really would make no sense at all if the viewer doesn't have a good understanding of audio on a low level!

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Totally!! Most dedicated music hardware, really benefits from having some basic audio knowledge... some have absolute gems hiding that otherwise would go unnoticed... Even is worth reading manuals many times in different moments cause u learn loads through the years... glad it helped!!

[@CupofCloud]

this is neat. kinda sounds like video games

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

It does! :) many of the waveforms are 8Bit and Video Games so the result its very similar too, enjoy!

[@solomonjenkins9505]

when editing samples i can never see a waveform, just a shitty rectangle, no matter how much I zoom in. What's the problem?

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Hello Solomon, not sure what you mean by a shitty rectangle. This are sample chains of many single cycle waveforms... their size is tiny, I cannot describe how tiny they are compared to any standard sample. I neverd zoomed in to the waveforms since there´s not much to change there apart of what you can from the main page. There might be a limitation in the OT zoom option since the slices are so small. Hope it helps.

[@solomonjenkins9505]

I'm not sure I understand the difference between different types of samples. I just want to sample my synth and have it show up as waveform, up and down, and instead I just see a slightly thicker line where my sample is and no matter how much I zoom in it's always just a line. How do I see an actual waveform? Thanks for the quick response btw you might save me from getting slapped across the face which is what will happen if I don't figure this octatrack out enough to make a simple eurotrash song by new years lol made a bet with a friend

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Hello Solomon. In order to make a sinclge cycle waveform from a synth you have recorded, you have basically two options. One is to extract the single cycle waveform in a Audio Editor in Win or Mac... That´s is how I did it. The second option would be using the OT, I never done it there but I guess is quite simple, you zoom in until you see a complete cycle of the waveform and you adapt the start and end of loop according to that waveform. The whole reason why my Sample Chains work with slice function is because they are first arranged in Ableton like 64 samples of the same lenght and pitch... Not sure if it still makes sense to you. Try playing one of my Single Cycle Samplechains in a asudio player to hear this are not normal samples recorded from a synth. There are tons of tutorials online about how to make your own single cycle waveforms and all of them use some sort of audio editor. Hope it helps.

[@solomonjenkins9505]

thanks for the response again, but really I just wanna know how to sample my korg m3 and moog sub 37 and see them show up as a waveform in the audio editor. I have zoomed in and out to the max and it always appears rectangular, I can never see a waveform. Any idea what the problem is?

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Hi Solomon. Have you managed to sample audio at all? If you sample any audio in OT, and go to editor you must see a waveform... not a single cycle one, but a wave of some sort, if you see nothing is that you are doing something wrong (not sure what you mean by rectangular). If the volume is too low, maybe the waveform is not showing, but you should see something... Once you sample in the OT, you have to edit the RAM Memory slot ... or FLEX recorder, dont remeber the same... to save that as audio... maybe that´s your problem. Sorry if I can´t help much, maybe asking in Elektronauts forum can bring you some more answers. Cheers!

[@danieldemayo6209]

Ahhh just gave me so many ideas haha

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Glad to read that, enjoy!

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

where is Doctor Claw and Penny?

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

They will be back soon! :)

[@caballotecaballo188]

haz alguno en Español hermano ;)

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Hey, intentare añadir subtitulos en los siguientes, el problema es que si hago videos en español, nadie los ve, nadie comenta, nadie se suscribe a mi canal, nadie le da a me gusta, con lo cual me queda la sensacion de que los hago para nada... Pasate por mi web que esta todo en Ingles y Español. www.inspektorgadjet.com He decidido hacer este video como el PRIMERO en Ingles, y la aceptacion que esta teniendo es increible. Tambien te digo que la informacion que hay disponible in internet en español, es el 1% con respecto a lo que encuentras si buscas en Ingles, asi que te vas a perder muchisimo contenido. Saludos!

[@caballotecaballo188]

***** por supuesto , incluso yo he tenido que hacer videos en inglés porque si no no los ve ni dios y además , no es por ganar visitas , que tampoco está nada mal, sino porque la mayor parte del público que tienen los videos de estas máquinas suele ser extranjero como tú bien dices. Qué te voy a contar yo que no sepas, el que no se defienda un poco con el inglés a día de hoy , entonces está jodido. un abrazo , me alegra conocerte compañero de elektron. Yo tengo el a4 , tengo varios videos en mi cuenta

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

caballote caballo Igualmente! me alegra conectar! hechare un vistazo a tus videos y veremos que tal en el futuro para hacer subtitulos en español. Un abrazo y suerte!

[@lwpweb]

grausam

[@MULTIMAN-MUSIC]

Not sure what that means but yeah thanks anyway 😆