Elektron Octatrack - Manual (Page 119)

THE ARRANGER
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THE ARRANGER
An arrangement is basically a number of patterns played in sequence. Each row in an
arrangement can have settings for pattern offset and length, scene assignments, tempo
and mute. You can also loop segments of an arrangement or jump between arrangement
rows. All this makes for a very powerful way of arranging your patterns. An arrangement
can be up to 256 rows of length and each project can host 8 arrangements.
Enter ARRANGEMENT mode by pressing [FUNCTION] + [PATTERN]. The
<ARRANGER> LED will be lit and the screen will change to reflect the currently active
arrangement.
Start the arrangement by pressing [PLAY]. The row currently playing is indicated by two
black arrows on each side of the row. The name of the arrangement is displayed in the
arrangement header and to the right a counter showing the number of bars and beats
played is located.
The [UP] and [DOWN] keys can be used to manoeuvre the two indicators. When they are
located on any other row apart from the one currently playing they will be colored white.
Navigating to a new row and pressing [ENTER/YES] will make the selected row play once
the currently playing row has finished playing.
When a row contains repeats the number of repetitions is indicated to the right of the row.
Read more about repeats on page 108.
Pressing [STOP] stops the playback and another press moves the position pointer to the
beginning of the arrangement.
• The Octatrack arranger both sends and receives MIDI song pointer position.
THE ARRANGER MENU
While ARRANGER mode is active, press [FUNCTION] + [BANK] to open the ARRANGER
menu. Here the current arrangement can be edited and various arrangement operations
carried out.