Elektron Monomachine - Manual (Page 55)

THE PATTERN SEQUENCER
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3. The third parameter is the tempo multiplier. There are four possible settings, “1X”, “2X”,
“3/4X” and “3/2X”. 2X allows a pattern to be played back at twice the global tempo. 3/4X
allows a pattern to be played back at three quarters of the global tempo. 3/2X will play
back a pattern twice as fast as the 3/4X setting. Double speed is useful for increasing the
step resolution to 32th notes. Three quarter-speed is useful when the Monomachine is
playing alongside other instruments set to the same BPM and you want the Monoma-
chine to play triplets.
• Even though you set a pattern to have a certain length using scale setup, you can
change this row by row in the song editor. See section “THE SONG MODE”, on
page 73 for more information.
• The [SCALE] key offers a quick way to cycle the scale length in steps of 16.
• When changing the scale length so more pages come in use, lower pages will
automatically be copied to higher, but only if nothing so far has been programmed
on the pages added. Pages can also be manually copied, see section “TRACK
PAGE COPY”, on page 51.
• The default scale length is 16 which gives the time signature 4/4. Setting the scale
length to 32 gives the double length of the pattern with 4/4 signature.
COMPOSING A PATTERN
This chapter will take you through the details how to create a pattern in GRID RECORD-
ING, LIVE RECORDING and STEP RECORDING mode.
RECORDING PREPARATIONS
Follow the steps below before continuing with any pattern composing.
1. Close all windows that might be open using the [EXIT/NO] key.
2. For SFX-6: Check that the <MULTI TRIG> LED is unlit. Press the [MULTI TRIG] key to
switch it off if needed.
3. Check that one and only one of the <DATA ENTRY> LED’s are lit. If the four top LED’s
are lit you need to exit the MIDI SEQ mode by pressing [TRIG SELECT] while holding
[FUNCTION].
4. Select a pattern as described in section “PATTERN SELECTION”, on page 45. We rec-
ommend starting with an empty pattern. All patterns in banks E-H are empty as factory
default.
5. Select a kit for the pattern as described in section “LOADING A KIT”, on page 19.
6. Select the track you wish to edit using the [TRACK] keys. Check that the track makes
sound by trigging it using either the Keyboard or the [TRIG] keys.
7. Verify that all the <TRIG TRACK> LED’s are lit. Press the [TRIG SELECT] key to cycle
until all <TRIG TRACK> LED’s are lit if needed.
GRID RECORDING
Grid recording is a method of percussion composing that first was used in vintage drum
machines. In the Monomachine it has been adapted and extended to fit intuitive pattern
based arrangements of melodies and rhythms. In the default GRID RECORDING state, the
16 [TRIG] keys represent 1 page of 16th notes.
1. Perform the recording preparations as described in the previous section.