Hi guys,
I hope you can help me with some answers to these questions about the Octatrack - thanks a lot - this is the greatest forum ever!
Is it possible to make smooth overdubbing when sampling - like on a looper pedal (or the looper in Ableton Live)?
Does the Octatrack have an "audio-detection" sampling mode (like NI Maschine)? It would be rather useful to me I think ...
Is it possible to quantize the manual live triggering of samples (for example in Slots or Chromatic triggering mode)? On page 13 in the OS1.11B readme file, a new TRIG QUANT track setting is mentioned but it is not that clear to me what it does.
The manual states that "If the Octatrack BPM exceeds 60 the track recorders can sample 64 steps of length." - But what if the BPM is exactly 60? is it then 32 or 64 steps? I have a lot of tracks in 60 BPM
In general, I do ambient live sets in 60-80BPM, and my liverig consists of Ableton Live (with 8 tracks of clips and four tracks of softsynths, and a live-lopper), DSI Tetra, Eventide Timefactor, KP3, a looper pedal and some midikeys/-controllers. I plan to use the Octatrack mainly for live-sampling and mangling the audio - also sequencing the Tetra - resampling KP3- and Timefactor-effected Cue-output from the Octatrack and use it as a mixer. Also plan to use the Scene-fader a lot. I am worried that the Octatrack does not have enough tracks though - also, I usually play for 3 hours and have about 30-50 of my songs to mix and match (track 4 of one song to track 1 of another, etc. - and looping clips vary from 4 to 40 bars) - so, GB is an issue - and transitions between songs/tracks.
How does this sound to you guys? Any suggestions/comments?
By the way, if you wonder what music I make (and maybe to make it easier to answer my questions), you can take a listen here:
http://dreamhub.bandcamp.com/Oh, and I've watched almost every video about the Octatrack, read the manuals twice and read through this forum for months now
You guys rock!