Newbie Trig Question

Elektron Gear Syntakt
#1

I finally got my Syntakt on Tuesday and have spent a couple of evenings with it. Navigating around the buttons is slowly starting to click. However I’m really stuck with this:

I have a sequence I have played in on the keyboard ie Live Recording Mode and now I’d like to edit some of the individual trigs changing velocity, setting up probability etc, However when I am in Trig mode I can’t select an individual trig, however when I have recorded the pattern using Grid Recording Mode I can select individual trigs. Is it possible to edit trigs that have been played in?

#2

press REC to enter GRID recording mode, select and hold the trig you want to edit and hold it while changing parameters.

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#3

Got it thanks!

#4

…behind all elektron controls there a different results depending on…
tap once, tap twice or hold it…
once u add hold function, it’s a different set of control options again…
and once u get used to that always same set of rules, u’ll start to klak klak zak zak and fly away with it…

#5

Definitely don’t tap those recorded trigs: you’ll remove them. Once they’re recorded, hold them if you want to make changes (in grid mode).

Yep. For sure.

It’s really a nice interface. You’re “touching” your music directly with your fingers, rather than affecting it indirectly through a mouse.

#6

You are using a trigger key instead of a mouse. Same dif.

#7

A) allow me my illusions :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
B) actually I disagree. The mouse (and touch screens) homogenise all experience. Interacting with films, stems, books, emails all feel the same on a laptop or phone. The only thing that feels like my Elektrons are my other Elektrons and I enjoy that haptic differentiation

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#8

I totally understand. I use an MPC or a FORCE or a Maschine and to me those are computers…when I “play” my Elektrons I really enjoy them more than the others…more like I’m playing and not the machine playing. I only had 2 hours sleep last night…sorry.

#9

Thanks everyone the “tap once, tap twice or hold it…” is starting to make sense, struggled a lot with the keyboard at first, then I realised hold it brought up the settings… hopefully more time with the Syntakt this weekend will help… slowly moving forward…

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#10

Hi Guys, Another question, are there any tricks to get different delay times across different patterns?

#11

No, there are no tricks, because this is just a basic function: just change the delay time on different patterns; this data is saved within the pattern.

No offense, but this question is so basic I would gentle recommend to rtfm. :cheeky:

#12

Apologies this is my first Elektron box, I’ve had exactly a week, and still have a lot to learn. I was reading the manual over the weekend. You can change the delay times with the LFO on the effects track - something I figured out since posting the last question. I’m getting there!

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#13

Or simply change Delay time in Delay page…:wink: