True ninja skills revealed here. TY Ricky for your glorious performance. Love your vibe. (Note: We'll post a compilation from our live performances via YT soon.)
Very nice Ricky! I got my MPC1000 back in action this year (replaced all the tack switches on there - and the pads) absolutely loving it for playing and jamming with my synths. Just started recording a few bits with it recently - endless fun! Respect dude
great! makes me wanna bring out my MPC1000 and hook it up to the OT. Never quite could work out a way to make those two work together in a meaningful way, this is inspiring.
Fantastic showcase of the OT. I love my Digitakt a ton, and just haven’t really understood aside from time stretching what the OT has to offer for the higher price tag, but this really demonstrates the value.
Your workflow videos are my absolute favorite. I don’t have an Octatrack, but I can just see how it can spice up performances thanks to your walkthroughs!
Been making tracks on mpc1000 all day... Have a break, see a Ricky Tinez UA-cam notification and what you know you rocking those beats too. Keep it fresh bro 🙃🙂
Said it before, and I'll say it again: my fav part of the OT is seeing how others use it. I don't use it nothing like Ricky, except sometimes for pickup machines used to record inputs/tracks, sometimes recording track 8 master. It's a brilliant machine, as is this demo/walkthrough.
This video is pure love man , thanks. Is actually very mind blowing what you can do with two powerful samplers that fab house long samples like that ......
Man I caught myself dancing ! Thank you so much for this vid 🙏🏻, I had fun watching it, it was super clear ! And I learn a lot about the OT, its purpose was not that clear in my head before but now i really believe that it's a true weapon for live shows !
"Super simple" LOL : D !!! I know I would be so frustrated if I had an Octatrack... Way over my head as usual but this was really fascinating nonetheless. To hear you live would be really really great but to see how you work, what is live vs planed and premade, the speed, your workflow and how it is apparent that you have practised for years and clearly know what you are doing. No questioning or hesitation or doubt, man this is just awesome. Even how you use the otobit, so nice and with such an ease makes me just like: "WTF?" Super simply Marvelous : )
Thank you for yet another awesome video,Ricky! "That's all you gotta do, learn a ton of stuff" :) that's the best quote of the day for sure! I always look forward to your new videos as you have taught me so much about production and music tech so I know that I'm always going to learn something new with each new video you post and that is a true gift, the gift of knowledge. Please keep doing what you do as it's hugely appreciated, brother!
Great video, so inspiring! I have the Ottobit myself, just wondering if there is any reason you don't go directly through it and use the bypass switch to turn it on/off?
Super awesome. I'm gonna try to replicate a setup like this. Looks so much fun! "Performance mixer" is a brilliant way of putting it. I'd love for more products like this to be in the market.
… And now I own both a Mercury7 and Ottobit jr. for my live setup! And I’m stoked about it. Once again thanks for sharing workflow. Really inspiring. Although, I must admit that doing scenes on the fly on the octatrack seems to be daunting! But yet again you know your machines better than I know myself. I will catch up one day ;-)
Dope! Love my Elektron gear. I use my Elektron Analog 4 to sequence and layer FX for modular gear and Octrack to sample it and serve as master hub via MIDI to CV. Perfect combo plus I save valuable modular case space and cash on fancy sequencer modules.
Thanks exactly what I'm doing, I'm just waiting for my mpc 1000 to arrive, gotta say, Ricky was the main reason for my interrest in samplers and dawless setups and the reason for the passion I gain in the old schools mpcs
Great video! I just got an Octatrack MKII after seeing all the amazing things it can do with the rest of my gear. Definitely a steeper learning curve than my other stuff (OP-1, OP-Z, 0-Coast), but once I get things in order I think it'll be a lot of fun to jam!
This entire video is so big brained I can't even. I'm over here with my violin having an existential crisis unable to decide if I want 1500ms or 1600ms on my delay pedal. 10:11 was ridiculous.
love this jam and info - thx! btw I noticed the 'ghost' started playing exactly 8 steps (LED flashes on Ottobit) after you touched a button on the MPC (at 0:23) - maybe there is an explanation to look into (delayed start/intro?).
