Key Takeaways
- Tswj, lub Octatrack yog '8-khiav kev ua tau zoo ua piv txwv.'
- Yuav luag tsis muaj haujlwm ua suab paj nruag lub Octatrack ua tsis tau.
Elektron's Octatrack yog 10-xyoo-laus groovebox uas nyuaj rau kawm, muaj cov teebmeem suab tsis tu ncua, thiab tsis muaj cov ntaub ntawv siv meej meej. Txawm li cas los xij, lub tshuab legendary no tseem muag niaj hnub no, tseem muaj kev hlub ntau, thiab yog qhov tshwj xeeb.
Lub Octatrack los ntawm Sweden's Elektron, thiab tej zaum yog ib qho ntawm cov khoom siv hluav taws xob zoo tshaj plaws uas tau tsim, los ntawm nws cov qauv tsim rau nws cov suab paj nruag-mangling. Lub Octatrack nyuaj piav qhia. Nws yog ib kauj ruam ua ke nrog yim lem, tab sis nws kuj yog tus qauv, yim-khiav recorder, MIDI sequencer, thiab lub thawv cuam tshuam. Koj tuaj yeem siv nws ua lub guitar looper pedal, los yog ib qho khoom siv rau lwm yam iav. Thiab nws yog qhov kev nthuav dav ntawm qhov muaj peev xwm ua rau thawj Octatrack dab neeg: uas nws nyuaj rau kev kawm.
"OT yog sib npaug ntau yam thiab idiosyncratic. Nrog nws cov khoom nplua nuj tau teeb tsa nws tsis muaj kev sib tw, tab sis qhov tsis muaj tus neeg saib xyuas hauv qee thaj chaw ua rau nws muaj kev tu siab me ntsis," tus kws ntaus nkauj thiab tus neeg siv Octatrack Hans_Olo hais rau Lifewire hauv ib qho forum xov. "Txawm li cas los xij, kev txiav txim siab los ntawm tus lej ntawm cov yeeb yaj kiab studio kuv tau pom nws poob nthav tau tshwm sim hauv 10 xyoo, nws tseem zoo li yog qhov kev xaiv tseem ceeb [rau] ntau tus kws ua yeeb yam, uas kuv ntaus nqi rau qhov tsis muaj kev sib tw tiag."
Kev kawm Curves
Txhua lub sijhawm koj nyeem txog Octatrack, koj yuav pom tias nws muaj "kev kawm nkhaus." Tab sis qhov no tsuas yog muaj tseeb yog tias koj tsis tau siv cov kauj ruam ua ntej. Nws yog qhov tob, paub meej, tab sis tsis muaj kev kawm nyuaj dua li lub khoos phis tawj lossis xov tooj uas koj nyeem tam sim no.
Ib txoj hauv kev, Octatrack zoo li lub hom phiaj dav dav hauv computer. Nws tuaj yeem raug nias rau hauv zoo nkauj npaum li lub luag haujlwm suab paj nruag, thiab koj tuaj yeem nrhiav ntau txoj hauv kev kom ua tiav koj lub hom phiaj. Qhov kev nyuaj no tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev ntxhov siab, tab sis thaum koj tau dov, koj tuaj yeem ua txhua yam nrog cov nyees khawm, lossis khawm combos. Saib qee cov yeeb yaj kiab uas tau hais los ntawm Hans_Olo, thiab koj yuav pom nws ua si zoo li lub suab paj nruag.
"Muaj qee yam hais txog kev tuaj yeem teeb tsa kho vajtse kom hloov pauv mus ua haujlwm raws li qhov koj xav tau tiag tiag uas ua rau nws tsis zoo li lwm yam nyob ntawd," tus kws ntaus nkauj Tarekith hais rau Lifewire hauv lub rooj sib tham xov xwm. "Txawm hais tias sib cav dab tsi kuj ua rau nws nyuaj rau cov neeg siv tshiab thiab."
Yuav Ua Li Cas?
Saib daim duab saum toj no. Cov kab ntawd ntawm 16 nyees khawm sawv cev rau 16 lub kaum rau sau ntawv hauv ib lub bar ntawm 4/4 suab paj nruag. Lawv hu ua "trigs," rau qhov tshwm sim, thiab lawv tuaj yeem ua rau tus qauv, lossis daim ntawv MIDI. Tab sis lawv tuaj yeem ua rau cov ntaub ntawv kaw tseg, lossis siv los ua tus qauv chromatically (ntawm qhov sib txawv). Lossis koj tuaj yeem hlais cov qauv, thiab ua si cov hlais nrog cov yuam sij no. Los yog siv cov trigs los ntxiv cov teebmeem rau txhua kauj ruam, txhua yam nyob ntawm hom koj nyob hauv.
Tom qab ntawd, saib mus rau sab xis, thiab koj pom DJ-style crossfader. Qhov no tuaj yeem ua tau yuav luag txhua yam, tab sis qhov tseem ceeb yog koj tuaj yeem nqa ib qho kev ntsuas los ntawm ib lub pob los yog hu, thiab siv tus crossfader los tswj lawv txhua lub sijhawm. Cov txiaj ntsig, zoo li txhua yam ntawm Octatrack, tuaj yeem hloov maj mam lossis qus.
Thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov pib xwb. Kev zoo nkauj ntawm Octatrack-thiab qhov uas ua rau cov neeg ntaus suab paj nruag rov qab los rau nws-yog qhov yooj yim, thiab kev lom zem. Kuv nyuam qhuav yuav ib tug thib ob, tom qab muag thawj ob peb xyoos rov qab, thiab txog tam sim no, kuv tau siv nws tsuas yog yim-khiav guitar looper, nrog txhua yam ntawm cov teebmeem mapped rau tus crossfader ntawd. Hooked mus rau ko taw pedal, nws tsuas yog hais txog kev lom zem tshaj plaws uas kuv tau muaj (suab paj nruag) xyoo.
Qhia Nws Hnub nyoog
Ib txoj hauv kev, Octatrack yog George Clooney ntawm grooveboxes. Nws tau txais me ntsis, thiab qhia nws lub hnub nyoog, tab sis nws tseem zoo li zoo. Nws cov nyhuv reverb yog ntxhib tab sis tseem ntxim nyiam, thiab nws khaws koj cov haujlwm ntawm daim npav CF. Yog lawm, daim npav Compact Flash.
Tab sis muaj hnub nyoog los txog. Lub rooj sab laj Elektronauts, qhov uas peb tau tham txog Octatrack rau tsab xov xwm no, muaj ntau tshaj li kaum xyoo txoj kev paub thiab cov lus qhia rau Octatrack.
"Muaj ib qho ntxiv rau kev muaj cov neeg siv khoom loj, thiab kaum xyoo ntawm lub rooj sab laj tshaj tawm nrhiav seb nws tuaj yeem ua li cas, thiab yuav ua li cas," tus kws ntaus nkauj thiab lub rooj sab laj Jay B. "Cov kiv cua sib sib zog nqus tau siab heev, thiab tej zaum yuav siv sij hawm teb cov lus nug ntau dua li kuv siv ua suab paj nruag txhua qhov."
Kev laus, qhov tsis zoo, ua kom yuam kev nrog, tab sis tsim nyog kawg. Nov yog rau lwm 10 xyoo, Octatrack.
