I can imagine! i was surprised that it was even in there … good work sir
I have coded a rudimentary version, but it is further down the development pipeline… there’s just a lot of things to take into consideration, and a number of other modules that are being developed as well that take a little precedence.
It should come along one day so long as I can justify the development effort…
miketheman : So if I understand this correctly, when doing a copy (of ie tracks) from any projects into another project. All sample settings and other tweaks for each track, will be copied and doesn´t (in theory) need any further management in the new project? So it would just be sort of load and play?
Yes. As simple as that.
If that is what you want.
It is also possible to only copy sequencer data, and ignore samples; or copy samples and ignore sequencer data, or copy a scene and ignore samples and sequencer data, or… you get the idea, there is a LOT of flexibility in the Manager module.
miketheman : Can the copy procedure from a projects track be imposed on a new sample of choice in a new project?
No.
But… It can be done, by copying over the track data, minus sequencer and sample slots form the source to the target. It’s more of a workaround / using it sneakily then the intent…
miketheman : That is, ie, say that I have stumbled across some parameter tweaks (LFO´s, flex recorders/playback and stuff) that in combination affects an sample in an really cool way. But I doesn´t really have a clue of how I got there (happy accidents) and isn´t sure if I can get that behaviour again on a new sample in the new project.
Sounds like you want the Library module 
You can store just about anything in the Library by simply dragging and dropping. Then anything in the Library can be dragged and dropped back to whereever it is associated with.
Want to store Project Settings? Drag and drop from the Project module to the Library.
Want to load Project Settings? Drag and drop from the Library to the Project module.
Want to store an LFO design? Drag and drop from the LFO Designer module to the Library.
Want to load and LFO design? Drag and drop from the Library to the LFO Designer module.
Want to store an Effect Chain? Drag and drop from the Sequencer module to the Library.
Want to load an Effect Chain? Drag and drop from the the Library to Sequencer module.
Want to store ABC? Drag and drop from the XYZ module to the Library.
Want to load ABC? Drag and drop from the the Library to XYZ module.
You get the idea…
So in your scenario, you would do this:
a) Load the Project with the “nifty” settings.
b) Decide what it is you want to save to the Library… entire Track Setup? LFO Settings? Flex Setup? Effect Chain? Whatever the case may be… drag from the Sequencer module to the Library.
c) Load any other Project…
d) Drag whatever it is you want from the Library module to where it lives… e.g. drag an entire Track Setup onto one of the Tracks. Or drag a LFO onto one of the LFO’s. Or drag an Effect Chain onto the Effect Chain area…
Does that make sense?
This software sounds better every time I read about it. 
Something, something, get your cheque books ready…
Thanks Rusty for the explaination. And I agree with the others, OctaEdit will probably be worth every single cent/cookie!
I hope it all made sense… it’s a very complicated module due to all the flexibility.
I hope so, got bills to pay and it’s taken a massive amount of time / energy / effort 
one of the most ugly job is yet to come
announce a price
im hoping the rewards outweigh the headaches rusty
Going to be a very ugly job…
Still c’est la vie, depends on what people value time at…
rusty, what’s the minimum pc operating system that can run the software? i’m a mac guy but i can probably score an excessed pc from work that’s a few years old. would be worth it for me to do so just for ot file management.
even if i can’t find a compatible pc i’m planning to toss you some cash for the huge service the software is going to do this community.
You can go for any of:
- Windows XP
- Windows 7
- Windows 8
- Mac OSX via smoke and mirrors (Wine distributable)
even if i can’t find a compatible pc i’m planning to toss you some cash for the huge service the software is going to do this community.[/quote]
Appreciate it, but you might be shocked by the price tag, not in a good way…
Oh nice. I hadn’t been paying much attention to the thread cos I thought it was going to be PC only this time around.
Probably not as shocked as I am that one of us has had to develop this in the first place. But I won’t pontificate further. 
Oh nice. I hadn’t been paying much attention to the thread cos I thought it was going to be PC only this time around. [/quote]
Sorry, just so there is no confusion on the matter…
There is no native Mac OSX version of OctaEdit.
However, OctaEdit can be run on Mac OSX as a native application via creating a Wine distributable. Running it this way is essentially the same as having a native version, and some of the beta testers are doing exactly that.
Full documentation on how to do that will be provided I guess.
dubathonic: Probably not as shocked as I am that one of us has had to develop this in the first place. But I won’t pontificate further.
Still, far as I am concerned, the price will justify the effort, functionality, timesaving and ROI to you the user.
Of couse, user may think differently, but they don’t have to buy it
As someone who uses the Octatrack to create music professionally every single day, I’m more or less ready to give my firstborn. It’s a premium instrument, and deserves a premium editor.
I’m also less than pleased that Elektron couldn’t get it together enough to simply release an editor with at least basic functionality from the get-go. Oh well. I’m sure whatever price you decide on will be more than worth it–all the features shown here so far really go a long way towards making the Octatrack a full-fledged production and live performance tool (finally). Instabuy.
I’d consider buying OctaEdit to use on my Mac, even with the requirement to use a Windows emulator (Wine/Parallels/VMWare), as long as it is well-tested on Wine, doesn’t run unreasonably sluggishly with the Octatrack connected, etc.
I expect price to be more than $75 ;). I believe Rusty deserves to be paid for his efforts.
75 dollars is to much for an editing tool. Sell it at 30 and sell lots sell at 75 and sell a lot less. Take Strom for instance a great app priced well. People will support software priced well and not warez it.
Consider that Rusty will probably sell less than 100 copies, there will be pirated versions floating around within 2 weeks or less, and he’s probably spent hundreds of hours on it with no help from Elektron.
So given that, I’d expect a price closer to $150 if not more for the functionality in the application.
Ask the Strom developer how many copies he’s actually sold. Also note that Strom is an iPad app for $4.99 , ($20 for the Rytm update) which affords a bit more piracy protection than a standard Windows application.
“$75” is a MuffWiggler.com reference.
It’s an emoticon peeps over there use a lot for arguing, joking about, etc. price.
Examples:
“You want a fully loaded modular for only $75? You crazy, man!”
“I’m guessing that Moog Modular reissue ain’t $75”
“That looks awesome! I will pay $75 $75 $75 $75… shuddup and take my money!”
indeed, especially if you have to do pretty much everything yourself; lots of work has gone into what Rusty has done here. peace
I would expect to pay at least $100 for this with all the modules/functionality. Bravo to Rusty and crew for sticking with this for so long and with zero official support.
I’d have no problem paying more, tho I’m pretty poor.
Instabuy, no matter the cost