Copying patterns

Elektron Gear Analog Keys/Four
1

I tried to copy a pattern from F1 to F2, by the following:

[ul]
[li]Bank F Trig 1 Play/Copy - saw a message, Pattern copied[/li]
[li]Bank F Trig 2 Stop/Paste - saw a message, Pattern pasted[/li]
[/ul]

Yet the patterns per track are still empty. So, I copied each track one by one with:

[ul]
[li]Bank F Trig 1[/li]
[li]Select Track 1[/li]
[li]Page Play/Copy[/li]
[li]Bank F Trig 2[/li]
[li]Page Stop/Paste[/li]
[/ul]

Got a copy of one page of the pattern. Luckily the patterns I copied were only one page long. Do I really have to do it this way, or am I getting muddled up. I did scan this forum to find out.

2

Not really sure (and my A4 is far away). But I think it works like this:

To copy a individual track Grid recording mode has to be active

To copy the active pattern (grabbing all tracks) Grid recording mode must not be active

Cherrs
Markus

3

To copy the active pattern (grabbing all tracks) Grid recording mode must not be active

I’ll give it a whirl.

4

Flatpipe is correct. And if it actually copies the entire pattern (including all tracks), then a Paste operation will also change the length of the target pattern to match the original length of the copied pattern. Copy/paste of a track, by contrast, will either truncate (or extend I think) the pasted track to match the existing length of the target pattern.

5

Tried making sure A4 was not in grid mode - nope, still can’t copy F1 to F2. Patterns still empty. So, went back to copying by page.

I think I may have to video what I’m doing so people can tell me what I’m doing wrong.

6

Ah… figured it out when I tried to video what I was doing.

When I paste, I simply pressed F 5 Stop/Paste then immediately let go. It doesn’t paste. I noticed a count down appearing so I held F 5 Stop/Paste and then it says Pattern Pasted, and I get all four tracks patterns pasted.

7

BINGO !! ! I wandered what you did wrong as your discription of actions was correct, it can be in a little corner.
ENJOY :joy: