Revolutionize Your Music: Learn Yamaha SEQTRAK's Expert Tricks for Vinyl Sampling / Synths

Sappo gives you some beatmaking tips on sampling from vinyl to synths and song mode to get you up and running right away on the new Yamaha SEQTRAK ! #seqtrak
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[@Sappotube]

Don't forget to like and subscribe! If you want to see more stuff like this let me know too!🤓 🤟

[@digitaldiezel5870]

This just might be the answer for mobile beats. Thank you for the video!

[@Sappotube]

Happy to help! :)

[@SuperBlackfox22]

Fantastic video, greatly appreciated love this device fits perfectly transportation. I'm setting up some local beat nights in my home town Birmingham and can't log lots of equipment. You're videos are helping me get to grips with this dream box 🙌🏾

[@Sappotube]

Ahh thanks for the kind words mate! enjoy :)

[@Giovanni1a]

The Seqtrak is amazing! Realy great synth. A big improvement could be to be able to chose an instrument and the effects per pattern. Three instruments + re-sampling is usually enough at the same time, but a bit limited when you want to create a full song.

[@Steril707]

I love this thing so much... Favorite piece of gear since a long time.

[@Sappotube]

Enjoy mate :)

[@Th3rdFloor]

Greetings from Scotland my friend!,,,totally appreciate you doing these superb videos! in which are very educational and a godsend in learning how to get to grips with this awesome little box of tricks! Did not realize it could go so deep and there also seems to be so much lurking below it's surface,,it's rather powerful in regards to the synth features which is pretty awesome too! ....Just goes to show that we should never judge a book by it's cover,,the same should be said about Yamaha's SEQTRAK! THANKS FOR SHARING!🙏

[@Sappotube]

Thank you for the kind words mate! Love Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙌 yes so many cool things it’s capable of!

[@SuperBlackfox22]

👍🏾

[@plasticsamalt6633]

Great vid! Drooling over this thing lmao

[@Sappotube]

Thanks mate :)

[@MyNameJeff..]

You da best

[@michaelmourek3879]

Nice job - good luck

[@Sappotube]

Thanks mate!

[@DomSigalas]

You rock man ❤❤❤

[@Sappotube]

Thank you my friend! ☺️🫶🏼🙌❤️

[@michaelmourek3879]

I ordered a black Yamaha Seqtrak from Sweetwater - in USA - $399 It will arrive in February-

[@Sappotube]

ahh awesome happy music making :)

[@kidbunka]

Thx sappo! 🙏

[@Sappotube]

Big up mate!

[@730productionsllc]

I was hoping to see if you could edit the sample on the unit instead of the app. But it did answer my question of sampling on this.

[@UrbanGarden-rf5op]

Re: External MIDI keyboard control. Apparently there is a problem (mid-May 2024) in that each drum is on it’s own separate MIDI channel. I really don’t get Yamaha’s logic on this one. Except maybe for some dubious internal routing choices. They were MIDI pioneers and now they do this! I have an advanced MIDI (DIN cable based) patch bay/processor, the MIDITEMP MT16X, that can split/distribute the input signal to the channels of your choice. I’m sure there are newer (and cheaper) alternatives. Working in the garden, it struck me: Why not make a MIDI-channel-splitter-rerouter-for-the Yamaha-Seqtrack. Small box, no power needed, like the Anatek Pocket Pedals. I would buy one😎 Any takers? I also have a slight problem reading the grey text on the black buttons, (I like Black) when they're not lit up. Just thought this was good to know, before pulling the trigger on this one, Otherwise I'm, so far, very happy with my unit.

[@ds-wh4nb]

Hey sappo loving the vids very helpful info. Would be great if you could show us how to hook the SEQTRAK up to a daw. I use bitwig and I can’t get it to recognise it, I’ve only seen it done in Cubase so any info would be awesome. Keep the vids coming they are so helpful

[@Sappotube]

Thank you mate, its usb audio so should be able to be picked up in you're daw, you will have to use this as you're main driver for going into your daw you will have to make this your main driver/in/out in Bitwig.

[@jusonboyz]

Hey dude, I love your videos and am equally loving my Seqtrak - first piece of hardware I've owned and I'm having so much fun with it! I was just wondering if you know - is there a way to export audio in stereo into a DAW? To keep all the lovely panning I've done on the device! Thanks :)

[@Sappotube]

Hi mate thanks for the kind words! the best way is to use it over usb c as an audio device this should come up in your DAW (most daws can only use one audio device at time) then you can just press play on your seqtrak and track real-time into your created audio track on your daw hope that helps :)

[@jusonboyz]

@@Sappotube thanks very much mate! Looking forward to seeing more of your vids ☺️

[@murrayluckhurst9151]

Hi mate, really enjoying your Seqtrak vids. Great to hear dnb when looking at new gear. I have a question if you could help.. when loading your own samples onto the drum sounds with the app, once unplugged from the app are your samples saved onto the device or do you need to be plugged in at all times to access them? Cheers!

