Grid Recording Mode; Live Recording Mode; Pattern Menu - Elektron Analog Four Full Reference Manual

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ing 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 <REC> LED indicates GRID RECORDING
mode is active. Select the track to which you want to add trigs by pressing the relevant [TRACK] button. Place
note trigs on the sequencer by pressing the [TRIG] keys. To add note values to trigs of the synth tracks, press
and hold a [TRIG] key while pressing a [KEYBOARD] key. To add a trigless lock, press [FUNCTION] and
[TRIG].
If the pattern contains more than 16 steps, switch to the pattern page you want to edit by pressing the [PAGE]
key. The active pattern page is being indicated by a fully lit <PATTERN PAGE> LED.
Press [PLAY] to listen to the sequence.
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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 [KEY-
BOARD] keys, or an external MIDI keyboard connected to the Analog Four, can be 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, meaning the µTM parameter in the NOTES
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 NOTES SETUP menu. Read more about the µTM parameter on page 23. Quan-
tizing is covered on page 24.
Hold [RECORD] while pressing [PLAY] to enter LIVE RECORDING mode. The sequencer will start to play and
the <RECORD> LED will start to flash. You can now enter trigs to the active track in real time by pressing the
[KEYBOARD] keys. For the synth and CV tracks, note values according to the [KEYBOARD] key presses will
be recorded.
To real time erase all trigs from a track, press and hold [TRACK] + [NO/RELOAD]. All trigs hit by the running
LED of the sequencer will be erased from the active track. The trigs of more than one track can be removed by
pressing several [TRACK] keys simultaneously.
To stop both the recording and the playback of the sequencer, press [STOP]. To exit LIVE RECORDING mode
while keeping the sequencer playing, press [PLAY]. If LIVE RECORDING mode is active and [REC] is pressed,
GRID RECORDING mode will be entered.

PATTERN MENU

In the PATTERN menu patterns can be saved and reloaded. Open the menu by pressing [FUNCTION] + [KEY-
BOARD F1]. Select between the available commands by using the [UP]/[DOWN] arrow keys. Confirm selec-
tions with [YES/SAVE].
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