Bank tempo

Elektron Gear Octatrack
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Hi there! I’m making a new project and the bank one have 70 bpm and the bank two 120 when I change between bank 2 to 1 , the bank 1 copy the bpm of the bank 2 , why happens this?

Thanks

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If I remember correctly, Tempo is a property of a Pattern, not a Bank. So if you change the Bank tied to a Pattern, the tempo will remain unchanged.

UPDATE: I just filled a Bank with 16 Patterns, all the same Part, but 16 different tempos. I am now confident tempo is a property of the Pattern, not the Part.

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By default, the Octatrack has one tempo that applies to the whole project, so that you can move between any pattern in the project while keeping the tempo consistent - often useful for dance music sets.

However, since last year’s firmware update, each pattern can be given its own tempo by pressing [FUNC] + [YES] in the Tempo Menu.

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Thanks @PeterHanes. I always forget a key detail!

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A Part is like a Kit in a drum machine, or like a template in a DAW (or even a bit like a font in a writing app). It’s the configuration of sound sources and sound processing.

A Pattern is like a MIDI file, like a sequence of notes and hits. It’s like the words in a writing app. Tempo is more meaningful in a Pattern. A Pattern needs a Part to play (so it has sounds), but the same Pattern could play different Parts. Each Pattern is linked to exactly 1 Part at a time.

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Thanks guys :heart::hot_face:

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