Tips and Tricks with ANDREW HUANG and the OCTATRACK
In this video Andrew Huang and I talk about different tips and tricks with the Elektron Octatrack. This video was edited down from a 90 minute video call.
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00:00 Intro
00:24: MIXER AND FX-BOX
00:48 PARTS
01:22 STACKS OF TRACKS
02:00 EASY SAMPLING
03:51 DELAY AS A LOOPER
05:03 CROSSFADER RESOLUTION
05:40 GLITCH YOUR TRACK
06:56 MIX VS SEND
07:31 THE MUSIC SHOULDN’T STOP.
07:58 RESET YOUR PARTS
08:06 WHY MUTE YOUR SCENES?
08:38 SETTING UP THE TRANSITION TRICK
09:04 RECORDER 1-SHOT TRIGS
09:24 TRACK TRIGS AND SWING ALL
09:55 FLEX LOOPER THEORY
10:22 GAIN STAGING IS IMPORTANT
10:58 THE TRICK IN ACTION
11:39 THE SETUP
11:56 A NOTE ABOUT TIMESTRETCH
13:57 HOW TO USE ONE-SHOT RECORD TRIGS
15:21 PITCH RISER
15:44 LIVE REVERSE
17:00 BUILDING THE ECHO FREEZE
17:57 REVERSE ECHO FREEZE
18:47 A TIP FOR MAKING SCENES
19:36 OVERDUB LOOPER
21:18 PRE OR POST LEVEL?
23:06 WHERE TO SAVE SAMPLES
23:46 SAFETY ENGINEERING