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Relaxing, entertaining and educational!! 😁

I really like watching those restoration videos where there isn't any talking. I try to go for that vibe.

I'm glad you liked it, I've got a few more broken pedals that I'm planning on fixing (hopefully) in some future videos.

Awesome!! Do more of these!!

For sure, I feel like doing stuff like this is easier than a lot of people think and I just try to walk through the process and maybe make it less intimidating.

Nah you aren't stupid, shit is just weird. Kinda sounds like the OT isn't switching parts. Let's try this. Do the following with the OT stopped. Select your first pattern, then go into the parts menu and select part 1 (up arrow) and hit YES. Then select your next pattern, go into the parts menu, select part 2 (right arrow) and hit YES. Now open your parts menu again, and while it is open hold your pattern button and switch between your two patterns. You should see the part switching as you switch patterns. Don't give up, it will click if you keep at it.

@@InflatableRobot WowI I appreciate you so much. Yes, that worked indeed. So I guess that just means that patterns can be assigned to parts. I am still not quite sure why that makes sense in terms of the architecture of the OT. But I will keep at it. But all of the samples are global in a project? In other words when I change a sample in one pattern it changes it for all the patterns in a project? I am so used to my Model Samples and Model Cycles, it's hard so hard to make the jump to the OT. Thanks again.

​@@swampdweller5 Hell yeah, glad that worked. There are 4 parts per bank and the parts tell the track which sample to play from the global list of samples. So I usually think of a bank as a song, and the 4 parts let me have 4 setups per song. So like Part 1 will be the intro, Part 2 can be the verses, Part 3 can be the chorus, and Part 4 the outro. If I even need to use them all, which I usually only use 1 or 2 parts for a track.

@@InflatableRobot Ok. Thanks for the explanation. I am starting to get it!

A friend of mine had a 1000 and it sounded the same to my ears.

MIDI Thru does work on the OT as you would expect. But if you want to record the MIDI into the OT sequencer for the OT to control an external synth this is one way you can set that up.

[TRACK] + [REC1] will sample from the external input AB to the track recorder of the track. But you may want to try setting up another track with a Flex machine, as these have access to any of the 8 recording buffers in the sample slots, just scroll up. On this Flex track you can set up a Record Trig to automatically record so you don't have to go back and edit the sampled recording.

Yeah it can be tough, glad you got something out of the video.

@@InflatableRobot I think after elektron mk1 you can safely go work at a nasa based station as controlling the space ships ahaha 😆. But in a way I found it 1000x more times to find my sound there vs the mpc x. Is my brain design to function in a radical way like elektron machines. But that sequencing is linear and it was tricky haha so thanks a lot!!!

Yes pretty much. Parts hold the settings for the selected sample, fx, and scenes (slider settings). And there are 4 parts per bank, so you can completely change all 8 tracks and all 16 scenes. Each of the 16 patterns per bank can be assigned to any of the 4 parts.

@@InflatableRobot Thank you!

For sure, it's like a completely different thing from where the firmware was when I first got it.

Thanks, I try to keep it short and to the point. Glad you got some utility out of it.

When you select a Bank you must also select a Pattern. So yes, it would be quicker to use Patterns with different Parts assigned. You could then stay in each Bank longer, switching Patterns rather than switching Banks which takes extra button presses. But if you have a system that you understand and works for you, then it may be better to just stick with what you are comfortable with.

That noise is actually from a guitar amp I forgot to turn off before recording and I was too lazy to go back and redo everything. These days my matrix makes zero noise, or sound in general as I need to repair it. I think I blew an opamp near the output 🙃

@@InflatableRobot Ohh, I see. Mine has unfortunately this little noise. Anyone knows how to fix it?

@@M80- I imagine that would be due to some components that are getting near their end of life. The last time I had my matrix repaired it had been getting lower in volume over time until it stopped working. Took it in and got it recapped along with some new opamps and a new mux, and it came back sounding way better than I had ever heard it. With something that old, I'd suspect the caps first.

​@@InflatableRobot Thanks for the info, good to know. Now I am looking for a solution which part could be near his end.

