Octatrack Workflow #3: Building a Song (Late Night Tips)

[@jamessusbilla]

awesome. thank *YOU* to infinity...

[@RobTicho]

thank you. this was really helpful. i made a small breakthrough with my understanding of the OT with this video!

[@LateNightBeatsOfficial]

Awesome news: I'm really happy that I could help :)

[@PnPModular]

Took some good notes during this one thanks again mate

[@LateNightBeatsOfficial]

Thanks for watching!

[@mroliveofficial7677]

The best Octatrack!!!

[@LateNightBeatsOfficial]

Yeah, I love it too.

[@danraiche4823]

Great vid mate helped me alot!!! gonna have to work harder on using parts in my work flow.

[@LateNightBeatsOfficial]

Thanks for the feedback! Once you get used to copying and pasting them, it becomes like a second nature.

[@nicolasporta2007]

the time lenght of your video is 11.11, the universe is trying to tell you something!! very helpful tips! thanks

[@LateNightBeatsOfficial]

The only thing it might want to tell me is: "Watch your audience retention, kid! Who the F is going to watch you ramble for 11 minutes? Keep it reasonable, son!" :) Thanks for watching!

[@natalieazer9450]

Really into this. Very helpful. Thanks bro

[@LateNightBeatsOfficial]

Thanks for watching!

[@djhexis78]

nice summary of the possibilites given by the octatrack. but i don't understand how you played your pad and sample it directly without push on the record trig !! other question, why some of your grid (9 to 16) were green ! thanx for the job man, many many tips, really appreciate this

[@LateNightBeatsOfficial]

Thanks for watching. To answer your question: 1) I wasn't sampling; I just played back a pre-recorded sample which i loaded into a flex machine. So no real-time sampling involved in this video. 2) My trigs are in Echo Freeze mode (kzbin.info/www/bejne/oau4ap2Xa8-kiqM) so that I can glitch my tracks :)

[@djhexis78]

thanx for the answer. ok i'll see this like other tips you gave ! i don't know if you think this pertinent but to organize tracks between banks & parts sometimes i do this : in BANK A, trigs 1 to 4 will use part 1, trig 5-9 ^part 2, trig 9-12 part 3, trig 13-16 part 4. best regards

[@paulbroca1]

i'm trying the ''bank=track'' approach so i can have sixteen tracks/banks in a live session but i think i find it somehow limited AND complex for studio use at the same time. on the other hand i dont like changing projects in the middle of a live set. guess i need more time with it

[@LateNightBeatsOfficial]

Yes, I do the same thing, so that I don't have to switch between projects live. You can use the song arranger to conveniently set your BPM changes and then immediately switch to the pattern mode. Thanks for watching!

[@thisisprisma]

i wish i could just change a pattern and load a different sound straight out of the box, like kits on the analog rym/four...

[@LateNightBeatsOfficial]

I guess samples take more time to load into ram than sysex :)

[@arjanpetersen]

You can sample lock

[@leftoversmy]

hello, I wonder how you use the focusrite

[@LateNightBeatsOfficial]

Hi! Thanks for watching. The Focusrite is my main audio interface (it's extended to 16 channels with Behringer ADA8000) so all my hardware instruments are recorded separately. The cool thing is that if you set it up for "zero latency tracking" and send this setting to the interface it lets the signal through even when not plugged to a computer so it doubles as a real-time mixer. Pretty cool!

[@leftoversmy]

thanks for the help!

[@LukezyM]

@Late Night Beats Regarding zero latency setting with computer turned off, is it letting thru only the Focusrite inputs, or also the ADA8000 inputs?

[@MrBoxxed]

The use of parts is still a confusing thing.

[@LateNightBeatsOfficial]

I try to think about parts as controlling the entire top part of the OT (screen + underscreen buttons + data entry knobs + scenes) and patterns controlling the bottom part (trigs, and their respective parameter locks and scales). Once you get that figured out, the rest is (relatively) easy.

[@RealBassPhat]

What's up HalutioN! I love your videos. You literally made the light bulb go on with this note. I've had the OT Mk1 for like 5 years and never really got into learning it until recently -- it's just not immediate like the MPCs or what not. Anyway, I'll spare you the details but will say you're AWESOME. Do you have a paypal where I can send a donation?