Elektron Monomachine - Manual (Page 57)

THE PATTERN SEQUENCER
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• In the Monomachine, you work directly in the pattern memory. There is no need to
save patterns. If you wish to keep the pattern intact you will have to copy it to
another pattern before you begin editing it. See section “PATTERN COPY”, on
page 53 for more information on copying patterns.
• In GRID RECORDING mode, pressing keys [LEFT] and [RIGHT] while holding
[FUNCTION] rotates the trigs and locks of the track one step.
• You can avoid general need of NOTE OFF trigs by making good use of the HOLD
parameter (see section “AMPLIFIER ENVELOPE”, on page 26).
• Depending on the scale setup, you might have a longer pattern than what is possi-
ble to edit with the 16 LED’s and [TRIG] keys. In that case, you need to use the
[SCALE] key to change between the pages. See section “SCALE SETUP”, on
page 46 for more information.
• The copy, clear, paste and undo functions operate on a specific track when in
GRID RECORDING mode. See section “TRACK COPY” on page 52.
• The copy, clear, paste and undo functions operate on the full pattern when not in
GRID RECORDING mode. See section “PATTERN COPY” on page 53.
LIVE RECORDING
The second method of recording notes in the sequencer is by recording them live while
playing. You can record both from the keyboard and the [TRIG] keys.
1. Begin with following the instruction in section “RECORDING PREPARATIONS”, on
page 47.
2. To start recording in LIVE RECORDING mode, hold [RECORD] while pressing [PLAY].
This starts the sequencer recording and the record LED will start flashing.
3. You can now play notes on the keyboard or the [TRIG] keys, and they will be quantised
and recorded to the closest trig step in the pattern. If a note is played on a step where
there already was a note programmed the new note will replace the old note.
4. Chords can also be recorded in the sequencer. They will only make effect when in POLY
mode (see section “POLY MODE”, on page 69) or when the arpeggiator (see section
“THE ARPEGGIATOR”, on page 61) is active.
5. To erase notes on LIVE RECORDING mode hold [EXIT/NO] when the notes you want to
remove are played.
6. The pattern will loop and be ready for further recording until you press the [STOP] key.
• All live recorded data will be quantised to the current scale resolution (16th or
32th notes).
• If you want to edit the recorded notes, you can use grid recording as described in
section “GRID RECORDING”, on page 47.