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I mean, there was a short time that I lived and breathed house. My first dream career was being a dj. I moved on for a ton of reasons, but among them was the assumption that getting into it all was just too expensive for equipment and required so much legwork researching and picking up resources for sampling. And now we're here. That's a tight track you just cut using that one box. Man. Brilliant. It's brilliant.
FINALLY, a dedicated octatrack video from one of the communities top creators! It’s been a long time coming and I’m super hyped. Could really do with lots more like this.
A tip for minimizing the "air" at the start of each chop: At 1:45 you can see Ricky set the end point for truncating the sample but ended up with a little space before the transient on the next part of the song he was removing. So the sample, after it was truncated, was missing a little bit of time at the end (it was too short). So when you go to chop it into 16 even slices, all those slices are going to be slightly off (dropping sooner than they should compared to the transients). When you're chopping down a sample to just the part you want, if you make sure to set the end point to just right before the first transient on the part you're removing from the end, and then chop to even slices, you're going to end up with them being more spot-on, oftentimes eliminating the need for fiddly editing of each chop afterwards. This might actually be why your zero cross aligning gives weird results sometimes Ricky. I'm assuming the algorithm chops it into 16 even slices, and then shifts each of those slices to the nearest 0 point. If the chops end up so far off the mark when you do an even 16 chops, it would give really inconsistent results (snapping to a 0 point somewhere in the tail of a sound rather than closer to the end/the next transient).
Congrats on the new gig Ricky. I've been listening to a bunch of Japanese minimal house lately and would love to see someone have a crack at the sound. So Inagawa is an absolute beast. The internet has nothing.
Would love to see this too. Logo Queen is one of my favourite house tracks of all time but all of his tracks and the majority of the Cabaret output is fantastic.
Ricky, congrats on the new gig. You’re literally a master when it comes to the technical side of things but you’re also a genius in the creative realm. I’m hooked!
Oh, maaan! This looks sooo complicated!... I bought Octatrack MK2 a year ago and I'm still trying to understand how it works. Every day I find something new about it. :D It is a never ending story! :)
Aww this makes me wanna reinvest in an OT, such a powerful sampler for mangling loops. I used to use mine to sequence and resample all my other gear. For French house I'd build the drums and chops on the MPC3K (can't beat the swing) then resample bars on the OT, re-chop & mangle like you showcased flipping slices with trigs and filtering + repeats with A/B scene crossfades. Basically I'd treat OT as a hardware Ableton. So much fun and happy accidents only hardware can bring you. All about those scene crossfades, genius.
Definitely soundstream vibes, which I love. But the blown out bass is very DJ Sneak. I'm not sure if you know the records of Andrés, on KDJ etc... like Moodymann he's great at sampled house. I loved the old KDJ records, but he's been consistently releasing great sampled house records (on Mood n' Groovin). 'Welcoming Committee' is nice, classic sample too. On that Back in the Open E.P, 'Tonight, We Rise' might be your kind of thing too. Great records on Mahogani too, like the gospel 'Praises'.
Good vid Ricky! Got the filter sounding smooth 8) I love that sort of dj sneak, van helden, cassius, daft punk et al era - especially the hip house leaning stuff
Would love to get an Octatrack… it’s really the price that puts me off… just so many decent samplers out there at cheaper price points. Someday :) Great vid….
Yeah I feel the same way, I've always wanted to mess around with it but I'm afraid if I buy it I won't play with it since the learning curve is so steep
Keep at it. If you can be excited about using it often it gets much easier really quickly. But no need to learn everything all at once. I'll never get bored of it!
@@dasa-brainwash850 I guess with most things, the more time you put in, the better you get at something. I must admit I did take a little look at prices of them on eBay last night ;-) Maybe in the future. I think it might be a better fit for me than the Digitakt. Let's see
@@DanChippendaleMusic Very true. The DT's reverb seems a lot nicer, but I'm glad I got OT as I was looking for something to get me off the laptop. I've found the power to restrictions ratio of the OT works well for me. I've never loved a piece of hardware as much.
@@InitialDL84 it's not so bad, there's "only" one thing to learn. it's multiplied x8 and the neighbor interactions are fairly intuitive. Some use cases are trivial to config- even "just" for a fancy DJ mixer/FX box at the prices they are these days I think they're well worth it. :3
That's a great demonstration of what the Octatrack is capable of - at the same time, I'm so happy I sold mine. Bought a Roland MC707 instead and even though it's sampling capabilities aren't even close, I love using samples again.
