And you probably need to set the input level (on the right side) fairly low. I normally have it between 1 and 4 for recording from my mixer. And also make sure to record in 24bit.
Okay, I see that I can set input to channels 1 and 2 via those buttons to the left of the transport controls. But iām still uncertain how to turn down the recording volume. When I roll the rocker on the right, it just changes folders/files.
Below that, where it says rec level
What I want to type here would get flagged. So iām just going to say Iām a [flagged]ing [flagged] [flagged] [flagged]. Jesus christ iām an idiot. Thanks for putting up with me.
No worries
Nothing I havenāt already been through myself.
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Cheers, man.
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Happy to help
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Moderator, can a thread be deleted to hide an Elektronaughtās idiocy from future generations?
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Just change the title to please delete and theyāll make it so
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Naaa, should keep it. Makes us all feel normal! And a nice read to see it getting sorted with help 
love this place! 
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seeing things resolved is one of the few positive things on the internet!
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Sorry to bring this thread back, BUT it got me started (yay search bar!) And has led me to want to ask:-
if Iām recording stuff that Iām going to drop onto OT for sample mangling do I want to record 44.1khz 16-bit, or 24-bit? Or something else?
Many thanks in advance
Russell
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Either is fine, 24 bit sounds better (apparently) but 16 bit takes up less RAM. So if youāre maxing out your RAM, use 16 bit, if not 24 bit.
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44.1khz. OT wont play anything else.
16 bit = slightly more crunch when you start mangling samples. slight
24 bit slightly more fidelity in the sound. slight
And yeahā¦ 24bit takes up slighly more space. Which is slightly irrelevant given octatracks flashcard memory can be huge.
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