[@Sappotube]

thanks mate! no they get saved to the seqtrack but to make sure I always save project from the home > project screen and then 'backup' but everything you work on gets saved to memory when unplugged. I usually favourite (heart) my own user sounds so I can find them easily and to see what ive been loading/sampling/dragging in!

[@producer21207]

Great video.I would love to hear how good the piano/sound presets are with a midi controller.I would be using it as a sound module and was wondering if the sounds compare to the Motif?

[@Sappotube]

hi mate the piano sounds are nice there's quite a few on synth engines 1+2 im not sure about comparing it to the motif but depends what generation of motif!

[@andrekouwenhoven3261]

@Sappotube Thanks for these videos. So helpfull. Is there a way to use more than 16 scenes in songmode?

[@Sappotube]

Ahh thanks mate no not currently you could as an option use up to 8 bars (across the page button) and across the 6 patterns per track option to get the most of out varietys per scene is one way !

[@andrekouwenhoven3261]

@@Sappotube Thank you so much! I would love to see them add more then 16 scenes in an update 😉🙌

[@stephentrott]

I'm guessing the launch quantize also affects how long the scenes play for in song mode too? Can you control this per scene or just overall? Ie 8 bar Intro, 16 bar verse etc etc Also guess you can change the channel scene for each song scene to vary the patterns? I'm being lazy really, I'm getting up to speed with it, but not explored sampling fully or the song mode, so really appreciate this video. I hope you are on the Yamaha pay roll for your work with the SeqTrack. Your doing an ace job of promoting it. I also haven't yet got my head fully around how to manage user samples in the app and it took me ages to realise it is drag and drop to add because there is no documentation mentioning this and no UI clues! I also use a DAW, but this is my first physical groove box and I'm just loving how intuitive and fun making music is with something physical. Laptop screen just isn't the same. Jeep up the great work bro. Looking forward to more content.

[@Sappotube]

hi mate yes you can you can have 6 pattern banks and up to 128 steps per bank you just choose which bank etc in your scene mode to trigger etc :)

[@joman66]

What's that cool mixing desk you had the Seqtrak on top of?

[@Sappotube]

Thanks mate that's my Sony Oxford love it will be showing it in future video :)

[@andrewmunsterman-wn7vv]

Can I sample from my phone?

[@LoserDub]

HOW ARE YALL GETTING THESE, all it says for me is preorder

[@canniversparadise]

I was wondering if each track included an lfo?

[@lofi-dave]

Yes. LFO available for both AWM2 Synths / DX and Drums. Not for Sampler.

[@canniversparadise]

@@lofi-dave thanks

[@lapdz1]

Hey Sappo thanks for this video. I got my Seqtrak but I have a question regarding the song mode. is there way to switch song mode and playing differente project? From 1-9. Just realizing if I’m doing a live set the machine has to be stop and play another song. Thank you

[@Sappotube]

Hi mate! that's a good question however no you would have to switch to project then go again good idea though!

[@lapdz1]

Hey Sappo, thanks for your answer! Let's hope for a firmware update in the future. I found the song mode feature very limited when doing a live set. I have already contact the Yamaha support I will push them until the end for this change😊

[@thefunkymunky9084]

Hi-I played with the SeqTrak a few time at NAMM. I found it surprisingly intuitive, so that's good. One thing I'm wondering though: is there a way to play any samples-whether those included or those recorded by User-chromatically? And: if this can be done, then is it possible to do this with an external keyboard, or can it only be done with the built-in keyboard?

[@Sappotube]

Hi mate! Name looked awesome hope you enjoyed it all ! Samples can't be played chromatically as such as they are dedicated to the 7 sample slots synths however you can via key+all knob or by plug in a midi keyboard with the adapter or via usb and play the sample and synths. The samples will correlate to midi channel so kick - channel 1, snare channel 2 etc hope that helps!

[@MagicalBroetchen]

Hi, do you know if there is a way to copy all the steps from one page to another? Copying the steps one by one is pretty cumbersome if you only want to do a hat variation every four bars, for example.

[@Sappotube]

hi mate at the moment you can use copy per step by holding a step until it flashes then holding 'page' to choose your page and just input the step (when it flashes white its copied) I probably should show this at some point good question!

