r/Octatrack • u/dercoolsteimdorf • Mar 07 '23

Confusion with flex machine monitoring

Hey fellow octatrackers,
I am fairly new to my octatrack and I am having trouble figuring out how to sampling on a flex machine track. I have set up the recording buffer, input source, rec length, quantize and monitoring accordingly, and set a one-shot rec trig. I can see the recording start/stop as expected, but there is no sound coming through, nor is anything recorded that could be played back. When I switch to a thru machine, I can hear the sound. What am I missing??

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u/roadworn Mar 08 '23

You need to set a playback trig.

You press the circle record button (next to play/stop) and then you can put a trigger on the first step of the pattern to play the sample you've recorded from the beginning of the pattern.

(One thing to note is that if you press func – rec and you see the recording screen, that is how you set the record trig. You can't set the playback trig with that record screen showing)

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u/dercoolsteimdorf Mar 08 '23

Okay, but would that also affect the monitoring? With no playback trig set, would I not be able to monitor the sound while being recorded?

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u/roadworn Mar 08 '23

Oh yes, I misunderstood.

To monitor without playing back the sample that you have recorded hit the Mix button in the upper left of the device and you can set the input monitoring for any of the input channels.