ELEKTRON Octatrack MKII [18/32] The user interface

4. THE USER INTERFACE

The screen is the information center of the Octatrack MKII editing. The main interface

screen is shown below:

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1. Track icons that shows the machine assignments and status of the tracks. The active

track is highlighted. Track assignments are abbreviated. “F” = Flex machine, “S” = Static

machine, “T” = Thru machine, “N” = Neighbor machine, “P” = Pickup machine, “M” =

Master track. Beneath the track assignment symbols, the status of the track is shown.

A play symbol means the sample of the track is playing, a stop symbol means the track

is not playing, a plus sign means the track recorder or the Pickup machine of the track

is recording. For Pickup machines, more track icons exist. If the MIDI mode is active,

the icons will show the MIDI channels the tracks send data to.

2. The current tempo displayed with one decimal.

3. Four boxes that shows the playback position. Each box represents a downbeat.

4. The playback/recording status shown by the standard “record”, “play”, “pause” and

“stop” symbols; , , , and .

5. Level bar showing the overall volume level of the machine of the active track.