I haven’t been able to transfer samples over to the Octatrack via Windows 7 for ages now. It’s very frustrating…
I’ll try to just click and drag over a folder, and it won’t ever send… Last year, transferring .wav files would only take a few seconds…
I’ve tried to reinstall the OS thru USB. I put the .bin file in the root section of the CF card (FINALLY after fucking hours of trying. Was getting I/O error freezes, even in safe mode), exit then go to ‘OS Upgrade’, and it says ‘Not a valid OS file’
What the shit? I’m totally stuck here and my unit is basically unusable unless I sample into it with my phone…which sucks…
Any tips or help would be much appreciated. Thank you.
Edit: It seems to be an I/O error, even in Windows safe mode. This is showing that it’s more than likely an error on the OT’s side…
No. It’s the stock CF card the OT came with. Which worked fine before for that. It works just fine in projects and whatnot, just transferring samples or any files doesn’t work.
You might have a windows USB drivers problem that means you should go into your device manager, show hidden devices and remove all the greyed out items in your USB branch.
Then restart your machine.
Then reconnect your OT and mount.
OT is working fine standalone. It is a little buggy as a midi sequencer, but the sampler part is fine.
I’ll check that, but I thought that running Windows in safe mode only launches necessary drivers. According to windows support, if you have any I/O problems while running this mode, it’s highly likely that the problem is on the external devices end.
I’d definitely first suspect your problem lies with windows not detecting the OT, rather than the OT is faulty.
It could also be a bad USB cable or USB port on your PC. Windows can get overloaded with USB drivers in its registry which can cause it to fail to recognise good devices once there is a mess of drivers competing.
I can confirm that I had also the problem … that the OT did not connect with enough stability to my PC under windows.
In my case the blame was not on Windows. The reason for the issue was a combination of the USB-cable I used and the USB-connectivity of the OT in general.
My suggestions would be,
try to find a high quality USB cable, which should be rather short then long,
use a well powered USB interface on your PC or a powered USB-hub
This was the solution, which worked for me and works up-to-date.
Tried a different PC. I’d rather not get another CF card. The idea is definitely to eliminate the OT as a problem at the moment because it’s seems that the OT is indeed the problem…
Tried two different PCs. All 4 USB slots on mine, and 2 USB slots on the other. Both have windows 7. Tried 2 different USB cables (both cables provided with OT and RYTM), still no dice, same problem.
