Octatrack Transitions tutorial // Fun live looping

[@kpinutero]

Don’t forget to have record quick mode on for this to work. Project > system > personalize > record quick mode

[@RickyTinez]

Whoa! is this an MK2 thing? Or did i never come across it on my MK1 haha. Thanks for that info, i love using this option!

[@yawevans8398]

I was scratching my head on why hitting rec3 was doing nothing. Thank you!

[@beatsandbuttons]

Damn… doubting myself for 2 hours

[@uxuimusic]

Thank you SOOOOOOO MUCH FOR THIS COMMENT. Jesus, was going nuts there for moment!!

[@erosxion]

Bless you! You wonderful human!

[@spaceemanspiff]

I'm such a dummy, I thought the REC1, REC2, and REC3 were separate sampling methods and not an ordered process you needed all three for 😭don't ask me how long I've had an Octatrack for...Now I actually know how to live loop, thank God for Ricky Tinez!!

[@pyronb]

If you are lost at 4:13 because the "+" actually does not appear and the recording doesn't not start, it's because @Ricky uses a shortcut that you have to enable in Project menu > System menu > Personalize menu > Record Quick Mode: TRUE. Also, If QREC is OFF, go to AED to start recording by pressing REC3 (but that's not always required, couldn't understand why, sometimes it works outside of AED too, sometimes not)

[@caleblaughlin8351]

Your statement “Track 6 which is scene B for 13” sums up the Octatrack experience in a nutshell. Nice work as always.

[@zeusdeux]

That under one second switch from “super simple” to “I really hope that makes sense” has me in splits 😂

[@mdsnbutler1]

Yo at 10:20 you're like "if you set the scene volume to min you can't hear the fx on the scene" which is true - unless you have the scene volume at min but the scene amp vol up - which effectively creates three regimes of sound with an additional one in the middle of the crossfader (Scene A: no fx, Middle: partial FX and same volume, Scene B: no volume). This is because of the linear amp vol being summed with the non-linear crossfade volume

[@a1o1]

This is exactly how I use mine .... It just took me a long time to understand how to get there ! Great to have a tutorial focused on just this aspect.

[@moonshot1999]

“You already read the title, let’s not waste any time..”. 👍👍 for this alone 😎

[@theorgandude]

then he plays an intro bumper! ;)

[@funktorsound]

Great tips and tutorial! Quick reference for those using the Octatrack MKI: You arm the recorder for internal "input" by pressing the track key + MIDI key. So in this case T6 + MIDI.

[@fizmo303]

Why mine is recording over and over again in a loop, not just once?

[@romtieche]

@@fizmo303 did you get an answer ?

[@phillipinge3004]

@@fizmo303 check your RLEN make sure it’s set to the number of steps in your loop. Also check that you have Loop: off in your recording setup 1. This took me about an hour of rewinding the vid to figure out too😂

[@davidkempmail]

I’ve owned an Octatrack for about a month now and I actually understood most of what you were doing...as always a great explanation and video with inspirational choons too!

[@jamessusbilla]

incredible usage scenario. thank *YOU* the elektron sequencer is causing a paradigm shift in my brain. it all started after my first experience with an elektron - the model cycles.

[@frankmuller-pierstorff229]

For me literally the tutorial I gained the most fun out of in a very long time. Thanks for all the time you put into your channel. Very much appreciated.

[@jarednorth1053]

Excellent post! I've had my Octatrack for about 2 months and have got the foundations for sampling, Parts, Patterns and Scenes down. I wasn't sure how to create a smooth transition and this helped immensely! Thanks for spreading the knowledge!

[@myblues]

Dude thank you for this!. out of the dozens of videos I've watched "teaching" the live loop setup, yours is the only one to include all necessary steps. when i follow the other vids, my loops end up overdubbing at every new cycle pass. cheers! Im rocking this new OT real hard all of the sudden!

[@amethystseer]

Seeing practical applications like this in action is SO useful. The routing is super easy to understand.

[@maquettemusic1623]

More Octatrack. Cause I still don't know how to use mine...

[@robertsyrett1992]

We need Octatrack October is what we need.

[@isaac.anthony]

Looking forward to the new version of octaedit out soon...

[@shatteredsquare]

Lmfao 😭

[@peacefulpigeon7254]

Any tutorials would be great on the octatrack mk2 - your videos are so clear and enjoyable!

