In this video, Patchwerks‘ Matthew Piecora (aka EZBOT) discusses using an Elektron Octatrack in conjunction with a modular synthesizer.
The Octatrack, along with Elektron devices like the Analog Four and Analog Rytm, can be used standalone, as a sequencer, as an effects processor and a mixer. This gives it a reputation for being complicated to learn, but also means that it can be used in a lot of different ways.
Piecora’s video demonstrates some of the ways that you can use an Octatrack to complement a modular system, including master effects processing, live sampling, mixing to shape your performance and creating transitions.
Check out the video and share your thoughts in the comments!
the most powerful use of the octatrack i discovered was the live sampling/looper being sequenced and also remixed live with various triggers from “fill” button or random trigs – while sampling itself and remixing the resampling and so on in a fractal vortex of infinite mangling
> The Elektron Octatrack Is Your
> Modular Synth’s Best Friend
synthhead, i very much like your site, but, whoa, this sounds like pure marketing jargon. why? and no, i would say, the mpc x is “Your Modular Synth’s Best Friend”
Sounds like your modular could use a friend.
Because it’s the name of the youtube video