Elektron analog four Getting Started Manual page 8

OVERVIEW OF THE ANALOG FOUR DATA STRUCTURE
+DRIVE SOUND LIBRARY
4096 SOUNDS
4 SOUNDS CV FX
+DRIVE
The +Drive is the non-volatile memory of the Analog Four. It keeps up to 128 projects (thousands of patterns, kits and
songs) stored internally. The +Drive also gives access to the +Drive Sound library, capable of storing 4096 Sounds. Every
project has access to these Sounds.
PROJECT
A project contains 128 patterns, 128 kits, 16 songs, 4 global slots, and a project Sound pool consisting of up to 128
Sounds. Generic settings and states (tempo, mutes et cetera) are also stored in each project. When a project is loaded
it becomes the active working state of the Analog Four. From here it is possible to edit the patterns, kits, songs and
globals of the project. The Analog Four always boots to the active working state, i.e. the active project. Projects are
saved, loaded et cetera in the GLOBAL menu, accessed by pressing [FUNCTION] + [KEYBOARD C2].
KIT
Kits contain up to four Sounds, one for each synth track, as well as settings for the FX and CV tracks. Each project of the
Analog Four contains 128 kits. A pattern is always linked to a kit.
SOUND
A Sound consists of stored synth track parameter settings. Each synth track hosts one Sound. Sounds can also be
stored in the Sound pool of the active project or in the +Drive Sound library. The Sound pool can host 128 Sounds and
the +Drive Sound library holds up to 4096 sounds. Sounds are loaded to the kit from either the SOUND BROWSER or
SOUND MANAGER menus. Access these menus by pressing [FUNCTION] + [KEYBOARD D1].
PATTERN
For each of the 8 banks there are 16 patterns. This means 128 patterns are always readily available. A pattern consists
of sequencer data like trigs and parameter locks for the synth tracks and the FX and CV tracks, as well as ARP and NOTE
page settings.
SONG
16 songs are available for each project. They are used to sequence the playback of patterns. Songs are built from
chains. A chain is a sequence of patterns. Up to 256 pattern slots are possible to allocate between 64 chains.
GLOBAL
The GLOBAL menu contains project management, settings for the synth and sequencer, Analog Four MIDI setup, CV
functionality, OS upgrade and SysEx data handling. Four global slots are available and each slot can have its own
specific settings. Access the GLOBAL menu by pressing [FUNCTION] + [KEYBOARD C2].
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