Elektron Octatrack - Manual (Page 120)

THE ARRANGER
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EDIT
The arrangement editor is where the arrangement is built. In the ARRANGER menu,
choose EDIT and press [ENTER/YES] to open this menu.
The two filled arrows on each side of one of the rows are the position pointers. They indi-
cate which arrangement row the sequencer currently is playing. It is possible to start play-
back from any row position. Move the editing focus to the row you wish to start the
playback from and press the [ENTER/YES] button. If the arrangement is currently playing
when you select another row, you will see two hollow arrows on each side of the newly
selected row. They indicate that the selected row will start playing once the current row fin-
ishes playing.
When playing the arrangement the header of the menu will display a counter indicating
how many bars and beats have played.
Insert an arrangement row by pressing [FUNCTION] + [DOWN]. Remove a row by press-
ing [FUNCTION] + [UP]. Use the [UP] and [DOWN] keys to select the arrangement row
you wish to edit. The [LEFT] and [RIGHT] keys move the focus between the columns.
ROW lists the available arrangement rows. An arrangement can consist of a maximum of
256 rows. The arrangement is played from row 0 to the end row.
PAT displays which patterns are assigned to the rows. Move the focus to this column using
the [ARROW] keys. Set the pattern you want to be played on the arrangement row either
by using the LEVEL knob or by pressing the appropriate [BANK]/[PATTERN]+[TRIG] key
combinations. Several special commands are available in the PAT column.
• HALT forces the arrangement to stop at a given row. Turn the LEVEL knob anti-
clockwise until the location before pattern A01 is reached. “HALT:” will be displayed.
• LOOP makes a selection of the arrangement loop either infinitely or a fixed amount
of times. Turn the LEVEL knob anti-clockwise until the location before pattern A01 is
reached. When “HALT:” appears, move the focus to the value located after “HALT:”.
Turn the LEVEL knob one step anti-clockwise and “LOOP:” will appear. The
arrangement section will now loop infinitely between row 000 and the row containing
the loop command. To set a fixed amount of loop cycles, move the focus to the infin-
ity symbol and use the LEVEL knob to set the value. The arrangement section will
loop the specified number of times and once finished the arrangement row located
below the loop point will start playing. Loops can be nested.
• JUMP makes the arrangment jump to a new position. Turn the LEVEL knob anti-
clockwise until the location before pattern A01 is reached. When “HALT:” appears,
move the focus to the value located after “HALT:” Turn the LEVEL encoder clockwise
and “HALT:” will change to “JUMP:” Set the row number the arrangement should
jump to by using the LEVEL knob.