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

@@robertsyrett1992 I need to do a series of tutorials. Love mine and took a year of reading the manual and trying to learn it. Still learning. So powerful. Ultimate sampler/sequencer.

[@Sam-sdh]

The end of that jam got so wild! bloody loved it

[@AllenJuddMusic]

Ive had the Octatrack for well over a year and its amazing still learning what all it can do. Terrific video and well explained. Great job man!

[@whoadog8725]

I've been using this technique for a long time, and this is clearest explanation of it I have seen. Very good video.

[@riojamz2553]

I get it. A super helpful way to dj between modular sequences just like mixing two songs like the good old days by cueing something before the crowd hears it. I always believed that Eurorack needs some better way to cue things like the way you're doing it. I'm experimenting with something like you're doing with a make noise Rosie and a synthwerks sp-1p crossfading module and stackable cables. Very fun indeed but I think I need to implement the sampling capabilities of the Octatrack in my set up somehow. Thanks for the video.

[@malteschulz6851]

I am looking forward to everyone of your Octatrack videos! I‘ve been thinking about buying an mk1 for the last months....

[@Dilworthy]

stop thinking, get one :) I was in that boat, then I just had to. No looking back now!

[@cremefresh1]

i own a mk 1 for ages. its the first hardware i bought new, the first unit i wanted to throw out of the window too.... hahaha. you wont regret if you have enough skin and fat for the bumps of learning. they make it unique since the posabillities are so broad!

[@malteschulz6851]

tva tva this motivates me even more to buy it but I already knew I will have me moments of frustration with it haha It will be my first piece of hardware besides my electric piano and guitar.. thanks for your answer, was it a good decision to buy the Octatrack as the first hardware?

[@Dilworthy]

@@malteschulz6851, I've been watching a lot of vids on it before I took the plunge and bought it. I'm quite a technically minded person so watched many vids before I discovered the scope of what it can do. That way, when it arrived, I was already slightly familiar with it. I had a plan of what I wanted to do with a piece of kit and figured it could be done on this beast (rather than sticking to Ableton), now the doors are open and I'm more inspired everyday. Plus, having a piece of hardware is making me do things I'd never do on a computer. Fantastic!

[@malteschulz6851]

Dilbotronic ok i never really hear about someone regretting buying the Octatrack so I might safe like 2 months more and get one :) Thanks for your answer, it motivates me! I would like to use some kind of midi mixer for the 8 tracks with some encoders so I can control the levels of the tracks, that should be possible with a normal midi mixer right?

[@onpatrolforthejuice]

Thanks for this. Just got one of these and am trying to get my head around the possibilities. Normally good at going through the manual and being good. But this thing is deep as hell and everyone seems to use it in a different way.

[@zeusdeux]

I have started to lose count of the number of times I have come back to this video just for the jam the end. What an awesome jam Ricky!

[@dijon]

hey this is awesome! but i cant seem to get my recording track to stop overdubbing. same settings as you i think but any ideas here?

[@RickyTinez]

When you are editing the record functions. Make sure you don’t have a step in the sequencer. If you enter in a step in the sequencer while you were editing the recording parameters you were telling it to continuously record every time it hits that step

[@dijon]

Ricky Tinez did the damn trick thanks mang stay safe in these wild times

[@edwardprue]

Damn, that *was* a lot of fun - gettin' a little Dataline there at the end! Thanks for the knowledge.

[@adamoliver82]

There's so much you can do with an octatrack, your videos on it are great, I've still got so much learn!

[@Jbrunel510]

The end of this jam had me hitting the thizz so damn hard, holy shit. What a jam.

[@keypusher0]

One of the best jams I have ever seen tbh

[@maikrobin]

Man, that jam in the end was sick!!!! I´m waiting for my octatrack to arrive and will come back to this video probably a 100 times until I´m able to pull off something like that!!

[@samsfriedify]

agreed

[@WitchingHr]

that was a wicked jam at the end there ricky....too dope!

[@austingoza4807]

🤣loved your response to the jam at the end

[@XxzeppelinxX]

On the mk1, the internal light is near the midi/part button if I’m not mistaken - at least that is the light I used to see if the audio is clipping.

[@jackbeattie3886]

2 mins in, and this is already the video of my OT dreams! Thanks Ricky!