Ricky, you are a beast. You've sold me on the octatrack workflow. A pleasure watching you work, and a wonderful peak at your creative process. Keep it up!!
Deluge for 3 years but tempted to dive into Octatrak. I like the way cryptic workflows become muscle memory. My Tanzbär 2 has weird quirks but I find myself using it all the time with my fingers working faster than my eyes. Deluge is much more visual.
Great video, as usual! And congrats on the new gig, @Ricky! No shade to Novation, but Elektron is by far my favorite instrument company! Looking forward to seeing what you do with them!
I was just dusting off the OT and thought- okay I need an inspiring video to get me going, just a simple quick task... and here you are, top of the pile. Of course this is Elektron 501 level stuff and each of your headscratch moments is a full day for me... But thanks, man. This is great. Gonna get back on it.
Thank you very much for your time to produce and post weekly content. I love the format, something to look forward during the week and always delivers at when the weekend comes. I think you are really good in showcasing the gears. I absolutely love house music. Thank you very much again.
DOOOOOOOD!!!! I am DELIGHTED to hear you're now picking up some work for Elektron!! Cenk was a lightning bolt for that company and when he left, I got kind of worried about them. Now that you're there, I can totally see getting back into the mix with Elektron gear. Cheers maing!!! ;)
Just made a banger of a French house track on the circuit rhythm I'm usually a hip-hop kinda guy but I want to do something different Iv made the odd house track in my time but think I'm going start doing it alot more ...
Love me some French House, one of my favorite electronic music genres next to Deep House and vaporwave. In fact, you should give vaporwave a shot on the Octotrack, would love to hear your rendition of it! Also congrats on the Elektron gig brotha!
4:40 „🤷🏼♂️, no idea what I pressed“ - the essence of the Octatrack‘s 4 year apprenticeship, do it part time and you‘ll have the status of eternal student for granted
I’ll trade you overbridge for the Octatrack for slices on the Digitakt 🙏🙏🙏🥺 Pro tip: 16 slices of a looped sample is every 7.5 units on the sample start parameter. Tedious af
It's a really cool machine but I thought to myself a lot of times throughout the video how much easier all that would've been on the MPC! 🤣 If only Akai could steal that idea of being able to crossfade between sequences and parameters. Droooooool.... Love these vids of just starting from a sample and rolling with it.
Working with Octatrack becomes pretty intuitive once you get to know it. Any DAW is much more complex than OT and still most of the music enthusiast use them every day. Just a bit different workflow.
Actually using the MPC + OT is killer: I usually do drums and chops on the MP, then resample bars on the OT and mangle further using A/B. Very powerful combo.
His conditions for the work contract was: Octatrack mk3 in a few years: 8 audio in- and outs, pristine modern dsp effects, the analog master fx treatment and Overbridge - no keyboard though
i feel like the kick is not adding a good vibe to the track. maybe reducing the decay/sustain would do the trick... that being said, always cool to see someone who knows what he's doing playing around with sampling!
this video has completely blown my mind. you're meaning to tell me this laptop-priced piece of gear can loop a bit of a song, vary it slightly and add a kick to it? 🤯what kind of wizardry is this. excuse me while i pick my jaw up off the floor. take all my reddit gold
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Never before have I been so glad I continue to make tracks on a computer - what a waste of time the octa is
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What was the best resources for you to learn the octatrack?
As a Frenchman and house appreciator, I approve of this entire video
I mean, there was a short time that I lived and breathed house. My first dream career was being a dj. I moved on for a ton of reasons, but among them was the assumption that getting into it all was just too expensive for equipment and required so much legwork researching and picking up resources for sampling. And now we're here. That's a tight track you just cut using that one box. Man. Brilliant. It's brilliant.
" it all was just too expensive for equipment " you are speaking about the 80ies?
@@NTTuber 1804, back when making house music involved building a literal house
FINALLY, a dedicated octatrack video from one of the communities top creators!
It’s been a long time coming and I’m super hyped.
Could really do with lots more like this.
yeeah Ricky from Elektron
thats definitely means we should get MK3 OT😅
And not Ricky from Akai
Wow so he left Novation?
The video wasn't sponsored but I'm sure it was inspired 👌
EZBOT was on NovationTV last week, so who knows 😋
Everyone loves the French Touch sound. Merveilleuse.
Need a French House resurgence so god damn funky 🤘🏽
i mean its around
Future Funk is what you are searching for. Check Artzie Music here on the tube.
