Copying Patterns Whilst Playing Live

Help me, I am really worried that one of the key things I want to do with an OT doesn’t work as I imagined…

What I “thought” I could do is

  1. begin with an empty pattern , press play and enter grid record mode
  2. enter some note trigs on some tracks (a simple beat say) , then
  3. COPY and PASTE this “work in progress” into the next pattern slot WHILST MY PATTERN IS PLAYING in order to continue evolving my set but with the option to step back through my patterns.

from what I have found so far I can make a beat, copy the pattern then I select the next patern which forces me in a live situation to go into a blank pattern AND ONLY THEN can I paste.?!?!?!

this is a huge dissapointment as everything I have seen so far seems to suggest that this is the ultimate LIVE instrument…at the moment it seems like this is a feature that cant be done “in-line during playback” without having to endure the blank space…is this true??

thanks

Phill MyOneManBand

Yeah that is a feature many of us would love to have.

However, check out the crossfader transition trick - this trick makes you do the trick, but you have to sacrifice one track on it… Tarekith made a nice video explaining how to do it:

oh no, that is BAAAD news , does anyone know if this has been brought to the attention of Elektron? I know somethings cant be solved due to hardware limits (and physics) but in this case, it just seems to be omitted due to the lack of buttons to make a successful combination… maybe a double tap would solve it, or a" paste into next" function that could be armed in the setup menu and simply always paste to the next empty pattern …god I really hope they consider that.

Anyway, in the meantime, I am really greatful for the video, it opens a few other ideas.

thanks

Phill

I agree. I’d love this feature. However, there are workarounds for it and the one deHaan posted is probably the best imo.

strongly agree, biggest limitation imo. xfade transition trick blows a track and is no good if you use the cues as separate outs anyway. just imagine starting from scratch and rolling for hours without ever stopping the sequencer…

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This needs to be a function on ALL elektrons.

It’s not for want of buttons - for example on the Sonic Potions LXR DM - press shift-copy to grab current pattern, the next pattern slot you hit will perform the “paste into”. All the Elektrons have more than enough buttons to support this - they should write the code and release it across all machines in future updates, it’s a no brainer.

Actually, the “Sonic Potions” solution is even better !!!

If you have bothered to “copy”, it is logical that you would always want to paste somewhere.

C’mon Elektron , we would LOVE you to do this !!!

I guess I didn’t realize this couldn’t be done until this thread started. With all the things that can be copied and pasted, it seems strange that this isn’t one of them.

+1
I would like to see this as well