Elektron Machinedrum - Manual (Page 55)

THE PATTERN SEQUENCER
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3. The [TRIG] keys are used for toggling which steps the swing will influence. Swing is per
default set to ALL which will affect the whole pattern. Press the [RIGHT] arrow key in
order to select individual swing tracks.
4. Once you have set the swing track and are satisfied, move on to the next swing track by
holding down [FUNCTION] and pressing the [TRIG] key corresponding to the track
whose swing you want to set. Note though that all swing tracks use the same percent-
age of swing.
Below is a figure illustrating how notes are affected by various amounts of swing.
• You can copy, paste, clear and undo swing patterns and tracks. Press [FUNCTION]
+ either [RECORD], [PLAY] or [STOP] while the SWING window is open to perform
these operations. You can also copy, paste, clear and undo a swing track page by
pressing [SCALE SETUP] + either the [RECORD], [PLAY] or [STOP] keys.
• Try to swing only one or two tracks, for example the hi-hats, for creating rhythms
with a different feel compared to un-swinged patterns.
• Experiment with using only a few swing trigs in a swing pattern. This will create
just a few notes that are slightly off beat which can add a great deal of movement
to a pattern.
PARAMETER LOCKS
A parameter lock is a parameter locked to a certain value for a specific step. Parameter
locks can be programmed in GRID RECORDING mode and recorded in LIVE RECORD-
ING mode. For parameter locks to come into effect, you need to be in EXTENDED mode.
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