Elektron Analog Four - Manual (Page 22)

KITS AND SOUNDS
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KITS AND SOUNDS
Kits and Sounds are the basic building blocks of Analog Keys soundcrafting. A kit is a collection of Sound, FX
and CV track parameter settings. A Sound is essentially a synth track patch, made up by subtractive synthesis
from the oscillators through the filters via its various parameter settings. Each of the 4 synth tracks contains one
Sound.
Kits and Sounds are separated, meaning kits do not necessarily have to use any saved Sounds. When saving a
kit, the PARAMETER page settings of the synth tracks, i.e. the settings that constitute a Sound, will be saved
together with the kit. The synth track PARAMETER page settings of a kit can of course be saved as individual
Sounds as well. When loading a Sound, it will become a part of the kit. Changes made to the track Sound will
not affect the loaded Sound, only the kit. A specific kit is always assigned to a pattern which controls the play-
back of the kit.
A Kit contains:
• Sound settings for the 4 synth tracks.
• FX track parameter settings.
• CV track parameter settings.
• LEVEL settings for the Synth and FX tracks.
• PERFORMANCE mode parameter settings.
• Polyphony settings.
A Sound contains:
• Settings for the PARAMETER pages of a synth track.
• The LCD graphics in the left part of the screen shows the name of the currently active kit. When
the [TRACK] keys are pressed, this information will briefly change to reflect the name of the track.
In the case of the synth tracks, the name of the track Sound will be displayed.
• Note that several patterns may use the same kit. Changes you make to the kit while editing one of
the patterns will directly affect how the other patterns sound as well. Remember to save the kit to
a new location if you wish to avoid this.
THE +DRIVE SOUND LIBRARY AND THE SOUND POOL
Sounds can be loaded to a kit from either the +Drive Sound library or the Sound pool of the active project. The
difference between the two is that the +Drive Sound library has the capacity of 4096 Sounds, available to all pro-
jects, while a Sound pool is a part of a project and limited to 128 Sounds. The major benefit of Sounds loaded to
the Sound pool is the possibility for them to be Sound locked. This feature is not available for the Sounds in the
+Drive Sound library. Read more about Sound locking on page 37.