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Project Detail

The Project Detail page provides a comprehensive, high-level view of an Octatrack project. From here, you can inspect your project's settings, explore its patterns and parts, and manage its sample slots.

Project Detail - Overview

Overview Tab​

The Overview tab displays the global settings that define how your project behaves on the Octatrack. It is a read-only view that captures the exact state of the project when it was last saved on the hardware.

Project Metadata​

Located in the Project Info section, this shows:

  • Tempo: The project BPM (40–300).
  • Time Sig: The project's time signature (e.g., 4/4).
  • OS Version: The firmware version used to save the project (e.g., 1.40B).

Playback State​

The Current State section reflects what was active on the device:

  • Bank & Pattern: The currently active sequence.
  • Part: The part (1–4) assigned to the current bank.
  • Mode: Indicates whether the Octatrack was in Audio Mode or MIDI Mode.
  • Track Status: Shows which audio and MIDI tracks were Muted, Soloed, or Cued.

Mixer Settings​

The Mixer section mirrors the Octatrack's project-level gain and routing configuration:

  • Gain AB / CD: Input gain for the physical inputs.
  • Dir AB / CD: Direct-through level for the inputs.
  • Phones Mix: The blend between Main and Cue in the headphones.
  • Main / Cue Level: The master output volumes.

MIDI & Memory​

  • MIDI Sync: View whether Clock, Transport, and Program Change messages were enabled for send or receive.
  • MIDI Channels: Shows the MIDI channel assigned to each track and the Auto Channel.
  • Memory: Displays critical RAM allocation settings, such as 24-bit Flex loading and Dynamic Recorder status.

Metronome​

The Metronome section displays all click track settings, including volume, pitch, and tonal/noise click preferences.

At the top of the project header, you can switch between several specialized views:

Parts​

The Parts tab takes you to the Parts Editor, where you can view and modify the sound design snapshots for each bank. This is where you edit machine types, effects, and LFOs.

Patterns​

The Patterns tab provides a visual representation of your sequencer data. You can inspect every trigger, parameter lock, and trig condition in your project. See Patterns for details.

Flex & Static Slots​

The Flex and Static tabs list all 256 sample slots in your project. You can filter slots by name, check which slots are empty, and see the exact file path for every sample. See Sample Slots for details.

Tools (Coming Soon)​

The Tools tab is intended to provide bulk operations for copying content between projects. Note: These features are currently under development. See the Tools Overview for the latest status.

Action Bar​

The header of the Project Detail page contains several important actions:

  • Back Button: Return to the Home Page.
  • View/Edit Mode: Use the toggle to switch between a safe, read-only view and Edit Mode, which enables changes in the Parts Editor.
  • Refresh (↻): Reload the project from disk. Use this if you have manually replaced project files on your computer.
  • Save Status: Displays when changes are being saved to .unsaved files or committed to the project.
  • Unsupported Banks Warning: Appears if some bank files are from an older OS version. Click it for instructions on how to update them on your hardware.

Multi-Bank View​

In the Parts and Patterns tabs, you can use the Bank Selector to focus on a single bank (A–P) or select All Banks to see an overview of your entire project simultaneously.

Project details bank selector

When viewing "All Banks", you can scroll through all 16 banks on a single page, making it much easier to organize complex projects.