Elektron Analog Rytm - Manual (Page 10)

THE ANALOG RYTM
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THE ANALOG RYTM
There is geometry in the humming of the string.
There is music in the spacing of the spheres. (Pythagoras, circa 530 BC)
A long time ago, the son of a Samian carpenter discovered that harmonic sounds were produced when fretting a
vibrating string at certain geometric points. During his travels in the Far East he was to learn and understand the
interconnectedness of all things. Phenomena in the heavens above and in the vegetable patch below were not
intrinsically different. The proportion and spacing of natural elements like the moons of planets, the seeds of a
sunflower or the dimensions of a well-crafted bow were all curiously - musical. Octaves, multiples of octaves,
fifths and other musical ratios seemed to be at the core of all things, large and small alike. And the fundamental
building block of all this was Number.
He went on to found the first school of discrete mathematics in Croton on the southern tip of Italy. Many aspects
of the natural world that awed and inspired him may have seemed random and impossible to grasp. Yet any
complexity, he realized, could be made to reveal its hidden grain and understood if probed by mathematics.
Once the structure was found, it was possible to recreate and further investigate the natural phenomena using
digital computation and geometric visualization.
We would boldly like to claim that the Drum Computer we call Analog Rytm embodies and honors the spirit of
Pythagoras: combining the fearless hands-on strumming of nature's vibrating strings with the cool analytic
framework of digital computation. Making sure you are always in control. Analog and digital - the two are not
destined to be forever separated. At last the great divide will be bridged. By you.
Whether the musical world you choose to inhabit is an ordered, harmonious and intelligible one or one of dishar-
mony, chaos and earth-shattering noise, the Analog Rytm will be your guide, companion and workhorse. It is our
firm belief that you will have as much fun using the machine as we have had developing it. Enjoy.
The Elektron Team
Analog Rytm REFERENCE MANUAL for operating system version 1.02. This manual is copyright © 2014 Elektron Music Machines MAV AB. All
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