Q: I'm a guitarist. Will the Octatrack be a suitable looper for me?
A: Indeed. The Octatrack can function like a looper. The only difference is that it will be much more powerful than your average looping device. Dedicated looper machines will be implemented in coming OS updates.
I sent them a mail about it, and received an answer ! (Thanks elektron !) :
The mail :
> I am a very happy MDUW+ user.
> I am almost sure to buy an Octatrack on december the 13th.
> But just one question : i am a multi instrumentist livelooper. How
> does it work to record loops with a midi foot controler ? Answer me,
> and you got a buyer for sure !
The answer :
"Hi there,
We will implement functionality to support MIDI foot controllers. Note that this might not
be available at launch. Most likely it will be implemented shortly afterwards.
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:12 pm Post subject:
A musician far superior to myself in every aspect (guitar skills, skill in usage of effects processing and synthesis gear, composition, overall creativity) posed this question and got this answer:
dt / Q -
1) is there now, or will there be,
support for remote midi (or, otherwise dedicated) controls
of all functionalities, eg foot-controllers, etc?
this is key to those manipulating sounds/looping who are ALSO instrumentalists.
elektron / A -
1a) "That's the plan!"
1b) "The exact midi specs aren't completely set in stone, yet."
So Elektron is still not saying whether the support for remote MIDI controllers will be there in the batch of Octatracks flying out to respective customers such as ark. The support will probably get their via OS update eventually, but we don't know if its there today. _________________ Current and recent work on Soundcloud
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 7:30 am Post subject:
BobTheDog wrote:
Nice one!
Mine is arriving Wednesday. I have no idea how it can possibly take 6 days to get from Sweden to the uk!
Yeah that's pretty long. :/
I'm having fun fiddling with the thing. I have a feeling that it can be used in a couple of different ways, especially since they have some pretty major features planned for upcoming OS releases. _________________ Antimon's Window @soundcloud@Flattrhome - you can't explain music
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 9:30 am Post subject:
The only MIDI thing I've tried so far is sending MIDI clock + transport to Ableton Live, which worked like a charm. There is a bunch of MIDI stuff planned for upcoming updates (presumably destined for the button marked "MIDI" which currently doesn't do anything at all when pushed).
I haven't payed any attention to how you control the Octa from the outside - that's probably not something that I'm personally going to want to do, but you never know.
Oh, there doesn't seem to be any MIDI over USB (not that I see on my Mac anyway) - so I had to use the MIDI ports on the unit.
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 11:47 am Post subject:
BobTheDog wrote:
Hi Stefan,
Thanks for info.
Looks like it isn't quite finished yet!
We were warned of this (lack of support for remote MIDI controllers) as posted earlier. The Octatrack would still be very useful to me without it, but being able to start/stop recording via MIDI footpedal, so that I don't have to take my hands off my guitar or violin if I don't want to, would be a huge addition to its functionality. _________________ Current and recent work on Soundcloud
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 3:14 pm Post subject:
Ah yes forgot about pedals - I'll want that too.
In absence of this, there's a pretty cool feature I haven't seen before: you can set record trigs in the sequence, like standard groove box note/sample trigs. When a record trig is hit it records, so you don't have to press a button at the exact moment you want to start the recording, and it records a set amount of beats by default, so you don't have to stop the recording either. You can also use this to do weird granular echo effects.
Trouble is, I haven't figured out how to make the note trig disappear after it's recorded, so it keeps overwriting... I'm sure this is in there somewhere. _________________ Antimon's Window @soundcloud@Flattrhome - you can't explain music
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Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:02 am Post subject:
BobTheDog wrote:
BobTheDog wrote:
Nice one!
Mine is arriving Wednesday. I have no idea how it can possibly take 6 days to get from Sweden to the uk!
UPS are now saying Thursday, so thats 7 days to deliver from Sweden to the UK!
Almost a week longer than mine! Did you order directly from Elektron? _________________ Antimon's Window @soundcloud@Flattrhome - you can't explain music
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Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:08 am Post subject:
Yep direct from them.
It is still stuck in Denmark, maybe they then send it via Norway and Finland for the whole Scandinavian tour before it makes its way via Knarr to the UK
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Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:14 am Post subject:
Hm weird. I messed up a bit with my address, so I had to go to UPS's storage center to get my package late friday evening. The storage center is right next to the airport, which in turn is pretty far away from any major town (including my own). This lead me to believe that UPS uses air transport, which shouldn't take 7 days hardly anywhere. Bummer.
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:42 am Post subject:
Is it being delivered on the back of a tortoise?
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