Elektron Analog Rytm - Manual (Page 42)

THE SEQUENCER
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EDITING A PATTERN
Analog Rytm offers two main modes of input when editing or creating a pattern, GRID RECORDING mode and
LIVE RECORDING mode. In these modes, two types of trigs can be entered: note trigs and trigless locks.
TRIG TYPES
Two types of trigs exist, note trigs and trigless locks. Note trigs trig notes while trigless locks can be used to
apply parameter locks without trigging notes. Setting SYN and SMP (see “TRIG MENU” on page 37) to zero on
a trig will turn it into a trigless lock. Note trigs are shown with full-bright LEDs and trigless locks are
shown with half-bright LEDs. LEDs above steps not containing any trigs remain unlit. Read
more about parameter locks in section “PARAMETER LOCKS” on page 40. The two types of trigs are entered
differently depending on whether GRID or LIVE recording mode is active.
GRID RECORDING MODE
GRID RECORDING is a method of composing where trigs are added by using the [TRIG] keys.
Enter GRID RECORDING mode by pressing the [REC] key. A lit red LED indicates GRID RECORDING
mode is active. Select the track to which you want to add trigs, the active track, by pressing the [TRACK] key +
one of the [PADS]. Place note trigs on the sequencer by pressing the [TRIG] keys 1-16 in the sequence desired.
When CHROMATIC mode is active, the pitch value of the note trig will be recorded according to which [PADS]
key is pressed. To add a trigless lock, press [FUNCTION] and [TRIG]. Add micro timing to a note trig by press-
ing and holding the [TRIG] key while pressing [ARROW] keys [LEFT] or [RIGHT]. A micro timing pop up menu
will appear, showing the time offset.
Set the retrig speed by pressing and holding the [TRIG] key while pressing [ARROW] keys [UP] or [DOWN].
Similarly, a pop up menu will appear on the screen, where various retrig settings can be made. Read more about
the retrig menu on page 35.
If the pattern contains more than 16 steps, select the pattern page you want to edit by pressing the [PAGE] key.
The active pattern page is shown with a fully lit LED.
Press [PLAY] to listen to the sequence.
• All trigs of a track can be shifted forwards or backwards on the sequencer. While in GRID
RECORDING mode, hold down [FUNCTION] while pressing the [LEFT] or [RIGHT] arrow keys to
perform the trig shift.
LIVE RECORDING MODE
LIVE RECORDING mode is the second method of adding trigs to the tracks. In this recording mode, the [PADS]
are played in real time to input trigs to the tracks. It is also possible to enter parameter locks in real time. Trigs
input in LIVE RECORDING mode will be placed on the sequencer in a micro timed fashion, which means the
µTM parameter in the TRIG SETUP menu will be locked accordingly to more accurately reflect the input timing
of the trigs. This makes LIVE RECORDING mode record note inputs in a more expressive and un-quantized
way. Micro timed trigs can be quantized, which is done in the TRIG SETUP menu accessed by pressing [FUNC-
TION] + [TRIG SETUP]. Quantizing is covered on page 38.
Hold [RECORD] and press [PLAY] to enter LIVE RECORDING mode. The sequencer will start to play and the
LED will start to flash. You can now enter trigs to the active track in real time by playing the [PADS].
Key presses on the [PADS] will be recorded as note trigs, and the velocity and duration of the key presses will
affect the values of the note trigs. Also, the pitch value of the note trig, if CHROMATIC mode is active, will be