Conditional Retrig possible?

Elektron Gear Analog Rytm
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Hi,

I didn’t find anything about it in the manual.
Is it possible to conditionally trigger a retrig, so that a retrig is only active on let’s say on the 2:2 position, while the single note trigger is active on 1:2 but without the retrig?

Thanks, phe

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Not exactly, but the workaround is rather simple : copy your trig one, paste it on the step right after, and use microtiming to get it full left.
Place the retrig on this second step.
Then configure your condition to /PRE on this second step.

:nerd_face:

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@LyingDalai 's solution works great for everything without an Attack that has to be spot on (Pads and the like). But not so great for Drums! Because: Micro-Timing doesnt antedate the Step exactly onto the position of the previous one. Its a couple of ms off.

Use the previous Step instead; micro-time it towards the right and modify its Sample so that it has a slight offset towards the right (Resample if necessary). The offset in the Sample compensates for the short delay between the micro-timed Step and the actual Step afterwards. This way you get it spot on.

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IME, the microtime method is close enough even for drums. It’s a lot more work/fiddly to resample with an offset. A drummer rarely hits two things at the EXACT same time either, but the rhythm still translates and sounds good

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agreed. call it “conditional Swing!”

:wink:

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This won’t work when all 16 triggers of a bar are active already, but I’ll use the additional pages instead.

Thanks everyone!

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I’m not at my Rytm right now, but try this:

Place the trig and hold it down. Set your trig conditions how you want them and then set another parameter lock on the sample page (even if it’s just a synth engine). Set parameter locks for ‘loop ON’ and ‘sample length really short.’

I’m not sure if this works for a trig but it works for performance pads. …even if it’s just synthesis. Not sure why it works, but it does.

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retrig the previous trig to retrig for 1/16, when the conditional is true- it will cut off the previous retrig

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I agree. If you dont micro-time the essential Drum-Hits that way (like Kick, Hihat and/or Snare), but rather the more percussive Elements around the Main Beat, this method works - of course! Im using it a lot as well - since ages actually :slight_smile: I just wanted to tell the OP that he/she should be careful with this when using Drums. Thats all :blush:

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