Basic sequencing question; record double time

Elektron Gear Analog Keys/Four
#1

I have recorded some tracks with sequences an now on another track I find that I need to record something that takes twice as long as the current 64 steps. How can I create this sequence without messing up the rest?

I can get twice the time by setting the master x1 to x1/2, but that also slows down all existing sequences.

Can you have one track counting in 8ths in stead of 16ths and leave the other tracks alone? Or is there a way to transform the other tracks to speed up and transform to the new timebase without having to redo them manually?

#2

With the Analog 4, no.
With the OT, yes.

#3

Wow what a bummer. What’s so different about the OT that is can handle this? I would expect to find a very similar sequencing engine in devices that were produced after OT. This stuff is just software and if they’ve figured it out on the OT I don’t understand it.

#4

You’re not the only one asking those questions…

#5

Thanks. Lets just hope they’ll allocate some time to fix these things.

#6

Copy + paste your 64 step pattern to a new pattern and then chain these 2 patterns together, then you’ll have 128 steps to write the other part.

#7

side note: that only works with “straight” patterns, in advanced mode, when using polyrhythms this approach is useless.

#8

check in scale menu pressing function and scale , the lower option is advanced mode .

In this mode the tracks of the pattern can be assigned individual lengths. Select ADVANCED mode by navigat- ing to the SCALE column using the [LEFT] arrow key. Select ADVANCED by using the [DOWN] arrow key. In ADVANCED mode, two columns exist, TRACK and MASTER.

#9

I could be wrong but I think he’s trying to have some tracks play back at half speed, some at normal speed and possibly others at double speed. Unless there was an update recently, I believe this is currently impossible at the moment.

You can do all that with the OT though.

#10

Thanks for the chain tip!

@estebanse you can’t make a track twice as slow with those options. You can only slow down the master which affects everything obviously. To record a track with twice the timespan you would turn the 64 steps into 8th notes. There is no scale x0.5 available on an individual track.