New to electronic music production and recently discovered the channel which I love by the way - the music's awesome, the vibes are super cool, and the explanations so accessible. The sounds you're sending in with the MPC into the Octatrack, is that something you could do with a combination of drum machines and synthesizers? Obviously that complicates the setup but would that allow you to do fundamentally the same thing? Record a few sequences live on the fly? Do some DJ'ing, add fx etc, and while that marinates in the ears of the listeners, create some more sequences live, fade into the new sequences, rinse and repeat?
So good. Recently picked up an Octatrack mk1 and I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the thing! Hopefully one day I'll be able to do some of the things you can do! Looking forward to the next jam :)
Hi Rick. Why are you using the MPC ? Can't you do it all with the Octa? It's a sneaky one but it makes me feel that most of people are using the Octa as a mixer but not as a live sampler. Does the recording+flex engine using is too complicated to be done in such a fluid way ? I'm making my sampling on Live today but feel i would love to do it on HW. Every time, the octa seems to be the one i should take but then i don't find so many people really sampling with it. Mostly people filling it with prepared samples but not doing it on the fly. Sounds like it's too complicated Cheers & thx for this vid.
I have somewhat of an intuitive sense of what your saying but I'm going to need to watch this another 3 times to really understand how next level this is . . .
hell ricky, I just sold my whole aria set up, 10k of equipment, it got too much trying to program so many sequencers, so I have invested back into what I know, ableton live, this time I have a 1x1 setup, with 2 ableton systems linked for sync, and a dj mixer between them, each side has a midimix, and a clip launcher, I get upto 16 channels each side, and allows a dj style flow, and the ability to plf whats not playing out on the master, I also have a 8 inch tablet running zen beats and gstomper producer, the tablet is midi capable as well, and all that goes into a 6 channel desk that records straight to mp3, iv cased it all in one box, and it takes seconds to open, and plug in, and I did it all for less than a grand, including the stands, cables etc, there is still a strong argument for the simplicity of a decent midi controller/laptop setup, especially playing live, and in my experience, the less you have, the better you will sound, I no longer sweat at the thought of playing live, and having to cart near 20 machines and all the associated crap along with it, also, we have to take into consideration the audience, who wants to watch someone head bowed sweating over a set, I wanna see some fun and dancing going on, same with the crowd, simplifying allows you to engage more.
nice comment your setups both sound great. but....the part about wanting to see somebody dance.. I definitely don't want to pay to see a dj dance, I could stay home and watch re-runs of fame for that... I want to see somebody involved in making the music. I could stay home and put on a track and look corny dancing by myself if that is what I wanted .... and for free.... I think performers should be making things look more complicated up there, playing every instrument they can else they could just play a cd or an instant replay machine, happy mediums are great on paper but in real life go all in one way or the other.
Eye! Dope vid - as always. Could you tell us something about your gain stages? Input gain, amp vol, track vol, master vol...? I‘m doing this exact thing with a force (at 12‘ master vol), turned down the input gain on the ot a bit but my main outs a really low. I’ve seen yours was at -24
Looks like a nice way to fade between tracks. I am going to see if I can do this with the MPC live looper as well. Edit: there seems to be some delay when recording the output to the looper of the MPC using the MPC input. Have you experienced the same with recording the MPC loop into the OT? And are the two devices time synced in any way, except for the obvious midi clock?
Hey Ricky, great run down here! When it comes to "Performance Mixers" have you ever tried a Denon Prime 4 for mixing? Or a Roland MX-1? Both can run without a PC, both have Midi and Built in Effects. Curious to hear your thoughts.
Thaddeus Veloso hey man chiming in as an mx1 user. What’s interesting with what I discovered here in vid is that if u only need a few tracks, it’s awesome that the octa has proper ins and can act as a mixer too. Saves us from having to lug around a separate mixer cuz the octa seems to act as both source and mixer which is quite attractive
@@silverfiltersoundlab thanks for the input Silverfilter. I'm on the fence on the MX-1. It's such a one of a kind performance mixer. then I saw the Denon Prime 4 is a stereo 4 channel mixer dawless. Octatrack always looks amazing as "the brains" unit but at at that price range wouldn't a full dj standalone work just as well? Idk mannnn
Don’t get me wrong. The mx1 is great as it really is a “performance” hardware mixer with the built in FXs, step sequencer, and the ability to also act as a midi controller + software mixer. But if you’re not much into the Roland ecosystem like the aira and boutiques, you might also want to consider others as the mx1 can be maximized if u have lots of Roland gear u can plug into the usb slots.