[@VJFranzK]

5:09 ARP! so you can change the speed to 50 and then it will play slower? (Is there any way to get "note repeat" style playing on the Drum section?)

[@Sappotube]

hi mate yep you can change the speed to multiple values including 50% and different types of arp styles! not on the drum parts though however you could use the racket (sub step ) features per step etc as a sort of workaround hope that helps!

[@porchlightersinternational4992]

I’d love to see a more extensive demo of synth sounds. That’s the missing element so far from the videos I have watched. It would be great to know if the synths really sound as good and rich in options as a montage for instance, as some early reviewers claim or question

[@shininglevels5453]

By the looks of it the 2 AWM tracks are just preset players like a Yamaha home keyboard, they’re not synths at all. The 1 FM track seems to be the only real synth part. Unfortunately it looks like it’s a very underwhelming and underpowered unit compared to the competition.

[@Steril707]

The AWM tracks are just romplers. Good selection of sounds though.

[@lofi-dave]

Yes, the AWM engines are romplers and your editing option is therefore a sample based subtractive synthesis

[@lofi-dave]

@@shininglevels5453which devices would you consider as competition within this price range?

[@lofi-dave]

@@shininglevels5453which devices do you consider as competition within this price range?

[@antisocialskateboarding1434]

Hi, in first time Thanks for your videos. Can you help me? Know if i want conected controller midi mk32 native as keyboard with Seqtrak? Only one usb (no 5 pin). Sorry for my english. Thanks for all

[@Sappotube]

Hi mate no problem yes you can use usb midi (usb c cable) you don't have to use the 5 pin cable converter. you might have to set your midi channels on the midi keyboard though or find out what they are via manual or editor software but they will correspond kick midi channel 1 snare midi channel 2 and so on hope that helps :)

[@antisocialskateboarding1434]

Ooh yeah!! Thank you so much! Un saludo desde España/ Barcelona. Peace

[@itsmarkeis]

So you can only edit your samples within the app?

[@Sappotube]

hi mate! yes that's right well full on editing that I've shown here

[@kisho2679]

is it suitable for live looping in a DJ performance?

[@stephentrott]

Interesting question. I think you would need a DJ controller with midi out for clock syncing for it to work. Although I can't vouch, SeqTrack app does have midi clock settings, so I'd say it would work with the right DJ controller. Buttons might be a bit fiddly though, might be better off with something with big, rubber buttons, especially if you are going to get excited whilst performing 😂

[@Sappotube]

@@stephentrott good answer!

[@Sappotube]

good question mate I would use it in a DJ performance for the fx as you can monitor through them (in sampling mode) or sample then trigger the sample slots (7) after and maybe some transitions/ beat sections (in pattern mode|) like you can with the pioneer mixers.

[@cloudrun654]

Do you get 16 seconds per sample slot, or just 16 overall?

[@RSKNPOL]

Per sample slot

[@Sappotube]

@@RSKNPOL thanks, yep per slot :)

[@tobi-y7862]

So how much memory do we get..a shame it hasnt got a slot card...a miss

[@Sappotube]

hi mate 500 mb user memory you get.

[@EdoardoMarcora]

What are the limitations on sample length (stereo 44.1khz)?

[@kronlidmusic]

I think you can record for 16 seconds

[@lofi-dave]

For importing samples to Drums/Synth/DX the limitations are 44.1 kHz / 16bit or 24bit / max 16 seconds

[@EdoardoMarcora]

That's even worse than the Roland MC groove boxes :(... not sure why these big manufacturers cannot add an SD card and stream samples from there like the Dirtywave M8.

[@lofi-dave]

I would like to have a SD card slot as well. But you are able to put up to 510 MB of own samples onto this device directly. Considering the price range this one competes with the MC 101 which has 4 tracks only, but a SD Card slot. The SEQTRAK in comparison has 11 tracks, but no SD Card slot. @@EdoardoMarcora

[@DamienTheCat]

So this thing can't even do chromatic sampling..?

[@lofi-dave]

You can import your own samples to the SEQTRAK. To Drums and also to AWM/DX Synth. So the SEQTRAK is able to do chromatic sampling. But unfortunately not (yet) with the Sampler. I hope this will come in future with a new firmware, cause I am missing that feature in sampler as well

[@desoakley7760]

Theis 'thing' has so many other qualities - Why focus on the negative. A year ago election devices didn't have a 'song mode' 9 years after the Digital was released. Both of these cost exponentially more cash. @@lofi-dave

[@pascaljean2333]

I think there will be an update. But it's like saying "digitakt doesn't have a multi voice poly synth?". This thing really punches above it's weight.

[@Luis-gm9ee]

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