[@mondriantestpattern2613]

I've been making drone jams for the last month and have an OT arriving soon. This is exactly the method I have been looking for. Thanks a lot!

[@museovations]

Badass man. I have been considering an Octatrack but haven't wanted to dive into a mega tutorial just to decide if I need one. Learned alot just now. Thanks! Now I want one... Sigh.

[@fjb9095]

That jam at the end is the best one I’ve seen you do. So great Love the tips as well, really really useful

[@davidbrown8600]

Hey Ricky, this vid is seriously awesome. Very useful. Could you please make a few more like this? For Octatrack learners like me this helps massively.

[@corneliusblasterbox]

Your enthusiasm sells everything you show. Thanks for the great videos :)

[@FuZZbaLLbee]

Seems super helpful for live modular performance, to not get a loud unexpected pitch over the main speaker’s

[@grindFish]

awesome setup tip! got mine couple weeks ago, these kinda tricks are really helping to demystify the octatrack approach

[@red13emerald]

Holy shit that jam was soooo good! You experience with the octatrack really shows, it is a blast to watch!

[@sergiomoreno7482]

Thanks for the explanaition.. and that final permorfance, kick asses!

[@MrSteezzo]

the teacher! been looking for a video like this in a looong time, appreciate it man, and my ears definitely appreciate that jam✌🏼

[@dani538]

Damn! This was fun. Best tutorial of the OT. I am gassing very hard now! Love it man!

[@el_dani]

I‘m glad, that I have an Octateack, but I think you sold me on this WMD filter, it sounds gorgeous

[@Michael_Smith-Red_No.5]

I purchased an OT Mk II in April of this year. I turned it on, verified that it was working, and put it back in the box. It knows I'm here. Some instruments I give names to, but this one is an 'It.' I'm afraid of It, and It knows this. Your videos are very helpful, however. I might just hold onto It.

[@shatteredsquare]

Lmfao 😂...it only does what you tell it to do...unless you give it free will...which you can totally do...then it will do whatever tf it wants...godspeed sir...

[@Michael_Smith-Red_No.5]

@@shatteredsquare Thanks. I might need it.

[@robertgarvansnyder4665]

I feel this. I've had mine for almost a year, and my understanding of it comes in bursts. Every time I think i'm going to get rid of it, I have a new breakthrough.

[@josephhecht]

That is a nasty little jam at the end there. Truly inspiring. Still getting to grips with my Octatrack after some years but this gives me the motivation to keep going! Nice work.

[@michaelsorhaindo5167]

Still keep coming back to this video just to listen to the jam with the beyonce sample at the end!! Love it!

[@phillipinge3004]

Hey all, I’m missing something and it must be simple because I can’t find anyone talking about it. My issue is that my flex machine on 6 is silent while it is recording. For the first part of this video, the icon for his flex track on 6 shows a plus sign while recording. At approximately 5:29 the icon for the flex track on 6 changes to a plus sign with a play symbol while recording (indicating overdub). This allows us to still hear the recorded version on 6 with track 5 muted while it’s recording the modified patch. I think it has to do with my playback trigs and recording trigs on track 6 but I’m stumped. Any help for this OT noob would be greatly appreciated!

[@phillipinge3004]

Okay good news, one more session and I was able to figure it out. Turns out I had set a trig on t6 while I was in the record setup menu. Once I cleared the record trig I was able to get the recording working as desired. Anyway, I wanted to share in case anyone was stuck like I was.

[@adamoliver82]

Gets really good from about 15mins, good work, really enjoyed this jam.

[@adamoliver82]

It just gets better and better as it goes on, love how filthy it gets.

[@jamesmslwte6593]

Fair play. Great tutorial and great jam at the end!

[@fergalbo]

Great tutorial. New to the Octatrack and was wondering how to do this. Thanks!

[@gladstonedeluxe622]

Great stuff! Just got a Mk1 and this gave me some much needed direction.

[@carmeloponente5030]

Such a fantastic and well explainded video. I was always containing myself to send my gear directly to the OT as I have a mixer for that but I think that sending few of them can definitely bring more creativity in the workflow. Thanks man !

[@shatteredsquare]

7:35...just like a DJ, but instead of digging for a new CD you just noodle with your instrument to make the next section, tune it, then fade it in...

[@DroneShots_UK]

Bought one of your T-shirts, absolutely love it! Thanks!

