ELEKTRON Octatrack MKII [26/32] Live recording mode

If the pattern contains more than 16 steps, switch to the pattern page you want to edit by

pressing the [PAGE] key. The active pattern page is indicated by a fully lit <PAGE> LED.

6.6 LIVE RECORDING MODE

LIVE RECORDING mode is the second method of adding trigs to the tracks. In this record-

ing mode, all the [TRIG] keys are played in real time to input trigs to the tracks.

1. Press and hold [RECORD], then press [PLAY] to enter LIVE RECORDING mode.

Quickly pressing [PLAY] twice while keeping the [RECORD] key pressed will acti-

vate/deactivate quantization of LIVE RECORDING. The sequencer will start to play,

and the [RECORD] key will start to ﬂash red.

2. Enter trigs to all tracks of the sequencer in real time by pressing the [TRIG 9–16] keys.

To erase trigs in real time, press and hold [NO] + the [TRACK] key of the track you

wish to erase trigs from. All trigs hit by the light of the running sequencer will be

erased from the active track.

3. Press [PLAY] to exit LIVE RECORDING mode while keeping the sequencer playing.

If LIVE RECORDING mode is active and [RECORD] is pressed, GRID RECORDING

mode will be activated.

4. Press [STOP] to stop both recording and playback of the sequencer.

6.7 PARAMETER LOCKS

Parameter locks is a powerful feature that allows every trig to have its unique parame-

ter values. All sample trigs of a track could, for example, have dierent pitch or volume

settings. Parameter locks can be applied to sample trigs, trigless trigs, lock trigs and one

shot trigs.

In GRID RECORDING mode, press and hold the [TRIG] key of a sample trig or a lock trig

and then adjust the parameters you want to lock using the DATA ENTRY knobs to apply

parameter locks. The graphics on the screen becomes inverted for the locked parameter

and shows the locked parameter value. The [TRIG] key of the locked trig will begin to

ﬂash, to indicate that the trig now contains a parameter lock.