Techno from Mars / Can't believe this sampler is 11 years old!
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
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Join me to celebrate another anniversary of my beloved Octatrack and make some Beats from Scratch at 132 bpm! I've got some Samples From Mars for you! And hell yeah! I love it.
🎛️ In this video
- Octatrack MK2 - [US bit.ly/3XNoPjC] [EU bit.ly/41hWAwt]
- Samples From Mars - samplesfrommars.com/
🎹 Gear in my studio
- Favorite Groovebox - [US bit.ly/3ySdhkZ] [EU bit.ly/3n8xfVX]
- Favorite Eurorack Case - [US bit.ly/3TtrApG] [EU bit.ly/3mZNJQd]
- Favorite Drum Machine - [US bit.ly/3JyvzfY] [EU bit.ly/3JwBVwp]
- Favorite Synth - [US bit.ly/3LCNc11] [EU bit.ly/3JPosRP]
- Favorite Sampler - [US bit.ly/3n5rKHQ] [EU bit.ly/3Jt0eeJ]
- Favorite FX Pedal - [US bit.ly/3lqmqhE] [EU bit.ly/40mhg57]
- Favorite Distortion - [US bit.ly/3JT7LoE] [EU bit.ly/40nAPd9]
- Audio Interface - [US bit.ly/3TBv5us] [EU bit.ly/3LCuG9c]
- DJ Mixer - [US bit.ly/3JPOl2X] [EU bit.ly/40nZDlg]
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⏱️ Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:44 Track: Creation
28:13 Track: Play
🌍 Hello World! My name is Ihor.
This is my channel where I share my experiences, ideas, reviews and tutorials related to Electronic Music Production. I focus mostly on Techno and House music. In my Studio on my Music Production Desk you will find a variety of different gear like: digital and analog synth, eurorack modular, drum machine, sampler, effect, mixer, guitar pedal, MIDI controller. Also software: DAW, Ableton, VST, plugins.
I am myself an engineer and I am quite obsessed with the Music Technology and Sound Design. I like making music without a computer. I like playing Electronic Music Live with my Minimal Dawless Setup. I love Eurorack Modular Techno and always keen to talk about the modular workflow.
I strongly believe that nothing can be better than a good Dawless Techno Jam!
I watched all the Techno Tutorials on UA-cam! (I think)
📺 Thanks for watching! And have fun!
✌️ Peace.
#Techno #Octatrack #Mars
11 years old and yet still from the future. Why I have two.
So good. Every video of yours reminds me how much is left in the gear I already have. Also, being able to watch you build a track up helps remind me it takes some work and to just keep at it. Thank you, Ihor!
Thank you very much Robin for your kind words! It is really nice to hear that my videos are helpful!
Your comment reminded me Blawan's track called "What You Do With What You Have". Great track!
This is sick as f***
Best exapmple of using OT in youtube i ever seen.
Thank you very much!
Sounds so good.
Love the spontaneity of your videos. It always feels like you don't cut much out and never fail to take me along for the journey
Hey Alexander! Thank you! Glad to hear such words from you! I am trying to maintain some kind of naturalness in my videos.
21:52 : I have a feeling I always create de same bassline. I relate so much to this 😫
For track mutes I set Faderfox EC4 buttons to send the track volume to zero when pressed. The EC4 and Octatrack are a winning combo.
EC4 definitely is good for the OT! I myself, for some reason, apprehend buying additional controllers for the OT. I must revisit my vies on that haha
great tune Ihor! thanks for the video!
Always good stuff hermano!
Great way of work! Allmost like wizardy or black magic.
Thank you Ihor! This is fantastic and super helpful!
Geez rly thx for this upload 😎😍😎 rock on !! Cya
Nice track and tutorial on the Octatrack! Always looking forward to new video's you create! Nice and simple explanation and you always learn something new!
Thank you very much for your time and efforts!
Thanks! I appreciate you.
I love reverb fixes everything! it sure does man! haha classic trick!
That is a nice trick!
About the MUTES...
As the fx are in the chain of sound, mutung the track will result in muting whole track engine...
1) mute tracks with AMP VOL or XVOL parameters (check AMP page while holding scene button)
As that will mute the sample sound, before reaching fx slots ..
2) Use "play free" with ONE2 trigger
This will enable starting and stoping each one of tracks sequencer... Tracks will be played in a way as ableton plays clips, check manual on this topic
As non of these options "MUTE" the track engine, will get "non cut efx" at the end...
Thanks Michael! I appreciate your comment. The ONE2 trigger is something I wouldn't think about.
@@IhorMedia hello Y,
ive found out about the ONE2 option just a few months ago... After like 6yrs with Octa. Its a magic box
Always a candy watching your videos ! Thanks!
My pleasure!
Excellent. One of the best octatrack tutorials.
Grabbed all samples from Mars recently on a sale. Fantastic quality, I no longer need any other samples of classic drum machines. Great job on the track!
Thank you! I can't believe these library was there on the OCTACARD and I overlooked it. Favs indeed. Thanks for watching!
@@IhorMedia Just FYI, the version that comes with the OT is a skimmed down version. Still nice but not the whole thing.
I still haven't watched your video Ihor, but I know I will enjoy it ! Can't wait to got the needed freetime with my headphones ! Love your tracks !
Thank you! This one is quite a long one. Hope you find some time!
With the first kick hit I knew it will fit my taste :) reminded me of a 909 cassette distorted sample I found some weeks ago
Nice!
Wuuuuhuuu this is fire🔥🔥🔥
Great video Ihor!!
Thanks!
Hey there Ihor! I enjoyed this alot. I may have an Octatrack tip for you: function+arrows in the slot list allows you to move to through the next/previous samples in the audio folder without having to go browsing. I thought this might have been useful while you were looking for a fresher bassline around the 23 min mark. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the tips! I appreciate it!
You command of the OT is very impressive. 👍🏽👍🏽
ure great bro
Dope 🚀
Love your videos!
Thank you!
Awesome!
This was so fun!
Thanks for making the Videos. High-Quality stuff! Especially; great tip on how to use the LFO page. It's also interesting to see how you create tracks and then set it all up for "performing it" something I want to learn to do better.
Glad you enjoyed it, Glenn! Thanks for your feedback!
Sick! ♥️
Do a OT modular combo again 😉
Fantastic track
another good one, geat job :)
The algorithm must really know what I like for telling me about this video 7 minutes after you posted it. The Octatrack is a great piece of gear. I'm excited to see what you do with it today!
Thanks Jared! I appreciate you. Octatrack is great! I love it! And thanks that algorithm btw!
Just finished. Great work,@@IhorMedia! I love how versatile the Octatrack is. Despite being 11 years old, I'm constantly amazed by how fresh everything sounds when a full track is made with it. It truly is the one sampler to rule them all.
Stellar work on the tune! Also, I really like your trick with using exponential LFOs to emphasize the transients.
Re: the mutes thing, it's also my single biggest gripe about the Octatrack. I've got a handful of less-than ideal workarounds:
1. Someone else mentioned this: XVols on scenes. Not very improvisational, but it's there in a pinch.
2. Manually muting the volumes in the amp page (obviously this doesn't work for more than one track at a time).
3. Put reverb on a "return" track - patch the cue out back into one of the inputs and use a thru machine. In the personalize menu, you can turn on "cue mutes tracks." I've been using this for transitions and it works so-so (but also eats up an entire track just for reverb or delay).
Hey Patrick! Thanks for you kind words and ideas about the muting! I appreciate it! Glad you like a trick or two from my video!
Nice
Use the volume now in the amp page
Very interesting good stuff) Thx
Nice!
Beautiful, intriguing, complex machine. I wish it had 8 audio outs but, hey, who’s complaining. I’m planning to keep it for as long as it lasts. Will probably buy a backup too. (Sorry, life savings.)❤️
More outs on the OT could have made it too heavy to grasp around lol. Just kidding. Agree with you! It is a beautiful machine! Thanks for watching!
Very interesting, energetic video
You always have some great ideas! I really liked the way you used 'exp trig distortion' LFO - I want to go home and try it!
Mutes: As well as muting by volume change, you could also set up a track (with the fx) and a neighbour (with the lead, for instance) and just mute the neighbour so the lead tails still ring out. I haven't tried it but I guess it will work.
