Muff's Modules & More

mecanikill · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:13 pm Post subject:

So happy I did not buy one of these. MD is kool, MM meh and Octatrack seems to have way to many limitations that would drive me nuts like the sample length limit...come on its 2012 and this is the best we can get? I'm hoping korg puts out a esx2 and gets it right. These are just my opinions and hope I have not offended anyone here.

bouzoukijoe1 · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:13 pm Post subject:

Boelie035 · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:49 am Post subject:

You are missing the point of having longer samples Bouzou, it would be great to sample a minute of vinyl and chop it up in the octa to re arrange it!!

The octa is a sampler here and the machinedrum is more of a groovebox!

tIB · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:56 am Post subject:

One thing to consider with the 16 second limit is that the OS isn't finished yet...

bouzoukijoe1 · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 2:15 am Post subject:

mecanikill · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:28 am Post subject:

I enjoy having long vocal samples from movies in my music and that's a deal breaker for me. How long has it been out now? They still have not finished the operating system on it...and let's not forget the 4 bar limitation either. Elektrons build of the MnM and MD were crap too the pots were the worst I have ever used on a machine and came loose real quick and had to be repaired numerous times and I could not stand the clanky buttons that didn't grip and made a click everytime I hit them. Glitterati...

tIB · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 9:04 am Post subject:

The state of the OS on release was poor to say the least- its gotten a lot better and I believe it will continue to do so. But yeah, its been around over a year now without some of the initial advertised functions.

Id say the 4 bar length is much less of a problem on the OT since you can lower the clock speed on individual tracks- setting at 1/8th of clock speed is going to give you 8x more length on that track, which is fine if you are triggering a longer sample and not fine if you want tighter control over events.

If you dont like the elektron build quality then the OT wont convert you.

Ekofisk · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 9:11 am Post subject:

And just to make it clear, the 16 second limit is the current recording limit. Samples transferred by usb can be pretty much as long as you like, only limited by the size of your card.

Re the 16 sec recording limit, I think tIb is right in emphasizing that the OS isn't finished yet.

iVardensphere · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:10 am Post subject:

I enjoy using my modular as a constant sound source and feed the streaming audio into the Octatrack. I do gate & defect sequencing from there. Super simple and crazy tight with the rest of the mix.

If you'd rather clock your modular's sequencer to the 8T (without the aforementioned midi/cv interface) you can send a sharp ping out of the cue out and get your clock from there. It's a little sloppier however.

Modular + 8T = win! we're not worthy

jonah · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:20 pm Post subject:

I'm not saying I'd hate the ability to have longer samples, but on the other hand I think Elektron might have done this on purpose to make a sampler you have to play.

I mean, you can set up one shot record trigs on multiple tracks and arm them one after another to get longer semi-continuous sample time. Or set up sequences of different lengths to work in a more automated fashion. From my perspective this encourages happy accidents. And my feeling about happy accidents is: "I live for this shit".

fredguy · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:48 pm Post subject:

The manual blows.
There are things that I'd change with the sampler. Hopefully they'll improve with the next OS update.
Loooong learning curve.

That said it's been a crazy addition to the modular. I started out mangling samples and only recently started into the midi sequencer. Here's a quick demo featuring the OT sequencing three modular voices via a vermona qmi midi-cv interface. Drum dokta clocked with the OT midi clock through a timetable for the drum sounds.

[s]http://soundcloud.com/fredguy-1/octa-midi[/s]