I made a template for the octatrack that sets up the octatrack's midi tracks to use 8 of the TR-8's instruments and also make use of it's Continuous Control mapping values.

To use:

  1. set TR-8 MIDI in on channel 8.
  2. load the TR8_TEMPLATE up on your octatrack
  3. have fun!

download here

track instrument page: effect2 page: effect1
t1 BD
  1. knob A: tune
  2. knob B: attack
  3. knob C: comp
  4. knob D: decay
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t2 SD
  1. knob A: tune
  2. knob B: snappy
  3. knob C: comp
  4. knob D: decay
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t3 LT
  1. knob A: tune
  2. knob D: decay
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t4 RS
  1. knob A: tune
  2. knob D: decay
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t5 HC
  1. knob A: tune
  2. knob D: decay
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t6 CH
  1. knob A: tune
  2. knob D: decay
  1. knob C: accent level
  2. knob D: scatter mode
  3. knob E: scatter depth
  4. knob F: scatter on/off (value 63 & lower = off, > 63 = on)
t7 OH
  1. knob A: tune
  2. knob D: decay
  1. knob D: delay level
  2. knob E: delay time
  3. knob F: delay feedback
t8 CC
  1. knob A: tune
  2. knob D: decay
  1. knob D: reverb level
  2. knob E: reverb time
  3. knob F: reverb gate