Elektron Analog Four - Manual (Page 42)

THE SEQUENCER
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• The RELOAD PATTERN command is great when improvising live. Any changes made to the active
pattern, like adding bass line notes or similar, can immediately be undone.
ARPEGGIATOR
The ARPEGGIATOR menu controls the six arpeggiators, one for each track. Arpeggiator settings are a part of
the pattern, they are not stored together with kits. Select the track whose arpeggiator will be edited by pressing
the relevant [TRACK] key. Open the ARPEGGIATOR menu by pressing [ARP].
MOD activates the arpeggiator and controls how the arpeggiated notes will be cycled.
• OFF will deactivate the arpeggiator.
• TRU will play the notes in the same order as they were inserted.
• UP will play the notes in an ascending order, from the lowest note to the highest, on a
per octave basis.
• DWN will play the notes in a descending order, from the highest note to the lowest, on
a per octave basis.
• CYC will play the notes first in an ascending order, then in an descending order.
• SHF will play the notes randomly on an octave range basis. If the arpeggio for exam-
ple has a RNG setting of 2, the notes of the first octave range will be played randomly
and once all notes have been played, all the notes of the second octave will be played
in a new random order.
• RND will randomize the playback of the arpeggiated notes.
• PLY will arpeggiate a complete chord (POLYPHONY must be activated, see page 20)
in the same way an individual note is arpeggiated in TRU mode.
SPD sets the speed of the arpeggiator. It is synchronized to the BPM of the project. A setting
of 6 equals 16th notes, a setting of 12 equals 8th notes and so on.
RNG sets the octave range of the arpeggiator. After each finished arpeggiator cycle the arpeg-
giated notes will be transposed one octave up. When the notes has reached the octave offset
specified by the RNG setting the notes will be reset to their inital values. From there the octave
transpose will be started all over again.
LEG controls the legato of the arpeggiator. This setting will affect the note trigs of the track
even if the MOD setting is set to OFF.
• ON will play overlapping notes legato, releasing the old note after the new one. The
NLEN setting adjusts the length of the notes when the arpeggiator is activated. If not
activated the LEN setting will adjust the length of the notes.
• OFF will send out a MIDI note off message before the start of each arpeggiated note.