@@silverfiltersoundlab I appreciate the insight. I only have a VT-4 and none of the other equipment calls to me so I'm torn. There doesn't seem to be anything comparable when it comes to the MX-1's feature set.
Harbor freight dude. They have these “pelican”-rip-off cases that are 100% as good as the real thing. Can’t remember what they call their version but they are sized by “hd2000-HD2500...etc..” but they are full of the pick apart foam and I pd $34.99 for one that is perfect size for AR mk1 or any other electron box in that original size range ... their biggest HD5000 fits my MPC live or even my Force and I think it costs 59.99 when not on sale 😎😘😜 my best kept secret
Nice, you could probably do most of what the Ottobit is doing using the Octatrack with a combination of track recorder and freeze delay, if you wanted it even more streamlined.
I don't use a daw per say I use a mixing website for podcast almost like if audacity was a website and I think I am gonna save money to get an actual laptop and a semi daw/raw sound set up. THANK YOU MAN.
Nice one. Gives me ideas to test out while also showing somw behind thr scenes of how to set it up. Also cool to see MPC & OT playing well together. Meris fx soubd amazing, but that goes without saying. 🤘🏼
I've applied your same workflow to my 2500 just that I got a traktor z2 mixer and I'm thinking on adding another 2500 to mix between one and another. 👌🏼🥴💕💕💕💕💕
Hey Ricky, I love your videos. I know this is off topic, but I'm wondering how I could setup Logic Pro X to use my Digitakt stereo in each channel. I have overbridge. If you have any advice/templates I would appreciate it.
True ninja skills revealed here. TY Ricky for your glorious performance. Love your vibe. (Note: We'll post a compilation from our live performances via YT soon.)
What did he do? 😆🤪🤔
Just listened to 5 days of work on Spotify Decent track. odd choice to make a high hat the center of the mix very dis- distracting and way too loud
Breadkrumz sounded like a bunch loopy ish worked on but no finished tracks. Just sayin
wow, that's one of the most elegant workflows I've seen yet.
Meris will be the first pedal company to really realise that the synth industry is wide open for pedal/effects makers in the hardware realms.
"Thats all you gotta do! Learn a ton of stuff". Epic
Ricky: 2500 dollars on "simple gear"
me: cries in volca keys
Awesome stuff as always man.
Volca is awesome man haha
I feel you man!
cries in mc303
The volca keys is still a great deal but I wish they refreshed the line with some qol features.
that is cheap compared to what I've seen guys spend on modular eurorack gear. Now that can get super expensive fast!
Very nice Ricky! I got my MPC1000 back in action this year (replaced all the tack switches on there - and the pads) absolutely loving it for playing and jamming with my synths. Just started recording a few bits with it recently - endless fun! Respect dude
great! makes me wanna bring out my MPC1000 and hook it up to the OT. Never quite could work out a way to make those two work together in a meaningful way, this is inspiring.
god damn why do you make everything look sooo easy. fantastic work always spot on an your enthusiasm is endless
Fantastic showcase of the OT. I love my Digitakt a ton, and just haven’t really understood aside from time stretching what the OT has to offer for the higher price tag, but this really demonstrates the value.
The only synth/sample guy I try to watch every video of!
Keep it up man
Your workflow videos are my absolute favorite. I don’t have an Octatrack, but I can just see how it can spice up performances thanks to your walkthroughs!
I have no idea what you're explaining here but entertained nevertheless.
Been making tracks on mpc1000 all day... Have a break, see a Ricky Tinez UA-cam notification and what you know you rocking those beats too. Keep it fresh bro 🙃🙂
Said it before, and I'll say it again: my fav part of the OT is seeing how others use it. I don't use it nothing like Ricky, except sometimes for pickup machines used to record inputs/tracks, sometimes recording track 8 master. It's a brilliant machine, as is this demo/walkthrough.
This video is pure love man , thanks. Is actually very mind blowing what you can do with two powerful samplers that fab house long samples like that ......
