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External keyboard mode, Hold mode, External keyboard mode hold mode – Elektron Analog Four User Manual

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KEYBOARD CONTROL

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You can assign a wide variety of custom functions to the 128 available keyboard keys by using the MULTI MAP
EDITOR. Press [FUNCTION]+[MULTI MAP] to open it. Read more about mapping the keyboard on page 51.

EXTERNAL KEYBOARD MODE
Pressing [MIDI EXT] will turn the keyboard controls of the Analog Keys into an external MIDI keyboard con-
trolling other gear. The KEYBOARD keys, JOYSTICK, DATA ENTRY knobs and the LEVEL knob will be dedi-
cated to sending MIDI Out messages. Until deactivated, the Analog Keys synth and parameter settings will not
be affected by these controls, only the external MIDI gear. Press the key again to deactivate. Note that the inter-
nal sequencer and synth tracks will continue to work normally even while the external keyboard mode is active.

Enter the setup menu to set the desired external MIDI channel and assign the appropriate MIDI CC messages
for the ten DATA ENTRY knobs. Access by pressing [FUNCTION]+[MIDI EXT].

HOLD MODE
To activate the [HOLD] key functionality, the [HOLD] key needs to be pressed in combination with at least one
of the KEYBOARD keys. Play a note (or a chord in polyphonic mode), then press the [HOLD] key. The opposite
order works equally well, pressing [HOLD], then playing a note. The LED above the [HOLD] key will light up and
stay lit as long as at least one note is held.

When held, the KEYBOARD key (or keys) will act as if held down continuously even after the key is released.
The red LED above each affected KEYBOARD key will be lit for all held notes. You can repeat this and hold
notes on any of the tracks without releasing the already held notes. You can also hold multi mapped sounds or
other functions and hold notes on external synths without releasing notes already held on the KEYBOARD. All
notes held will remain so until the key of the held note is pressed a second time, in which case it is released, and
the LED above it will be unlit. To release all of the held notes, press the [HOLD] key. The red LED above the
[HOLD] key will then be unlit.

The secondary function of the [HOLD] key is the keyboard transpose. Press [FUNCTION]+[HOLD] to activate,
press the same combination a second time to deactivate. The notes played will automatically conform to the
track key note setting, making it impossible to play off key. The track key note is set in the NOTE MENU,
accessed by pressing [FUNCTION]+[NOTE]. See NOTES SETUP on page 36 for more details.

Trk 1

Master
Volume

Level

Tempo

Tap

Sound Selection

Bank Group

Direct Change

Song

Edit

Mode

Trig Mute

Accent

Note
Slide

Parameter

Slide

Chain

New

Perf

Setup

Page

Scale

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

Arp

Setup

Note

Setup

Osc 1

Ext In

CV A

Osc 2

CV B

Filters

Chorus

CV C

Amp

Delay

CV D

Env

Reverb

Env

LFO

LFO

LFO

Copy

Clear

Paste

Transpose

Lock

1:4 2:4 3:4 4:4

Mute

Yes/Save

No/Reload

Multi Map

Edit

Poly

Edit

Octave

Down

Up

Transpose

As Seq

I

Function

-

+

Headphones

Left

Right

Trk 1

Trk 2

Trk 3

Trk 4

In Left

In Right

CV AB

MIDI In

MIDI Out

Sync A

MIDI Thru

Sync B

USB

AC In

Power

CV CD

Trk 2

Mute

Trk 3

Mute

Trk 4

Mute

FX

Mute

CV

Mute

DRUMS

BASS

PAD

LEAD

DEFAULT MULTI MAP