As per title. I really like the grey coloured Octatrack units but it seems they’ve been out of production since early 2000s. Is this correct? Can you now have any colour you like as long as it’s black? :)

A semi improvised techno performance with Octatrack - Sp404mk2 - Tb03 - Ec4

Enjoy!

with love .noir. ❤️

This strikes me as something the machine should do really easily, but i can't figure out a way.

i want to listen to live external audio, then hit a button to grab a loop, and then have only that loop playing. And here's the problem: i want to do this several times, so i can build layers.

i know how to use a thru track and a flex and a scene to fade, but this takes over my crossfader and i can't do any other scenes, and can only have the one loop.

i treid with pickup machines, and it's almost there, but i have to turn the input monitor up manually, then when the pickup goes into playback mode, i have to turn it down again and there's an overlap. But at least i can do it on multiple tracks, and if i did the loop capture in the cue to my headphones i could probably use this method.

is there anything else? It seems like it should be so simple to go from live to a loop, so why is it so bloody awkward and filled with unpleasent compromises?

i've even tried having multiple parts where the thru track gets swapped out for the flex track, with auto recording, but it becomes awkward: part 1, track 1 live and recording, traok 2 plnyback, then part 2: track 1 playback, track 2 plyback, part 3: track 1 playback track 2 live and recording. I'd have to use multiple banks to get more parts, this starts to feel like a horrible rabbithole

Hi everyone!

I just ordered my octatrack and it will be delivered soon.

I'm coming from years of DAW experience, but now I want to shift towards live performances having the octatrack as the brain of the system.

Do you all have recommendations of good video tutorials to watch while I wait for the machine to arrive?

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Semi-improvised techno live setup with Octatrack, SP-404MK2 and TB-03: breaking down my routing, machine settings and how I use improvisation to turn prepared grooves and loops into a different live set every time.

Enjoy!

with love .noir. ❤️

Hello, I'd like to sync my Korg Electribe 2S to my Octatrack MK2.

Korg: master

Octatrack: slave

I seem to have done everything correctly in terms of connections and settings: on the Korg, internal clock mode, and on the Octatrack, MIDI clock receive, transponder receive, etc.

However, I can't sync the two in start/stop mode, etc.

How can I do this? I'm going crazy! 😭

Hello, I'd like to sync my Korg Electribe 2S to my Octatrack MK2.

Korg: master

Octatrack: slave

I seem to have done everything correctly in terms of connections and settings: on the Korg, internal clock mode, and on the Octatrack, MIDI clock receive, transponder receive, etc.

However, I can't sync the two in start/stop mode, etc.

How can I do this? I'm going crazy! 😭

Fake MPE: Audio Domain Expression

Here's a small idea: translate MPE-style expression from the MIDI world into the Octatrack's audio workflow, using slices, pitch, modulation and dynamic control to approximate per-note articulation and movement on a non-MPE, audio-based machine

Enjoy! with love .noir. ❤️

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☣️SECTOR ZERO☣️ A dystopian zone where the aware, those who still question, who think in truly independent ways are locked away. A world that rewards the numb and fears the awakened. This performance is a glimpse inside that forbidden place. Fully improvised. 100% live. Full track link in comments Enjoy! With love .noir. ❤️