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Thank you John for letting me share this live recorded lesson with the simulation, the sims will be pleased. This is a 28-minute highly edited Octatrack lesson on using the Octatrack to get creative with sampling. It's full of nuggets and tutorials on a wide variety of subjects. If you want to get familiar with the Octatrack or Elektron in general watch this video. 

Best,

Matt

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Octatrack Private Lessons Revealed: Sample Mangling For Beginners

This is an abbreviated online lesson on the Elektron Octatrack. The original session was cut down from over an hour to just under 28 minutes. If it seems fast, that's because it is due to the editing. All of my lessons come with a video recording of the lesson so you can go back and rewatch as much as you like. The student asked to be shown how to mangle samples on the Octatrack as well as learn about the machine in general from a new users standpoint- a where to start and what what's important type of session. This video is aimed at beginners but is packed with intermediate to advanced knowledge on the Octatrack and samplers in general. The John Samels from the video: https://pprtgr.net/ and IG: https://www.instagram.com/djpapertiger/ check out his awesome work! → Get 10% Modbang cables with code: EZBOT23 → Get 10% off your first Modbang Riser with code: RISER23 SHOP HERE: https://www.modbang.com/modbang-shop → Get the Ultimate Octatrack FX Template 1.5 w/ SHIK integration and the NEW Ultimate Performance Mixer 2FF 1.1.6 here with continuous updates: https://www.patreon.com/ezbot and here if you want a one-time download: https://www.ko-fi.com/ezbot → I love to teach! Step up your game with 1 on 1 lessons: https://www.ezbot.live/ → Get the Elektron Riser here: https://www.modbang.com/modbang-shop/ → Sign up with DistroKid and get 7% off with this link: http://distrokid.com/vip/ezbot (definitely do this) → Get the Octatrack Performance Template 2.3.5 with SHIK MIDI support along with regular updates (among other rewards) by joining my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ezbot Keep this channel alive by using these links for your next piece of kit. Octatrack MK2: https://bit.ly/Octatrack_MK2_Blk Digitakt: https://bit.ly/Elektron_Digitakt Syntakt: https://shrsl.com/3hm0m Digitone: https://bit.ly/Elektron_Digitone Analog Heat: https://bit.ly/Elektron_Analog_Heat MRCC MIDI Hub: https://shrsl.com/3i1s5 Music: https://soundcloud.com/ezbotmusic IG: https://www.instagram.com/ezbotmusic/ 0:00 What's this all about? 0:52 Figuring out where to start, asking questions. 1:38 Birds eye view of the Octatrack. 2:02 When and where can I sample? 2:27 Our goal is to mangle the audio. 2:57 Digging in, let's start with record buffers. 7:09 Bouncing down tracks via CUE. 7:43 Trick for endless loop layers. 8:30 Quad THRU mono setup. 9:05 Recording on any track. 10:01 I like to teach this way for a reason. 10:21 Cropping and Zero Crossings. 10:54 Saving samples. 11:12 Flex tracks and recording buffers. 11:50 Treating it more like a one-shot sample player. 12:22 Octatrack VS Digitakt pitch tracking. 12:35 Another flex track sharing the recording buffer. 13:02 Adding insert effects. 13:42 Send FX are still insert FX on the Octatrack. 13:53 This all started with a chord from the Digitone. 14:03 Another Flex track but with it's own buffer this time. 14:25 Recording a quantized internal loop.

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Shane W

Great tutorial. Thanks to both you and John.

Daniel Sandor

This is really good content. I've been using the Octatrack for years but this video made some basic concepts click like nothing else had before. Thanks.

ezbot

Happy to hear this.

ezbot

That’s fantastic!

Ardler Saint

This is great. Even when I think I know this shit - and I generally do - I always get some nuggets of info that really help. Respect!

Daniel Sandor

Just one question: I realised you save a sample over the recording buffer (as opposed to a flex slot) - what's the benefit? Does the (saved) sample get overwritten when you record something else on the buffer?

Benedict

Orca ~00:01:00!