Check out Braxe+Falcon’s new stuff, they’re amazing live as well
Don't worry it is coming
Future funk, Ed Banger Records, Sumggler's Way,
Thank you for making House Music.
Thank you for all your inspiration! Your channel is so sick and i've been sub'd for a minute!
A tip for minimizing the "air" at the start of each chop: At 1:45 you can see Ricky set the end point for truncating the sample but ended up with a little space before the transient on the next part of the song he was removing. So the sample, after it was truncated, was missing a little bit of time at the end (it was too short).
So when you go to chop it into 16 even slices, all those slices are going to be slightly off (dropping sooner than they should compared to the transients). When you're chopping down a sample to just the part you want, if you make sure to set the end point to just right before the first transient on the part you're removing from the end, and then chop to even slices, you're going to end up with them being more spot-on, oftentimes eliminating the need for fiddly editing of each chop afterwards.
This might actually be why your zero cross aligning gives weird results sometimes Ricky. I'm assuming the algorithm chops it into 16 even slices, and then shifts each of those slices to the nearest 0 point. If the chops end up so far off the mark when you do an even 16 chops, it would give really inconsistent results (snapping to a 0 point somewhere in the tail of a sound rather than closer to the end/the next transient).
Just bought an Octatrack last night. The timing on this could not be more impeccable
Congrats on the new gig Ricky. I've been listening to a bunch of Japanese minimal house lately and would love to see someone have a crack at the sound. So Inagawa is an absolute beast. The internet has nothing.
So Inagawa is ....an alien, really. Absolute delight
Would love to see this too. Logo Queen is one of my favourite house tracks of all time but all of his tracks and the majority of the Cabaret output is fantastic.
@@smstrvns Indeed. Such quality output and the crispest mixes.
Can you recommend something?
@@user-ll1xo2gf5q some inagawa reminds me of ben B-promided land vibes
This is why I love the art of sampling. Everyone paints with a different brush
yeeesss its so good. Sampling is easily my favorite way to make music
Now just needs some phaser on the sample and some huge pumping sidechain for that French House sound 😊
Ricky, congrats on the new gig. You’re literally a master when it comes to the technical side of things but you’re also a genius in the creative realm. I’m hooked!
Oh, maaan! This looks sooo complicated!... I bought Octatrack MK2 a year ago and I'm still trying to understand how it works. Every day I find something new about it. :D It is a never ending story! :)
I never had any interest in the octatrack until this video (I didn’t even know it could sample) I thought I was just a drum machine! Nice vid! 👍🏽🔥🇬🇧
written on the device: 8 track dynamic performance sampler 😅
Aww this makes me wanna reinvest in an OT, such a powerful sampler for mangling loops. I used to use mine to sequence and resample all my other gear. For French house I'd build the drums and chops on the MPC3K (can't beat the swing) then resample bars on the OT, re-chop & mangle like you showcased flipping slices with trigs and filtering + repeats with A/B scene crossfades. Basically I'd treat OT as a hardware Ableton. So much fun and happy accidents only hardware can bring you. All about those scene crossfades, genius.
Elektron made quite the scoop there. (; Cheers!
Always love to watch you mangle samples. Cheers!
Definitely soundstream vibes, which I love. But the blown out bass is very DJ Sneak. I'm not sure if you know the records of Andrés, on KDJ etc... like Moodymann he's great at sampled house. I loved the old KDJ records, but he's been consistently releasing great sampled house records (on Mood n' Groovin). 'Welcoming Committee' is nice, classic sample too. On that Back in the Open E.P, 'Tonight, We Rise' might be your kind of thing too. Great records on Mahogani too, like the gospel 'Praises'.
i'm alllll about their records too! People passing by interested in this world of music.. Don't sleep on this comment!
Pre video comment: The timing of this video is incredible. I’ve been super into French house lately!
Hell yea! its so good and groovy haha. Tons of sampling elements and filter sweeps (my 2 favorites)
@Ricky - Don’t forget to save that sample from your recording buffer! 😉
oh crap! haha - I think i got it :X
underrated comment for Beginners!
Good vid Ricky! Got the filter sounding smooth 8) I love that sort of dj sneak, van helden, cassius, daft punk et al era - especially the hip house leaning stuff
Would love to get an Octatrack… it’s really the price that puts me off… just so many decent samplers out there at cheaper price points. Someday :) Great vid….