Hard agree. So much confusing stuff baked into the OT.

It takes time and a crapton of videos to get up to 1k, 10k, etc.

Yes it can be difficult to understand at first, I made this video to try to keep others from struggling like I did in the beginning.

Yeah, to live record trigs you need to press and hold [Rec] while tapping [Play]. You will see [Rec] flashing to indicate you are recording. Hold [Rec] and double tap [Play] to switch between quantized and unquantized recording. It will briefly say on the screen what mode you are in when switching.

@@InflatableRobot Yes, I was doing that, but no luck. Didn't know the quantization tip, though, thanks for that (gonna write it down right now!). But, in the meantime I went into MIDI controls and turned off Audio CC In and Audio Note In and that finally worked. Seems to be a lot of latency though, hmmm...

@@qwerwerterytrtyutyuiyuiouiop You may want to look into your midi settings under channels. Default settings have tracks 1-8 set to midi channels 1-8. So if you are trying to record trigs into the octatrack via a external device, that device will need to be set to the midi channel that corresponds to the default setting or whatever changes you may have made. The best approach is to use the 'auto channel' which routes the incoming midi on the selected channel (default ch 9) to whatever track is currently selected. Search 'trig channel' in the manual or go to pg 41 for more information. Personally, I always disable the midi channels for trig inputs 1-8 and only use the auto channel as I tend to use midi channels 1-8 for other gear and this can cause conflicts.

@@InflatableRobot I'm kind of baffled how I can't simply record the OT trigs. I can manually trigger the synth no problem (well, lots of latency...), but can't input anything for playback. I don't want to control the OT with an external keyboard, I just want to conveniently trigger my drum synth using the OT trigs. I was successful doing this by routing things through Ableton, but stand alone I still can't make it work. Strange!!

@@qwerwerterytrtyutyuiyuiouiop The OT is basically a DAW, which gives it a lot of flexibility and power but unfortunately has the drawback of being rather difficult to learn. I'm on discord at Inflatablerobot#3530, hit me up and I bet we can figure it out.

Sure thing. Here the M8 is loaded with some percussion samples I made when I borrowed a friend's modular system, which are sequenced into the drum and percussive bass parts. After programming that out on the M8 I connected it to the digitone, which is sequencing the Nyx. I set up the M8 to follow the digitone when it switches patterns and sync clock.

Hmm, maybe check that you've set the midi track on the OT to the right midi channel (remember that you have to press in the knob to confirm).

Reaper runs on a Raspberry Pi now. Some cherry switches, a 3d printer, and fresh Adderall script might get ya close.

I keep mine in my backpack so I can jam anytime the mood strikes. It's also inspired me to sit down and do sound design sessions just for sample fodder for the M8.

I often work with it while having the display mirrored on my computer. Much easier to see.

For sure, can't even play Super Mario Brothers 2

It's been pretty great to be able to whip it out at work when I get a min or two of downtime. Sketch out something and plug it into my setup at home later. I've been meaning to post some tips and tricks for the M8, but I work in Healthcare and I've been pretty drained by work lately. Soon though, soon.

For sampling, no not really. It records straight to the SD card so there isn't really a buffer for doing live looping. But you an put it into "live mode" and perform your patterns with mutes, solos and by triggering patterns. Kinda like you might with a launchpad in ableton.

Glad to hear you found it useful, thanks!

I like to think of it as a bonus drone voice

@@InflatableRobot Lol good one

OG Austinite, gotta represent.

Right on, thanks! IMHO the polyend tracker is better as more of a "player's tracker" with it's expanded control interface, but the M8 is better in almost every way on paper. Of course better specs doesn't translate to a better music making experience, so it's hard to say which would be the best option for any given person. You can always try out the M8 by getting a $30 teensy 4.1 and loading the headless software though.

So kind, much appreciated! I dig your channel as well. Your production quality has gone through the roof since I first watched your videos.

Yeah I often forget copy is there. I got the Zoia when it was new and I don't think that copy was implemented at launch and I developed bad habits.

It's $550

Did you get one bud?