Elektron Octatrack is a lovely granular sampler/synth!

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[DTesting]

Tip - set your trigs before extending the scale and it will copy them to the new scale pages.

[GurtTarctor]

Another technique you might want to experiment with to get granular effects is to slice a sample up into 64 parts with zero crossings enabled, that way you don't get those sharp clicks. It's best if you set the max record length to 2/4/8/etc so it'll line up with the trigs more often and also should make the sample tempo match the sequencer's which is useful for predictable timestretching tricks.

The same start adjustment and LFO tricks apply, and you can add in timestretching (which already sounds very granular) by lowering the rate. Combine that with chromatic playing of the track, plays free track toggling, and various scene setups you can get a very expressive and interesting way to use samples.

[mitdemall]

Hmm... i wonder how you could make these sounds more chill...

[fromcodex]

Such a great video man, It was awesome to hear the sample manipulation and was already thinking of ways to add drums and then you suddenly said “now let’s add a drum track” and it was like you read my mind 😅

[hazelbenton]

I've known/understood you cuold do this for a bit and have done a little but hadn't really really done it you know? Anyways I paused the video halfway through and built a Part with four streams granulating some piano chords and am thoroughly happy. Thanks for the little push/reminder!

[Two-Eyed_Boy]

There was a point somewhere between 1/4 and 1/3 into the sound mangling process where I got flashbacks to trying this stuff on consumer grade home computer back in the 2000s and I was bracing for a fatal error. Is that unheard of on the Octa?

[DylanParisMusic]

As requested: route L + R much?? do you even octa bro?

[visisydandthevoid]

Here I am, .. still wishing I had the octatrack 😢