ELEKTRON Octatrack DPS-1 [2/2] Adjusting the sound of the samples

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ADJUSTING THE SOUND OF THE SAMPLES

All tracks contain ﬁve TRACK PARAMETER PAGES. There parameters

aecting the sample assigned to the track are found.

1. Make sure one of the demo patterns is playing.

2. Press the [TRACK] key (a) of the track whose sample you wish to aect.

3. Press the [PLAYBACK] key (b). The  menu will open (c).

4. The parameter labelled  changes the pitch of the sample. Turn DATA

ENTRY KNOB A (d) to change the parameter value. Try out the rest of the

TRACK PARAMETER PAGE parameters to experiment with the sound

shaping possibilities.

5. To revert the parameter settings to their original state, press [FUNCTION]

+ [CUE] (e).

ASSIGNING A NEW SAMPLE TO A TRACK

1. Select a track by pressing the relevant [TRACK] key. In the demo mode

tracks 1–7 contain Flex machines. Track 8 doesn’t contain a machine, instead it

functions as a master track containing master eects. These eects aect all

the other tracks.

2. Enter the PLAYBACK SETUP MENU for the chosen track by pressing

[FUNCTION] and [PLAYBACK].

3. If the machine list shows up (g), press the [RIGHT] arrow key (h) to access

the Flex sample slot list (f). Scroll in the list by pressing the [UP] and

[DOWN] (j) arrow keys.

4. Select a sample and press [ENTER/YES] (i) to assign it to the machine.

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