It's so much more creative than most samplers 😉
This made me want an Octatrack so bad. Really like the style of this music.
Watching people use the Octatrack hurts my head. So powerful but so confusing 😵💫 Good work dude
Yeah I feel the same way, I've always wanted to mess around with it but I'm afraid if I buy it I won't play with it since the learning curve is so steep
Keep at it. If you can be excited about using it often it gets much easier really quickly. But no need to learn everything all at once. I'll never get bored of it!
@@dasa-brainwash850 I guess with most things, the more time you put in, the better you get at something. I must admit I did take a little look at prices of them on eBay last night ;-) Maybe in the future. I think it might be a better fit for me than the Digitakt. Let's see
@@DanChippendaleMusic Very true. The DT's reverb seems a lot nicer, but I'm glad I got OT as I was looking for something to get me off the laptop. I've found the power to restrictions ratio of the OT works well for me. I've never loved a piece of hardware as much.
@@InitialDL84 it's not so bad, there's "only" one thing to learn. it's multiplied x8 and the neighbor interactions are fairly intuitive.
Some use cases are trivial to config- even "just" for a fancy DJ mixer/FX box at the prices they are these days I think they're well worth it. :3
That looks like a fun little box! Somewhat reminds me of an Amiga Tracker like Protracker.
Check "Polyend"
@@CybearBox - Cool! Thanks!
That's a great demonstration of what the Octatrack is capable of - at the same time, I'm so happy I sold mine. Bought a Roland MC707 instead and even though it's sampling capabilities aren't even close, I love using samples again.
So many people will get an Octatrack and get stuck with it lol Looks so easy in his hands. Jah Love
KInda sounds like a Jam Funk production.... very good stuff.
Vraiment terrible 💥💥
Ça nous replonge dans cette époque légendaire.... Nostalgie quand tu nous tiens.
Bravo et merci
Linear locks are the new meta. I love how you can create new patterns by then assigning the start/slice to a scene.
Ricky, you are a beast. You've sold me on the octatrack workflow. A pleasure watching you work, and a wonderful peak at your creative process. Keep it up!!
Lovin' it! Recreating this on my modular using 1010 bitbox sampler, maths, Mbase09 and other shenanigans...
sound engine is amazing
Deluge for 3 years but tempted to dive into Octatrak. I like the way cryptic workflows become muscle memory. My Tanzbär 2 has weird quirks but I find myself using it all the time with my fingers working faster than my eyes. Deluge is much more visual.
Great video, as usual! And congrats on the new gig, @Ricky! No shade to Novation, but Elektron is by far my favorite instrument company! Looking forward to seeing what you do with them!
Sounds wicked! Reminds me of Knee Deep productions from the early 2000s
Epic track man... it made me want to buy an Elektron Octatrack MKII !!!
Don't forget the you need the "Alesis 3630" compressor and the "Alesis Midiverb II" both cheap units and will give you instant French house vibes.
I want the finished track bru. That sounds lit!
Did you accidentally give a lesson in Low-End Theory? Seems like it. Love it!
I love the groove that drum sound with the reverb tail creates
Congrats on the new gig! Also always lovin the positivity in your vids
Loving the Lyons tea T
I was just dusting off the OT and thought- okay I need an inspiring video to get me going, just a simple quick task... and here you are, top of the pile. Of course this is Elektron 501 level stuff and each of your headscratch moments is a full day for me...
But thanks, man. This is great. Gonna get back on it.
It's not real french house unless its from the house region of france
French House appellation
Underrated comment
Dude, your videos are inspiring and fresh! Keep up the great mixing work man!
Found the producer you mentioned ! He’s called Sound Stream. Dope stuff.
what a guy, what a muscle memory and what a great machine. love it
Thank you very much for your time to produce and post weekly content. I love the format, something to look forward during the week and always delivers at when the weekend comes. I think you are really good in showcasing the gears. I absolutely love house music. Thank you very much again.
I've been hotchin' in hoopin' hotchin' to this all night
DOOOOOOOD!!!! I am DELIGHTED to hear you're now picking up some work for Elektron!! Cenk was a lightning bolt for that company and when he left, I got kind of worried about them. Now that you're there, I can totally see getting back into the mix with Elektron gear. Cheers maing!!! ;)
BRILLANT !!!!! Thank you
Alkalino - body & soul on whiskey disco is a great edit of hunching all night. Yours is cool too!
