Sound, Bank, Pattern – Elektron Analog Four User Manual
Page 16: Song, Chains, Global, About the track types, The synth tracks, The fx track, The cv track
OVERVIEW OF THE ANALOG FOUR STRUCTURE
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SOUND
A Sound consists of stored synth track parameter settings. Each synth track can host one Sound. Sounds can
be stored either in the Sound pool of the active project or in the +Drive Sound library. The Sound pool contains
128 Sounds and the +Drive library can consist of 4096 Sounds. Read more in section “KITS AND SOUNDS” on
page 14.
BANK
Eight banks exist for each project and each bank contains 16 patterns. Read more in section “THE
SEQUENCER” on page 28.
PATTERN
For each of the 8 banks 16 patterns are available, which means 128 patterns are always available. A pattern
consists of sequencer data like trigs, parameter locks, time signature and individual track length for the synth
tracks and the FX and CV tracks, as well as ARP and NOTE page settings. Read more in section “THE
SEQUENCER” on page 28.
SONG
16 songs are available for each project. They are used to structure the playback of patterns. Read more about
songs in the section “SONGS” on page 43.
CHAINS
A chain is a sequence of patterns. Up to 256 pattern slots are possible to allocate between 64 chains. Chains
are covered in detail on page 42.
GLOBAL
The GLOBAL menu is where you save, load and manage projects, handle SysEx data and perform OS
upgrades. It also contains general settings for the synth and sequencer as well as MIDI and CV configurations.
Four global slots are available for every project, each with its own individual settings. Read more about the
global settings in the section “GLOBAL MENU” on page 45.
ABOUT THE TRACK TYPES
THE SYNTH TRACKS
The synth tracks consist of track 1-4. To edit one of them, press [TRACK] key 1-4. Sounds are loaded to the
synth tracks. Sounds can be played polyphonically.
THE FX TRACK
The FX track controls the Analog Four internal send effects. To edit the FX track, press the [TRACK] key 5.
THE CV TRACK
The CV track is used for controlling external equipment capable of receiving analog CV and Gate signals. To
edit the CV track, press [TRACK] key 6.
EDITING THE TRACKS
The six [PARAMETER] keys open pages that are used for editing the tracks. They contain different parameters
depending on the track type. Edit parameters using the DATA ENTRY knobs. Press and turn a knob to adjust
parameters in larger increments.