[@whikidazz]

Damn! That last bit was dope as hell! Happy accidents!

[@happylittlesynth]

Another wicked jam sesh Ricky! Thanks! Are you going to do a vid explaining the new intellijel box? :D

[@el_dani]

Niiice, looking forward to more Octatrack action (and worklow explanations as well)

[@geohashi]

Man goes off at the end there damn bro

[@cremefresh1]

your voice is reallly chilll. your explination dito! i like your help ricky Tinez!! ( i own a mk1 tho) but it still helped me!

[@cremefresh1]

thaank you very much!!!

[@RolandKorg27]

At 4:10 everything works exactly the same, except that i can still hear the incoming signal when T5 & T6 are muted. Can anybody help me with that please?

[@ivrnk]

did you know you can map DIR settings for AB/CD inputs in MIX section to scenes? thus you don't need THRU track

[@dennisschmidt3041]

hey ivin, could you elaborate on how that might work please? :) I'd love to know

[@ivrnk]

@@dennisschmidt3041 hello Dennis, it's just the same as with every other parameter mapped to a scene: go to MIX (not sure what key combo on MK1) -> hold scene (A or B) and while holding it turn DIR parameter. it'll behave the same as XVOL or LVL on a track

[@el_dani]

Good call, but then you might enter sound level differences, don‘t you?

[@not-hank-s]

Ha, do'h. This solves my levels problem w/ transitions... I've been recording from the ins instead of the thru track. 🤦🏻‍♂️ Thank you!

[@AlbertSotosculptamesh]

Super helpful thanks for laying down the knowledge Ricky!

[@eighth_wave]

How come at 4:04 -ish the high note of your sequence starts around beat 1, and at 5:00 -ish the same high note starts around beat 4?

[@TobyBorrow]

That’s some pretty hardcore techno sounds in that jam 🧬

[@el_dani]

Hardcore techno is something else, but it was awesome acidy - what eurorack filter was that by the way?

[@2mbst1]

This one is it. This made me going to buy an OT, this is the workflow I want. Going to sell a bunch of unused gear, and the DT and get an OT. This seems so much fun!

[@maarzt]

I had the same response. this brought it home!

[@rollonfood]

Ok... That! Was fkkkkkin impressive.. I just received my octatrack a day ago and it feels SOO forboding. This video really made me feel inspired to delve deep. I already own an analog 4, and it took me a good couple months to feel confident with it, but i have a sneaky suspicion I'll be finding new ways to use the 8T in like... A year! You seem like you really have the hang of this beast. I would love to see a video where you utilize it more for song production, rather than live performance. (I fully realize that the OT is best suited for performance, but i think I'm going to use it to get crazy in my songs)

[@Rustik1722]

Ricky, do you have a video using the Octatrack and actually showing your gain staging "volumes/gain" when using the Octatrack with say Circuit and Digitakt and a synth......I see confusion on what do with levels of all the devices in establishing levels but maintain a good headphone signal and have good signal going out with audio from those things coming in.

[@oortone]

This is what I was searching for. Great tutorial!

[@BaileyHeredge]

that's some powerful gear boy is it complicated

[@emilyschmanks]

have you already done a video on that modular? looks nifty

[@nickhatcher4519]

Can this be done with the Digitakt?

[@perogie62]

This is what I was wondering as well! Obv no slider on the Digi but I THINK could still use the trick of sampling from live modular, switch to that sample assigned to a track, then switch back to live. If done during a breakdown, the transition would not be too jarring. Do I have that right? Anyone tried this?

[@el_dani]

Not with the seamless transition

[@isaac.anthony]

gonna have to watch this one a few times. Probably need to read the octa manual 10 more times.

[@RickyTinez]

Merlin’s Manual.. that’s the one

[@gustaveisenhauer2801]

Danke für die guten Tipps 🙏

[@chibukun]

Interesting video, helping me get one step closer to getting that octatrack

[@RealBassist]

so awesome man!! Jam at the end.... so good. Keep sharing!

[@vincentcasparbohm6881]

that's been very helpful - an excellent reminder of the OT's capabilities! cheers mate ☮️

[@djatodaplus]

Dude!!! The last performance awesome! The best! And thnks you for this video.... because that's exactly my future plan! Live gigs with My Octatrack, beat step and my Modular! So is das correcty.... I can cue my stuff on the headphones and mudlate my stuff bevor I go back from my recorded loop to the main sound of my modul master sound? Greetings from Germany

[@internalobserver]

That's exactly how it can be done

[@benearle271]

Are you using the Beatstep to control OT? If so, how you finding it? You can use it without a midi host right? How does it deal (or not deal) with data jumps when changing patterns?