I can't stop watching this. So good!
Man I caught myself dancing !
Thank you so much for this vid 🙏🏻, I had fun watching it, it was super clear ! And I learn a lot about the OT, its purpose was not that clear in my head before but now i really believe that it's a true weapon for live shows !
"Super simple" LOL : D !!!
I know I would be so frustrated if I had an Octatrack...
Way over my head as usual but this was really fascinating nonetheless. To hear you live would be really really great but to see how you work, what is live vs planed and premade, the speed, your workflow and how it is apparent that you have practised for years and clearly know what you are doing. No questioning or hesitation or doubt, man this is just awesome. Even how you use the otobit, so nice and with such an ease makes me just like: "WTF?"
Super simply Marvelous : )
Thanks for that Ricky, your videos are much needed in these times.
Masterclass on OT. Thanks for posting!
thanks Ricky I've been trying dif transitions and love your creative options as always
Love it! You're clearly having so much fun here
Rick, love what you do! You're a magician!
Thank you for yet another awesome video,Ricky! "That's all you gotta do, learn a ton of stuff" :) that's the best quote of the day for sure! I always look forward to your new videos as you have taught me so much about production and music tech so I know that I'm always going to learn something new with each new video you post and that is a true gift, the gift of knowledge. Please keep doing what you do as it's hugely appreciated, brother!
Truly mastered those boxes there bro
pure talent workflow
That bad news track sounds sooo tight !!!
Great video, so inspiring! I have the Ottobit myself, just wondering if there is any reason you don't go directly through it and use the bypass switch to turn it on/off?
Super awesome. I'm gonna try to replicate a setup like this. Looks so much fun! "Performance mixer" is a brilliant way of putting it. I'd love for more products like this to be in the market.
Always fun when you show off the OT
I love watching someone work a piece of music tech and just nails it. Fantastic video as expected Ricky. Cheers 😉
Talent! Only thing I've seen that has me considering the Octatrack again.
It’s worth every penny.
this is the first thing that's ever made me want an elektron
Super creative!
… And now I own both a Mercury7 and Ottobit jr. for my live setup! And I’m stoked about it.
Once again thanks for sharing workflow. Really inspiring. Although, I must admit that doing scenes on the fly on the octatrack seems to be daunting! But yet again you know your machines better than I know myself. I will catch up one day ;-)
Great! and this is why most of Us want more inputs outputs in the next Octatrack (with overbridge)
Dope! Love my Elektron gear. I use my Elektron Analog 4 to sequence and layer FX for modular gear and Octrack to sample it and serve as master hub via MIDI to CV. Perfect combo plus I save valuable modular case space and cash on fancy sequencer modules.
This video is dope. Best ever you made. I have no machine you talk about, but from now I'm really interest for the Octatrack.
That ghost liked the groove so much he just had to play it
Looking for a tut on beginner basic Octa. The way you explain it makes sense.
That jazzy bass house track you bring in is my fave by you man!!! Need a copy of that for my live DJ shows!!! Absolutely slamming brother!! X
Some really cool tricks here! Dope dude!
Man, I'm convinced and just bought me mpc 1000, as a center of the dawless setup. Thanks
Thanks exactly what I'm doing, I'm just waiting for my mpc 1000 to arrive, gotta say, Ricky was the main reason for my interrest in samplers and dawless setups and the reason for the passion I gain in the old schools mpcs
Why did you choose an mpc1000 over an mpc one?
Very very very cool
Thank you Ricky for another great vid!
This looks like so much fun I’d love to get j to this but wouldn’t know where to start.
Love your house beats!
Simple but powerful
so sick.
Great video! I just got an Octatrack MKII after seeing all the amazing things it can do with the rest of my gear. Definitely a steeper learning curve than my other stuff (OP-1, OP-Z, 0-Coast), but once I get things in order I think it'll be a lot of fun to jam!
Aye Ricky..... you got that shit👏🏾👏🏾. That shit just look complicated. I’ve owned the 1000 years ago and thank God for
iPads for similar results.
Amazing performance and explanations as usual!
I'd love to check out your live gig. you ever come to Toronto?
