start here to make your first from scratch beat - sound - song - loop - call it what you will
update: this is for the OLD OS … please look further down for additional comments regarding steps 1 to 99 for new operating systems / updates for the analog 4
1 turn machine on
1a hit the copy button till red light appears
1b hit function hold and hit play button
1c hit the copy button till red light is off
1d hit function and play button
1e hit fuction and sound, use cursor to choose clear track sound, press yes twice
1f hit NO / Reload
2 press bank group button (left hand side second button from bottom) to make red dot jump to upper row (ABCD)
3 press letter E long and at the same time hit 1 the very first round grey button on left hand side
4 press and HOLD Function key (white, left hand side oval shape) at the same time PRESS KIT (white round middle , kit is written in RED (also is C note in mini keyboard)
5 look at display
6 does is give you option reload load save KIT ? if not dont proceed! go back to step 1
7 choose load kit with cursor buttons which are located right under the display screen
8 hit YES SAVE - the white button under the screen
9 use cursor buttons navigate to MY KIT . which should be an empty one
10 hit YES SAVE
11 Hit and HOLD Funktion (left side white oval shape) A N D choose track 1 - trk 1 (white writing) on the right hand side, top corner
12 like a maniac hit track 2 or track 3 till you have only trk 1 light on AND in red (not green, not yellow) … this may proof harder than you think
13 Hit Function and SOUND (white round in the mini keyboard) at the same time.
14 look at display
15 choose load track sound with cursor keys hit YES SAVE
16 choose BD 240 (easiest done by just hitting the RIGHT cursor times)
17 hit YES SAVE
18 it should say on the screen sound loaded
19 press Tempo button (located left next to YES SAVE button, look for a blinking red light underneath the LEVEL Knob.
20 turn grey LEVEL knob (left from display) till display shows 120.0 BPM
21 hit YES SAVE
22 hit one of the white buttons in the minikeyboard. if you dont hear a sound check audio settings. if you heard a thumping base sound you almost made it!
23 hit the RED button that has a black DOT on it… it is located left from the PLAY button that is grey, and there is also a white button (oval, like the 2 other aforementioned ones) with a black square on it… got that?
24 a red dot should have lit up left from the red button that shows the word c o p y underneath … its the rec button but is says copy… dont worry…
25 press the first round grey button on the lowest row of buttons on your machine - a red dot should appear above it
26 press the 5th round grey button bla
27 hit the 9th button
28 hit the 13th button
29 press PLAY (grey oval shaped between a white and a red button)
you created your first beat from scratch, from an unused KIT, into an empty pattern…
30 press Funkction AND KIT at the same time
31 choose SAVE KIT
32 navigate down to SAVE KIT
33 Hit YES SAVE BUTTON
34 choose an appropriate MY KIT SLOT
35 HIT YES SAVE
36 use LEVEL knob to choose a character, use cursor (left up down right), for another character - choose whatever the electron you like to same your kit
37 HIT YES SAVE
press play again, and be proud of yourself… figuring THAT out took us , each of us, a couple of hours… afterwards we were proud like a proton and danced the nucleus in our bedroom studios … you may also do that now!
if you have ANY questions regarding that TUTORIAL, you MUST, refer to the NUMBER and be sure you competed all instructions with utmost care and aweareness…
thank you elektron for giving me superb produkt - thank you Rui Peixoto - TAREKITH - thank you EVERYBODY who contributed with questions and answers to the forum - thanks forum admins …
TrabanT