[@casimirliberski]

Dope jam in the end man!

[@Dilworthy]

Great timing man, just bought the octatrack this week, with live looping and mangling at the top of my list. This is very useful, cheers!!!

[@focalsounds4920]

Great Video Man! Thanks for taking the time to show that. Cool idea.. Could we essentially run 3 pairs of these tracks. (1 thru & 1 flex X3) to operate as a 3 track looper (without overdubs) rather than using the forever pain in the ass PickUp machines? Get my drift? Or am I missing something?

[@internalobserver]

This is possible, yes!

[@el_dani]

Do 4 pairs, use main/cue out for external fx sends

[@tarnlicht3657]

Men! You are really killing both machines. Awesome video

[@suntzu6122]

He'll yea this started to blast off. Nice vid

[@bartduwez8968]

Your videos are great! Entertaining and informative! Love it

[@PalmMaster]

you make me want an octatrack so baaad

[@victornazario177]

🖤 your videos, greetings from Puerto Rico!

[@Rustik1722]

Do you need to use 1 track for incoming audio of hardware and another whole track to record it? You can't just record the audio in on the channel it comes in on? So you need 2 tracks to record incoming audio from hardware and then route channels to one another? I always assumed you can just record loop of incoming audio? Appreciate your time...time...yeah I am at like 5:00 mark I am referencing

[@sterigma555]

RUSTiK Inc How would he crossfade between the live audio and the recorded audio if he was only using a single track?

[@Rustik1722]

@@sterigma555 ?

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

its completely volapyk - i litterally didnt get even a gist of what you said - i mean , i can hear youre words - but they dont registre as meaningful sentences - im WAY in over my head here ... and i got a Tone AND a Takt , waiting for me to ....prod...at them...prefferble with a stick....in front of me ...at my desk....god have mercy on my soul........

[@aragorus]

Nicest tutorial on the web :-)

[@hakonanthonsen3543]

im trying for the life of me to do this, but it keeps on recording a new sample every time the beat loops..

[@gartersnake1919]

Same for me. Did you figure out the solution?

[@danvandal4127]

one shot record trigger which is function+trig so that'sblinking not steady

[@andrewgarner3428]

He’s not sequencing the recording via a record trig. He’s triggering the recording manually with the rec3 button, with quick record enabled in the project settings. He has the recorder setup to be quantised to 16 steps, so wherever he presses it will always start on time. The rec length is set to 16 steps so it only captures one bar.

[@andrewgarner3428]

You could also do it by setting a one shot record trig, and arm with “yes” and “track” button. Or you could just set a record trig, and when you have something you like, just disable that trig mid bar. 👍

[@ridvankornaz]

thank you for that workflow ! great ot mk2 vid!

[@Maudio303]

Wicked! Loved the end beside of your great tutorial! Peace bro

[@domingez79]

Damn you did it ...last minute wicked

[@andrij.demianczuk]

I do this, but sometimes I’ll do it on my master track (T8). You can fade in some pretty crazy effects too that way and capture some pseudo-automation that way.

[@juliomontes5525]

How do you play back if it’s on the master track?

[@andrij.demianczuk]

@@juliomontes5525 record your master track (t8) into a recorder buffer which will allow you to play it back on any other track. Makes it simple to fade between performances.

[@juliomontes5525]

@@andrij.demianczuk gotcha...I am trying to shy away from using T8 as master and use it for another Flex machine. This setup is used for recording purposes only.

[@khairitannur]

Octatrack tut series. I’m stuck between getting this or a digitak

[@isaac.anthony]

Thanks for this one, buddy! Now I gotta figure out how the midi tracks interact with whats going on with the recording and/or crossfader, so many options...

[@isaac.anthony]

cue mutes master, how are you listening to the cue audio before you bring it in, headphones?

[@RickyTinez]

Yea headphones is pretty much the only way I think

[@fdisknet]

im just here to check if anyone else has commented on the protective display foil yet. No? ok. Dude, peel that foil off. And make a video of it.

[@DivKid]

WET RESONANCE ... yes mate!