LFO Trig - is there a way to trig the LFO only on certain trigs?

Elektron Gear Digitone/Digitone Keys
#1

I had hoped that if I set LFO Trig to OFF in the Trig menu, then gave specific trigs a trig parameter of LFO Trig ON and the LFO Mode to TRG that the LFO would only trigger for those specific trigs.

But it doesn’t seem to work like that. Is there another way to do this or have I missed something?

#2

This should work. What are your LFO settings?

You could also parameter lock the LFO depth to zero to deactivate the trig.

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#3

Or leave lfo depth at zero and p-lock depth where you need it. Easier if you need the lfo only on a few trigs.

Isn’t that just the lfo retrigger function, so you can retrig the lfo on certain notes (trigs)?

You’d use that if you want the waveform to start perfectly each time again from the same point.
E.g. if you want to ‘fine tune’ the lfo to what’s going on in your pattern.

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#4

LFO settings are:
Trig Mode = TRG
Multiply = Bpm 8
Dest = Pitch
Wave = TRI
Speed = 63.99
Depth = 1.50

Parameter locking the depth sounds like a good workaround. :+1:

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#5

All the manual says “LFO Trig controls if the LFO is trigged or not. (ON, OFF)” :man_shrugging:

#6

Are you wanting to retrigger it sometimes but leave it free running other times? You could parameter lock the trig mode (ie. between TRIG and FREE).

#7

I don’t have the Digitone, based on how other Elektron machines work, I think this controls lfo retrig.
Hope someone who knows can chime in…

Edit, there’s also a control for the filter envelope. Having an one/off switch for the filter env wouldn’t make much sense, I’d say, those probaply are indeed controls for lfo and envelope retrig.

Btw p-locking lfo depth (and other lfo parameters) works perfectly on Elektron machines. :slight_smile:
That’s what p-locks are for :wink:

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#8

No, I just want it to trig on two trigs of the pattern, every time. P-locking the depth seems like the answer to this.
Thanks guys :+1:

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