Hey everyone, Thanks for the love! & Thanks again Tracklib for allowing me to sample real released music! Check out the dope discount here - www.tracklib.com/campaign/partner?code=rickytinez Peace and Love
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).
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!
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.
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
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.
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!!
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.
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
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.
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'.
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.
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!!! ;)
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….
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.
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
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!
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.
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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.
Everyone loves the French Touch sound. Merveilleuse.
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 😋
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,
Just bought an Octatrack last night. The timing on this could not be more impeccable
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).
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
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!
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
Vraiment terrible 💥💥
Ça nous replonge dans cette époque légendaire.... Nostalgie quand tu nous tiens.
Bravo et merci
Now just needs some phaser on the sample and some huge pumping sidechain for that French House sound 😊
It's not real french house unless its from the house region of france
French House appellation
Underrated comment
Elektron made quite the scoop there. (; Cheers!
Always love to watch you mangle samples. Cheers!
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
Linear locks are the new meta. I love how you can create new patterns by then assigning the start/slice to a scene.
This made me want an Octatrack so bad. Really like the style of this music.
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.
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!!
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 😅
So many people will get an Octatrack and get stuck with it lol Looks so easy in his hands. Jah Love
I love the groove that drum sound with the reverb tail creates
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.
KInda sounds like a Jam Funk production.... very good stuff.
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)
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
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.
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!
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
Dude, your videos are inspiring and fresh! Keep up the great mixing work man!
That looks like a fun little box! Somewhat reminds me of an Amiga Tracker like Protracker.
Check "Polyend"
@@CybearBox - Cool! Thanks!
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.
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!!! ;)
Congrats on the new gig! Also always lovin the positivity in your vids
This felt like magic
@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!
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 😉
sound engine is amazing
what a guy, what a muscle memory and what a great machine. love it
BRILLANT !!!!! Thank you
Epic track man... it made me want to buy an Elektron Octatrack MKII !!!
Yessss soundstream is sick. Def deserves more credit.
Lovin' it! Recreating this on my modular using 1010 bitbox sampler, maths, Mbase09 and other shenanigans...
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 are such a cool dude. Love people like you who do this and post it!
Sweet man! I also love freaking love Sound Stream / Sound Hack! Dope ass dance floor bombs!
You've got a good presenting style, Dude. Straight forward, non-pretentious and easy to understand
Sick as hell man. Saw this in my recommended, super glad I watched
Found the producer you mentioned ! He’s called Sound Stream. Dope stuff.
Did you accidentally give a lesson in Low-End Theory? Seems like it. Love it!
I've been hotchin' in hoopin' hotchin' to this all night
I want the finished track bru. That sounds lit!
Best of the best atmospheric Chanel …👽
This guy work's for anyone. Novation, Electron..... Etc. 😅😎 Great video.
Congrats on the new job Ricky! Wishing you many more years of hopefully awesome times.
Loving the Lyons tea T
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.
Thank you Sr! I do enjoy making French House at home, this is a Master class. Keep the hard work
love the Sound Stream shout out! he's such an amazing producer
Yoooo!!! RICKY is at Elektron!
Let's GOOOOOOO!!!
It's all about the klacky keys!
Nice content, always cool to see you working the Octa, didn't even realise this was an ad till the very end !
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
Fresh, thanks
That shirt is FIRE 🔥
Is that a Lyon's t-shirt?
That's nasty stuff, Barry's for life!
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!
this is killer! love the DAW-less content
Damn ! Ricky !
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
Great stuff! Love seeing how you operate that octa so quickly and smoothly. Second nature!
Oh man super dope, I really appreciate these videos thanks for your hard work
Alkalino - body & soul on whiskey disco is a great edit of hunching all night. Yours is cool too!
Rickey is the Real Deal!
Right on Ricky
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.
👏🎶👏🎶👏 Love from Greece 🇬🇷
DEEP!
Congrats to your new job! Peace.
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🙌🔥
T'es un tueur mec
Congrats on the new gig!
As soon as Kick entered I was like Yeeeah :-) Another quality vídeo Ricky :-)
love the intro
Awesome demo man, nice grooves as well.
I don’t really understand Elektron stuff but the process is still so cool! Very nice result
This was super dope and killer track crafted here Ricky! Props and thanks for sharing the knowledge man!
Congrats on the new gig! 😎👍🏼
Inspired
congrats on your gig!
soooo sick dude, great track and congrats on the position
Banger!!
Damn I already been thinking about octatrack then I see this video!
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.
Sago Ricky thanks for sharing.
ya man my man ricky a lots of love from west coast japan
sound interesting
a composers dream hardware.