Standalone Octatrack Setup and Essential Effects

In this video I share my setup and workflow for my "Octatrack only productions" and what I consider essential electronic music effects.
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[@EZBOT_]

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[@user82938]

It crazy how after all these years, there's still stuff to learn about this thing. Never knew about mix paste mode.

[@PatrickSugarfix]

Man, the knowledge/minute ratio in this video is off the charts! That overdub-in-the-audio-editor trick alone is so incredibly useful. Thank you!

[@pablo65315]

you have a great knowledge of the OT, thanks for showings us this stuff

[@OoraMusic]

Yours are the best octa content on the web!

[@EZBOT_]

Thank you Oora!

[@nicolascarta2626]

I think the magic of the octactack is that half of the features are not on the manual, so then it can be xmas at any moment 😂

[@chinmitten]

Jesus, EZ. Every time I think I know an okay amount about the Octatrack you make me learn something new. Had no idea about the paste function at 4:00

[@lopodyr]

THE MIX PASTE. WHAT.

[@SKRDmusic]

Honored to be the first reply after requesting this a few times! You’re the man!

[@NateHorn]

A true Octawizard! 🧙‍♂

[@dxtrs_mnpltr]

That was totally insane! Gotta luv the Octa! Thank you

[@manifatzigula]

I just got myself a second hand mk 1 and your videos are making the journey into the hardware soo much fun. Thank you for this amazing content

[@wega4105]

Same here! OT seems amazing and videos like this is very helpful!!🎉

[@jstaub1125]

whoaa did not know about paste modes. always something new to learn with the OT

[@ModePhaser]

These kinds of videos are great. They show me just how lazy I'm being with my OT. I like going through the motions especially now to build that muscle memory. I'll legit go back to your old videos to see how to rebuild certain effects. But I definitely want to check out your template. The value in workflow efficiency there is undeniable.

[@strawmanhat]

Yeah man...Thanks!!! Now my dual octatracks are loaded with both of your amazing templates. So much sampling fun. You are amazing EZBot. :)

[@jwhomst]

Solid!

[@newvaguecity]

You are super, mate! Enjoying your warm character and your videos.

[@ernestovelazco3427]

Excellent work again man! Very smart and efficient planning, awesome stuff as always! Cheers!

[@IDMENTAL]

This is real GOLD, TNX!

[@Blarm]

Awesome! Many of us are solo Octa users :) nice to see from you. Subbed to the Patreon

[@ryanjones5803]

My word, stop it, you’re making me seriously miss the Octatrack…😢

[@MeAlexSenna]

Fire 🔥

[@jloiben12]

I love watching these videos because I really want to add an octatrack to my productions because I like this type of performance that I feel like I am missing. But then I will have my mouse hover over the buy button and I’ll be like this is way too complicated for me so lets not.

[@wega4105]

👍 thanks f the video! Good item!!💫💫💫💫💫

[@DominikKristen]

Very cool! 🔥😎👍

[@illegalgiant_]

man this thing looks super. i’m not in love with my digitakt and wonder if i could be in love with this thing.

[@howischris_]

HELL TO THE YA

[@magnetoclash]

Nice. Would be great, to kind of reinforce the concepts behind your stand alone template, to see you make a beat from scratch. Like bring in some sounds, do some chops, then build a beat, then perform it a little. ?

[@EZBOT_]

Yeah great idea, maybe I'll do that on tonight's stream if it's cool enough in the studio

[@magnetoclash]

Thanks! I’ll watch it.

[@AlburpCatstein]

Awesome work man! I’m looking forward to reverse engineering those templates of yours 🙏

[@iansmirna5183]

Holy coconut! I never knew about the mix mode, i have to look more in depth into it. It is a bit too fast at times to follow what you’re refering at, especially since i use the OT to loop so i can’t use the same setup (i need Thru machines and have different scenes per banks as i don’t do proper electronic music) but your video style is quite refreshing ;) well done! I have to notice you are not using the OT properly standalone though.

[@EZBOT_]

I didn't want to put tracks into my template only to erase them later. The demonstration still shows the exactly what it would be like if I recorded into the tracks. Thanks for checking it out!

[@iansmirna5183]

@@EZBOT_ well that’s a lightning fast answer ;) i still have to work with the OT to understand all what is implied in your videos. Cheers again!

[@brendansmith3284]

😊

[@nicsnutzius6305]

Hey EZBOT! Thanks for sharing this tutorial on your template. May I ask why you switched from static to flex machines in the most recent version of the template?

[@SONWU]

Nice one! Will I buy another Octatrack at some point?...who knows :D

[@EZBOT_]

Did you sell yours?

[@SONWU]

@@EZBOT_ Yes, I did. I wasn't happy with the MIDI side of things and little things here and there. I did however like the feel & sound of it. I wish there would be an OP-Z with better sample management and elektron build quality. That would be my ideal device.

[@ex1stenz]

How do you incorporate regular mixer? I mean you connect other gears into octa directly or from mixer? You said the second but when you are running all the gears live how do you select which Instrument will be sampled if from regular mixer comes everything?

[@dubsupport4435]

Your videos are awesome! Do your templates work on octatrack mk1?

[@EZBOT_]

Sure do!

[@Pharmacymusic1]

Great video man! Do you have any tutorial/s that shows how to set up each of these effects? I'd prefer to learn how to set them up myself than use a template, to help me learn more and so that I can be more flexible with setup of scenes.

[@EZBOT_]

Yes, lots of those videos! Check the channel in her video section, not the live stream

[@davidsanfeliumarco9664]

Do you think theres an mk3 on the horizon?

[@EZBOT_]

I do not but I think they will release new hardware in the next 1-2 years that might replace the OT. If we are lucky

[@llax222]

​@@EZBOT_ The original minds behind the OT and silver boxes are no longer in the company. They might release something new but who knows what it would be like

[@EZBOT_]

​@@llax222 Elektron has told me personally "We hear you and we know you what you want" in regard to the Octatrack. So I would expect it to happen at some point.

[@llax222]

@@EZBOT_ Interesting. Yes, I guess it's logical that they'd be working on something new to replace it. But it'll probably be a whole other story ! Seeing how many people complained about its UI and steep learning curve, and the digi line, I'm going to assume they would make it more accessible - like a watered down version -, but again, I might be wrong 😇

[@Ethyl.breaks]

Hate how east you make this look

[@Ethyl.breaks]

I even fucked that up

[@ryanjones5803]

My word, stop it, you’re making me seriously miss the Octatrack…😢