About The Tracks; Kits And Sounds - Elektron Analog Rytm Getting Started Manual

GLOBAL
The GLOBAL menu contains overarching settings for the synth and sequencer, Analog Rytm MIDI setup, OS upgrade and
SysEx data handling. Four global slots are available for each project, each with its own specific settings. Also, projects
are saved, loaded and managed in this menu.

ABOUT THE TRACKS

THE DRUM TRACKS
There are 12 drum tracks. To select a track for editing, press
and hold [TRACK] key and then press one of the [PADS]. Each
drum track uses a specific drum voice controlled by one of
the MACHINES available for the voice. All drum tracks are able
to layer analog percussion sounds and sampled sounds, to
distort and filter them, and apply a dedicated LFO each.
THE FX TRACK
The FX track controls the Analog Rytm send effects DELAY and
REVERB, as well as the DISTORTION and COMPRESSOR master
effects. One LFO is also available for this track. To select the FX
track for editing, press the [FX] key.
EDITING THE TRACKS
The five [PARAMETER] keys open parameter pages that are
used for editing the tracks. The SYNTH page of a drum track
contains different parameters depending on the MACHINE
chosen for the analog percussion sound generator. The other
pages are identical for all drum tracks; the SAMPLE page for the
sample playback engine, the FILTER page for the multimode
filter and its filter envelope, the AMP page for the amplitude
envelope and effect sends etcetera, and the LFO page for the
low-frequency oscillator. The corresponding five parameter
pages for the FX track controls the four effects and the FX LFO.
Edit parameters using the DATA ENTRY knobs A-H. Press
and turn a knob to adjust its parameter in larger increments.

KITS AND SOUNDS

Every project has the capacity of 128 different kits. A kit is a collection of 12 drum track Sounds and an FX track, and their
specific parameter settings. A Sound is composed of synth, sample, filter, effect sends, envelope and LFO settings in any
combination. Sounds are assigned to the twelve drum tracks.
A Sound that has been loaded to a track becomes a part of the active kit. Any changes made to a track Sound will not
affect the stored Sound, it will affect and become part of the active kit. A pattern, controlling the playback of the kit,
always links to a specific kit (non-exclusively). Any changes to the kit will affect other patterns using the same kit. When
the Analog Rytm is switched off, only the active kit preserves its changes. Other kits must be saved.
When you create a brand new pattern, using an existing kit that is already linked to another pattern, we recommend that
you save and rename the kit, first thing you do (see below). Unless, of course, you intend kit changes to affect multiple
patterns.
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