Glad you got some ideas! Thanks for the mutes suggestion!
polish techno in the morning. . .NICE ☺
Haha! I actually do have some relatives in Poland! 😄
@@IhorMedia oha. . . i thought i hear u talking about polish techno
but maybe it was like "polished" techno 😅
anyway: still great 😃
@@sklandarok hahaha no worries
You can use a scene with xvol to zero for muting individual tracks with reverb or delay tails. You probably won’t be using all 16 scenes per bank, right? It’s not ideal I know, but sometimes it works just fine. As long as you don’t need other cross faded duties in that part of the performance.
Yes! Good point. I think it requires a little bit more preparation to do that. Maybe just setting a few scenes that mute some specific set of tracks. Not ideal, but I think it will do.
Wizzard :)
My digitakt Just arrived :)
на октатреке к сожалению нет другого варианта мьютить треки. На окте они использовали алгоритм audio mute, а на дигитакте и дигитоне там другой алгоритм - trig mute, где мьютишь только сами триги, а все хвосты эффектов остаются. Но диги машины это уже гораздо более поздние устройства
Ну и плюс на Диги, и других новых машинах, эффекты на мастере и используется send метод. Соответсвенно хвосты особо не замьютить, даже если захотелось бы.
@@IhorMedia факт
Great video!
Regarding mutes, is funny because in the arranger they are trig mutes, but you can't use them live so not an ideal solution.
Thank you! True about the arranger. I've never used it yet. I need to give it a chance hahaha
@@IhorMedia it can be useful, for example if you have a backing track and you want to play it with DJ style cue points.
Thanks for your vidéo
I learn à lot
A tutoirial with parts please
Thank you!
LOL yup! Reverb fixes everything!
Always 😝
Nice 1 Ihor. You're clearly an Elektron aficionado and the Octatrack sounds great in your hands 11 years after it's release. But if I was forced to guess, I'd say you didn't start with Elektron, and there were other hardware samplers before. I'd go further and guess you used to use an MPC. I have an MPC2000xl in storage that I'm planning to reunite with after many years of separation, and I'd love to see your workflow to get me back on the right track and to get my work, you know, to flow. Once I get the bloody thing out of storage, obvs... You still have an MPC? Or is my guess just way off?
Hey Jim! I am not entirely sure when I started exactly... If making rhythmic loops on my fathers tape machine counts - then it was more than 25 years ago. There was Music 2000 on Play Station a some point! I played guitar for some long part of my life. Then, not much time ago I rediscovered the world of electronic music with all the amazing modern technology around it. I've been messing in the DAW for a while and got quite some knowledge. But it did not click up until I got my first Elektron box.
So. I've never owned an MPC. But I pretty much know what it is! And I know why people love it. Maybe one day...
Thanks for your comment. Your guess wasn't too off. But it was like a complement for me. I am not THAT experienced as I appear I guess haha
@@IhorMedia You certainly got some Elektron chops - keep the techno flowing, bro!
Do you have a background in computer science or the like by chance? Love the vids!
Thank you! Yes, I am an engineer.
@@IhorMedia oh nice, me as well :)
Ты друг, можешь придавив кнопку volume level, свернуть резко громкость вниз. Может это сработает. You can click the volume level down by one move. May be that will help. Peace. Мир, любовь и все дела. : )
Спасибо за совет! Мир!
i keep going back and forth on the idea of getting an OT, but i have this feeling that elektron is gonna drop a newer sampler in the next couple years....... idk tho. and even if they did i might be waiting a while 😂
I hope they actually will! But yeah, it is going to take a while! Thanks for watching!
If you used to play with fasttracker back in the days and hated using the mouse to control the knobs then... This is the way
the two things who i find a little painfull with octatrack is having only 4 parts in 1 bank and the quality of effect is not exiting as the analog 4 or rythm
or Digitakt. The effects are fine. Not the best. Neither the worst. Distortion on the Rytm tho... I love it
@@IhorMedia Yah i'm a fan of elektron and modular stuff I got AR+OCT+A4 in mk2 plus a big modular case it's a joy
24 bits? I thought it could only do 44 16 bits
Yep! OT can 44.1 kHz 24 bits.
Can't you mute the notes of a track instead of muting the track? This probably doesn't cut reverb trails
That's the problem. It seems like OT can't mute notes.
beautiful machine… apart from their ad/da converter’s i would have expect more upgrade
You've not been listening to Stimming have you? He can fix it with his expensive mastering solution, or remember to work in 24bit mode.....
@@NativeLayer yes i know him ! Haha 😉😉
I will check out