This felt like magic
Just made a banger of a French house track on the circuit rhythm I'm usually a hip-hop kinda guy but I want to do something different Iv made the odd house track in my time but think I'm going start doing it alot more ...
This guy work's for anyone. Novation, Electron..... Etc. 😅😎 Great video.
Love me some French House, one of my favorite electronic music genres next to Deep House and vaporwave. In fact, you should give vaporwave a shot on the Octotrack, would love to hear your rendition of it! Also congrats on the Elektron gig brotha!
Loving this dude! Was a massive French house fan in the good ole 90's.
That little piece of kit is pretty cool as well.
You've got a good presenting style, Dude. Straight forward, non-pretentious and easy to understand
DEEP!
this is a lot of fanning around. reminds me of my old S1000. luckily i have a DAW now!...
4:40 „🤷🏼♂️, no idea what I pressed“ - the essence of the Octatrack‘s 4 year apprenticeship, do it part time and you‘ll have the status of eternal student for granted
wow the way you can get the bass velocity to be triggered off another channel is epic
oh nvm. it's just SUCH a fire bassline to begin with lmfao
Sweet man! I also love freaking love Sound Stream / Sound Hack! Dope ass dance floor bombs!
Thank you Sr! I do enjoy making French House at home, this is a Master class. Keep the hard work
I’ll trade you overbridge for the Octatrack for slices on the Digitakt 🙏🙏🙏🥺
Pro tip: 16 slices of a looped sample is every 7.5 units on the sample start parameter. Tedious af
Inspired
I don’t really understand Elektron stuff but the process is still so cool! Very nice result
Fresh, thanks
Damn ! Ricky !
Congrats on the new job Ricky! Wishing you many more years of hopefully awesome times.
Yessss soundstream is sick. Def deserves more credit.
Sick as hell man. Saw this in my recommended, super glad I watched
Best of the best atmospheric Chanel …👽
Nice content, always cool to see you working the Octa, didn't even realise this was an ad till the very end !
Yoooo!!! RICKY is at Elektron!
Let's GOOOOOOO!!!
It's all about the klacky keys!
It's a really cool machine but I thought to myself a lot of times throughout the video how much easier all that would've been on the MPC! 🤣
If only Akai could steal that idea of being able to crossfade between sequences and parameters. Droooooool....
Love these vids of just starting from a sample and rolling with it.
Working with Octatrack becomes pretty intuitive once you get to know it. Any DAW is much more complex than OT and still most of the music enthusiast use them every day. Just a bit different workflow.
Actually using the MPC + OT is killer: I usually do drums and chops on the MP, then resample bars on the OT and mangle further using A/B. Very powerful combo.
Can't beleive I'm still learning more about the octatrack in 2022 but taking notes anyways 😂
love the Sound Stream shout out! he's such an amazing producer
Is that a Lyon's t-shirt?
That's nasty stuff, Barry's for life!
Great stuff! Love seeing how you operate that octa so quickly and smoothly. Second nature!
Amazing Ricky, wish you could more of this but for hands on beat making for us new octa users
Damn I already been thinking about octatrack then I see this video!
You are such a cool dude. Love people like you who do this and post it!
Oh man super dope, I really appreciate these videos thanks for your hard work
Rickey is the Real Deal!
Right on Ricky
this is killer! love the DAW-less content
Congrats on the new gig! Did you request an Octatrack Keyboard?
His conditions for the work contract was: Octatrack mk3 in a few years: 8 audio in- and outs, pristine modern dsp effects, the analog master fx treatment and Overbridge - no keyboard though
i feel like the kick is not adding a good vibe to the track. maybe reducing the decay/sustain would do the trick...
that being said, always cool to see someone who knows what he's doing playing around with sampling!
this video has completely blown my mind. you're meaning to tell me this laptop-priced piece of gear can loop a bit of a song, vary it slightly and add a kick to it? 🤯what kind of wizardry is this. excuse me while i pick my jaw up off the floor. take all my reddit gold
Awesome video and great house music Ricky , just got hooked to your channel and feels good to see house music is also getting some love over here🙌🔥
That shirt is FIRE 🔥
As soon as Kick entered I was like Yeeeah :-) Another quality vídeo Ricky :-)
love the intro
I actually made a track with this sample a few months back. Liked what you did with it.
Where can I hear it?
👏🎶👏🎶👏 Love from Greece 🇬🇷
That kick tho
This was super dope and killer track crafted here Ricky! Props and thanks for sharing the knowledge man!