Re: Elektron Octatrack used as a looper of sorts.. now with working link...(sorry)

[Art Simon <simart@gmail.com>]

Cool track, and nice guitar work! Sounds like it was a lot of fun.
Thanks Anders!

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 12:47 PM,  <antonyhequet@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Anders,
> thank you for the detailed overview, I really appreciate it. Yes, when it
> has a dedicated sampler it will be loopedy loo. Is the 16 sec limitation 
>a
> software thing or does it have to do with onboard RAM? What are the 
>effects
> like?
> Antony
> ________________________________
> From: Anders Bergdahl <anders_e_bergdahl@hotmail.com>
> To: Loopers Delight <loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Sat, March 5, 2011 8:32:13 PM
> Subject: RE: Elektron Octatrack used as a looper of sorts.. now with 
>working
> link...(sorry)
>
> Well today the Octa is limitied to 16 seconds of sampling, the default 
>way
> of sampling is to sample 1-64 sequencer steps. To sample you first need 
>to
> set up source and lenght of sampling, something I typically do before i
> start a "song". In this case all tracks on the Octa was set to sample 
>from
> source B and length was diffrent for a few treack but mostley 32 steps (2
> beats) track one was 64 steps. Then you have to set playback for each 
>tracl
> (also someting i do before hand) so you can sample on one track and play
> that back on many (or no) tracks.
> So when you start playing you will have a setup, which of course could 
>also
> include tracks with pre-recorded samples taht could be as mong as you 
>like
> if you don't need to manipulate all parametrs in real time... then when 
>you
> sample you need to press track+record simultanusly, which is less than 
>great
> for live use. IN the next major OSupgrade there will bi MIDI so that you 
>can
> record by MIDI commands and there will be a "real-tima recording" mode as
> well. There ar very few of the ordinary looping commands, no feedback
> control, overdub etc.. all you can do at the moment is tp sampla and
> manipulate, you can sample from internal tracks, main or cue so you can 
>for
> exanple sample several tracks to one or live audio and a track to one 
>track
> sto simulate overdub. I didn't use any fancy stuff like that for this
> track..
> What it has that Loopers don't have is sequencer and effects that can be
> sequenced, slicing of sample, AMP parameters for playback, seemless
> pichshift down and up one octave... really cool but as said a bit 
>diffrent
> than what you expect from a looper.. but with better live sampling and a
> looper machine this will be a BEAST..
>
> Anders
>
> ________________________________
> Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 04:25:38 -0800
> From: antonyhequet@yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: Elektron Octatrack used as a looper of sorts.. now with 
>working
> link...(sorry)
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>
> Anders,
> please enlighten me and clarify what the Octotrack currently does in the 
>way
> of live sampling and how that is different from what you would call a 
>real
> looper. I am very intersted in getting one but I need to be sure what it
> really does first.
> Antony
> ________________________________
> From: Anders Bergdahl <anders_e_bergdahl@hotmail.com>
> To: Loopers Delight <loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Sat, March 5, 2011 10:20:30 AM
> Subject: RE: Elektron Octatrack used as a looper of sorts.. now with 
>working
> link...(sorry)
>
> http://soundcloud.com/anders-bergdahl/2011-a-guitar-odyssey
>
> ________________________________
> Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 20:00:34 -0700
> Subject: Re: Elektron Octatrack used as a looper of sorts..
> From: will.it.go.round@gmail.com
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>
> The link didn't work for me. Try again?
>
>



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