Scale Menu; Per Pattern Mode; Per Track Mode - Elektron Syntakt User Manual

9. THE SEQUENCER
TIME SIG. controls the note and beat measure of the metronome time signature.
PREROLL BARS controls for how many bars the metronome will sound before the sequencer starts
playing. This setting is only relevant when you are in LIVE RECORDING mode.
VOL. controls the volume of the click.

9.8 SCALE MENU

You can set the length and timing of the pattern and tracks in this menu. The SCALE menu has two modes.
In PER PATTERN mode all tracks share the same length. In PER TRACK mode, each track can have differ-
ent lengths. Press [FUNC] + [PAGE] to access the SCALE menu. Press [FUNC] + [YES] to toggle between
the two SCALE modes. Use the DATA ENTRY knobs to adjust the settings.

9.8.1 PER PATTERN MODE

In this mode, all tracks of the pattern share the same length and time signature.
LENGTH controls the step length of the pattern. The leftmost number displays the number of steps
in the pattern. The total length, displayed by the second number, determines the maximum number of
steps available in the pattern. If you use 17 steps or more in a pattern, the [PAGE] key is (while in GRID
RECORDING mode) used to toggle between the different pattern pages.
SCALE controls the speed of pattern playback in multiples of the current tempo. It offers seven pos-
sible settings, 1/8X, 1/4X, 1/2X, 3/4X, 1X, 3/2X and 2X. A setting of 1/8X plays back the pattern at one-
eighth of the set tempo. 3/4X plays the pattern back at three-quarters of the tempo; 3/2X plays back
the pattern twice as fast as the 3/4X setting. 2X makes the pattern play at twice the BPM.
When you extend the length of a pattern, its trigs copies automatically over to the new steps. If a pattern
consists of for example two pages and the pattern length is increased to four pages, the two additional
pattern pages are then copies of the first two pattern pages.
Press the [PAGE] key to change the total length of the pattern quickly. Press the [TRIG] keys to change
the number of steps of the pattern quickly.
A 2X scale setting is useful for increasing the base resolution of the step sequencer to 32nd notes. A
3/4X setting is useful when Syntakt is playing alongside other instruments set to the same BPM, and you
want Syntakt to play triplets.

9.8.2 PER TRACK MODE

In this mode, you can assign individual length and scale to the tracks of the pattern. Press [FUNC] +
[YES] to switch between the two scale modes. In PER TRACK mode, two columns exist, TRACK and
PATTERN.
The TRACK column sets the step length and scale of the track. The settings only affects the active track.
Press the [TRK] keys to select the track whose scale settings you wish to edit.
The PATTERN column sets the master change length and the master length of the pattern.
LENGTH controls the step length of the track. The leftmost number displays the number of steps
of the track. The total length, displayed by the second number, determines the maximum number of
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