Need some more releases from you bro...liking this All Nite track! Hope you're well
loved the live set and the DJ set this morning, lockdown made a lot easier with these!
awesome information Ricky, thanks so much. :)
Such a rippin set up
Awesome stuff brotha, very saucy
This entire video is so big brained I can't even. I'm over here with my violin having an existential crisis unable to decide if I want 1500ms or 1600ms on my delay pedal. 10:11 was ridiculous.
I use a web page listing BPMs and relative milliseconds for 1/4, 1/2, etc delay settings. I'll link below after this comment.
www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-bpmtempotime.htm
love this jam and info - thx! btw I noticed the 'ghost' started playing exactly 8 steps (LED flashes on Ottobit) after you touched a button on the MPC (at 0:23) - maybe there is an explanation to look into (delayed start/intro?).
Yet another masterclass! Is there a lower cost alternative to the underutilized Octatrack in this scenario? A stereo looper and a DJ mixer?
Another great video. Thank you for sharing!
Your energy duuude!!! :)
New to electronic music production and recently discovered the channel which I love by the way - the music's awesome, the vibes are super cool, and the explanations so accessible. The sounds you're sending in with the MPC into the Octatrack, is that something you could do with a combination of drum machines and synthesizers? Obviously that complicates the setup but would that allow you to do fundamentally the same thing? Record a few sequences live on the fly? Do some DJ'ing, add fx etc, and while that marinates in the ears of the listeners, create some more sequences live, fade into the new sequences, rinse and repeat?
So good. Recently picked up an Octatrack mk1 and I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the thing! Hopefully one day I'll be able to do some of the things you can do! Looking forward to the next jam :)
That was great, awesome tips.
Hi Rick.
Why are you using the MPC ? Can't you do it all with the Octa?
It's a sneaky one but it makes me feel that most of people are using the Octa as a mixer but not as a live sampler.
Does the recording+flex engine using is too complicated to be done in such a fluid way ?
I'm making my sampling on Live today but feel i would love to do it on HW. Every time, the octa seems to be the one i should take but then i don't find so many people really sampling with it. Mostly people filling it with prepared samples but not doing it on the fly. Sounds like it's too complicated
Cheers & thx for this vid.
I have somewhat of an intuitive sense of what your saying but I'm going to need to watch this another 3 times to really understand how next level this is . . .
Great video
Ricky, I have no idea what you are talking about half the time, but it sounds great ;)
That love and hate relationship with the cow bell...
Quality content as usual ✨
Tight indeed
hell ricky, I just sold my whole aria set up, 10k of equipment, it got too much trying to program so many sequencers, so I have invested back into what I know, ableton live, this time I have a 1x1 setup, with 2 ableton systems linked for sync, and a dj mixer between them, each side has a midimix, and a clip launcher, I get upto 16 channels each side, and allows a dj style flow, and the ability to plf whats not playing out on the master, I also have a 8 inch tablet running zen beats and gstomper producer, the tablet is midi capable as well, and all that goes into a 6 channel desk that records straight to mp3, iv cased it all in one box, and it takes seconds to open, and plug in, and I did it all for less than a grand, including the stands, cables etc, there is still a strong argument for the simplicity of a decent midi controller/laptop setup, especially playing live, and in my experience, the less you have, the better you will sound, I no longer sweat at the thought of playing live, and having to cart near 20 machines and all the associated crap along with it, also, we have to take into consideration the audience, who wants to watch someone head bowed sweating over a set, I wanna see some fun and dancing going on, same with the crowd, simplifying allows you to engage more.
nice comment your setups both sound great. but....the part about wanting to see somebody dance.. I definitely don't want to pay to see a dj dance, I could stay home and watch re-runs of fame for that... I want to see somebody involved in making the music. I could stay home and put on a track and look corny dancing by myself if that is what I wanted .... and for free.... I think performers should be making things look more complicated up there, playing every instrument they can else they could just play a cd or an instant replay machine, happy mediums are great on paper but in real life go all in one way or the other.
Derek Johnstone Fraser That might be the longest sentence I've seen in a while
Damn that DJ fade was tight
You should do a video just on cable neatness. I look at the Sargasso Sea of black eels behind my setup, then I look at your setups and weep.
love you man. thx
blast !!!
