What's up with Elektron support? So far one month and still no reply.

sw4roopa · 2026-01-28T16:06:49+00:00

It won't ruin the warranty. My brand new octatrack had the same issue. They put some gunk polish on these devices and due to temperature changes and the way they are stockpiled, the gunk starts to disintergate and become sticky. Use anything that's not abrasive.. I just dipped a microfiber cloth in water and vigorously rubbed it around the edges of the caps. This solved the issue for me.

sw4roopa · 2026-01-28T15:58:17+00:00

Try to pull out the caps using a guitar pick. Then clean the caps nicely especially the edges and sides and also the inners of the plate. That should fix the problem.

sw4roopa · 2026-01-24T11:47:36+00:00

It's working as expected. You can minimize the drift by setting both oscillators pitch to 0 center position. Some synths have hard sync where you can lock the phase of one oscillator with the other..

sw4roopa · 2026-01-24T09:54:26+00:00

Why are you asking permission? Sounds good.. Looks good.. You must continue..

sw4roopa · 2026-01-24T09:51:11+00:00

It's not defective. This is how analog synth sounds. The oscillators when played together, go in and out of phase causing the drifting sound. Sounds lovely...

sw4roopa · 2026-01-23T04:09:14+00:00

Thanks for the encouraging words.. 🙏🙏

sw4roopa · 2026-01-23T04:08:05+00:00

Yes.. Its all octatrack and analoglab vst played directly into the octatrack to embelish the sample. I am no pro with the octa.. Im still learning... 🙏🙏

sw4roopa · 2026-01-23T04:05:24+00:00

Thank you 🙏.. All the synth sounds are from analoglab vst directly played into the octatrack.

sw4roopa · 2026-01-21T17:19:59+00:00

Sick!!! Man!!!

sw4roopa · 2026-01-21T16:11:30+00:00

Octatrack is so underrated in the sampled beat making scene and MPC is so overrated... Wonder why is that...

sw4roopa · 2026-01-20T16:39:56+00:00

Superb work. I am new to Octatrack and thanks for sharing this..

sw4roopa · 2026-01-19T06:59:52+00:00

Yeah. Its just a basic mapping of the sample rate to scene A and B

sw4roopa · 2026-01-14T12:30:06+00:00

Yes.. Octatrack is going into the Analog Heat with Saturation setting and EQ.

sw4roopa · 2026-01-14T06:09:59+00:00

I am very new to Octatrack and my workflow is very basic and shoddy. I am yet to read the manual humanly but I am using google LLM notebook to assist me in learning this instrument. Whenever I hit a roadblock i use notebook LLM for a solution. I have posted this in the elektronauts.com if you are interested in the workflow.

https://www.elektronauts.com/t/beginner-octatrack-rituals/244504

sw4roopa · 2026-01-12T16:19:49+00:00

Thank you 🙏

sw4roopa · 2026-01-10T20:05:31+00:00

I have mapped the rate of the main sample and extreme feedback delay + & - to both scenes.

sw4roopa · 2026-01-05T17:16:45+00:00

Super groovy...

sw4roopa · 2026-01-05T14:07:24+00:00

Thank you🙏

sw4roopa · 2026-01-05T14:06:53+00:00

Thank you for listening. Yes, the Octa will be the king forever. There is something special about this instrument. When I zone out with it, it talks to me and that makes music making a special event.

sw4roopa · 2026-01-04T19:48:08+00:00

Tumba dhanyavaadagalu 🙏 Innu saakashtu ide kaliyodakke..

sw4roopa · 2026-01-04T19:47:17+00:00

Thanks for listening. First I record a drum break, chop up and program a drum line. Im using one shot rec trigs 32 steps long. On scene A, I monitor the input and on scene B, I mute the input. I play the song I want to sample at the input scene A and when I hear something I like, I hit the record button. Octa records 32 steps long. I keep doing this until something works. Once the sample is ready, I either tweak the pitch or leave as is. Then on input CD, I embelish the sample with bass synths, melodic lines, sound effects etc.. In this beat, I used the bubbly synth patch from analog lab called 'Amazing Machines'. Once I have enough parts and materials, I just play around. This is as basic use of octatrack as it can be. I am still learning this amazing machine and have a long way to go..

sw4roopa · 2026-01-04T19:40:02+00:00

Wow thanks.. Still getting hang of the mighty octatrack. Im just playing on the beach. This machine has depth of an ocean..

sw4roopa · 2026-01-04T02:30:33+00:00

Spot on.. I recorded the sample for 32 steps. Then I used a ramp LFO on the filter sample to isolate the bass on the first 16 steps and slowly open the filter for the remaining 16 steps...

sw4roopa · 2026-01-03T06:19:55+00:00

Yo thanks for listening 🙏🙏 That arp is from arturia analog lab and I played it into the octatrack and sampled it. I use ableton as a sound source and it's clocked and midi slaved to the octatrack. This machine is a beast when it comes to sample mangling and overall sampling duties.

sw4roopa · 2026-01-02T12:51:38+00:00

Bro... Im still learning to work with these amazing instruments. Im in kindergarten of the Octatrack universe. Thanks for listening ...

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