Eye! Dope vid - as always.
Could you tell us something about your gain stages?
Input gain, amp vol, track vol, master vol...?
I‘m doing this exact thing with a force (at 12‘ master vol), turned down the input gain on the ot a bit but my main outs a really low. I’ve seen yours was at -24
Looks like a nice way to fade between tracks.
I am going to see if I can do this with the MPC live looper as well.
Edit: there seems to be some delay when recording the output to the looper of the MPC using the MPC input. Have you experienced the same with recording the MPC loop into the OT? And are the two devices time synced in any way, except for the obvious midi clock?
that second track is prime
I would love to see how a boom bap track would sound from you
In it to win it.
hell yeah
Ohhhh Bad Bad News by Leon Bridges
I caught that sample
Hey Ricky, great run down here! When it comes to "Performance Mixers" have you ever tried a Denon Prime 4 for mixing? Or a Roland MX-1? Both can run without a PC, both have Midi and Built in Effects. Curious to hear your thoughts.
Thaddeus Veloso hey man chiming in as an mx1 user. What’s interesting with what I discovered here in vid is that if u only need a few tracks, it’s awesome that the octa has proper ins and can act as a mixer too. Saves us from having to lug around a separate mixer cuz the octa seems to act as both source and mixer which is quite attractive
@@silverfiltersoundlab thanks for the input Silverfilter. I'm on the fence on the MX-1. It's such a one of a kind performance mixer. then I saw the Denon Prime 4 is a stereo 4 channel mixer dawless. Octatrack always looks amazing as "the brains" unit but at at that price range wouldn't a full dj standalone work just as well? Idk mannnn
Don’t get me wrong. The mx1 is great as it really is a “performance” hardware mixer with the built in FXs, step sequencer, and the ability to also act as a midi controller + software mixer. But if you’re not much into the Roland ecosystem like the aira and boutiques, you might also want to consider others as the mx1 can be maximized if u have lots of Roland gear u can plug into the usb slots.
@@silverfiltersoundlab I appreciate the insight. I only have a VT-4 and none of the other equipment calls to me so I'm torn. There doesn't seem to be anything comparable when it comes to the MX-1's feature set.
Tight !
Do you have any tips on transporting your gear without buying the expensive cases?
thick underwear and a towel
@@RickyTinez bungee cords are a nice way to keep the towels from unraveling
Harbor freight dude. They have these “pelican”-rip-off cases that are 100% as good as the real thing. Can’t remember what they call their version but they are sized by “hd2000-HD2500...etc..” but they are full of the pick apart foam and I pd $34.99 for one that is perfect size for AR mk1 or any other electron box in that original size range ... their biggest HD5000 fits my MPC live or even my Force and I think it costs 59.99 when not on sale 😎😘😜 my best kept secret
Nice, you could probably do most of what the Ottobit is doing using the Octatrack with a combination of track recorder and freeze delay, if you wanted it even more streamlined.
pretty nice skills bless from Guatemala
Great video. Makes me wish I kept my MPC1000.
dopedopedope...i love this!! this is the content i need right now
I don't use a daw per say I use a mixing website for podcast almost like if audacity was a website and I think I am gonna save money to get an actual laptop and a semi daw/raw sound set up. THANK YOU MAN.
Nice one. Gives me ideas to test out while also showing somw behind thr scenes of how to set it up. Also cool to see MPC & OT playing well together. Meris fx soubd amazing, but that goes without saying. 🤘🏼
Yeah buddy! Is the studder effect from the ottobit, or did you do that with octatrack?
Super simple, lol my dude, maybe if your name is Cenk. :P
I've applied your same workflow to my 2500 just that I got a traktor z2 mixer and I'm thinking on adding another 2500 to mix between one and another. 👌🏼🥴💕💕💕💕💕
Got to let that sink in (to my brain) for a bit!! wow bro!!! Great vid!! :)
crazy.
Hey Ricky, I love your videos. I know this is off topic, but I'm wondering how I could setup Logic Pro X to use my Digitakt stereo in each channel. I have overbridge. If you have any advice/templates I would appreciate it.
What if you use instead of the mpc and octatrack, the akai force with a modular case,which has an es8 in it, and some external fx?